The Ordospora colligata Genome: Evolution of Extreme Reduction in Microsporidia and Host-To-Parasite Horizontal Gene Transfer

ABSTRACT  Microsporidia are a group of obligate intracellular parasites that are best known for their unique infection mechanism and their unparalleled levels of genomic reduction and compaction. We sequenced the genome of Ordospora colligata, a gut parasite of the microcrustacean Daphnia sp. and th...

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Main Authors: Jean-François Pombert, Karen Luisa Haag, Shadi Beidas, Dieter Ebert, Patrick J. Keeling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2015-02-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02400-14