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Endosymbiotic bacteria associated with nematodes, ticks and amoebae
Mark Taylor,
Oleg Mediannikov,
Didier Raoult,
Gilbert Greub,
Mark Taylor
Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Campus commun UCAD-IRD of Hann, Dakar, Senegal
Search for more papers by this authorDidier Raoult
Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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Gilbert Greub
Institute of Microbiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Correspondence: Gilbert Greub, Center for Research on Intracellular Bacteria (CRIB), Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 21 314 49 79; fax: +41 21 314 40 60; e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorMark Taylor,
Oleg Mediannikov,
Didier Raoult,
Gilbert Greub,
Mark Taylor
Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
Search for more papers by this authorOleg Mediannikov
Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Campus commun UCAD-IRD of Hann, Dakar, Senegal
Search for more papers by this authorDidier Raoult
Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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Gilbert Greub
Institute of Microbiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Correspondence: Gilbert Greub, Center for Research on Intracellular Bacteria (CRIB), Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 21 314 49 79; fax: +41 21 314 40 60; e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Endosymbiosis is a mutualistic, parasitic or commensal symbiosis in which one symbiont is living within the body of another organism. Such symbiotic relationship with free-living amoebae and arthropods has been reported with a large biodiversity of microorganisms, encompassing various bacterial clades and to a lesser extent some fungi and viruses. By contrast, current knowledge on symbionts of nematodes is still mainly restricted to Wolbachia and its interaction with filarial worms that lead to increased pathogenicity of the infected nematode. In this review article, we aim to highlight the main characteristics of symbionts in term of their ecology, host cell interactions, parasitism and co-evolution, in order to stimulate future research in a field that remains largely unexplored despite the availability of modern tools.
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