Nature Communications (Feb 2016)
Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome
- Joshua B. Benoit,
- Zach N. Adelman,
- Klaus Reinhardt,
- Amanda Dolan,
- Monica Poelchau,
- Emily C. Jennings,
- Elise M. Szuter,
- Richard W. Hagan,
- Hemant Gujar,
- Jayendra Nath Shukla,
- Fang Zhu,
- M. Mohan,
- David R. Nelson,
- Andrew J. Rosendale,
- Christian Derst,
- Valentina Resnik,
- Sebastian Wernig,
- Pamela Menegazzi,
- Christian Wegener,
- Nicolai Peschel,
- Jacob M. Hendershot,
- Wolfgang Blenau,
- Reinhard Predel,
- Paul R. Johnston,
- Panagiotis Ioannidis,
- Robert M. Waterhouse,
- Ralf Nauen,
- Corinna Schorn,
- Mark-Christoph Ott,
- Frank Maiwald,
- J. Spencer Johnston,
- Ameya D. Gondhalekar,
- Michael E. Scharf,
- Brittany F. Peterson,
- Kapil R. Raje,
- Benjamin A. Hottel,
- David Armisén,
- Antonin Jean Johan Crumière,
- Peter Nagui Refki,
- Maria Emilia Santos,
- Essia Sghaier,
- Sèverine Viala,
- Abderrahman Khila,
- Seung-Joon Ahn,
- Christopher Childers,
- Chien-Yueh Lee,
- Han Lin,
- Daniel S. T. Hughes,
- Elizabeth J. Duncan,
- Shwetha C. Murali,
- Jiaxin Qu,
- Shannon Dugan,
- Sandra L. Lee,
- Hsu Chao,
- Huyen Dinh,
- Yi Han,
- Harshavardhan Doddapaneni,
- Kim C. Worley,
- Donna M. Muzny,
- David Wheeler,
- Kristen A. Panfilio,
- Iris M. Vargas Jentzsch,
- Edward L. Vargo,
- Warren Booth,
- Markus Friedrich,
- Matthew T. Weirauch,
- Michelle A. E. Anderson,
- Jeffery W. Jones,
- Omprakash Mittapalli,
- Chaoyang Zhao,
- Jing-Jiang Zhou,
- Jay D. Evans,
- Geoffrey M. Attardo,
- Hugh M. Robertson,
- Evgeny M. Zdobnov,
- Jose M. C. Ribeiro,
- Richard A. Gibbs,
- John H. Werren,
- Subba R. Palli,
- Coby Schal,
- Stephen Richards
Affiliations
- Joshua B. Benoit
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati
- Zach N. Adelman
- Fralin Life Science Institute and Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech
- Klaus Reinhardt
- Department of Biology, Applied Zoology, Technische Universitaet Dresden
- Amanda Dolan
- Department of Biology, University of Rochester
- Monica Poelchau
- National Agricultural Library
- Emily C. Jennings
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati
- Elise M. Szuter
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati
- Richard W. Hagan
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati
- Hemant Gujar
- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky
- Jayendra Nath Shukla
- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky
- Fang Zhu
- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky
- M. Mohan
- ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Indian Council of Agricultural Research
- David R. Nelson
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
- Andrew J. Rosendale
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati
- Christian Derst
- Cologne Biocenter and Zoological Institute, University of Cologne
- Valentina Resnik
- Institut für Bienenkunde (Polytechnische Gesellschaft), Goethe University Frankfurt
- Sebastian Wernig
- Institut für Bienenkunde (Polytechnische Gesellschaft), Goethe University Frankfurt
- Pamela Menegazzi
- Department of Neurobiology and Genetics, Theodor-Boveri-Institute, Biocenter, University of Würzburg
- Christian Wegener
- Department of Neurobiology and Genetics, Theodor-Boveri-Institute, Biocenter, University of Würzburg
- Nicolai Peschel
- Department of Neurobiology and Genetics, Theodor-Boveri-Institute, Biocenter, University of Würzburg
- Jacob M. Hendershot
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati
- Wolfgang Blenau
- Cologne Biocenter and Zoological Institute, University of Cologne
- Reinhard Predel
- Cologne Biocenter and Zoological Institute, University of Cologne
- Paul R. Johnston
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biology, Freie Universitaet
- Panagiotis Ioannidis
- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Geneva
- Robert M. Waterhouse
- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Geneva
- Ralf Nauen
- Pest Control Biology and Research Technologies, Bayer CropScience AG
- Corinna Schorn
- Pest Control Biology and Research Technologies, Bayer CropScience AG
- Mark-Christoph Ott
- Pest Control Biology and Research Technologies, Bayer CropScience AG
- Frank Maiwald
- Pest Control Biology and Research Technologies, Bayer CropScience AG
- J. Spencer Johnston
- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University
- Ameya D. Gondhalekar
- Department of Entomology, Purdue University
- Michael E. Scharf
- Department of Entomology, Purdue University
- Brittany F. Peterson
- Department of Entomology, Purdue University
- Kapil R. Raje
- Department of Entomology, Purdue University
- Benjamin A. Hottel
- Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida
- David Armisén
- Institue de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL), Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, UMR5242-CNRS
- Antonin Jean Johan Crumière
- Institue de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL), Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, UMR5242-CNRS
- Peter Nagui Refki
- Institue de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL), Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, UMR5242-CNRS
- Maria Emilia Santos
- Institue de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL), Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, UMR5242-CNRS
- Essia Sghaier
- Institue de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL), Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, UMR5242-CNRS
- Sèverine Viala
- Institue de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL), Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, UMR5242-CNRS
- Abderrahman Khila
- Institue de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon (IGFL), Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, UMR5242-CNRS
- Seung-Joon Ahn
- Department of Entomology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
- Christopher Childers
- National Agricultural Library
- Chien-Yueh Lee
- National Agricultural Library
- Han Lin
- National Agricultural Library
- Daniel S. T. Hughes
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine
- Elizabeth J. Duncan
- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics Otago, University of Otago
- Shwetha C. Murali
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine
- Jiaxin Qu
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine
- Shannon Dugan
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine
- Sandra L. Lee
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine
- Hsu Chao
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine
- Huyen Dinh
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine
- Yi Han
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine
- Harshavardhan Doddapaneni
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine
- Kim C. Worley
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine
- Donna M. Muzny
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine
- David Wheeler
- Institute of Fundamental Science, Massey University
- Kristen A. Panfilio
- Institute for Developmental Biology, University of Cologne
- Iris M. Vargas Jentzsch
- Institute for Developmental Biology, University of Cologne
- Edward L. Vargo
- Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University
- Warren Booth
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Tulsa
- Markus Friedrich
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University
- Matthew T. Weirauch
- Division of Biomedical Informatics, and Division of Developmental Biology, Department of Pediatrics, Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati
- Michelle A. E. Anderson
- Fralin Life Science Institute and Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech
- Jeffery W. Jones
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University
- Omprakash Mittapalli
- Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University
- Chaoyang Zhao
- Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University
- Jing-Jiang Zhou
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, BBSRC Harpenden
- Jay D. Evans
- United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service Bee Research Laboratory
- Geoffrey M. Attardo
- Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University
- Hugh M. Robertson
- Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Evgeny M. Zdobnov
- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Geneva
- Jose M. C. Ribeiro
- Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
- Richard A. Gibbs
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine
- John H. Werren
- Department of Biology, University of Rochester
- Subba R. Palli
- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky
- Coby Schal
- Department of Entomology and W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, North Carolina State University
- Stephen Richards
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10165
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
The bed bug, Cimex lectularius, is a ubiquitous human ectoparasite with global distribution. Here, the authors sequence the genome of the bed bug and identify reductions in chemosensory genes, expansion of genes associated with blood digestion and genes linked to pesticide resistance.
