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Unique to these symbioses is a variation in the symbiont location: one lives in the host cytoplasm (endobiont) vs. residing between the host frustule and plasmalemma (periplasmic endobiont). Both partners are photosynthetic, yet how the partners acquire, share, or compete for bicarbonate necessary for their photosynthesis is unknown. The genomes of both endobionts (ReuHH01 and RintRC01, respectively) contain genes encoding SulP-family proteins, which are oxyanion transporters. To study the possible involvement of these transporters in bicarbonate uptake, we used complementation in a Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 mutant that is unable to grow at air levels of CO2 because all five of its inorganic carbon uptake systems have been inactivated. Of the five genes tested, only one (RintRC_3892) from the periplasmic endobiont complemented the mutant to grow with air levels of CO2 or at low bicarbonate concentrations. 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