Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
J Bacteriol. 2011 May;193(10):2642-6. doi: 10.1128/JB.00105-11. Epub 2011 Mar 11.
Epulopiscium sp. type B is an enormous intestinal symbiont of the surgeonfish Naso tonganus. Intracellular offspring production in Epulopiscium shares features with endospore formation. Here, we characterize the spoIIE homolog in Epulopiscium. The timing of spoIIE gene expression and presence of interacting partners suggest that the activation of σ(F) occurs early in Epulopiscium offspring development.
Epulopiscium sp. 型 B 是一种巨大的肠道共生体,存在于苏眉鱼 Naso tonganus 体内。Epulopiscium 中的细胞内后代产生与内生孢子形成具有共同特征。在这里,我们对 Epulopiscium 中的 spoIIE 同源物进行了特征描述。spoIIE 基因表达的时间和相互作用伙伴的存在表明,σ(F)的激活发生在 Epulopiscium 后代发育的早期。