Gnankiné, Olivier


Publications
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Analyses of symbiotic bacterial communities in the plant pest Bemisia tabaci reveal high prevalence of Candidatus Hemipteriphilus asiaticus on the African continent

Citation
Mouton et al. (2022). Peer Community Journal 2
Names
Ca. Hemipteriphilus asiaticus
Abstract
Microbial symbionts are widespread in insects and some of them have been associated with adaptive changes. Primary symbionts (P-symbionts) have a nutritional role that allows their hosts to feed on unbalanced diets (plant sap, wood, blood). Most of them have undergone genome reduction, but their genomes still retain genes involved in pathways that are necessary to synthesize the nutrients that their hosts need. However, in some P-symbionts, essential pathways are incomplete and secondary symbion
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