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Review
. 2021 Sep 13;31(17):R1024-R1026.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.028.

Paulinella chromatophora

Luis Macorano  1 , Eva C M Nowack  2
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Review

Paulinella chromatophora

Luis Macorano et al. Curr Biol. .

Abstract

Macorano and Nowack provide an overview of Paulinella chromatophora, a filose amoeba that harbors an organelle called a chromatophore and only the second known case of a eukaryote forming a primary endosymbiosis with a photosynthetic bacterium. Studying this relatively young relationship offers the chance to study the early stages of endosymbiosis.

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