Novel Chlamydiae and Amoebophilus endosymbionts are prevalent in wild isolates of the model social amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum
T. S. Haselkorn, D. Jimenez, U. Bashir, E. Sallinger, D. C. Queller, J. E. Strassmann, S. DiSalvo
The paper screens wild isolates of Dictyostelium discoideum for bacterial endosymbionts, finding Chlamydiae and Amoebophilus in 42% and 8% of isolates, respectively, with no significant fitness impact.
bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2020Microbiology