ArticlePloS one2018
Genome analysis of new Blattabacterium spp., obligatory endosymbionts of Periplaneta fuliginosa and P. japonica.
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Abstract
The successful adaptation of cockroaches is, in part, dependent of the activity of their obligatory endosymbionts, Blattabacterium spp., which are involved in uric acid degradation, nitrogen assimilation and nutrient provisioning. Their strategic localization, within bacteriocytes in the proximities of uric acid storage cells (urocytes), highlights their importance in the recycling of nitrogen from urea and ammonia, end-products not secreted by their host insects. In this study, we present the complete genome sequence of two new Blattabacterium spp. from Periplaneta fuliginosa (BPfu) and P. japonica (BPja), and detailed comparison with other Blattabacterium strains from different cockroach species. The genomes of BPfu and BPja show a high degree of stability as showed with for other Blattabacterium representatives, only presenting a 19-kb fragment inversion between BPja and BPfu. In fact, the phylogenomics showed BPja as an ancestor species of BPfu, BPLAN (P. americana) and BBor (Blatta orientalis), in congruence with their host cockroach phylogeny. Their functional profile is similar and closest to the omnivorous strain BBge (Blattella germanica). Interesting, BPja possesses the complete set of enzymes involved sulfate assimilatory pathway only found in BBge and BMda (Mastotermes darwiniensis). The newly sequenced genomes of BPja and BPfu emphasise the remarkable stability of Blattabacterium genomes supported by their long-term coevolution and obligatory lifestyle in their host insect.
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