Complex coevolutionary history of symbiotic Bacteroidales bacteria of various protists in the gut of termites |
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| Authors: | Satoko Noda Yuichi Hongoh Tomoyuki Sato Moriya Ohkuma |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Ecomolecular Biorecycling Science Research Team, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan;(2) Microbe Division/Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN Bioresource Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan;(3) Current address: Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi 400-8510, Japan;(4) Current address: Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan;(5) Current address: Research Institute of Genome-based Biofactory, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Hokkaido 062-8517, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Background The microbial community in the gut of termites is responsible for the efficient decomposition of recalcitrant lignocellulose. Prominent features of this community are its complexity and the associations of prokaryotes with the cells of cellulolytic flagellated protists. Bacteria in the order Bacteroidales are involved in associations with a wide variety of gut protist species as either intracellular endosymbionts or surface-attached ectosymbionts. In particular, ectosymbionts exhibit distinct morphological patterns of the associations. Therefore, these Bacteroidales symbionts provide an opportunity to investigate not only the coevolutionary relationships with the host protists and their morphological evolution but also how symbiotic associations between prokaryotes and eukaryotes occur and evolve within a complex symbiotic community. |
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