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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.

SUBMITTER: Santos-Garcia D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3497482 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Santos-Garcia Diego D   Farnier Pierre-Antoine PA   Beitia Francisco F   Zchori-Fein Einat E   Vavre Fabrice F   Mouton Laurence L   Moya Andrés A   Latorre Amparo A   Silva Francisco J FJ  

Journal of bacteriology 20121201 23

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. ...[more]