The earthworm—Verminephrobacter symbiosis: an emerging experimental system to study extracellular symbiosis

Almost all Lumbricid earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) harbor extracellular species-specific bacterial symbionts of the genus Verminephrobacter (Betaproteobacteria) in their nephridia. The symbionts have a beneficial effect on host reproduction and likely live on their host's waste products...

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Autores principales: Lund, Marie B., Kjeldsen, Kasper U., Schramm, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
Materias:
Microbiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3975124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24734029
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00128

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3975124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24734029
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00128

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