Symbiopectobacterium purcellii, gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the leafhopper Empoasca decipiens
(2022)
Journal Article
Nadal-Jimenez, P., Siozios, S., Halliday, N., Cámara, M., & Hurst, G. D. D. (2022). Symbiopectobacterium purcellii, gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the leafhopper Empoasca decipiens. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 72(6), Article 005440. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005440
Bacterial endosymbionts are found in multiple arthropod species, where they play crucial roles as nutritional symbionts, defensive symbionts or reproductive parasites. Recent work has highlighted a new clade of heritable microbes within the gammaprot... Read More about Symbiopectobacterium purcellii, gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the leafhopper Empoasca decipiens.