Complete Genome Sequence of Endomicrobium proavitum, a Free- Living Relative of the Intracellular Symbionts of Termite Gut

We sequenced the complete genome of Endomicrobium proavitum strain Rsa215, the first isolate of the class Endomicrobia (phy-lum Elusimicrobia). It is the closest free-living relative of the endosymbionts of termite gut flagellates and thereby provides an excellent model for studying the evolutionary processes during the establishment of an intracellular symbiosis