title: Genomic characterization of Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis (Amoebozoa) and its kinetoplastid endosymbiont.
abstract: We have performed a genomic characterization of a kinetoplastid protist living within the amoebozoan Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis. The genome of this "Ichthyobodo-related organism" was found to be unexpectedly large, with at least 11 chromosomes between 1.0 and 3.5 Mbp and a total genome size of at least 25 Mbp.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building, 5850 College Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada.
authors.forename: Goro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tanifuji
authors.forename: Eunsoo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Naoko T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Onodera
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gibeault
authors.forename: Marlena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dlutek
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Cawthorn
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fiala
authors.forename: Julius
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lukes
authors.forename: Spencer J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Greenwood
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Archibald
mesh_terms: D056894:Amoebozoa / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D018105:DNA, Kinetoplast / Q000235:genetics; D016678:Genome; D059785:Karyotype; D016830:Kinetoplastida / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013559:Symbiosis
chemical_list: D018105:DNA, Kinetoplast