Loss of genes related to Nucleotide Excision Repair (NER) and implications for reductive genome evolution in symbionts of deep-sea vesicomyid clams

Shigeru Shimamura; Takashi Kaneko; Genki Ozawa; Mamiko Nishino Matsumoto; Takeru Koshiishi; Yoshihiro Takaki; Chiaki Kato; Ken Takai; Takao Yoshida; Katsunori Fujikura; James P. Barry; Tadashi Maruyama

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171274

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Loss of genes related to Nucleotide Excision Repair (NER) and implications for reductive genome evolution in symbionts of deep-sea vesicomyid clams

Shigeru Shimamura,

Affiliations Department of Marine Biodiversity Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2–15, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan, Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
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Takashi Kaneko,

Affiliations Department of Marine Biodiversity Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2–15, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan, Tokyo College of Biotechnology, Kitakoujiya, Ota-ku,Tokyo, Japan
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Genki Ozawa,

Affiliations Department of Marine Biodiversity Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2–15, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan, Kitasato University, School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato Minami-ku Sagamihara-shi Kanagawa, Japan
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Mamiko Nishino Matsumoto,

Affiliation Department of Marine Biodiversity Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2–15, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
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Takeru Koshiishi,

Affiliation Department of Marine Biodiversity Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2–15, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
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Yoshihiro Takaki,

Affiliation Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
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Chiaki Kato,

Affiliation Department of Marine Biodiversity Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2–15, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
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Ken Takai,

Affiliation Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
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Takao Yoshida,

Affiliations Department of Marine Biodiversity Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2–15, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan, Kitasato University, School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato Minami-ku Sagamihara-shi Kanagawa, Japan
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Katsunori Fujikura,

Affiliation Department of Marine Biodiversity Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2–15, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
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James P. Barry,

Affiliation Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California, United States of America
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Tadashi Maruyama

* E-mail: tadashim@jamstec.go.jp

Affiliations Kitasato University, School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato Minami-ku Sagamihara-shi Kanagawa, Japan, Research and Development Center for Submarine Resources, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-3189

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Loss of genes related to Nucleotide Excision Repair (NER) and implications for reductive genome evolution in symbionts of deep-sea vesicomyid clams

Shigeru Shimamura,
Takashi Kaneko,
Genki Ozawa,
Mamiko Nishino Matsumoto,
Takeru Koshiishi,
Yoshihiro Takaki,
Chiaki Kato,
Ken Takai,
Takao Yoshida,
Katsunori Fujikura

Published: February 15, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171274

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