Entry
Org code
bajc
Name
Buchnera aphidicola JF99, endosymbiont of Acyrthosiphon pisum (pea aphid)
Annotation
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Taxonomy
Lineage
Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Erwiniaceae; Buchnera; Buchnera aphidicola; Buchnera aphidicola (Acyrthosiphon pisum)
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KEGG organisms [BR:br08601 ]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610 ]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611 ]
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Data source
Keywords
Endosymbiont
Comment
Intracellular bacterium, which provides its aphid partner with essential amino acids (EAAs).
Parthenogenetic clones of Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris were originally obtained from Lotus pedunculatus.
Chromosome
Statistics
Number of protein genes: 590
Number of RNA genes: 35
Created
2012
Reference
Authors
MacDonald SJ, Thomas GH, Douglas AE
Title
Genetic and metabolic determinants of nutritional phenotype in an insect-bacterial symbiosis.
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