Inside or out? Possible genomic consequences of extracellular transmission of crypt-dwelling stinkbug mutualists.
Genome reduction has been widely studied in obligate intracellular bacterial mutualists of insects because they have, in comparison to closely-related, nonhost-associated bacteria, extremely small genomes. Pentatomid stinkbugs also maintain bacterial symbionts, yet they are extracellular, residing w...
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doaj-b6639c83866e453b8eac465ce40f60c02020-11-24T21:02:56ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution2296-701X2015-06-01310.3389/fevo.2015.00064148606Inside or out? Possible genomic consequences of extracellular transmission of crypt-dwelling stinkbug mutualists.Alejandro eOtero Bravo0Alejandro eOtero Bravo1Zakee L Sabree2Ohio State UniversityUniversidad de los AndesOhio State UniversityGenome reduction has been widely studied in obligate intracellular bacterial mutualists of insects because they have, in comparison to closely-related, nonhost-associated bacteria, extremely small genomes. Pentatomid stinkbugs also maintain bacterial symbionts, yet they are extracellular, residing within host-derived crypts, and are transmitted to offspring outside of the host's tissues, which exposes them to the external environment. In this review, we explore how the biphasic lifestyle of stinkbug symbionts (e.g. on the surfaces of eggs in various matrices during transmission and inside host-derived tissues during much of the host's life), in contrast with the solely intracellular lifestyle of many insect endosymbionts, may impact their genome's architecture, size and content. Furthermore, we demonstrate how additional stinkbug symbiont genomes are needed to more fully explore these questions and the potential value of the stinkbug-symbiont system in understanding genome evolution and reduction in the absence of intracellularity.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2015.00064/fullmutualismssymbiont transmissionstink bugsextracellular symbiontsPantoea carbekii |
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Alejandro eOtero Bravo Alejandro eOtero Bravo Zakee L Sabree Inside or out? Possible genomic consequences of extracellular transmission of crypt-dwelling stinkbug mutualists. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution mutualisms symbiont transmission stink bugs extracellular symbionts Pantoea carbekii |
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Inside or out? Possible genomic consequences of extracellular transmission of crypt-dwelling stinkbug mutualists. |
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Inside or out? Possible genomic consequences of extracellular transmission of crypt-dwelling stinkbug mutualists. |
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Inside or out? Possible genomic consequences of extracellular transmission of crypt-dwelling stinkbug mutualists. |
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Inside or out? Possible genomic consequences of extracellular transmission of crypt-dwelling stinkbug mutualists. |
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Inside or out? Possible genomic consequences of extracellular transmission of crypt-dwelling stinkbug mutualists. |
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inside or out? possible genomic consequences of extracellular transmission of crypt-dwelling stinkbug mutualists. |
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |
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Genome reduction has been widely studied in obligate intracellular bacterial mutualists of insects because they have, in comparison to closely-related, nonhost-associated bacteria, extremely small genomes. Pentatomid stinkbugs also maintain bacterial symbionts, yet they are extracellular, residing within host-derived crypts, and are transmitted to offspring outside of the host's tissues, which exposes them to the external environment. In this review, we explore how the biphasic lifestyle of stinkbug symbionts (e.g. on the surfaces of eggs in various matrices during transmission and inside host-derived tissues during much of the host's life), in contrast with the solely intracellular lifestyle of many insect endosymbionts, may impact their genome's architecture, size and content. Furthermore, we demonstrate how additional stinkbug symbiont genomes are needed to more fully explore these questions and the potential value of the stinkbug-symbiont system in understanding genome evolution and reduction in the absence of intracellularity. |
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mutualisms symbiont transmission stink bugs extracellular symbionts Pantoea carbekii |
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http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2015.00064/full |
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