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Comparative Genomics of Facultative Bacterial Symbionts Isolated from European Orius Species Reveals an Ancestral Symbiotic Association

Xiaorui Chen, Matthew Hitchings Orcid Logo, José E. Mendoza, Virginia Balanza, Paul Facey Orcid Logo, Paul Dyson Orcid Logo, Pablo Bielza, Ricardo Del Sol, Ricardo Del Sol Abascal Orcid Logo

Frontiers in Microbiology, Volume: 8

Swansea University Authors: Matthew Hitchings Orcid Logo, Paul Facey Orcid Logo, Paul Dyson Orcid Logo, Ricardo Del Sol Abascal Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01969

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The use of several species within the genus Orius in pest control is widely spread, particularly in Mediterranean Europe. The characterisation and contribution of microbial symbionts to Orius sp. fitness, behaviour, and potential impact on human health has been neglected. This paper provides the fir...

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Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
ISSN: 1664-302X
Published: 2017
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Abstract: The use of several species within the genus Orius in pest control is widely spread, particularly in Mediterranean Europe. The characterisation and contribution of microbial symbionts to Orius sp. fitness, behaviour, and potential impact on human health has been neglected. This paper provides the first genome sequence level description of the predominant culturable facultative bacterial symbionts associated with five Orius species (O. laevigatus, O. niger, O. pallidicornis, O. majusculus, and O. albidipennis) from several geographical locations. Two types of symbionts were broadly classified as members of the genera Serratia and Leucobacter, while a third constitutes a new genus within the Erwiniaceae. These symbionts were found to colonise all the insect specimens tested, which evidenced an ancestral symbiotic association between these bacteria and the genus Orius. Pangenome analyses of the Serratia sp. isolates offered clues linking Type VI secretion system effector–immunity proteins from the Tai4 sub-family to the symbiotic lifestyle.
College: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences

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