CYCLIDIUM PORCATUM N-SP - A FREE-LIVING ANAEROBIC SCUTICOCILIATE CONTAINING A STABLE COMPLEX OF HYDROGENOSOMES, EUBACTERIA AND ARCHAEOBACTERIA (VOL 29, PG 262, 1993)

Authors
ESTEBAN G GUHL BE CLARKE KJ EMBLEY TM FINLAY BJ
Citation
G. Esteban et al., CYCLIDIUM PORCATUM N-SP - A FREE-LIVING ANAEROBIC SCUTICOCILIATE CONTAINING A STABLE COMPLEX OF HYDROGENOSOMES, EUBACTERIA AND ARCHAEOBACTERIA (VOL 29, PG 262, 1993), European journal of protistology, 29(4), 1993, pp. 478-478
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
European journal of protistology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09324739
Volume
29
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
478 - 478
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-4739(1993)29:4<478:CPN-AF>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A new ciliate species (Cyclidium porcatum) is the first freshwater ana erobic scuticociliate to be cultured and described. It contains a uniq ue tripartite structure consisting of hydrogenosomes (confirmed by cyt ochemical staining for hydrogenase), interspersed with methanogens (co nfirmed by autofluorescence and in situ hybridisation with an archaeob acterial 16S rRNA-specific probe) and unidentified eubacteria (confirm ed with a eubacterial 16S rRNA-specific probe). This complex structure is stable and persistent, indicating that it is an anaerobic symbioti c consortium incorporating three functional partners.