Open AccessThe spoIIE Homolog of Epulopiscium sp. Type B Is Expressed Early in Intracellular Offspring Development
Author(s) -
D. A. B. Miller,
J. Howard Choat,
Kendall D. Clements,
Esther R. Angert
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.00105-11
Subject(s) - biology , intracellular , offspring , gene , gene expression , intracellular parasite , genetics , pregnancy
Epulopiscium sp. type B is an enormous intestinal symbiont of the surgeonfishNaso tonganus . Intracellular offspring production inEpulopiscium shares features with endospore formation. Here, we characterize thespoIIE homolog inEpulopiscium . The timing ofspoIIE gene expression and presence of interacting partners suggest that the activation of σF occurs early inEpulopiscium offspring development.