Symbiogenesis And The Origin Of Eukaryotic Cells

(Taylor 1979; Margulis and Bermudes 1985; Khakhina 1992; Sapp 1994; Bull and Fogarty 1995; Frank 1997; Chapman and Margulis 1998; Bull 1999; Margulis and Sagan 2002; Sapp, Carrapico et al. 2002; Vaishnava and Striepen 2006; Grzymski, Murray et al. 2008; Schwarz, Brokstein et al. 2008; Zilber-Rosenberg and Rosenberg 2008; Kobayashi and Crouch 2009; Puigbo, Wolf et al. 2009; Ragan, McInerney et al. 2009; Godfray 2010; Sapp 2010; Fellous, Duron et al. 2011; Gerardo and Wilson 2011; Lane 2011; Vannier-Santos and Lenzi 2011)

Speculations on eukaryotic origins

(Margulis 1970; Margulis 1971; McQuade 1977; Zillig 1987; Cavalier-Smith 1992; Gray 1993; Brown and Doolittle 1997; Martin and Muller 1998; Moreira and Lopez-Garcia 1998; Gray 1999; Lang, Gray et al. 1999; Vellai and Vida 1999; Margulis, Dolan et al. 2000; Horiike, Hamada et al. 2001; Margulis 2001; Cavalier-Smith 2002; Dolan, Melnitsky et al. 2002; Horiike, Hamada et al. 2002; Douglas and Raven 2003; Spring 2003; Amos, van den Ent et al. 2004; Moreira, Ranjard et al. 2004; Fuerst 2005; Kutschera and Niklas 2005; Martin 2005; Sapp 2005; Cavalier-Smith 2006; Koonin 2006; Margulis, Chapman et al. 2006; Poole 2006; Roger and Hug 2006; Vesteg, Krajcovic et al. 2006; Jekely 2007; Margulis, Chapman et al. 2007; Rivera 2007; Archibald 2008; Cox, Foster et al. 2008; Kutschera and Niklas 2008; Lane and Archibald 2008; Ohyanagi, Ikeo et al. 2008; Saruhashi, Hamada et al. 2008; Vesteg and Krajcovic 2008; Vesteg and Krajcovic 2008; Yutin, Makarova et al. 2008; Cavalier-Smith 2009; Davidov and Jurkevitch 2009; Kutschera 2009; Lake 2009; Norris and Root-Bernstein 2009; Wilkins and Holliday 2009; Yutin, Wolf et al. 2009; Zimmer 2009; Cavalier-Smith 2010; Lilic, Quezada et al. 2010; Lonhienne, Sagulenko et al. 2010; Martin and Gavotte 2010; Martin, Kohler et al. 2010; Martin 2010; Strassmann and Queller 2010; Forterre 2011; Fuerst and Sagulenko 2011; Kelly, Wickstead et al. 2011; Poole and Neumann 2011; Vesteg and Krajcovic 2011)

Mutualistic associations

(Margulis, Lopez Baluja et al. 1986; Overmann and Schubert 2002; Overmann 2002; Ferdy and Godelle 2005; Kanzler, Pfannes et al. 2005; Spiegelman, Whissell et al. 2005; Bronstein, Alarcon et al. 2006; McBride, Greig et al. 2008; Pernthaler, Dekas et al. 2008; Wanner, Vogl et al. 2008; Dekas, Poretsky et al. 2009; Edwards 2009; VerBerkmoes, Denef et al. 2009; Wernegreen and Wheeler 2009; Gordon and Leggat 2010; Klitgord and Segre 2010; Overmann 2010; Wintermute and Silver 2010; Hosoda, Suzuki et al. 2011; Meadows 2011)

Secondary and tertiary symbioses

(Muscatine and Greene 1973; Fitt 2000; Green, Li et al. 2000; Nozaki, Matsuzaki et al. 2003; Armbrust, Berges et al. 2004; Nisbet, Kilian et al. 2004; Yoon, Hackett et al. 2005; Lane and Archibald 2008; Nagasaki 2008; Handeler, Grzymbowski et al. 2009; Moore and Archibald 2009; Sunagawa, Wilson et al. 2009; Bowler, Vardi et al. 2010; Ganot, Moya et al. 2011; Ganot, Moya et al. 2011; Kerney, Kim et al. 2011)

DNA transfer between host and endosymbiont

(Martin 2003; Spring 2003; Timmis, Ayliffe et al. 2004; Simoes-Barbosa, Arganaraz et al. 2006; Aikawa, Anbutsu et al. 2009; Kleine, Maier et al. 2009; Hecht, Nitz et al. 2010; Jiroutova, Koreny et al. 2010; McNulty, Foster et al. 2010; Lane 2011)

Mitochondria

(Shay, Pierce et al. 1990; Shapiro 1993; Koll, Boulay et al. 1996; Gray, Burger et al. 1999; Lang, Gray et al. 1999; Gray, Burger et al. 2001; Esser, Ahmadinejad et al. 2004; Hauth, Maier et al. 2005; Marande, Lukes et al. 2005; Nosek, Tomaska et al. 2006; Esser, Martin et al. 2007; Sturm, Martinez et al. 2008; Wang and Lavrov 2008; Xiong, Peng et al. 2008; Beckenbach and Joy 2009; Bouchier, Ma et al. 2009; Barbrook, Howe et al. 2010; Caro, Gomez et al. 2010; Chan and Marshall 2010; Cheng and Ivessa 2010; Lithgow and Schneider 2010; Shedge, Davila et al. 2010; Arnoult, Soares et al. 2011; Davila, Arrieta-Montiel et al. 2011; Gross and Bhattacharya 2011; Koshiba, Bashiruddin et al. 2011; Schluter, Ruiz-Trillo et al. 2011; Smith 2011; West, Shadel et al. 2011)

Plastids

(Trench, Greene et al. 1969; Zablen, Kissil et al. 1975; Nozaki, Matsuzaki et al. 2003; Stiller 2007; Deusch, Landan et al. 2008; Howe, Nisbet et al. 2008; Deschamps and Moreira 2009; Handeler, Grzymbowski et al. 2009; Keeling 2009; Maruyama, Matsuzaki et al. 2009; Obornik, Janouskovec et al. 2009; Barbrook, Howe et al. 2010; Brouard, Otis et al. 2010; Hsu, Belmonte et al. 2010; Janouskovec, Horak et al. 2010; Magee, Aspinall et al. 2010; Partensky and Garczarek 2010; Takano and Takechi 2010; Delannoy, Fujii et al. 2011; Dorrell and Smith 2011; Gabrielsen, Minge et al. 2011; Gross and Bhattacharya 2011; Nair and Striepen 2011; Smith 2011; Wicke, Schneeweiss et al. 2011)

Nucleomorphs

(Gilson and McFadden 1996; Gilson, Maier et al. 1997; Cavalier-Smith 2002; Archibald 2007; Silver, Koike et al. 2007; Moore and Archibald 2009; Tanifuji, Onodera et al. 2011)

Bacterial endosymbionts

(Heddi, Charles et al. 2001; von Dohlen, Kohler et al. 2001; Sapp 2002; Dobson 2004; Mercot and Charlat 2004; Wu, Sun et al. 2004; Bordenstein and Reznikoff 2005; Preer 2006; Rio, Wu et al. 2006; Blanc, Ogata et al. 2007; Cordaux, Pichon et al. 2008; Degnan and Moran 2008; Duperron, Halary et al. 2008; Feldhaar and Gross 2008; Harmer, Rotjan et al. 2008; Newton, Girguis et al. 2008; Brinza, Vinuelas et al. 2009; Feldhaar and Gross 2009; Ishmael, Dunning Hotopp et al. 2009; Klasson, Westberg et al. 2009; Negri, Franchini et al. 2009; Ros and Breeuwer 2009; Salah, Ghigo et al. 2009; Stewart and Cavanaugh 2009; Stewart, Young et al. 2009; Belda, Moya et al. 2010; Crotti, Rizzi et al. 2010; Hoffman and Arnold 2010; Hosokawa, Koga et al. 2010; Kent and Bordenstein 2010; McCutcheon 2010; McCutcheon and Moran 2010; Ogier, Calteau et al. 2010; Peleg, Hogan et al. 2010; Salvioli, Chiapello et al. 2010; Santarella-Mellwig, Franke et al. 2010; Saridaki and Bourtzis 2010; Schmitz-Esser, Tischler et al. 2010; Sonthayanon, Peacock et al. 2010; Burke and Moran 2011; Chandler, Morgan Lang et al. 2011; Ferrari and Vavre 2011; Ferri, Bain et al. 2011; Ghignone, Salvioli et al. 2011; Lackner, Moebius et al. 2011; Lamelas, Gosalbes et al. 2011; McCutcheon and von Dohlen 2011; Meadows 2011; Pedrosa, Monteiro et al. 2011; Penz, Horn et al. 2011; Poulsen, Oh et al. 2011; Salzman 2011; Taylor, Mediannikov et al. 2011; Willing, Russell et al. 2011)

            Horizontal transfer of DNA to endosymbionts: (Van Ham, Gonzalez-Candelas et al. 2000)

Endosymbionts, other microbiota and host defense systems

(Cash, Whitham et al. 2006; Dishaw, Giacomelli et al. 2011; Feng and Elson 2011; Login, Balmand et al. 2011)

Protist-bacterial and protist-algal endosymbioses

(Preer 1971; Preer 1975; Finlay and Fenchel 1992; Gortz 2001; Schwarz and Frenzel 2005; Vannini, Petroni et al. 2005; Rosati 2006; Archibald 2008)

Plant-bacterial symbioses

(Imaizumi-Anraku, Takeda et al. 2005; Capoen and Oldroyd 2008; Nagamune, Xiong et al. 2008; Den Herder and Parniske 2009; Lima, Faria et al. 2009; Masson-Boivin, Giraud et al. 2009; Cannon, Ilut et al. 2010; Hoffman and Arnold 2010; Young, Debelle et al. 2011)

Plant-mycorrhiza and other plant-fungal symbioses

(Read, Ducket et al. 2000; Saikkonen, Ion et al. 2002; Bonfante 2003; Schardl, Leuchtmann et al. 2004; Cameron, Leake et al. 2006; Kiers and van der Heijden 2006; McCormick, Whigham et al. 2006; Bonnardeaux, Brundrett et al. 2007; Dearnaley 2007; Navazio, Moscatiello et al. 2007; Reinhardt 2007; Requena, Serrano et al. 2007; Bidartondo and Read 2008; Gutjahr, Banba et al. 2008; Rodriguez and Redman 2008; Bonfante and Anca 2009; Bucher, Wegmuller et al. 2009; Garcia-Garrido, Lendzemo et al. 2009; Rudgers, Afkhami et al. 2009; Swarts, Sinclair et al. 2010; Tedersoo, May et al. 2010; Zhang, Yang et al. 2010; Balzergue, Puech-Pages et al. 2011; Kiers, Duhamel et al. 2011; Kloppholz, Kuhn et al. 2011; Plett, Kemppainen et al. 2011; Zuccaro, Lahrmann et al. 2011)

Invertebrate symbioses

(Douglas 1989; Munson, Baumann et al. 1991; Kikuchi, Hosokawa et al. 2011; Webster and Taylor 2011)

Phenotypic alterations to hosts by endosymbionts, parasites and other infective agents

(Trench, Greene et al. 1969; Hurst 1991; Heddi, Grenier et al. 1999; Vavre, Fleury et al. 2000; Harris and Braig 2003; Leonardo and Muiru 2003; Oliver, Russell et al. 2003; Selosse, Baudoin et al. 2004; Oliver, Moran et al. 2005; Kusch and Gortz 2006; Simoes-Barbosa, Arganaraz et al. 2006; Zientz, Beyaert et al. 2006; Attardo, Lohs et al. 2008; Barrow, Lucero et al. 2008; Degnan and Moran 2008; Gregory and Maizels 2008; Haine 2008; Pais, Lohs et al. 2008; Peng, Nielsen et al. 2008; Rodriguez and Redman 2008; Xu, Chen et al. 2008; Chibucos, Collmer et al. 2009; Chibucos and Tyler 2009; Degnan, Yu et al. 2009; Duerkop, Vaishnava et al. 2009; Federici, Bideshi et al. 2009; Hewitson, Grainger et al. 2009; Hooper 2009; Klepzig, Adams et al. 2009; Koehncke, Telschow et al. 2009; Little and Currie 2009; Muller, Kooijman et al. 2009; Niehl and Heinlein 2009; Shank and Kolter 2009; White, Kelly et al. 2009; Yoneyama, Xie et al. 2009; Camehl, Sherameti et al. 2010; Cerf-Bensussan and Gaboriau-Routhiau 2010; Cezilly, Thomas et al. 2010; Chaston and Goodrich-Blair 2010; Diacovich and Gorvel 2010; Frentiu, Robinson et al. 2010; Gilbert, McDonald et al. 2010; Giorgini, Bernardo et al. 2010; Hsu, Belmonte et al. 2010; Jaenike, Unckless et al. 2010; Kambris, Blagborough et al. 2010; Le Ralec, Anselme et al. 2010; Lund, Holmstrup et al. 2010; Miller, Ehrman et al. 2010; Patot, Martinez et al. 2010; Peccoud, Simon et al. 2010; Ramsey, MacDonald et al. 2010; Ryu, Ha et al. 2010; Sharon, Segal et al. 2010; Xie and Yoneyama 2010; Yoneyama, Awad et al. 2010; Zhang, Yang et al. 2010; Beyer, Moll-Rocek et al. 2011; Cirimotich, Dong et al. 2011; Curtis and Sperandio 2011; Fast, Toomey et al. 2011; Gaboriau-Routhiau, Lecuyer et al. 2011; Greiner and Backhed 2011; Hansen, Trees et al. 2011; Heller 2011; Heller 2011; Himler, Adachi-Hagimori et al. 2011; Hoffmann, Montgomery et al. 2011; Hoover, Grove et al. 2011; Hughes, Koga et al. 2011; Ichinohe, Pang et al. 2011; Ivanov and Littman 2011; Janssen and Medema 2011; Jones, White et al. 2011; Kane, Case et al. 2011; Kissoon-Singh, Mortimer et al. 2011; Klotz, Ziegler et al. 2011; Krajcovic, Johnson et al. 2011; Kuss, Best et al. 2011; Lamelas, Gosalbes et al. 2011; Lathrop, Bloom et al. 2011; Leroy, Sabri et al. 2011; Liu and Eiden 2011; Shin, Kim et al. 2011; Singh, Gill et al. 2011; Suen, Teiling et al. 2011; Toller, Neelsen et al. 2011; Vaishnava, Yamamoto et al. 2011; Walker, Johnson et al. 2011; Weiss, Wang et al. 2011; White, Kelly et al. 2011)

Intestinal microbiota

(Cash, Whitham et al. 2006; Kelly, King et al. 2007; de Vrese and Schrezenmeir 2008; Muyskens and Guillemin 2008; Dong, Manfredini et al. 2009; Kikuchi, Hosokawa et al. 2009; Turnbaugh and Gordon 2009; Cerf-Bensussan and Gaboriau-Routhiau 2010; Hongoh 2010; Husseneder 2010; Louis and O'Byrne 2010; Marchesi 2010; Roberfroid, Gibson et al. 2010; Ryu, Ha et al. 2010; Stanghellini, Barbara et al. 2010; Suen, Scott et al. 2010; Arora and Sharma 2011; Atarashi, Tanoue et al. 2011; Azcarate-Peril, Sikes et al. 2011; Ballal, Gallini et al. 2011; Bravo, Forsythe et al. 2011; Chiba and Seno 2011; Claus, Ellero et al. 2011; Cryan and O'Mahony 2011; Dishaw, Giacomelli et al. 2011; Frese, Benson et al. 2011; Gaboriau-Routhiau, Lecuyer et al. 2011; Greiner and Backhed 2011; Kikuchi, Hosokawa et al. 2011; Kinross, Darzi et al. 2011; Kissoon-Singh, Mortimer et al. 2011; Kuss, Best et al. 2011; Lathrop, Bloom et al. 2011; Masood, Qadir et al. 2011; Nikoh, Hosokawa et al. 2011; Ochoa-Reparaz, Mielcarz et al. 2011; Pfeiffer and Sonnenburg 2011; Reading and Kasper 2011; Rooks and Garrett 2011; Smith and Garrett 2011; Tilg and Kaser 2011; Walter, Britton et al. 2011)

Human microbiome and other host-associated microbial communities

(Foxman, Goldberg et al. 2008; Kuczynski, Costello et al. 2010; Robinson, Bohannan et al. 2010; Ballal, Gallini et al. 2011; Greiner and Backhed 2011; Morowitz, Babrowski et al. 2011; Parfrey, Walters et al. 2011; Salzman 2011; Weinstock 2011)

Horizontal transfer of symbionts and parasites

(Hoffmeister and Martin 2003; Spring 2003; Riegler, Charlat et al. 2004; Leister 2005; Coffey, Vasilakis et al. 2008; Perlman, Kelly et al. 2008; Stewart, Young et al. 2008; Keeling 2009; Lambrechts and Scott 2009; Margulis 2009; Bright and Bulgheresi 2010; Chafee, Funk et al. 2010; Moliner, Fournier et al. 2010; Oliver, Degnan et al. 2010; Himler, Adachi-Hagimori et al. 2011; Jiggins and Hurst 2011; Kent, Salichos et al. 2011; Matthews 2011)

Symbiosis functions

(Montgomery and McFall-Ngai 1994; Doino Lemus and McFall-Ngai 2000; Foster, Apicella et al. 2000; McFall-Ngai 2000; Visick, Foster et al. 2000; Kistner and Parniske 2002; Nyholm and McFall-Ngai 2004; Banba, Gutjahr et al. 2008; Chun, Troll et al. 2008; Fauvart and Michiels 2008; Markmann, Giczey et al. 2008; Nagamune, Xiong et al. 2008; Serbus, Casper-Lindley et al. 2008; Weis 2008; Chen, Fan et al. 2009; Garcia-Garrido, Lendzemo et al. 2009; Ichida, Yoneyama et al. 2009; Masson-Boivin, Giraud et al. 2009; Nyholm, Stewart et al. 2009; Stukenbrock and McDonald 2009; Torto-Alalibo, Collmer et al. 2009; Yuksel and Memon 2009; Gonzalez, Acosta et al. 2010; Kouchi, Imaizumi-Anraku et al. 2010; Madsen, Tirichine et al. 2010; Mandel 2010; McFall-Ngai, Nyholm et al. 2010; Wier, Nyholm et al. 2010; Haag, Baloban et al. 2011; Ludin, Nilsson et al. 2011; Nakagawa, Kaku et al. 2011; Op den Camp, Streng et al. 2011)

The infectious process and cell fusions

(Kuznetsov, Kuznetsova et al. 2000; Grant, Fisher et al. 2006; Ridout, Skamnioti et al. 2006; Ambur, Davidsen et al. 2009; Cunnac, Lindeberg et al. 2009; Kambara, Ardissone et al. 2009; Kay and Bonas 2009; Lewis, Guttman et al. 2009; Lindeberg and Collmer 2009; Meng, Torto-Alalibo et al. 2009; Tran Van Nhieu and Arbibe 2009; Vadassery and Oelmuller 2009; Bignell, Huguet-Tapia et al. 2010; Boch and Bonas 2010; Danchin, Rosso et al. 2010; Friesen and Mathias 2010; Gillespie, Brayton et al. 2010; Hayes, Aoki et al. 2010; Hughes, Terekhova et al. 2010; Marlovits and Stebbins 2010; Nick 2010; Viswanathan, Fruh et al. 2010; Ananiadou, Sullivan et al. 2011; Baltrus, Nishimura et al. 2011; Burke and Moran 2011; Champion 2011; Cunnac, Chakravarthy et al. 2011; Goodwin, M'Barek S et al. 2011; Ives, Ronet et al. 2011; Kaye and Scott 2011; Kemen, Gardiner et al. 2011; Moran, Coleman et al. 2011; Perrett, Lin et al. 2011; Russell, Hood et al. 2011; Taylor, Fischer et al. 2011; Zhou and Platt 2011)

Viruses as endosymbionts

(Martin, Herniou et al. 1999; Masui, Kuroiwa et al. 2001; Gifford and Tristem 2003; Ryan 2004; Gifford, Kabat et al. 2005; Roossinck 2005; Webb, Strand et al. 2006; McBride, Greig et al. 2008; Bigot, Renault et al. 2009; Federici, Bideshi et al. 2009; Niehl and Heinlein 2009; Ryan 2009; Ryan 2009; Patot, Martinez et al. 2010; Beyer, Moll-Rocek et al. 2011; Liu and Eiden 2011)

Insect micro-cultivation

(Farrell, Sequeira et al. 2001; Mueller, Schultz et al. 2001; Aanen, Eggleton et al. 2002; Aanen, de Fine Licht et al. 2009; Caldera, Poulsen et al. 2009; Stoll, Feldhaar et al. 2010; Nygaard, Zhang et al. 2011)

 

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