PAREDES, Juan C.; HERREN, Jeremy K.; SCHÜPFER, Fanny; MARIN, Ray; CLAVEROL, Stéphane; KUO, Chih-Horng; LEMAITRE, Bruno; BEVEN, Laure

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PAREDES, Juan C.
Global Health Institute

HERREN, Jeremy K.
Global Health Institute

SCHÜPFER, Fanny
Global Health Institute

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mBio. 2015, vol. 6, n° 2

American Society for Microbiology

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Most insect species, including important disease vectors and crop pests, harbor vertically transmitted endosymbiotic bacteria. These endosymbionts play key roles in their hosts' fitness, including protecting them against natural enemies and manipulating their reproduction in ways that increase the frequency of symbiont infection. Little is known about the molecular mechanisms that underlie these processes. Here, we provide the first genome draft of a vertically transmitted male-killing Spiroplasma bacterium, the S. poulsonii MSRO strain harbored by D. melanogaster. Analysis of the S. poulsonii genome was complemented by proteomics and ex vivo metabolic experiments. Our results indicate that S. poulsonii has reduced metabolic capabilities and expresses divergent membrane lipoproteins and potential virulence factors that likely participate in Spiroplasma-host interactions. This work fills a gap in our knowledge of insect endosymbionts and provides tools with which to decipher the interaction between Spiroplasma bacteria and their well-characterized host D. melanogaster, which is emerging as a model of endosymbiosis.< Réduire

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Genome sequence of the Drosophila melanogaster male-killing Spiroplasma strain MSRO endosymbiont.

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