Report Phylogenomics of the Intracellular Parasite Mikrocytos mackini Reveals Evidence for a Mitosome in Rhizaria

Summary Mikrocytos mackini is an intracellular protistan parasite of oysters whose position in the phylogenetic tree of eukaryotes has been a mystery for many years Results and Discussion Mikrocytos mackini Is a Derived Rhizarian Few eukaryotes are of a completely unknown evolutionary origin. Despit...

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Main Authors: Fabien Burki, Nicolas Corradi, Roberto Sierra, Jan Pawlowski, Gary R Meyer, Cathryn L Abbott, Patrick J Keeling
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Pacific
Crassostrea gigas
Pacific oyster
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1073.4713
http://www3.botany.ubc.ca/keeling/PDF/13Burki-Curr-Biol-23.pdf
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Summary:Summary Mikrocytos mackini is an intracellular protistan parasite of oysters whose position in the phylogenetic tree of eukaryotes has been a mystery for many years Results and Discussion Mikrocytos mackini Is a Derived Rhizarian Few eukaryotes are of a completely unknown evolutionary origin. Despite ultrastructural and molecular studies, the enigmatic microcell parasite Mikrocytos mackini, which is the causative agent of the Denman Island disease in oysters, is one such orphan lineage M. mackini cells are not easily separated from its Pacific oyster host, Crassostrea gigas To determine the relationship of M. mackini to other eukaryotes, we first analyzed a broad taxon sampling of 101 operational taxonomic units (OTUs), including representatives of all supergroups and lineages with no strong affiliation, such as Collodictyon, Thecamonas, or Picobiliphytes

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