Quorum Sensing Modulates the Epibiotic-Parasitic Relationship Between Actinomyces odontolyticus and Its Saccharibacteria epibiont, a Nanosynbacter lyticus Strain, TM7x

The ultra-small, obligate parasitic epibiont, TM7x, the first and only current member of the long-elusive Saccharibacteria (formerly the TM7 phylum) phylum to be cultivated, was isolated in co-culture with its bacterial host, Actinomyces odontolyticus subspecies actinosynbacter, XH001. Initial pheno...

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Main Authors: Joseph K. Bedree, Batbileg Bor, Lujia Cen, Anna Edlund, Renate Lux, Jeffrey S. McLean, Wenyuan Shi, Xuesong He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
TM7
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02049/full