Scanty microbes, the ‘symbionelle’ concept

The nutrient supplying capabilities ofUzinura, an endosymbiont of armoured scale insects

(2012) Zakee L. Sabree et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Complete Genome Sequence of “Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum” BT-QVLC, an Obligate Symbiont That Supplies Amino Acids and Carotenoids to Bemisia tabaci

(2012) Diego Santos-Garcia et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

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

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

An Interdependent Metabolic Patchwork in the Nested Symbiosis of Mealybugs

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

Complete Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Tremblaya princeps" Strain PCVAL, an Intriguing Translational Machine below the Living-Cell Status

(2011) S. Lopez-Madrigal et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Evolution of reduced prokaryotic genomes and the minimal cell concept: Variations on a theme

(2010) Luis Delaye et al.   BIOESSAYS

Mutational Meltdown in Primary Endosymbionts: Selection Limits Muller's Ratchet

(2009) Julie M. Allen et al.   PLoS One

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

The Dynamics and Time Scale of Ongoing Genomic Erosion in Symbiotic Bacteria

(2009) N. A. Moran et al.   SCIENCE

Plastid Evolution

(2008) Sven B. Gould et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Organelle Evolution: What's in a Name?

(2008) Patrick J. Keeling et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Blattabacteria, the endosymbionts of cockroaches, have small genome sizes and high genome copy numbers

(2008) María José López-Sánchez et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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