Highly reduced complementary genomes of dual bacterial symbionts in the mulberry psyllidAnomoneura mori
Yuka Yasuda,
Hiromitsu Inoue,
Yuu Hirose
et al.
Abstract:The genomes of obligately host restricted bacteria suffer from accumulating mildly deleterious mutations, resulting in a drastic size reduction. Psyllids (Hemiptera) are phloem sap sucking insects with a specialized organ called the bacteriome, which typically harbors two vertically transmitted bacterial symbionts: the primary symbiont "Candidatus Carsonella ruddii" (Gammaproteobacteria) and a secondary symbiont phylogenetically diverse among psyllid lineages. Genomes of several Carsonella lineages were reveal… Show more
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