Bolaños Luis M, Servín-Garcidueñas Luis E, Martínez-Romero Esperanza
Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62210, México
Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62210, México.
FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2015 Feb;91(2):1-8. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiu008. Epub 2014 Dec 5.
The genus Spiroplasma comprises wall-less, low-GC bacteria that establish pathogenic, mutualistic and commensal symbiotic associations with arthropods and plants. This review focuses on the symbiotic relationships between Spiroplasma bacteria and arthropod hosts in the context of the available genomic sequences. Spiroplasma genomes are reduced and some contain highly repetitive plectrovirus-related sequences. Spiroplasma's diversity in viral invasion susceptibility, virulence factors, substrate utilization, genome dynamics and symbiotic associations with arthropods make this bacterial genus a biological model that provides insights about the evolutionary traits that shape bacterial symbiotic relationships with eukaryotes.
螺旋体属包含无细胞壁、低GC含量的细菌，它们与节肢动物和植物建立致病、互利和共生的共生关系。本综述基于现有的基因组序列，重点关注螺旋体细菌与节肢动物宿主之间的共生关系。螺旋体基因组已经简化，一些基因组包含高度重复的与丝状病毒相关的序列。螺旋体在病毒入侵易感性、毒力因子、底物利用、基因组动态以及与节肢动物的共生关系等方面具有多样性，这使得该细菌属成为一个生物学模型，能够为塑造细菌与真核生物共生关系的进化特征提供见解。
