- An
endosymbiont or
endobiont is an
organism that
lives within the body or
cells of
another organism.
Typically the two
organisms are in a
mutualistic relationship...
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distinguish organelles from
endosymbionts –
whole organisms living inside other organisms – by
their reduced genome sizes. As an
endosymbiont evolves into an organelle...
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evolved to
oxygenate the
endosymbionts in an oxygen-poor environment, and/or to
supply hydrogen sulfide to the
endosymbionts.
Thioautotrophic gammaproteobacteria...
- Plastids, like mitochondria, have
their own DNA and are
developed from
endosymbionts, in this case cyanobacteria. They
usually take the form of chloroplasts...
- cell
lacks some of the
nutrients which the
endosymbiont provides. As a result, the host
favors endosymbiont's growth processes within itself by producing...
- Some
Francisella species are
pathogenic bacteria but some
others are
endosymbionts of ticks.
Ticks do not use any
other food
source than
vertebrate blood...
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Trichonympha is
referred to as an
endosymbiont. However,
Trichonympha is also a host to
bacterial symbionts. Both as an
endosymbiont and as a host, Trichonympha...
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family Rhopalodiaceae also
possess a
cyanobacterial endosymbiont called a
spheroid body. This
endosymbiont has lost its
photosynthetic properties, but has...
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microscopic food in the water, some host
photosynthesizing microorganisms as
endosymbionts, and
these alliances often produce more food and
oxygen than they consume...
- come from
primitive eukaryotes capturing oxygen-powered
bacteria as
endosymbionts and
transforming them into
organelles called mitochondria. The earliest...
