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Buchnera <proteobacteria>

Known as: Buchnera 
A genus of gram-negative bacteria which are obligately intracellular endosymbionts of APHIDS. The bacteria are found within specialized cells in the… 
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Large-Scale Label-Free Quantitative Proteomics of the Pea aphid-Buchnera Symbiosis*
Many insects are nutritionally dependent on symbiotic microorganisms that have tiny genomes and are housed in specialized host… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Rickettsia Symbiont in the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum: Novel Cellular Tropism, Effect on Host Fitness, and Interaction with the Essential Symbiont Buchnera
ABSTRACT In natural populations of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum, a facultative bacterial symbiont of the genus Rickettsia… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
The genome sequence of Blochmannia floridanus: Comparative analysis of reduced genomes
Bacterial symbioses are widespread among insects, probably being one of the key factors of their evolutionary success. We present… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Extreme genome reduction in Buchnera spp.: Toward the minimal genome needed for symbiotic life
Buchnera is a mutualistic intracellular symbiont of aphids. Their association began about 200 million years ago, with host and… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Estimating Population Size and Transmission Bottlenecks in Maternally Transmitted Endosymbiotic Bacteria
Many species of bacterial endosymbionts are acquired by animal hosts before birth, through direct transmission from mothers to… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Acceleration of genomic evolution caused by enhanced mutation rate in endocellular symbionts
Endosymbionts, which are widely observed in nature, have undergone reductive genome evolution because of their long-term… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
The process of genome shrinkage in the obligate symbiont Buchnera aphidicola
BackgroundVery small genomes have evolved repeatedly in eubacterial lineages that have adopted obligate associations with… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
A GroEL homologue from endosymbiotic bacteria of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci is implicated in the circulative transmission of tomato yellow leaf curl virus.
Evidence for the involvement of a Bemisia tabaci GroEL homologue in the transmission of tomato yellow leaf curl geminivirus… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Sequence evolution in bacterial endosymbionts having extreme base compositions.
A major limitation on ability to reconstruct bacterial evolution is the lack of dated ancestors that might be used to evaluate… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Amplification of trpEG: adaptation of Buchnera aphidicola to an endosymbiotic association with aphids.
Survival of aphids is dependent on an association with a prokaryotic endosymbiont (Buchnera aphidicola) found in specialized… 
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