| Entry | T02206 |
| Org code | ple |
| Name | Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum BT-B-HRs, endosymbiont of Bemisia tabaci |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX: 1206109 |
| Lineage | Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Candidatus Johnevansiales; Candidatus Johnevansiaceae; Candidatus Portiera; Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum |
| 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_000292685.1 Complete Genome) BioProject: 169905 |
| Keywords | Endosymbiont |
| Comment | Obligate or primary whitefly endosymbiont. Isolated from Bemisia tabaci (B biotype) specimens from a laboratory colony founded with insects collected on cotton plants in Maricopa County, AZ, USA in October 2009.
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| Chromosome | Circular (GB: CP003708) |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 256 Number of RNA genes: 37
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| Created | 2012 |
| Reference | PMID: 22977066 |
| Authors | Sloan DB, Moran NA |
| Title | Endosymbiotic bacteria as a source of carotenoids in whiteflies. |
| Journal | Biol Lett 8:986-9 (2012) DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0664 |