title: Complete genome sequence of "Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum" BT-QVLC, an obligate symbiont that supplies amino acids and carotenoids to Bemisia tabaci.
abstract: The genome of "Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum," the primary endosymbiont of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Mediterranean species), is reported. It presents a reduced genome (357 kb) encoding the capability to synthetize, or participate in the synthesis of, several amino acids and carotenoids, being the first insect endosymbiont capable of supplying carotenoids.
authors.affiliation: Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Santos-Garcia
authors.forename: Pierre-Antoine
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Farnier
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Beitia
authors.forename: Einat
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zchori-Fein
authors.forename: Fabrice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vavre
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mouton
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moya
authors.forename: Amparo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Latorre
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D044129:Halomonadaceae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013559:Symbiosis
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D002338:Carotenoids