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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2009, p. 3796-3799, Vol. 75, No. 11
0099-2240/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00226-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Intestinal Endocellular Symbiotic Bacterium of the Macaque Louse Pedicinus obtusus: Distinct Endosymbiont Origins in Anthropoid Primate Lice and the Old World Monkey Louse{triangledown} ,{dagger}

Takema Fukatsu,1* Takahiro Hosokawa,1 Ryuichi Koga,1 Naruo Nikoh,2 Takuya Kato,3 Shin-ichi Hayama,3 Haruo Takefushi,4 and Ichirou Tanaka5

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8566,1 The Open University of Japan, Chiba 261-8586,2 Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo 180-8602,3 Jigokudani Wild Monkey Park, Shimotakai, Nagano 381-0401,4 Yokkaichi University, Mie 512-8512, Japan5

Received 30 January 2009/ Accepted 17 March 2009

A symbiotic bacterium of the macaque louse, Pedicinus obtusus, was characterized. The symbiont constituted a gammaproteobacterial lineage distinct from the symbionts of anthropoid primate lice, localized in the midgut epithelium and the ovaries and exhibiting AT-biased genes and accelerated molecular evolution. The designation "Candidatus Puchtella pedicinophila" was proposed for it.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba 305-8566, Japan. Phone: 81-29-861-6087. Fax: 81-29-861-6080. E-mail: t-fukatsu{at}aist.go.jp

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 20 March 2009.

{dagger} Supplemental material for this article may be found at http://aem.asm.org/.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2009, p. 3796-3799, Vol. 75, No. 11
0099-2240/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00226-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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