Open AccessTwo Types of Endosymbiotic Bacteria in the Enigmatic Marine Worm Xenoturbella bocki
Author(s) -
Kasper Urup Kjeldsen,
Matthias Obst,
Hiroaki Nakano,
Peter Funch,
Andreas Schramm
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.01092-09
Subject(s) - gammaproteobacteria , biology , bilateria , endosymbiosis , zoology , bacteria , holobiont , symbiosis , betaproteobacteria , alphaproteobacteria , ecology , evolutionary biology , microbiology and biotechnology , phylogenetics , actinobacteria , genetics , gene , 16s ribosomal rna , plastid , chloroplast
Two types of endosymbiotic bacteria were identified in the gastrodermis of the marine invertebrateXenoturbella bocki (Xenoturbellida, Bilateria). While previously describedChlamydia -like endosymbionts were rare,Gammaproteobacteria distantly related to other endosymbionts and pathogens were abundant. The endosymbionts should be considered when interpreting the poorly understood ecology and evolution ofXenoturbella .
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