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1: Curr Microbiol. 2001 Jun;42(6):419-21.Click here to read Links

Phylogenetic analysis of vertically transmitted psyllid endosymbionts (Candidatus Carsonella ruddii) based on atpAGD and rpoC: comparisons with 16S-23S rDNA-derived phylogeny.

Thao ML, Clark MA, Burckhardt DH, Moran NA, Baumann P.

Microbiology Section, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616-8665, USA.

Psyllids are insects that harbor endosymbionts (Candidatuus Carsonella ruddii) within specialized cells found in the insect's body cavity. Previous phylogenetic analyses based on endosymbiont 16S-23S ribosomal DNA and a host gene were concordant (M.L. Thao, et al., Appl. Env. Microbiol. 66:2898, 2000). Additional analyses with atpAGD and rpoBC gave similar trees showing the agreement expected from organisms that evolve through vertical transmission with no gene exchange.

PMID: 11381334 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]