Sentences with phrase «endosymbiotic bacteria»

Dr. Jack Kruse: Both of them are endosymbiotic bacteria that we have figured out.

Lilliputian Family Tremblaya is one of a growing family of extremely small endosymbiotic bacteria, discovered within the last seven years, that have challenged scientists» assumptions about the minimal blueprint of life.

Because their hosts provide a stable and rich environment, endosymbiotic bacteria have seen some of their genes become redundant, so they shed them over time.

Where it is deeper there are fewer of these bacteria due to lower water temperatures, but we also find Osedax that, together with endosymbiotic bacteria, feed on the organic material retained in bones and therefore help decompose them,» explains Sergi Taboada.

The roots, where the endosymbiotic bacteria are stored, are located within the bone.

A recent study indicates that disruption of species - specific regulation of different gut bacteria plays a role in hybrid lethality among Nasonia species [65], and the endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia [66] is known to cause reproductive incompatibilities among species [67], [68].

Not exact matches

Endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria are potential transgene drivers, but infections do not naturally occur in some important mosquito vectors, notably Aedes aegypti.

A green alga with throat - and stomach - like structures can swallow and digest bacteria when deprived of light, further bolstering Lynn Margulis's widely accepted idea that the origin of the plant - powering chloroplast was a fortuitous bout of indigestion.Termed «Endosymbiotic Theory», the idea is that early nucleated cells called eukaryotes ate bacteria that managed to escape digestion but also couldn't escape their captors.