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<p>This episode: A eukaryote has symbionts living in it: green algae and also purple bacteria, a combo never seen before!</p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/bacteriofiles/BF462.mp3">Download Episode</a></span> (6.1 MB, 8.8 minutes)<br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Show notes:</span><br /> Microbe of the episode: <a href="https://viralzone.expasy.org/6437" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Staphylococcus</em> virus phiETA</a></p> <div> </div> <div><a href= "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210614153912.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">News item</a><br /> <div> </div> <div> <div><strong>Takeaways</strong></div> <div> <div> <div>Having bacteria as endosymbionts is fairly common in life on Earth: almost all eukaryotes have them in the form of mitochondria and sometimes chloroplasts. These former bacteria somehow got inside the ancestral eukaryote, either as parasites or as prey, and ended up as integral parts of their h...