Complete genome sequence of "Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum" BT-QVLC, an obligate symbiont that supplies amino acids and carotenoids to Bemisia tabaci

J Bacteriol. 2012 Dec;194(23):6654-5. doi: 10.1128/JB.01793-12.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Carotenoids / metabolism
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry*
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Genome, Bacterial*
  • Halomonadaceae / genetics*
  • Halomonadaceae / isolation & purification
  • Halomonadaceae / metabolism
  • Halomonadaceae / physiology
  • Hemiptera / microbiology
  • Hemiptera / physiology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA*
  • Symbiosis

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Carotenoids

Associated data

  • GENBANK/CP003835