Moran, Nancy A.


Publications
3

The genome of Rhizobiales bacteria in predatory ants reveals urease gene functions but no genes for nitrogen fixation

Citation
Neuvonen et al. (2016). Scientific Reports 6 (1)
Names
“Tokpelaia” “Tokpelaia hoelldobleri”
Abstract
AbstractGut-associated microbiota of ants include Rhizobiales bacteria with affiliation to the genus Bartonella. These bacteria may enable the ants to fix atmospheric nitrogen, but no genomes have been sequenced yet to test the hypothesis. Sequence reads from a member of the Rhizobiales were identified in the data collected in a genome project of the ant Harpegnathos saltator. We present an analysis of the closed 1.86 Mb genome of the ant-associated bacterium, for which we suggest the species na

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