{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Fujiwara A"],"funding":["MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science","NARO Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution","MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)","MEXT | Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers","RIKEN ()","RIKEN","MEXT | Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers (LEADER)"],"pagination":["e0468422"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9927142"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Many insects contain endosymbiotic bacteria within their bodies. In multiple endosymbiotic systems comprising two or more symbionts, each of the symbionts is generally localized in a different host cell or tissue. Bemisia tabaci (Sweet potato whitefly) possesses a unique endosymbiotic system where co-obligate symbionts are localized in the same bacteriocytes. Using fluorescence <i>in situ</i> hybridization, we found that endosymbionts in <i>B. tabaci</i> MEAM1 occupy distinct subcellular habitats, or niches, within a single bacteriocyte. <i>Hamiltonella</i> was located adjacent to the nucleus of the bacteriocyte, while <i>Portiera</i> was present in the cytoplasm surrounding <i>Hamiltonella</i>. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that the endoplasmic reticulum separates the two symbiont"],"journal":["Microbiology spectrum"],"pubmed_title":["Subcellular Niche Segregation of Co-Obligate Symbionts in Whiteflies."],"pmcid":["PMC9927142"],"funding_grant_id":["Research program on the development of innovative technology","Special Postdoctoral Researcher (SPDR) Program","18K05673"],"pubmed_authors":["Kamagata Y","Meng XY","Tsuchida T","Fujiwara A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Subcellular Niche Segregation of Co-Obligate Symbionts in Whiteflies.","description":"Many insects contain endosymbiotic bacteria within their bodies. In multiple endosymbiotic systems comprising two or more symbionts, each of the symbionts is generally localized in a different host cell or tissue. Bemisia tabaci (Sweet potato whitefly) possesses a unique endosymbiotic system where co-obligate symbionts are localized in the same bacteriocytes. Using fluorescence <i>in situ</i> hybridization, we found that endosymbionts in <i>B. tabaci</i> MEAM1 occupy distinct subcellular habitats, or niches, within a single bacteriocyte. <i>Hamiltonella</i> was located adjacent to the nucleus of the bacteriocyte, while <i>Portiera</i> was present in the cytoplasm surrounding <i>Hamiltonella</i>. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that the endoplasmic reticulum separates the two symbiont","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Feb","modification":"2025-04-18T21:29:56.679Z","creation":"2025-04-07T09:21:41.395Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9927142","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36546855"],"doi":["10.1128/spectrum.04684-22"]}}