Genome dynamics and species divergence of endosymbiotic spirochetes of termite-gut protists
| Project/Area Number |
16K14797
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Biodiversity/Systematics
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| Research Institution | Institute of Physical and Chemical Research |
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Principal Investigator |
OHKUMA Moriya 国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, バイオリソースセンター, 室長 (10270597)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
野田 悟子 山梨大学, 大学院総合研究部, 准教授 (80342830)
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| Research Collaborator |
YUKI Masahiro
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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| Keywords | 共生 / 微生物 / 進化 / 種分化 / 細胞内共生 / ゲノム動態 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Single-cell genome analyses of endosymbiotic spirochete bacteria of a termite-gut cellulolytic protist species, which are considered to be in an initial stage of the endosymbiosis, revealed a high-level genome sequence similarity within a single protist cell. Cospeciating relationships among the protists, their spirochete endosymbionts, and their host termites were inferred, but frequent host switches of the endosymbionts have been likely occurred during the evolution in the case that multiple protist species are present in the same gut community.
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