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Purine biosynthesis-deficient Burkholderia mutants are incapable of symbiotic accommodation in the stinkbug.
The ISME journal - 1 Mar 2014
Kim Jiyeun Kate, Jang Ho Am, Won Yeo Jin, Kikuchi Yoshitomo, Heum Han Sang, Kim Chan-Hee, Nikoh Naruo, Fukatsu Takema, Lee Bok Luel
Abstract excerpt
The Riptortus-Burkholderia symbiotic system represents a promising experimental model to study the molecular mechanisms involved in insect-bacterium symbiosis due to the availability of genetically manipulated Burkholderia symbiont. Using transposon mutagenesis screening, we found a symbiosis-deficient mutant that was able to colonize the host insect but failed to induce normal development of host's symbiotic...
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