title: Complete genome sequence of "Candidatus Tremblaya princeps" strain PCVAL, an intriguing translational machine below the living-cell status.
abstract: The sequence of the genome of "Candidatus Tremblaya princeps" strain PCVAL, the primary endosymbiont of the citrus mealybug Planococcus citri, has been determined. "Ca. Tremblaya princeps" presents an unusual nested endosymbiosis and harbors a gammaproteobacterial symbiont within its cytoplasm in all analyzed mealybugs. The genome sequence reveals that "Ca. Tremblaya princeps" cannot be considered an independent organism but that the consortium with its gammaproteobacterial symbiotic associate represents a new composite living being.
authors.affiliation: Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de València, Apartado Postal 22085, 46071 València, Spain.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: López-Madrigal
authors.forename: Amparo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Latorre
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Porcar
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moya
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gil
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016680:Genome, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000235:genetics*; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data