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This strictly host-associated and often intracellular lifestyle has had profound impacts on the genomic evolution of these bacteria, resulting in some of the smallest bacterial genomes observed to date. The authors present the first complete genome sequences of Hepatincola symbionts from three terrestrial isopod host species to gain insights into their genetic diversity, metabolic potential and the interactions between the symbiont and its isopod host. Only a single gene belonging to the GH3 family was present in each Hepatincola strain and its relatively low similarity to known proteins (57% amino_acid sequence identity) precluded . . .
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