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Food for thought

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This month's report from the microbial-genomics banquet dishes up new representatives for two genome-rich bacterial groups, along with a eukaryotic microorganism that consumes bacteria. The genome of Rickettsia felis is the fourth completed Rickettsia genome, whereas the species Streptococcus agalactiae now has a third reported complete genome, along with shotgun sequences for five other strains. The completion of the Dictyostelium discoideum genome marks the beginning of a new era for the study of this important model organism.

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Figure 1: Structural electron micrograph of the Dictyostelium developmental stages.
Figure 2: Colourized light micrograph: section through developing Dictyostelium culminant.

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    Matthew Holden, Marie-Adèle Rajandream & Stephen Bentley

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Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Bacillus anthracis

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Legionella pneumophila

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Holden, M., Rajandream, MA. & Bentley, S. Food for thought. Nat Rev Microbiol 3, 912–913 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1292

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