Genomic and experimental evidence suggests that Verrucomicrobium spinosum interacts with eukaryotes

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue OCT, 2011, Pages

  Sait, Michelle ^a,c   Kamneva, Olga K ^a   Fay, David S ^a   Kirienko, Natalia V ^a,d,e   Polek, James ^a   Shirasu Hiza, Mimi M ^b,f   Ward, Naomi L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Eukaryotic host; Genome; Verrucomicrobia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; VERRUCOMICROBIA; VERRUCOMICROBIUM SPINOSUM;

EID: 84873284331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00211     Document Type: Article

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