| Entry | T00719 |
| Org code | wpi |
| Name | Wolbachia sp. wPip, endosymbiont of Culex quinquefasciatus (mosquito) |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX:570417 |
| Lineage | Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Alphaproteobacteria; Rickettsiales; Anaplasmataceae; Wolbachia; Wolbachia endosymbiont of Culex quinquefasciatus |
| Org group | Bacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rickettsiales |
| Brite | KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611] |
| Data source | GenBank (Assembly: GCA_000073005.1 Chromosome) |
| Keywords | Endosymbiont |
| Comment | Obligate intracellular bacterium.
Induces cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), patterns of crossing sterility, in the Culex pipiens group of mosquitoes. |
| Chromosome | Circular (GB: AM999887) |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 1275
Number of RNA genes: 37 |
| Created | 2008 |
| Reference | PMID: 18550617 |
| Authors | Klasson L, Walker T, Sebaihia M, Sanders MJ, Quail MA, Lord A, Sanders S, Earl J, O'Neill SL, Thomson N, et al. |
| Title | Genome evolution of Wolbachia strain wPip from the Culex pipiens group. |
| Journal | Mol Biol Evol 25:1877-87 (2008)
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn133 |
