Open AccessPrevalence of an Insect-Associated Genomic Region in Environmentally Acquired Burkholderiaceae Symbionts
Author(s) -
Patrick T. Stillson,
David A. Baltrus,
Alison Ravenscraft
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.02502-21
Subject(s) - insect , biology , bacteria , genomics , gene , genome , metagenomics , evolutionary biology , genetics , ecology , zoology
Many plants and animals form intricate associations with bacteria. These pairings can be mediated by genomic islands, contiguous regions containing numerous genes with cohesive functionality.