title: Intestinal endocellular symbiotic bacterium of the macaque louse Pedicinus obtusus: Distinct endosymbiont origins in anthropoid primate lice and the old world monkey louse.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan. t-fukatsu@aist.go.jp
authors.forename: Takema
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukatsu
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: Ryuichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: Naruo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nikoh
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayama
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takefushi
authors.forename: Ichirou
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S