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Candidatus Blochmannia

Known as: Blochmannia, Candidatus camponotii 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Bacteriocyte dynamics during development of a holometabolous insect, the carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus
BackgroundThe carpenter ant Camponotus floridanus harbors obligate intracellular mutualistic bacteria (Blochmannia floridanus) in… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Blochmannia endosymbionts improve colony growth and immune defence in the ant Camponotus fellah
BackgroundMicroorganisms are a large and diverse form of life. Many of them live in association with large multicellular… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
One nutritional symbiosis begat another: Phylogenetic evidence that the ant tribe Camponotini acquired Blochmannia by tending sap-feeding insects
BackgroundBacterial endosymbiosis has a recurring significance in the evolution of insects. An estimated 10-20% of insect species… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Analysis of and function predictions for previously conserved hypothetical or putative proteins in Blochmannia floridanus
BackgroundThere is an increasing interest to better understand endosymbiont capabilities in insects both from an ecological point… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Relevance of the Endosymbiosis of Blochmannia floridanus and Carpenter Ants at Different Stages of the Life Cycle of the Host
ABSTRACT Expression of several genes possibly involved in the symbiotic relationship between the obligate intracellular… 
2005
2005
The roles of positive and negative selection in the molecular evolution of insect endosymbionts.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Host-symbiont stability and fast evolutionary rates in an ant-bacterium association: cospeciation of camponotus species and their endosymbionts, candidatus blochmannia.
Bacterial endosymbionts are widespread across several insect orders and are involved in interactions ranging from obligate… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Replication of the Endosymbiotic Bacterium Blochmannia floridanus Is Correlated with the Developmental and Reproductive Stages of Its Ant Host
ABSTRACT The dynamics of replication of the intracellular endosymbiotic bacterium Blochmannia floridanus was determined during… 
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
Tissue Localization of the Endosymbiotic Bacterium “Candidatus Blochmannia floridanus” in Adults and Larvae of the Carpenter Ant Camponotus floridanus
ABSTRACT The distribution of endosymbiotic bacteria in different tissues of queens, males, and workers of the carpenter ant… 
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