Intestinal Endocellular Symbiotic Bacterium of the Macaque Louse Pedicinus obtusus : Distinct Endosymbiont Origins in Anthropoid Primate Lice and the Old World Monkey Louse

Publication

Citation

Fukatsu et al. (2009). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75 (11)

Names (1)

“Puchtella pedicinophila”

Abstract

ABSTRACT A symbiotic bacterium of the macaque louse, Pedicinus obtusus , was characterized. The symbiont constituted a gammaproteobacterial lineage distinct from the symbionts of anthropoid primate lice, localized in the midgut epithelium and the ovaries and exhibiting AT-biased genes and accelerated molecular evolution. The designation “ Candidatus Puchtella pedicinophila” was proposed for it.

Authors

Fukatsu, Takema; Hosokawa, Takahiro; Koga, Ryuichi; Nikoh, Naruo; Kato, Takuya; Hayama, Shin-ichi; Takefushi, Haruo; Tanaka, Ichirou

Publication date

2009-06-01

DOI

10.1128/aem.00226-09 

URL

https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00226-09