RISB2570 - Blochmannia floridanus

Symbiont Classification

Classification

Bacteria

Phylum

Pseudomonadota

Order

Enterobacterales

Genus

Candidatus Blochmanniella

Host Classification

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Subfamily

Formicinae

Species

Camponotus floridanus

Function

Blochmannia is able to supply nitrogen and sulfur compounds to the host while it takes advantage of the host metabolic machinery

Nitrogen fixation Nutrient provision

Localization

No localization information available

Transmission Mode

No transmission mode information available

Supporting Reference

The genome sequence of Blochmannia floridanus: Comparative analysis of reduced genomes

Gil, R; Silva, FJ; Zientz, E ... Gross, R; Moya, A

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1533499100 (2003)

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Symbiont Genome
GISB0012 - Blochmannia floridanus
Related Accession Numbers
Other
BX248583.1

Related Publications

6 records

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Title Host Symbiont Authors Journal Year
Camponotus floridanus Ants Incur a Trade-Off between Phenotypic Development and Pathogen Susceptibility from Their Mutualistic Endosymbiont Blochmannia
Camponotus floridanus
Blochmannia floridanus
Sinotte, VM; Freedman, SN; Ugelvig, LV; Seid, MA
Insects
2018
Distribution of the obligate endosymbiont Blochmannia floridanus and expression analysis of putative immune genes in ovaries of the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus
Camponotus floridanus
Blochmannia floridanus
Kupper, M; Stigloher, C; Feldhaar, H; Gross, R
ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT
2016
The genome sequence of Blochmannia floridanus: Comparative analysis of reduced genomes
Camponotus floridanus
Blochmannia floridanus
Gil, R; Silva, FJ; Zientz, E ... Gross, R; Moya, A
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2003
Immune response of the ant Camponotus floridanus against pathogens and its obligate mutualistic endosymbiont
Camponotus floridanus
Candidatus Blochmanniella floridana
Ratzka, C; Liang, CG; Dandekar, T; Gross, R; Feldhaar, H
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
2011
Bacteriocyte dynamics during development of a holometabolous insect, the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus
Camponotus floridanus
Candidatus Blochmanniella floridana
Stoll, S; Feldhaar, H; Fraunholz, MJ; Gross, R
BMC MICROBIOLOGY
2010
Nutritional upgrading for omnivorous carpenter ants by the endosymbiont Blochmannia
Camponotus
Blochmannia floridanus
Feldhaar, Heike; Straka, Josef; Krischke, Markus ... Mueller, Martin J.; Gross, Roy
BMC biology
2007
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