Schmidt, Eric W.


Publications
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Genome streamlining and chemical defense in a coral reef symbiosis

Citation
Kwan et al. (2012). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (50)
Names
“Endolissoclinum faulkneri”
Abstract
Secondary metabolites are ubiquitous in bacteria, but by definition, they are thought to be nonessential. Highly toxic secondary metabolites such as patellazoles have been isolated from marine tunicates, where their exceptional potency and abundance implies a role in chemical defense, but their biological source is unknown. Here, we describe the association of the tunicate Lissoclinum patella with a symbiotic α-proteobacterium, Candidatus