organism: Candidatus Hodgkinia cicadicola
description: Cicadas species are globally distributed and are important insects ecologically and economically. Their success depends upon amino acid providing bacteria that are harbored in specialized organs called bacteriomes. These bacteria have among the smallest genomes of any bacteria; how they function at a cellular level with such small genomes is unknown. To address this question, we sequenced the bacterial symbionts harbored by Cicada species from around the world.
attributes.tag: metagenomic
attributes.value: TRUE
attributes.tag: env_material
attributes.value: bacteriome
attributes.tag: metagenome-source
attributes.value: symbiont metagenome
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 2012-11-26
attributes.tag: environmental-sample
attributes.value: TRUE
attributes.tag: env_feature
attributes.value: bacteriome
attributes.tag: host
attributes.value: Tettigades auropilosa
attributes.tag: sample-type
attributes.value: metagenomic assembly
attributes.tag: note
attributes.value: This BioSample is a metagenomic assembly obtained from the host Tettigades auropilosa BioSample: SAMN02767918
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: Chile: El Volcan, cordillera de Santiago
attributes.tag: lat_lon
attributes.value: 33.8153 S 70.1900 W
attributes.tag: env_biome
attributes.value: bacteriome
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: MIMS.me
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: MIGS/MIMS/MIMARKS.host-associated