A large colonial choanoflagellate from Mono Lake harbors live bacteria.
K H HakeP T WestK McDonaldD LaundonJ Reyes-RiveraA Garcia De Las BayonasC FengP BurkhardtDaniel J RichterJillian F BanfieldNicole KingPublished in: mBio (2024)
revealed that it forms large spherical colonies containing diverse co-isolated bacteria, providing an opportunity to investigate mechanisms underlying physical associations between eukaryotes and bacteria.