A novel extracellular gut symbiont in the marine worm Priapulus caudatus (Priapulida) reveals an alphaproteobacterial symbiont clade of the Ecdysozoa

A novel extracellular gut symbiont in the marine worm Priapulus caudatus (Priapulida) reveals an alphaproteobacterial symbiont clade of the Ecdysozoa

Priapulus caudatus (phylum Priapulida) is a benthic marine predatory worm with a cosmopolitan distribution. In its digestive tract we detected symbiotic bacteria that were consistently present in specimens collected over eight years from three sites at the Swedish west coast. Based on their 16S rRNA...

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Main Authors: Paul eKroer, Kasper Urup Kjeldsen, Jens Randel Nyengaard, Andreas eSchramm, Peter eFunch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Microvilli
Ecdysozoa
Rickettsiales
Gut symbiont
invertebrate-bacteria symbiosis
Priapulus caudatus.
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00539/full

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