He, Li-Sheng


Publications
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The Enigmatic Genome of an Obligate Ancient Spiroplasma Symbiont in a Hadal Holothurian

Citation
He et al. (2018). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 84 (1)
Names
“Spiroplasma holothuriicola”
Abstract
ABSTRACT Protective symbiosis has been reported in many organisms, but the molecular mechanisms of the mutualistic interactions between the symbionts and their hosts are unclear. Here, we sequenced the 424-kbp genome of “ Candidatus Spiroplasma holothuricola,” which dominated the hindgut microbiome of a sea cucumber, a major scavenger captured in the Mariana Trench (6,140 m depth). Phylogenetic relationships indicated that the dominant bacterium in