Link to Pubmed [PMID] – 18502932
Link to DOI – 10.1128/AEM.00022-08
Appl Environ Microbiol 2008 Jul; 74(13): 4236-40
Buchnera aphidicola BCc, the primary endosymbiont of the aphid Cinara cedri (subfamily Lachninae), is losing its symbiotic capacity and might be replaced by the coresident “Candidatus Serratia symbiotica.” Phylogenetic and morphological analyses within the subfamily Lachninae indicate two different “Ca. Serratia symbiotica” lineages and support the longtime coevolution of both symbionts in C. cedri.