Hamiltonella defensa

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Classification

Domain: Bacteria; Phylum: Proteobacteria; Class: Gammaproteobacteria; Order: Enterobacterales; family: Enterbacteriaceae; Genus: Hamiltonella

Species

NCBI: Taxonomy

Hamiltonella defensa

Description and Significance

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Genome Structure

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Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle

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Ecology and Pathogenesis

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References

[Sample reference] Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.

Chevignon, Germain et al. “Culture-Facilitated Comparative Genomics of the Facultative Symbiont Hamiltonella defensa.” Genome Biology and Evolution vol. 10,3 (2018): 786-802. doi.:10.1093/gbe/evy036

Degnan, Patrick H et al. “Hamiltonella defensa, genome evolution of protective bacterial endosymbiont from pathogenic ancestors.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America vol. 106,22 (2009): 9063-8. doi:10.1073/pnas.0900194106

Dykstra, Hannah R et al. “Factors Limiting the Spread of the Protective Symbiont Hamiltonella defensa in Aphis craccivora Aphids.” Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 80,18 (2014): 5818-27. doi:10.1128/aem.01775-14.

Moran, Nancy A et al. “Evolutionary relationships of three new species of Enterobacteriaceae living as symbionts of aphids and other insects.” Applied and environmental microbiology vol. 71,6 (2005): 3302-10. doi:10.1128/AEM.71.6.3302-3310.2005

Author

Page authored by Isabella Valli, student of Prof. Jay Lennon at IndianaUniversity.