Brennan, Eric B.


Publications
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Cospeciation of Psyllids and Their Primary Prokaryotic Endosymbionts

Citation
Thao et al. (2000). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 66 (7)
Names
Ca. Carsonella Ca. Carsonella ruddii
Abstract
ABSTRACT Psyllids are plant sap-feeding insects that harbor prokaryotic endosymbionts in specialized cells within the body cavity. Four-kilobase DNA fragments containing 16S and 23S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) were amplified from the primary (P) endosymbiont of 32 species of psyllids representing three psyllid families and eight subfamilies. In addition, 0.54-kb fragments of the psyllid nuclear gene wingless were also amplified from 26 species. Phylogeneti