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Characteristics of the draft genome of “ Candidatus Arsenophonus nilaparvatae”, a facultative endosymbiont of Nilaparvata lugens
Author(s) -
Fan HaiWei,
Lu JiaBao,
Ye YuXuan,
Yu XiaoPing,
Zhang ChuanXi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
insect science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1744-7917
pISSN - 1672-9609
DOI - 10.1111/1744-7917.12318
Subject(s) - biology , genome , brown planthopper , candidatus , facultative , obligate , whole genome sequencing , gene , symbiotic bacteria , genetics , symbiosis , evolutionary biology , bacteria , botany
There exists a kind of symbiotic bacterium named “ Candidatus Arsenophonus nilaparvatae” in the brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens . After being filtered and assembled from the BPH genome sequencing project, the genome sequence of this bacterial symbiont was obtained. After initial analysis based on the genome, we have found its potential role to synthesize B vitamins for the host. In order to better understand the lifestyle and the genomic changes of this symbiotic bacterium after the symbiotic relationship was established, we further report the characteristics of this draft genome. Compared with several other related bacteria, “ Candidatus Arsenophonus nilaparvatae” has proven to be a facultative endosymbiont at the genomic level. Concurrently, the presence of fimbriae and flagella formation related genes indicates this maternally transmitted endosymbiont is most likely to retain the capacity to invade new hosts. Through further analysis of annotated gene sets, we also find evidence of genome reduction in its secretion system and metabolic pathways. These findings reflect its evolutionary trend to be an obligate one and enable a deeper study of microbe–insect interactions.