title: Polyphyly of gut symbionts in stinkbugs of the family Cydnidae.
abstract: Symbiotic bacteria associated with midgut crypts of stinkbugs of the family Cydnidae, representing seven species and 13 populations, were investigated. All of the symbionts were species specific, and constituted at least four distinct lineages in the Gammaproteobacteria, indicating multiple evolutionary origins of the gut symbionts among the burrower bugs.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan. th-hosokawa@aist.go.jp
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: Yoshitomo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Naruo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nikoh
authors.forename: Takema
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukatsu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D058448:Biota; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013559:Symbiosis
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial