Complex array of endobionts in Petalomonas sphagnophila, a large heterotrophic euglenid protist from Sphagnum-dominated peatlands

ISME Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1108-1120

  Kim, Eunsoo ^a   Park, Jong Soo ^b   Simpson, Alastair G B ^b   Matsunaga, Shigeru ^c   Watanabe, Masakatsu ^c   Murakami, Akio ^d   Sommerfeld, Katrin ^a   Onodera, Naoko T ^a   Archibald, John M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

endobionts; endosymbiosis; euglenids; peatlands; Petalomonas; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CYTOPLASM; ENDOSYMBIONT; FLAGELLATE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOSS; PEATLAND; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENT; PLASTID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELATEDNESS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DNA SEQUENCE; EUGLENIDA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUGLENIDA; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOVA SCOTIA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA; CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA; EUGLENIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PETALOMONAS; PETALOMONAS CANTUSCYGNI; PETALOMONAS SPHAGNOPHILA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTISTA; RICKETTSIALES; SPHAGNUM; THERMOACTINOMYCETACEAE;

EID: 77956094366     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.40     Document Type: Article

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