Váhala, Dalibor


Publications
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Novel Trypanosomatid-Bacterium Association: Evolution of Endosymbiosis in Action

Citation
Kostygov et al. (2016). mBio 7 (2)
Names
Ca. Pandoraea novymonadis
Abstract
ABSTRACT We describe a novel symbiotic association between a kinetoplastid protist, Novymonas esmeraldas gen. nov., sp. nov., and an intracytoplasmic bacterium, “ Candidatus Pandoraea novymonadis” sp. nov., discovered as a result of a broad-scale survey of insect trypanosomatid biodiversity in Ecuador. We characterize this association by describing the morphology of both organisms, as well as their interactions, and by establ