Intestinal endocellular symbiotic bacterium of the macaque louse Pedicinus obtusus: Distinct endosymbiont origins in anthropoid primate lice and the old world monkey louse.
A symbiotic bacterium of the macaque louse, Pedicinus obtusus, was characterized. The symbiont constituted a gammaproteobacterial lineage distinct from the symbionts of anthropoid primate lice, localized in the midgut epithelium and the ovaries and exhibiting AT-biased genes and accelerated molecular evolution. The designation "Candidatus Puchtella pedicinophila" was proposed for it.
Fukatsu
Takema
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National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan. t-fukatsu@aist.go.jp
Hosokawa
Takahiro
T
Koga
Ryuichi
R
Nikoh
Naruo
N
Kato
Takuya
T
Hayama
Shin-ichi
S
Takefushi
Haruo
H
Tanaka
Ichirou
I
D000818:Animals; D000854:Anoplura / Q000382:microbiology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D018834:Chaperonin 60 / Q000235:genetics; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004848:Epithelium / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010053:Ovary / Q000382:microbiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013559:Symbiosis
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S