mBio (Apr 2021)
Phylogenomics Reveals that <i>Asaia</i> Symbionts from Insects Underwent Convergent Genome Reduction, Preserving an Insecticide-Degrading Gene
- Francesco Comandatore,
- Claudia Damiani,
- Alessia Cappelli,
- Paulo Eduardo Martins Ribolla,
- Giuliano Gasperi,
- Francesco Gradoni,
- Gioia Capelli,
- Aurora Piazza,
- Fabrizio Montarsi,
- Maria Vittoria Mancini,
- Paolo Rossi,
- Irene Ricci,
- Claudio Bandi,
- Guido Favia
Affiliations
- Francesco Comandatore
- Pediatric CRC Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi, Department of Biosciences, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy
- Claudia Damiani
- School of Biosciences & Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Camerino, MC, Italy
- Alessia Cappelli
- School of Biosciences & Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Camerino, MC, Italy
- Paulo Eduardo Martins Ribolla
- Biotechnology Institute (IBTEC), Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Giuliano Gasperi
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Francesco Gradoni
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro (Padua), Italy
- Gioia Capelli
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro (Padua), Italy
- Aurora Piazza
- Pediatric CRC Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi, Department of Biosciences, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy
- Fabrizio Montarsi
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro (Padua), Italy
- Maria Vittoria Mancini
- MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Paolo Rossi
- School of Biosciences & Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Camerino, MC, Italy
- Irene Ricci
- School of Biosciences & Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Camerino, MC, Italy
- Claudio Bandi
- Pediatric CRC Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi, DIBIC, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy
- Guido Favia
- ORCiD
- School of Biosciences & Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Camerino, MC, Italy
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00106-21
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 2
Abstract
We have studied genome reduction within several strains of the insect symbiont AsaiaAsaiaAsaia
