TY - JOUR
T1 - Genomic analysis reveals key aspects of prokaryotic symbiosis in the phototrophic consortium "Chlorochromatium aggregatum"
AU - Liu, Zhenfeng
AU - Müller, Johannes
AU - Li, Tao
AU - Alvey, Richard M.
AU - Vogl, Kajetan
AU - Frigaard, Niels-Ulrik
AU - Rockwell, Nathan C.
AU - Boyd, Eric S.
AU - Tomsho, Lynn P.
AU - Schuster, Stephan C.
AU - Henke, Petra
AU - Rohde, Manfred
AU - Overmann, Jörg
AU - Bryant, Donald A.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - 'Chlorochromatium aggregatum' is a phototrophic consortium, a symbiosis that may represent the highest degree of mutual interdependence between two unrelated bacteria not associated with a eukaryotic host. 'Chlorochromatium aggregatum' is a motile, barrel-shaped aggregate formed from a single cell of "Candidatus Symbiobacter mobilis," a polarly flagellated, non-pigmented, heterotrophic bacterium, which is surrounded by approximately 15 epibiont cells of Chlorobium chlorochromatii, a non-motile photolithoautotrophic green sulfur bacterium.
AB - 'Chlorochromatium aggregatum' is a phototrophic consortium, a symbiosis that may represent the highest degree of mutual interdependence between two unrelated bacteria not associated with a eukaryotic host. 'Chlorochromatium aggregatum' is a motile, barrel-shaped aggregate formed from a single cell of "Candidatus Symbiobacter mobilis," a polarly flagellated, non-pigmented, heterotrophic bacterium, which is surrounded by approximately 15 epibiont cells of Chlorobium chlorochromatii, a non-motile photolithoautotrophic green sulfur bacterium.
U2 - 10.1186/gb-2013-14-11-r127
DO - 10.1186/gb-2013-14-11-r127
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24267588
VL - 14
JO - Genome Biology (Online Edition)
JF - Genome Biology (Online Edition)
SN - 1474-7596
IS - 11
M1 - R127
ER -