CYCLIDIUM-PORCATUM NSP - A FREE-LIVING ANAEROBIC SCUTICOCILIATE CONTAINING A STABLE COMPLEX OF HYDROGENOSOMES, EUBACTERIA AND ARCHAEOBACTERIA

Authors
CLARKE KJ FINLAY BJ ESTEBAN G GUHL BE EMBLEY TM
Citation
Kj. Clarke et al., CYCLIDIUM-PORCATUM NSP - A FREE-LIVING ANAEROBIC SCUTICOCILIATE CONTAINING A STABLE COMPLEX OF HYDROGENOSOMES, EUBACTERIA AND ARCHAEOBACTERIA, European journal of protistology, 29(2), 1993, pp. 262-270
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
European journal of protistology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09324739
Volume
29
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
262 - 270
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-4739(1993)29:2<262:CN-AFA>2.0.ZU;2-B
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.