Endosymbiosis: Did Plastids Evolve from a Freshwater Cyanobacterium?

Jan de Vries; John M. Archibald

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.12.006

Endosymbiosis: Did Plastids Evolve from a Freshwater Cyanobacterium?

Jan de Vries, John M. Archibald

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Abstract

Photosynthetic eukaryotes are the product of an endosymbiotic event between a eukaryotic host and a cyanobacterium that became today's plastid. A new phylogenomic study suggests that the closest relative of plastids among extant cyanobacteria is the recently discovered freshwater-dwelling Gloeomargarita lithophora.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R103-R105
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	27
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.12.006
Publication status	Published - Feb 6 2017

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