Complete Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum" BT-QVLC, an Obligate Symbiont That Supplies Amino Acids and Carotenoids to Bemisia tabaci. - Inria - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique Access content directly
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Complete Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum" BT-QVLC, an Obligate Symbiont That Supplies Amino Acids and Carotenoids to Bemisia tabaci.

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The genome of "Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum," the primary endosymbiont of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Mediterranean species), is reported. It presents a reduced genome (357 kb) encoding the capability to synthetize, or participate in the synthesis of, several amino acids and carotenoids, being the first insect endosymbiont capable of supplying carotenoids.

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hal-00763436 , version 1 (10-12-2012)

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Diego Santos-Garcia, Pierre-Antoine Farnier, Francisco Beitia, Einat Zchori-Fein, Fabrice Vavre, et al.. Complete Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum" BT-QVLC, an Obligate Symbiont That Supplies Amino Acids and Carotenoids to Bemisia tabaci.. Journal of Bacteriology, 2012, 194 (23), pp.6654-6655. ⟨10.1128/JB.01793-12⟩. ⟨hal-00763436⟩
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