title: Complete Genome Sequences of the Obligate Symbionts "Candidatus Sulcia muelleri" and "Ca. Nasuia deltocephalinicola" from the Pestiferous Leafhopper Macrosteles quadripunctulatus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae).
abstract: Two bacterial symbionts of the European pest leafhopper, Macrosteles quadripunctulatus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), were fully sequenced. "Candidatus Sulcia muelleri" and "Ca. Nasuia deltocephalinicola" represent two of the smallest known bacterial genomes at 190 kb and 112 kb, respectively. Genome sequences are nearly identical to strains reported from the closely related host species, M. quadrilineatus.
authors.affiliation: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA gordon.bennett@hawaii.edu.
authors.forename: Gordon M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.affiliation: Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, CNR, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abbà
authors.affiliation: Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kube
authors.affiliation: Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, CNR, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marzachì