Interactions between eukaryotic hosts and their bacterial symbionts drive key ecological and
evolutionary processes, from regulating ecosystems to the evolution of complex molecular …

The diversity of microbial cells is reflected in differences in cell size and shape, motility,
mechanisms of cell division, pathogenicity or adaptation to different environmental niches …

Francisella noatunensis is a fastidious facultative intracellular bacterial pathogen that
causes 'piscine francisellosis', a serious disease affecting both marine and fresh water …

Achromatium is a long known uncultured giant gammaproteobacterium forming intracellular
CaCO3 that impacts C and S geochemical cycles functioning in some anoxic sediments and …

R-body producing bacterial endosymbionts of Paramecium spp. transform their hosts into
“killer” paramecia and provide them a selective advantage. This killer trait is connected to …

Comparing obligate endosymbionts with their free-living relatives is a powerful approach to
investigate the evolution of symbioses, and it has led to the identification of several genomic …

Endosymbiosis is a widespread and important phenomenon requiring diverse model
systems. Ciliates are a widespread group of protists that often form symbioses with diverse …

A Gram-stain negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped, non-motile and non-spore
forming bacterium, designated ZS-11 T, was isolated from an artificial freshwater lake in …

Interest in host-symbiont interactions is continuously increasing, not only due to the growing
recognition of the importance of microbiomes. Starting with the detection and description of …

Six aerobic Gram-negative bacteria were isolated from seawater in Guangdong Province,
PR China. Cells were observed to be Gram-negative, aerobic, non-motile and non-spore …