| Title : Acetic acid bacteria genomes reveal functional traits for adaptation to life in insect guts - Chouaia_2014_Genome.Biol.Evol_6_912 |
| Author(s) : Chouaia B , Gaiarsa S , Crotti E , Comandatore F , Degli Esposti M , Ricci I , Alma A , Favia G , Bandi C , Daffonchio D |
| Ref : Genome Biol Evol , 6 :912 , 2014 |
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Abstract :
Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) live in sugar rich environments, including food matrices, plant tissues, and the gut of sugar-feeding insects. By comparing the newly sequenced genomes of Asaia platycodi and Saccharibacter sp., symbionts of Anopheles stephensi and Apis mellifera, respectively, with those of 14 other AAB, we provide a genomic view of the evolutionary pattern of this bacterial group and clues on traits that explain the success of AAB as insect symbionts. A specific pre-adaptive trait, cytochrome bo3 ubiquinol oxidase, appears ancestral in AAB and shows a phylogeny that is congruent with that of the genomes. The functional properties of this terminal oxidase might have allowed AAB to adapt to the diverse oxygen levels of arthropod guts. |
| PubMedSearch : Chouaia_2014_Genome.Biol.Evol_6_912 |
| PubMedID: 24682158 |
| Gene_locus related to this paper: 9prot-a0a060qe05 |
| Gene_locus | 9prot-a0a060qe05 |
Chouaia B, Gaiarsa S, Crotti E, Comandatore F, Degli Esposti M, Ricci I, Alma A, Favia G, Bandi C, Daffonchio D (2014)
Acetic acid bacteria genomes reveal functional traits for adaptation to life in insect guts
Genome Biol Evol
6 :912
Chouaia B, Gaiarsa S, Crotti E, Comandatore F, Degli Esposti M, Ricci I, Alma A, Favia G, Bandi C, Daffonchio D (2014)
Genome Biol Evol
6 :912