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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2007, p. 5045-5047, Vol. 73, No. 15
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00378-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Molecular Characterization and Evolution of Arthropod-Pathogenic Rickettsiella Bacteria{triangledown}

Richard Cordaux,1 Mélanie Paces-Fessy,1,2 Maryline Raimond,1 Alice Michel-Salzat,1,3 Martin Zimmer,4 and Didier Bouchon1*

Université de Poitiers, CNRS UMR 6556, Génétique et Biologie des Populations de Crustacés, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France,1 Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS UMR 7622, Organogenèse Précoce chez la Souris et Maladies Génétiques Associées, 9 quai Saint-Bernard, Boîte 24, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France,2 Institut Cochin, U.567 INSERM/UMR8104 CNRS/UMR-S8104, Bâtiment Gustave Roussy, Hôpital Cochin, 27 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France,3 Zoologisches Institut, Limnologie, Biologiezentrum, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Am Botanischen Garten 9, 24118 Kiel, Germany4

Received 16 February 2007/ Accepted 1 June 2007

We determined the 16S rRNA gene sequences of three crustacean "Rickettsiella armadillidii" strains. Rickettsiella bacteria overall appear to form a monophyletic group that diverged from Coxiella bacteria ~350 million years ago. Therefore, the genus Rickettsiella as a whole (not just Rickettsiella grylli) should be classified among the Gammaproteobacteria instead of the Alphaproteobacteria.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Université de Poitiers, CNRS UMR 6556, Génétique et Biologie des Populations de Crustacés, 40 Avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France. Phone: 33 (0)5 49 45 38 95. Fax: 33 (0)5 49 45 40 15. E-mail: didier.bouchon{at}univ-poitiers.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 8 June 2007.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2007, p. 5045-5047, Vol. 73, No. 15
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00378-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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