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Cianobacterium unicelular simbiótico con una alga eucariota unicelular
Anne W Thompson1, Rachel A Foster, Andreas Krupke
1Ocean Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 22, 2012
Resumen
Una asociación simbiótica recientemente descubierta entre una cianobacterium fijador de nitrógeno (UCYN-A) y una alga unicelular proporciona nitrógeno esencial para la alga y carbono fijo para la cianobacterium.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología marina Biología marina.
- Ecología microbiana ecología microbiana.
- Las relaciones simbióticas son relaciones simbióticas.
Sus antecedentes:
- Las simbiosis entre los procariotas fijadores de nitrógeno y los eucariotas fotosintéticos son cruciales para la adquisición de nitrógeno en entornos limitados en nitrógeno.
- Un cianobacterium fijador de nitrógeno planctónico no cultivado (UCYN-A) exhibe una reducción extrema del genoma, lo que sugiere un estilo de vida simbiótico.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para identificar el compañero eucariota de UCYN-A.
- Caracterizar la naturaleza de la interacción simbiótica entre UCYN-A y su huésped.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis filogenético para identificar el huésped eucariota.
- Análisis de intercambio de metabolitos para determinar la naturaleza de la simbiosis.
Principales resultados:
- UCYN-A forma una asociación simbiótica con un primnesiófito unicelular.
- La simbiosis es mutualista: el primnesiófito obtiene nitrógeno fijo y UCYN-A recibe carbono fijo.
- Esta asociación es análoga a la evolución de los plástidos y tiene implicaciones para la fijación de nitrógeno oceánico.
Conclusiones:
- Esta nueva simbiosis cianobacterium-alga proporciona un modelo para la comprensión de la evolución simbiótica.
- El descubrimiento tiene implicaciones significativas para la comprensión del ciclo del nitrógeno oceánico pasado y presente, particularmente si el huésped se está calcificando.
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