The eubacterial endosymbionts of whiteflies (homoptera: Aleyrodoidea) constitute a lineage distinct from the endosymbionts of aphids and mealybugs (original) (raw)

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Whiteflies (superfamily Aleyrodoidea) contain eubacterial endosymbionts localized within host cells known as mycetocytes. Sequence analysis of the genes for the 16S rRNA of the endosymbionts of_Bemisia tabaci, Siphoninus phillyreae_, and_Trialeurodes vaporariorum_ indicates that these organisms are closely related and constitute a distinct lineage within the γ-subdivision of the_Proteobacteria_. The endosymbionts of whiteflies are unrelated to the endosymbionts of aphids and mealybugs, which are in two separate lineages.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, University of California, 95616, Davis, California, USA
    Marta A. Clark, Linda Baumann, Mark A. Munson & Paul Baumann
  2. U.S. Department of Agriculture, ARS, Albany, California, USA
    Bruce C. Campbell
  3. U. S. Department of Agriculture, ARS, Salinas, California, USA
    James E. Duffus
  4. AREC-Apopka, University of Florida, Apopka, Florida
    Lance S. Osborne
  5. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
    Nancy A. Moran

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  1. Marta A. Clark
  2. Linda Baumann
  3. Mark A. Munson
  4. Paul Baumann
  5. Bruce C. Campbell
  6. James E. Duffus
  7. Lance S. Osborne
  8. Nancy A. Moran

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Clark, M.A., Baumann, L., Munson, M.A. et al. The eubacterial endosymbionts of whiteflies (homoptera: Aleyrodoidea) constitute a lineage distinct from the endosymbionts of aphids and mealybugs.Current Microbiology 25, 119–123 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570970

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