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Phenotypic and Physiological Characterization of the Epibiotic Interaction Between TM7x and Its Basibiont Actinomyces.
Microbial ecology - 1 Jan 2016
Bor Batbileg, Poweleit Nicole, Bois Justin S, Cen Lujia, Bedree Joseph K, Zhou Z Hong, Gunsalus Robert P, Lux Renate, McLean Jeffrey S, He Xuesong, Shi Wenyuan
Abstract excerpt
Despite many examples of obligate epibiotic symbiosis (one organism living on the surface of another) in nature, such an interaction has rarely been observed between two bacteria. Here, we further characterize a newly reported interaction between a human oral obligate parasitic bacterium TM7x (cultivated member of Candidatus Saccharimonas formerly Candidate Phylum TM7), and its basibiont Actinomyces odontolyticus...
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