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The genomic basis for the evolution of a novel form of cellular reproduction in the bacterium Epulopiscium

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Title
The genomic basis for the evolution of a novel form of cellular reproduction in the bacterium Epulopiscium
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BMC Genomics, June 2012
DOI 10.1186/1471-2164-13-265
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David A Miller, Garret Suen, Kendall D Clements, Esther R Angert

Abstract

Epulopiscium sp. type B, a large intestinal bacterial symbiont of the surgeonfish Naso tonganus, does not reproduce by binary fission. Instead, it forms multiple intracellular offspring using a process with morphological features similar to the survival strategy of endospore formation in other Firmicutes. We hypothesize that intracellular offspring formation in Epulopiscium evolved from endospore formation and these two developmental programs share molecular mechanisms that are responsible for the observed morphological similarities.

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Country Count As %
Mexico 1 4%
Unknown 26 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 37%
Researcher 5 19%
Student > Bachelor 2 7%
Professor 2 7%
Student > Postgraduate 2 7%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 4 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 48%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 15%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 7%
Philosophy 1 4%
Environmental Science 1 4%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 6 22%
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