title: Forced symbiosis between Synechocystis spp. PCC 6803 and apo-symbiotic Paramecium bursaria as an experimental model for evolutionary emergence of primitive photosynthetic eukaryotes.
abstract: Single-cell green paramecia (Paramecium bursaria) is a swimming vehicle that carries several hundred cells of endo-symbiotic green algae. Here, a novel model for endo-symbiosis, prepared by introducing and maintaining the cells of cyanobacterium (Synechocystis spp. PCC 6803) in the apo-symbiotic cells of P. bursaria is described.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohkawa
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kadono
authors.forename: Tomonori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawano
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000378:metabolism; D000460:Chlorophyta / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D010247:Paramecium / Q000166:cytology / Q000382:microbiology*; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013559:Symbiosis / Q000502:physiology*; D046939:Synechocystis / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002734:Chlorophyll