Heterologous expression and biochemical comparison of two homologous SoxX proteins of endosymbiotic Candidatus Vesicomyosocius okutanii and free-living Hydrogenovibrio crunogenus from deep-sea environments.

Candidatus Vesicomyosocius okutanii is a currently uncultured endosymbiotic bacterium of Phreagena okutanii, a clam that inhabits deep-sea vent environments. The genome of Ca. V.