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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2015-02-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02400-14 |