Evolutionary genomics: is Buchnera a bacterium or an organelle?
The first genome sequence of an intracellular bacterial symbiont of a eukaryotic cell has been determined. The Buchnera genome shares features with the genomes of both intracellular pathogenic bacteria and eukaryotic organelles, and it may represent an intermediate between the two.
Andersson
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, B3H 4H7., Nova Scotia, Canada. joanders@is.dal.ca
D000818:Animals; D001042:Aphids / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D020635:Buchnera / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D015388:Organelles; D013559:Symbiosis