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Bdellovibrio-like parasite of cyanobacteria symbiotic in marine sponges

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A bdellovibrio-like bacterium was observed infecting unicellular symbiotic cyanobacteria in two coral reef sponges, Neofibularia irata and Jaspis stellifera. The infecting bacterium, which was located between the cell wall and the cytoplasmic membrane of the cyanobacteria, was similar in size and appearance to previously described bdellovibrios. This observation is believed to extend the host range of the bdellovibrios.

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  1. Clive R. Wilkinson

    Present address: School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 6153, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

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  1. Laboratoire d'Histologie et Biologie Tissulaire, Université Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, France

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Wilkinson, C.R. Bdellovibrio-like parasite of cyanobacteria symbiotic in marine sponges. Arch. Microbiol. 123, 101–103 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00403507

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