Evolutionary relationships of "Candidatus endobugula" bacterial symbionts and their Bugula bryozoan hosts |
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| Authors: | Lim-Fong Grace E Regali Lindsay A Haygood Margo G |
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| Affiliation: | Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Marine Biology Research Division, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0202, USA. |
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| Abstract: | Ribosomal gene sequences were obtained from bryozoans in the genus Bugula and their bacterial symbionts; analyses of host and symbiont phylogenetic trees did not support a history of strict cospeciation. Symbiont-derived compounds known to defend host larvae from predation were only detected in two out of four symbiotic Bugula species. |
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