Genome sequence of Blattabacterium sp. strain BGIGA, endosymbiont of the Blaberus giganteus cockroach

J Bacteriol. 2012 Aug;194(16):4450-1. doi: 10.1128/JB.00789-12.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Bacteroidetes / genetics*
  • Bacteroidetes / isolation & purification
  • Bacteroidetes / metabolism
  • Bacteroidetes / physiology
  • Cockroaches / microbiology
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry*
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Genome, Bacterial*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nitrogen Compounds / metabolism
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA*
  • Symbiosis

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Nitrogen Compounds

Associated data

  • GENBANK/CP003535
  • GENBANK/CP003536