MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
The Trichoplax microbiome: the simplest animal lives in an intimate symbiosis with two intracellular bacteria
Harald R. Gruber-Vodicka, Nikolaus Leisch, Manuel Kleiner…·Nicole Dubilier
The paper identifies two intracellular bacteria in Trichoplax H2, showing they live in symbiosis with the host and have distinct metabolic roles.
DOI 10.1101/568287