Vertical Transmission of Biosynthetic Plasmids in Aphid Endosymbionts (Buchnera)

AUTOR(ES)

Wernegreen, Jennifer J.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

This study tested for horizontal transfer of plasmids among Buchnera aphidicola strains associated with ecologically and phylogenetically related aphid hosts (Uroleucon species). Phylogenetic congruence of Buchnera plasmid (trpEG and leuABC) and chromosomal (dnaN and trpB) genes supports strictly vertical long-term transmission of plasmids, which persist due to their contributions to host nutrition rather than capacity for infectious transfer. Synonymous divergences indicate elevated mutation on plasmids relative to chromosomal genes.

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