Intestinal endocellular symbiotic bacterium of the macaque louse Pedicinus obtusus: Distinct endosymbiont origins in anthropoid primate lice and the old world monkey louse.
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SUBMITTER: Fukatsu T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2687293 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
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Intestinal endocellular symbiotic bacterium of the macaque louse Pedicinus obtusus: Distinct endosymbiont origins in anthropoid primate lice and the old world monkey louse.
Fukatsu Takema T Hosokawa Takahiro T Koga Ryuichi R Nikoh Naruo N Kato Takuya T Hayama Shin-ichi S Takefushi Haruo H Tanaka Ichirou I
Applied and environmental microbiology 20090320 11
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. ...[more]
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