Draft Genome Sequence of “Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa,” an Endosymbiont of the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci
ABSTRACT
“
Candidatus
Hamiltonella defensa” is a facultative endosymbiont of the whitefly
Bemisia tabaci
. Herein, we report the first draft genome sequence of “
Candidatus
Hamiltonella defensa” from the invasive Mediterranean cryptic species of the
B. tabaci
complex. The 1.84-Mbp genome sequence comprises 404 contigs and contains 1,806 predicted protein-coding genes.