Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
J Bacteriol. 2012 Aug;194(16):4450-1. doi: 10.1128/JB.00789-12.
Cockroaches harbor the obligate flavobacterial endosymbiont Blattabacterium sp., which resides within the host's bacteriocytes and can recycle ammonia and urea nitrogenous wastes into amino acids for the host. We report the complete genome sequence of the Blattabacterium sp. associated with the giant roach Blaberus giganteus.
蟑螂体内携带有专性的黄杆菌内共生体 Blattabacterium sp.,这种共生体存在于宿主的菌细胞内,可以将氨和尿素等含氮废物循环转化为宿主可用的氨基酸。我们报道了与巨型蟑螂 Blaberus giganteus 相关的 Blattabacterium sp. 的完整基因组序列。