Blurred pictures from the crime scene: the growing case for a function of Chlamydiales in plastid endosymbiosis.

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serval:BIB_0A4E728D711B
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Blurred pictures from the crime scene: the growing case for a function of Chlamydiales in plastid endosymbiosis.
Journal
Microbes and Infection
Author(s)
Ball S.G., Greub G.
ISSN
1769-714X (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1286-4579
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2015
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
17
Number
11-12
Pages
723-726
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal ArticlePublication Status: ppublish
Abstract
A number of recent papers have brought suggestive evidence for an active role of Chlamydiales in the establishment of the plastid. Chlamydiales define a very ancient group of obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens that multiply in vesicles within eukaryotic phagotrophic host cells such as animals, amoebae or other protists, possibly including the hypothetical phagotroph that internalized the cyanobacterial ancestor of the plastid over a billion years ago. We briefly survey the case for an active role of these ancient pathogens in plastid endosymbiosis. We argue that a good understanding of the Chlamydiales infection cycle and diversity may help to shed light on the process of metabolic integration of the evolving plastid.
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