"Candidatus Fokinia solitaria", a Novel "Stand-Alone" Symbiotic Lineage of Midichloriaceae (Rickettsiales).

Recently, the family Midichloriaceae has been described within the bacterial order Rickettsiales. It includes a variety of bacterial endosymbionts detected in different metazoan host species belonging to Placozoa, Cnidaria, Arthropoda and Vertebrata. Representatives of Midichloriaceae are also consi...

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Main Authors: Franziska Szokoli, Elena Sabaneyeva, Michele Castelli, Sascha Krenek, Martina Schrallhammer, Carlos A G Soares, Inacio D da Silva-Neto, Thomas U Berendonk, Giulio Petroni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4701390?pdf=render