"Candidatus Paraholospora nucleivisitans", an intracellular bacterium in Paramecium sexaurelia shuttles between the cytoplasm and the nucleus of its host

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 490-500

  Eschbach, Erik ^a   Pfannkuchen, Martin ^a   Schweikert, Michael ^a   Drutschmann, Denja ^b   Brümmer, Franz ^a   Fokin, Sergei ^c   Ludwig, Wolfgang ^d   Görtz, Hans Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candidatus Paraholospora nucleivisitans; Endocytobiont; FISH; Holospora; Neobacterium; Paramecium sexaurelia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOPLASM; GERMANY; HOLOSPORA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAHOLOSPORA NUCLEIVISITANS; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM SEXAURELIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GERMANY; HOLOSPORACEAE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAMECIUM; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HOLOSPORA; HOLOSPORA OBTUSA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM SEXAURELIA;

EID: 69949141174     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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