Rhizonin, the first mycotoxin isolated from the zygomycota, is not a fungal metabolite but is produced by bacterial endosymbionts
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A study was conducted to demonstrate that rhizonin is produced by bacteria that reside within the fungal cytosol but not produced by the fungus. The evidence for a bacterial biogenesis of the toxin was obtained by the successful fermentation of the endosymbiotic bacteria in pure culture and isolation of rhizomin A from the broth which could be used in food preparations such as tempeh and sufu.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2007
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New gammaproteobacteria associated with blood-feeding leeches and a broad phylogenetic analysis of leech endosymbionts
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Three new lineages of bacterial symbionts of blood-feeding leeches, one from the giant Amazonian leech, Haementeria ghilianii, and two others from Placobdelloides species are reported. Results indicate that blood-feeding leeches have forged bacterial partnerships at least five times during their evolutionary history.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2005
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Evolutionary relationships of primary prokaryotic endosymbionts of whiteflies and their hosts
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Whiteflies harbor prokaryotic primary endosymbionts found in specific cells in their body. The relationship of this endosymbionts of whiteflies and their hosts is discussed.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2004
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