RISB3023 - Blattabacterium

Symbiont Classification

Classification

Bacteria

Phylum

Bacteroidota

Order

Flavobacteriales

Genus

Blattabacterium

Host Classification

Order

-

Family

-

Subfamily

-

Species

Periplaneta americana

Function

Blattabacterium is equipped to provision vitamins and a near-complete suite of amino acids to its host, which may reduce the host's reliance on the gut microbiome for these functions (amino acid provision, vitamin supplementation).

Amino Acid Provision Vitamin Supplementation

Localization

Intracellular

Transmission Mode

Vertical

Geographic Information

Country

USA, Australia

Collection Location

USA, Australia

Supporting Reference

Host-specific assemblages typify gut microbial communities of related insect species

Sabree, ZL; Moran, NA

Journal: Springerplus
DOI:
10.1186/2193-1801-3-138 (2014)

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12 records

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Title Host Symbiont Authors Journal Year
Nitrogen recycling and nutritional provisioning by Blattabacterium, the cockroach endosymbiont
Periplaneta americana
Blattabacterium str. BPLAN
Sabree, ZL; Kambhampati, S; Moran, NA
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2009
Gut Microbiota Is Not Essential for Survival and Development in Blattella germanica, but Affects Uric Acid Storage
Blattella germanica
Blattabacterium cuenoti
Domínguez-Santos, R; Baixeras, J; Moya, A ... Gil, R; García-Ferris, C
LIFE-BASEL
2024
Endosymbiont and gut bacterial communities of the brown-banded cockroach, Supella longipalpa
Supella longipalpa
Blattabacterium
Guse, K; Pietri, JE
PEERJ
2024
Shrinking in the dark: Parallel endosymbiont genome erosions are associated with repeated host transitions to an underground life
Panesthiinae
Blattabacterium cuenoti
Beasley-Hall, PG; Kinjo, Y; Rose, HA ... Ho, SYW; Lo, NT
INSECT SCIENCE
2024
Insect Freeze-T olerance Downunder: The Microbial Connection
Celatoblatta quinquemaculata
Blattabacterium
Morgan-Richards, M; Marshall, CJ; Biggs, PJ; Trewick, SA
Insects
2023
Genetic Drift and Host-Adaptive Features Likely Underlie the Cladogenesis of Insect-Associated Lachnospiraceae
Periplaneta americana
Aequitasia blattaphilus
de Leon, AVP; Schneider, MG; Jahnes, BC ... Duan, J; Sabree, ZL
GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
2022
Coevolution of Metabolic Pathways in Blattodea and Their Blattabacterium Endosymbionts, and Comparisons with Other Insect-Bacteria Symbioses
Cryptocercus punctulatus
Blattabacterium cuenoti
Kinjo, Y; Bourguignon, T; Hongoh, Y ... Tokuda, G; Ohkuma, M
MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM
2022
Genome analysis of new Blattabacterium spp., obligatory endosymbionts of Periplaneta fuliginosa and P. japonica
Periplaneta fuliginosa
Blattabacterium sp.
Vicente, CSL; Mondal, SI; Akter, A ... Kikuchi, T; Hasegawa, K
PLOS ONE
2018
The Core Gut Microbiome of the American Cockroach, Periplaneta americana, Is Stable and Resilient to Dietary Shifts
Periplaneta americana
gut bacteria
Tinker, KA; Ottesen, EA
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
2016
Comparative Genomics of Blattabacterium cuenoti: The Frozen Legacy of an Ancient Endosymbiont Genome
Blatta orientalis
Blattabacterium cuenoti
Patiño-Navarrete, R; Moya, A; Latorre, A; Peretó, J
GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
2013
Genome shrinkage and loss of nutrient-providing potential in the obligate symbiont of the primitive termite Mastotermes darwiniensis
Mastotermes darwiniensis
Blattabacterium
Sabree, ZL; Huang, CY; Arakawa, G ... Watanabe, H; Moran, NA
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
2012
Evolutionary Convergence and Nitrogen Metabolism in Blattabacterium strain Bge, Primary Endosymbiont of the Cockroach Blattella germanica
Blattella germanica
Blattabacterium strain Bge
López-Sánchez, MJ; Neef, A; Peretó, J ... Latorre, A; Moya, A
PLoS Genetics
2009
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