Happy together: genomic insights into the unique Nanoarchaeum/Ignicoccus association.
The complete genome sequence of the crenarchaeon Ignicoccus hospitalis published recently in Genome Biology provides a great leap forward in the dissection of its unique association with another hyperthermophilic archaeon, Nanoarchaeum equitans.
Forterre
Patrick
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Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France. forterre@pasteur.fr
Gribaldo
Simonetta
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Brochier-Armanet
Céline
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D019620:Desulfurococcaceae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D020745:Genome, Archaeal; D023281:Genomics; D005810:Multigene Family; D046588:Nanoarchaeota / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D013559:Symbiosis