A New Model Trypanosomatid, Novymonas esmeraldas : Genomic Perception of Its “ Candidatus Pandoraea novymonadis” Endosymbiont

• DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01606-21
• Publication Date: 2021-08-17T08:32:02Z
• Authors: Alexandra Zakharova; Andreu Saura; Anzhelika Butenko; Lucie Podešvová; Sandra Warmusová; Alexei Yu. Kostygov; Anna Nenarokova; Julius Lukeš; Fred R. Opperdoes; Vyacheslav Yurchenko
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; Trypanosoma; Trypanosomatidae; Bacteria; bacterial endosymbiont; Leishmaniinae; Genomics; Microbiology; QR1-502; 03 medical and health sciences; genomics; Symbiosis; metabolism; Genome, Bacterial; Phylogeny; Research Article

Novymonas esmeraldas is a parasitic flagellate of the family Trypanosomatidae representing the closest insect-restricted relative of the human pathogen Leishmania . It bears symbiotic bacteria in its cytoplasm, the relationship with which has been established relatively recently and independently from other known endosymbioses in protists.