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Bacterial endosymbionts of insects: insights from comparative genomics.
Amparo LatorreAndrés MoyaRosario Gilsubject
Comparative genomicsInsectaBacteriaEcologyfungiAdaptation BiologicalBacterial Physiological PhenomenaBiologymedicine.disease_causeBacterial Physiological PhenomenaMicrobiologyGenomeBiological EvolutionSymbiosisEvolutionary biologymedicinebacteriaAnimalsAdaptationSymbiosisEscherichia coliGeneEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsGenome BacterialSymbiotic bacteriadescription
The development of molecular techniques for the study of uncultured bacteria allowed the extensive study of the widespread association between insects and intracellular symbiotic bacteria. Most of the bacterial endosymbionts involved in such associations are gamma-proteobacteria, closely related to Escherichia coli. In recent years, five genomes from insect endosymbionts have been sequenced, allowing the performance of extensive genome comparative analysis that, as a complement of phylogenetic studies, and analysis on individual genes, can help to understand the different traits of this particular association, including how the symbiotic process is established, the explanation of the special features of these microbial genomes, the bases of this intimate association and the possible future that awaits the endosymbionts with extremely reduced genomes.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-10-14 | Environmental microbiology |