Evolution of small prokaryotic genomes

The cockroach Blattella germanica obtains nitrogen from uric acid through a metabolic pathway shared with its bacterial endosymbiont

(2014) R. Patino-Navarrete et al.   Biology Letters

Endosymbiosis: Protein Targeting Further Erodes the Organelle/Symbiont Distinction

(2014) John P. McCutcheon et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Aphid gene of bacterial origin encodes a protein transported to an obligate endosymbiont

(2014) Atsushi Nakabachi et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

LESS IS MORE: SELECTIVE ADVANTAGES CAN EXPLAIN THE PREVALENT LOSS OF BIOSYNTHETIC GENES IN BACTERIA

(2014) Glen D'Souza et al.   EVOLUTION

Settling Down: The Genome of Serratia symbiotica from the Aphid Cinara tujafilina Zooms in on the Process of Accommodation to a Cooperative Intracellular Life

(2014) Alejandro Manzano-Marín et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Genome Sequence of “Candidatus Walczuchella monophlebidarum” the Flavobacterial Endosymbiont of Llaveia axin axin (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Monophlebidae)

(2014) Tania Rosas-Pérez et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The Genome of Cardinium cBtQ1 Provides Insights into Genome Reduction, Symbiont Motility, and Its Settlement in Bemisia tabaci

(2014) Diego Santos-Garcia et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Genome Degeneration and Adaptation in a Nascent Stage of Symbiosis

(2014) Kelly F. Oakeson et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Implications of streamlining theory for microbial ecology

(2014) Stephen J Giovannoni et al.   ISME Journal

Parallel Histories of Horizontal Gene Transfer Facilitated Extreme Reduction of Endosymbiont Genomes in Sap-Feeding Insects

(2014) Daniel B. Sloan et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Endogone, one of the oldest plant-associated fungi, host unique Mollicutes-related endobacteria

(2014) Alessandro Desirò et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Shared Metabolic Pathways in a Coevolved Insect-Bacterial Symbiosis

(2013) Calum W. Russell et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Genome reduction as the dominant mode of evolution

(2013) Yuri I. Wolf et al.   BIOESSAYS

Endosymbiosis in trypanosomatids: the genomic cooperation between bacterium and host in the synthesis of essential amino acids is heavily influenced by multiple horizontal gene transfers

(2013) João MP Alves et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Extensively duplicated and transcriptionally active recent lateral gene transfer from a bacterial Wolbachia endosymbiont to its host filarial nematode Brugia malayi

(2013) Panagiotis Ioannidis et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Mealybugs nested endosymbiosis: going into the ‘matryoshka’ system in Planococcus citri in depth

(2013) Sergio López-Madrigal et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Horizontal Gene Transfer from Diverse Bacteria to an Insect Genome Enables a Tripartite Nested Mealybug Symbiosis

(2013) Filip Husnik et al.   CELL

Defensive Bacteriome Symbiont with a Drastically Reduced Genome

(2013) Atsushi Nakabachi et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Scanty microbes, the ‘symbionelle’ concept

(2013) Mariana Reyes-Prieto et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Evolution of Genomic Instability in the Obligate Endosymbionts of Whiteflies

(2013) Daniel B. Sloan et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Small, Smaller, Smallest: The Origins and Evolution of Ancient Dual Symbioses in a Phloem-Feeding Insect

(2013) Gordon M. Bennett et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Detection of a novel intracellular microbiome hosted in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

(2013) Alessandro Desirò et al.   ISME Journal

The genome portal of the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute: 2014 updates

(2013) Henrik Nordberg et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

How Does Tremblaya princeps Get Essential Proteins from Its Nested Partner Moranella endobia in the Mealybug Planoccocus citri?

(2013) Sergio López-Madrigal et al.   PLoS One

Polynucleobacter necessarius, a model for genome reduction in both free-living and symbiotic bacteria

(2013) V. Boscaro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Metagenomics uncovers a new group of low GC and ultra-small marine Actinobacteria

(2013) Rohit Ghai et al.   Scientific Reports

Endosymbiotic bacteria as a source of carotenoids in whiteflies

(2012) D. B. Sloan et al.   Biology Letters

Production of the Quorum-Sensing Molecules N-Acylhomoserine Lactones by Endobacteria Associated with Mortierella alpina A-178

(2012) Kenji Kai et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Microbial Lifestyle and Genome Signatures

(2012)   CURRENT GENOMICS

There and back again: new single-molecule insights in the motion of DNA repair proteins

(2012) Maria Spies   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Antivirulence Genes: Insights into Pathogen Evolution through Gene Loss

(2012) Kimberly A. Bliven et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Dehalococcoides mccartyi gen. nov., sp. nov., obligately organohalide-respiring anaerobic bacteria relevant to halogen cycling and bioremediation, belong to a novel bacterial class, Dehalococcoidia classis nov., order Dehalococcoidales ord. nov. and family Dehalococcoidaceae fam. nov., within the phylum Chloroflexi

(2012) F. E. Loffler et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Nutrient requirements for growth of the extreme oligotroph ‘Candidatus Pelagibacter ubique’ HTCC1062 on a defined medium

(2012) Paul Carini et al.   ISME Journal

Evolutionary relationships of flavobacterial and enterobacterial endosymbionts with their scale insect hosts (Hemiptera: Coccoidea)

(2012) M. Rosenblueth et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Genome Reduction and Co-evolution between the Primary and Secondary Bacterial Symbionts of Psyllids

(2012) Daniel B. Sloan et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Prions are a common mechanism for phenotypic inheritance in wild yeasts

(2012) Randal Halfmann et al.   NATURE

Bacterial DNA repair: recent insights into the mechanism of RecBCD, AddAB and AdnAB

(2012) Dale B. Wigley   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Genome streamlining and chemical defense in a coral reef symbiosis

(2012) J. C. Kwan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Streamlining and Core Genome Conservation among Highly Divergent Members of the SAR11 Clade

(2012) J. Grote et al.   mBio

The Black Queen Hypothesis: Evolution of Dependencies through Adaptive Gene Loss

(2012) J. J. Morris et al.   mBio

The Origins of Cooperative Bacterial Communities

(2012) J. L. Sachs et al.   mBio

Genome sequence of strain HIMB624, a cultured representative from the OM43 clade of marine Betaproteobacteria

(2012) Megan J. Huggett et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

Complete genome sequence of Polynucleobacter necessarius subsp. asymbioticus type strain (QLW-P1DMWA-1T)

(2012) Linda Meincke et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

A Novel Human-Infection-Derived Bacterium Provides Insights into the Evolutionary Origins of Mutualistic Insect–Bacterial Symbioses

(2012) Adam L. Clayton et al.   PLoS Genetics

Repeated, Selection-Driven Genome Reduction of Accessory Genes in Experimental Populations

(2012) Ming-Chun Lee et al.   PLoS Genetics

Selection-Driven Gene Loss in Bacteria

(2012) Sanna Koskiniemi et al.   PLoS Genetics

New Clues about the Evolutionary History of Metabolic Losses in Bacterial Endosymbionts, Provided by the Genome of Buchnera aphidicola from the Aphid Cinara tujafilina

(2011) Araceli Lamelas et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The dawn of symbiosis between plants and fungi

(2011) M. I. Bidartondo et al.   Biology Letters

A bacterial genome in transition - an exceptional enrichment of IS elements but lack of evidence for recent transposition in the symbiont Amoebophilus asiaticus

(2011) Stephan Schmitz-Esser et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Evolution of an endofungal Lifestyle: Deductions from the Burkholderia rhizoxinica Genome

(2011) Gerald Lackner et al.   BMC GENOMICS

An Interdependent Metabolic Patchwork in the Nested Symbiosis of Mealybugs

(2011) John P. McCutcheon et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Lateral gene transfer

(2011) Olga Zhaxybayeva et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

An AT Mutational Bias in the Tiny GC-Rich Endosymbiont Genome of Hodgkinia

(2011) James T. Van Leuven et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The genome of the obligate endobacterium of an AM fungus reveals an interphylum network of nutritional interactions

(2011) Stefano Ghignone et al.   ISME Journal

Complete Genome Sequence of Weissella koreensis KACC 15510, Isolated from Kimchi

(2011) S. H. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Complete Genome and Proteome of Acholeplasma laidlawii

(2011) V. N. Lazarev et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Bacterial-Fungal Interactions: Hyphens between Agricultural, Clinical, Environmental, and Food Microbiologists

(2011) P. Frey-Klett et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Large-Scale Label-Free Quantitative Proteomics of the Pea aphid-BuchneraSymbiosis

(2011) Anton Poliakov et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

Extreme genome reduction in symbiotic bacteria

(2011) John P. McCutcheon et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Energy Starved Candidatus Pelagibacter Ubique Substitutes Light-Mediated ATP Production for Endogenous Carbon Respiration

(2011) Laura Steindler et al.   PLoS One

Complete genome sequence of Methanothermus fervidus type strain (V24ST)

(2011) Iain Anderson et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

Complete genome sequence of Desulfurococcus mucosus type strain (O7/1T)

(2011) Reinhard Wirth et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

Loss of Genetic Redundancy in Reductive Genome Evolution

(2011) André G. Mendonça et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Serratia symbiotica from the Aphid Cinara cedri: A Missing Link from Facultative to Obligate Insect Endosymbiont

(2011) Araceli Lamelas et al.   PLoS Genetics

Diverse Bacteria Inhabit Living Hyphae of Phylogenetically Diverse Fungal Endophytes

(2010) M. T. Hoffman et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The growth and long term survival of Acholeplasma laidlawii in media products used in biopharmaceutical manufacturing

(2010) Helena M. Windsor et al.   BIOLOGICALS

The bacterial essence of tiny symbiont genomes

(2010) John P McCutcheon   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Functional Convergence in Reduced Genomes of Bacterial Symbionts Spanning 200 My of Evolution

(2010) John P. McCutcheon et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The obligate endobacteria of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are ancient heritable components related to the Mollicutes

(2010) Maria Naumann et al.   ISME Journal

Complete Genome Sequence of Burkholderia rhizoxinica, an Endosymbiont of Rhizopus microsporus

(2010) G. Lackner et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

How much cytoplasm can a bacterial genome control?

(2010) J.T. Trevors et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Evolutionary microbial genomics: insights into bacterial host adaptation

(2010) Christina Toft et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Genome Erosion in a Nitrogen-Fixing Vertically Transmitted Endosymbiotic Multicellular Cyanobacterium

(2010) Liang Ran et al.   PLoS One

Genome sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont provide insights into the permanent parasitic lifestyle

(2010) E. F. Kirkness et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2010)   PLOS BIOLOGY

Evidence of Selection upon Genomic GC-Content in Bacteria

(2010) Falk Hildebrand et al.   PLoS Genetics

Evidence That Mutation Is Universally Biased towards AT in Bacteria

(2010) Ruth Hershberg et al.   PLoS Genetics

Bacterial Genes in the Aphid Genome: Absence of Functional Gene Transfer from Buchnera to Its Host

(2010) Naruo Nikoh et al.   PLoS Genetics

Aphids acquired symbiotic genes via lateral gene transfer

(2009) Naruo Nikoh et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Extraordinarily widespread and fantastically complex: comparative biology of endosymbiotic bacterial and fungal mutualists of insects

(2009) Cara M. Gibson et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Selection for Chaperone-Like Mediated Genetic Robustness at Low Mutation Rate: Impact of Drift, Epistasis and Complexity

(2009) P.-A. Gros et al.   GENETICS

The consequences of genetic drift for bacterial genome complexity

(2009) C.-H. Kuo et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

The Genome of the Amoeba Symbiont "Candidatus Amoebophilus asiaticus" Reveals Common Mechanisms for Host Cell Interaction among Amoeba-Associated Bacteria

(2009) S. Schmitz-Esser et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Ecological Genomics of Marine Picocyanobacteria

(2009) D. J. Scanlan et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Molecular Evolution in Bacterial Endosymbionts of Fungi

(2009) D. M. Castillo et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Convergent evolution of metabolic roles in bacterial co-symbionts of insects

(2009) J. P. McCutcheon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolutionary Convergence and Nitrogen Metabolism in Blattabacterium strain Bge, Primary Endosymbiont of the Cockroach Blattella germanica

(2009) Maria J. López-Sánchez et al.   PLoS Genetics

Origin of an Alternative Genetic Code in the Extremely Small and GC–Rich Genome of a Bacterial Symbiont

(2009) John P. McCutcheon et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genomics and Evolution of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts

(2008) Nancy A. Moran et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Chromatophore Genome Sequence of Paulinella Sheds Light on Acquisition of Photosynthesis by Eukaryotes

(2008) Eva C.M. Nowack et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The small genome of an abundant coastal ocean methylotroph

(2008) Stephen J. Giovannoni et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evolution of host resistance in a toxin-producing bacterial–fungal alliance

(2008) Imke Schmitt et al.   ISME Journal

The Striking Case of Tryptophan Provision in the Cedar Aphid Cinara cedri

(2008) M. J. Gosalbes et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Learning how to live together: genomic insights into prokaryote–animal symbioses

(2008) Andrés Moya et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Simultaneous detection and quantification of the unculturable microbeCandidatusGlomeribacter gigasporarum inside its fungal hostGigaspora margarita

(2008) Alessandra Salvioli et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: an evolutionary-developmental perspective

(2008) Paola Bonfante et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

A genomic analysis of the archaeal system Ignicoccus hospitalis-Nanoarchaeum equitans

(2008) Mircea Podar et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY