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TM7x, An Ultrasmall Oral Episymbiont: Biology and Emerging Clinical Relevance

2026-08-06

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<h4>Background: </h4> Saccharibacteria—historically designated candidate division TM7—and their best-characterised cultivated representative, Nanosynbacter lyticus strain TM7x challenge the classical model of a free-living, independently culturable bacterium and provide an accessible model of bacterial episymbiosis. <h4>Objective:</h4> This narrative review summarises TM7x biology and host dependence and evaluates...

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Literature Corpus work: 99de27b0-a5e5-554a-9bd5-a6ff2fc5874b
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202608.0352.v1

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