Complete Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum" BT-QVLC, an Obligate Symbiont That Supplies Amino Acids and Carotenoids to Bemisia tabaci.

Diego Santos-Garcia (1) , Pierre-Antoine Farnier (2, 3) , Francisco Beitia (4) , Einat Zchori-Fein (5) , Fabrice Vavre (2, 6) , Laurence Mouton (2, 6) , Andrés Moya (1) , Amparo Latorre (1) , Francisco J Silva (1)

1 ICBiBE - Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva
2 BAMBOO - An algorithmic view on genomes, cells, and environments
3 Baobab
4 CSIC - Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas
5 ARO - Agricultural Research Organisation
6 Génétique et évolution des interactions hôtes-parasites

The genome of "Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum," the primary endosymbiont of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Mediterranean species), is reported. It presents a reduced genome (357 kb) encoding the capability to synthetize, or participate in the synthesis of, several amino acids and carotenoids, being the first insect endosymbiont capable of supplying carotenoids.

Domaines: Bio-Informatique, Biologie Systémique [q-bio.QM]; Bio-informatique [q-bio.QM]

Diego Santos-Garcia, Pierre-Antoine Farnier, Francisco Beitia, Einat Zchori-Fein, Fabrice Vavre, et al.. Complete Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum" BT-QVLC, an Obligate Symbiont That Supplies Amino Acids and Carotenoids to Bemisia tabaci.. Journal of Bacteriology, 2012, 194 (23), pp.6654-6655. ⟨10.1128/JB.01793-12⟩. ⟨hal-00763436⟩