Molecular evidence for ongoing complementarity and horizontal gene transfer in endosymbiotic systems of mealybugs

Molecular evidence for ongoing complementarity and horizontal gene transfer in endosymbiotic systems of mealybugs

Intracellular bacterial supply of essential amino acids is common among sap-feeding insects, thus complementing the scarcity of nitrogenous compounds in plant phloem. This is also the role of the two mealybug endosymbiotic systems whose genomes have been sequenced. In the nested endosymbiotic system...

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Main Authors: Sergio eLópez-Madrigal, Aleixandre eBeltrà, Serena eResurrección, Antonia eSoto, Amparo eLatorre, Andres eMoya, Rosario eGil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
amino acid biosynthesis
endosymbiosis
horizontal gene transfer
mealybugs
“Candidatus Tremblaya princeps”
“Candidatus Tremblaya phenacola”
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00449/full

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