Phylogenetic affinities of the enigmatic protist...
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Phylogenetic affinities of the enigmatic protist Nephromyces
Developing an integrated approach for phylogenetic analysis of a complex tripartite marinesymbiosis
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How can phylogenetic studies provide insights into the ecological and physiological dynamics of symbioticinteractions? How can understanding of host-
symbiont dynamics provide insights into the evolutionary history of the host and microbial taxa?
How can Nephromyces enhance understanding of protist phylogeny ?
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Molgula occidentalis
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Molgula manhattensis
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Molgula manhattensis. . . and company
Nephromyces
Molgulid host
bacteria
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“a fungus with no relatives, not even close ones. . .”
Paul Buchner
Nephromyces
Eclectic cells in search of a relative
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A fungal lifestyle:
but is it a fungus?(or even a chytrid?)
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ThraustochytriumNephromyces
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reproductive stages
vegetative stages
renal
sac
new host
Nephromyces :life cycle
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ssu rDNA: Nephromyces is anapicomplexan
(preliminary phylogenetic analysis: a sample maximum likelihood tree)
Phylogenetic analyses, still in progress,consistently indicate that Nephromyces is a distinct clade within the Apicomplexa. Although the relationship of Nephromyces to other apicomplexans is not yet definitively resolved,in (unweighted) analyses of ssu rDNA sequences thus far, Nephromyces usually groups withnon-coccidian clades.
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Apicomplexa
•parasites & pathogens• apical complex• apicoplast (remnant algal chloroplast?)
Are these features also found in Nephromyces?
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12 hours: Molgula blood
24 hours: renal sac
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Vieira et al, Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz (Brazil) 1997
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Inside
Nephromyces
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Symbiotic partners can be highly modified in structure and physiology compared to free-living relatives
Molgulids and Nephromyces are distinctive clades: in what ways might their interdependence have affected their respective evolutionary paths, compared to sister taxa?
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