Evidence of Genomic Diversification in a Natural Symbiotic Population Within Its Host

Planktonic cells of the luminous marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri establish themselves in the light-emitting organ of each generation of newly hatched Euprymna scolopes bobtail squid. A symbiont population is maintained within the 6 separated crypts of the organ for the ∼9-month life of the host. In...

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Main Authors: Clotilde Bongrand, Eric Koch, Daniel Mende, Anna Romano, Susannah Lawhorn, Margaret McFall-Ngai, Edward F. DeLong, Edward G. Ruby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.854355/full