Serratia symbiotica

Serratia symbiotica is a species of bacteria that lives as a symbiont of aphids.[1] In the aphid Cinara cedri, it coexists with Buchnera aphidicola, given the latter cannot produce tryptophan.[2] It is also known to habitate in Aphis fabae.[3] Together with other endosymbionts, it provides aphids protection against parasitoids.

Serratia symbiotica
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Gammaproteobacteria
Order:
Enterobacterales
Family:
Yersiniaceae
Genus:
Serratia
Species:
S. symbiotica
Binomial name
Serratia symbiotica
Moran et al., 2005

References
  1. Moran, N. A.; Russell, J. A.; Koga, R.; Fukatsu, T. (2005). "Evolutionary Relationships of Three New Species of Enterobacteriaceae Living as Symbionts of Aphids and Other Insects". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71 (6): 3302–3310. doi:10.1128/AEM.71.6.3302-3310.2005. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 1151865. PMID 15933033.
  2. Lamelas, Araceli; Gosalbes, María José; Manzano-Marín, Alejandro; Peretó, Juli; Moya, Andrés; Latorre, Amparo (2011). "Serratia symbiotica from the Aphid Cinara cedri: A Missing Link from Facultative to Obligate Insect Endosymbiont". PLOS Genetics. 7 (11): e1002357. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002357. ISSN 1553-7404. PMC 3213167. PMID 22102823.
  3. Sabri, A.; Leroy, P.; Haubruge, E.; Hance, T.; Frere, I.; Destain, J.; Thonart, P. (2010). "Isolation, pure culture and characterization of Serratia symbiotica sp. nov., the R-type of secondary endosymbiont of the black bean aphid Aphis fabae". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (9): 2081–2088. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.024133-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 20870890.

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