Evolutionary relationships of "Candidatus endobugula" bacterial symbionts and their Bugula bryozoan hosts.

ABSTRACT: Ribosomal gene sequences were obtained from bryozoans in the genus Bugula and their bacterial symbionts; analyses of host and symbiont phylogenetic trees did not support a history of strict cospeciation. Symbiont-derived compounds known to defend host larvae from predation were only detected in two out of four symbiotic Bugula species.

SUBMITTER: Lim-Fong GE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2423044 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature