Boscaro, Vittorio


Publications
6

At the threshold of symbiosis: the genome of obligately endosymbiotic ‘Candidatus Nebulobacter yamunensis’ is almost indistinguishable from that of a cultivable strain

Citation
Giannotti et al. (2022). Microbial Genomics 8 (12)
Names
Ca. Nebulobacter Ca. Nebulobacter yamunensis
Abstract
Comparing obligate endosymbionts with their free-living relatives is a powerful approach to investigate the evolution of symbioses, and it has led to the identification of several genomic traits consistently associated with the establishment of symbiosis. ‘Candidatus Nebulobacter yamunensis’ is an obligate bacterial endosymbiont of the ciliate Euplotes that seemingly depends on its host for survival. A subsequently characterized bacterial strain with an identical 16S rRNA gene sequence, named

The “Other” Rickettsiales : an Overview of the Family “ Candidatus Midichloriaceae”

Citation
Giannotti et al. (2022). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 88 (6)
Names
“Midichloriaceae” Ca. Midichloriaceae
Abstract
Among endosymbiotic bacterial lineages, few are as intensely studied as Rickettsiales , which include the causative agents of spotted fever, typhus, and anaplasmosis. However, an important subgroup called “ Candidatus Midichloriaceae” receives little attention despite accounting for a third of the diversity of Rickettsiales and harboring a wide range of bacteria with unique features, like the ability to infect m

Symbionts of the ciliate Euplotes : diversity, patterns and potential as models for bacteria–eukaryote endosymbioses

Citation
Boscaro et al. (2019). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286 (1907)
Names
“Euplotella” “Fujishimia” “Parafinniella” “Anadelfobacter sociabilis” “Bandiella numerosa” “Euplotella sexta” “Finniella dimorpha” “Fujishimia apicalis” “Parafinniella ignota”
Abstract
Endosymbioses between bacteria and eukaryotes are enormously important in ecology and evolution, and as such are intensely studied. Despite this, the range of investigated hosts is narrow in the context of the whole eukaryotic tree of life: most of the information pertains to animal hosts, while most of the diversity is found in unicellular protists. A prominent case study is the ciliate Euplotes , which has repeatedly taken up the bacterium Polyn