Winding paths to simplicity: genome evolution in facultative insect symbionts.

Lo, Wen-Sui; Huang, Ya-Yi; Kuo, Chih-Horng

Lo, Wen-Sui; Huang, Ya-Yi; Kuo, Chih-Horng.

Affiliation

Lo WS; Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Huang YY; Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, National Chung Hsing University and Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
Kuo CH; Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.

FEMS Microbiol Rev ; 40(6): 855-874, 2016 11 01.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28204477

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Evolution, Molecular; Genome, Bacterial/genetics; Insecta/genetics; Insecta/microbiology; Symbiosis/genetics; Animals; Enterobacteriaceae/genetics; Gene Transfer, Horizontal/genetics; Proteobacteria/genetics; Spiroplasma/genetics

Key words

genome degradation; genome size; coding density; horizontal gene transfer; deletional bias; pseudogene; GC content; symbiosis; symbiotic bacteria; Arsenophonus; Hamiltonella; Regiella; Pantoea; Serratia; Sodalis; Spiroplasma; Wolbachia

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Health context: 3_ND Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Symbiosis / Genome, Bacterial / Evolution, Molecular / Insecta Type of study: Prognostic_studies Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: FEMS Microbiol Rev Year: 2016 Document type: Article

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