Macorano and Nowack provide an overview of Paulinella chromatophora, a filose amoeba that harbors an organelle called a chromatophore and only the second known case of a eukaryote forming a primary endosymbiosis with a photosynthetic bacterium. Studying this relatively young relationship offers the chance to study the early stages of endosymbiosis.
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