Settling down: The genome of serratia symbiotica from the aphid cinara tujafilina zooms in on the process of accommodation to a cooperative intracellular life

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1683-1698

  Manzano Marín, Alejandro ^a   Latorre, Amparo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Centro Superior de Investigacion en Salud Publica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aphid endosymbiont; Buchnera aphidicola; Co obligate; Genome reduction; Riboflavin; Serratia symbiotica

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APHID; BUCHNERA; CLASSIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SERRATIA; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BUCHNERA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; PHYLOGENY; SERRATIA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84927170078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu133     Document Type: Article

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