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- Title
The genomic basis for the evolution of a novel form of cellular reproduction in the bacterium Epulopiscium.
- Authors
Miller, David A; Suen, Garret; Clements, Kendall D; Angert, Esther R
- Abstract
Epulopiscium sp. type B, a large intestinal bacterial symbiont of the surgeonfish Naso tonganus, does not reproduce by binary fission. Instead, it forms multiple intracellular offspring using a process with morphological features similar to the survival strategy of endospore formation in other Firmicutes. We hypothesize that intracellular offspring formation in Epulopiscium evolved from endospore formation and these two developmental programs share molecular mechanisms that are responsible for the observed morphological similarities.
- Publication
BMC genomics, 2012, Vol 13, p265
- ISSN
1471-2164
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2164-13-265