Table 1.
Mutualistic prokaryotes with reduced genomes.
| Symbiotic prokaryotes | Taxonomy | Protein-coding genes | RNA-coding genes | Genome size (Kbp) | Host | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Nasuia deltocephalinicola str. NAS-ALF Sulcia muelleri str. Sulcia-ALF |
β-Proteobacteria Flavobacteriia |
137 188 |
32 35 |
112 191 |
Macrosteles quadrilineatus (aster leafhopper) |  |
|
“Ca. Tremblaya princeps” PCVAL “Ca. Moranella endobia” PCVAL |
β-Proteobacteria -Proteobacteria |
116 411 |
20 47 |
139 538 |
Planococcus citri (citrus mealybug) |  |
|
“Ca. Hodgkinia cicadicola” Dsem “Ca. Sulcia muelleri” SMDSEM |
γ-Proteobacteria Flavobacteriia |
169 242 |
19 33 |
144 277 |
Diceroprocta semicincta (cicada) |  |
| “Ca. Carsonella ruddii” PV | γ-Proteobacteria | 182 | 31 | 160 | Pachypsylla venusta (psyllid) |  |
|
“Ca. Sulcia muelleri” GWSS Baumannia cicadellinicola Hc |
Flavobacteriia γ-Proteobacteria |
227 595 |
36 46 |
246 686 |
Homalodisca coagulata (sharpshooter) |  |
| “Ca. Zinderia insecticola” CARI “Ca. Sulcia muelleri” CARI | β-Proteobacteria Flavobacteriia |
202 246 |
29 34 |
209 277 |
Clastoptera arizonana (spittlebug) |  |
|
“Ca. Walczuchella monophlebidarum” Enterobacterial endosymbiont |
Flavobacteriia γ-Proteobacteria |
271¶ ns |
36¶ ns |
309 ns |
Llaveia axin axin (scale insect “Niij”) |  |
|
“Ca. Carsonella ruddii” CE Secondary endosymbiont of Ctenarytaina eucalypti |
γ-Proteobacteria γ-Proteobacteria |
190 918 |
31 45 |
163 1441 |
Ctenarytaina eucalypti (psyllid) |  |
|
“Ca. Carsonella ruddii” HC Secondary endosymbiont of Heteropsylla cubana |
γ-Proteobacteria y-Proteobacteria |
192 576 |
31 44 |
166 1122 |
Heteropsylla cubana (psyllid) |  |
| “Ca. Uzinura diaspidicola” ASNER | Flavobacteriia | 227 | 35 | 263 | Aspidiotus nerii Bouché (oleander scale) |  |
|
“Ca. Portiera aleyrodidarum” BT-QVLC “Ca. Hamiltonella defensa” MED |
γ-Proteobacteria γ-Proteobacteria |
246 1474 |
38 42 |
357 1843 |
Bemisia tabaci (Mediterranean whiteflies) |  |
|
Buchnera aphidicola BCc Serratia symbiotica str. ‘Cinara cedri’ |
γ-Proteobacteria γ-Proteobacteria |
362* 672 |
37 42 |
422* 1763 |
‘Cinara cedri’ (cedar aphid) |  |
| Blattabacterium cuenoti Cpu | Flavobacteriia | 548* | 38 | 610* | Cryptocercus punctulatus (wood roaches) |  |
| “Ca. Riesia pediculicola” USDA | γ-Proteobacteria | 555* | 40 | 582* | Pediculus humanus corporis (body louse) |  |
|
Profftella armatura “Ca. Carsonella ruddii” DC |
β-Proteobacteria γ-Proteobacteria |
372* 207 |
37 31 |
465* 174 |
Diaphorina citri (Asian citrus psyllid) |  |
|
Nanoarchaeum equitans Kin4-M Ignicoccus hospitalis KIN4/I |
Phylum: Nanoarchaeota Thermoprotei |
540 1434 |
45 53 |
491 1298 |
Ignicoccus hospitalis KIN4/I |  |
| Ishikawaella capsulata Mpkobe | γ-Proteobacteria | 623* | 48 | 755* | Megacopta punctatissima (stinkbug) |  |
| Blochmannia vafer BVAF | γ-Proteobacteria | 587 | 42 | 723 | Camponotus vafer (ant) |  |
|
Wigglesworthia glossinidia endosymbiont of Glossina morsitans Sodalis glossinidius str. morsitans |
γ-Proteobacteria γ-Proteobacteria |
618 2516* |
44 91 |
720 4293* |
Glossina morsitans (tsetse fly) |  |
| “Ca. Kinetoplastibacterium oncopeltii” TCC290E | β-Proteobacteria | 694 | 52 | 810 | Strigomonas oncopelti (tripanosome) |  |
| “Ca. Endolissoclinum faulkneri” L2 | α-Proteobacteria | 1498 | 48 | 1481 | Lissoclinum patella (tunicate) |  |
| “Ca. Endomicrobium sp. Rs-D17” | Phylum: Elusimicrobia | 776* | 48 | 1149* | Trichonympha agilis (termite protist) |  |
| “Ca. Azobacteroides pseudotrichonymphae genomovar CFP2” | Bacteroidia | 852* | 42 | 1225* | Pseudotrichonympha grassii (termite protist) |  |
| Wolbachia endosymbiont TRS of Brugia malayi | α-Proteobacteria | 805 | 37 | 1080 | Brugia malayi (filarial nematode) |  |
| “Ca. Vesicomyosocius okutanii” Ha | γ -Proteobacteria | 937 | 38 | 1022 | Calyptogena okutanii (deep-sea clam) |  |
| “Ca. Ruthia magnifica” str. Cm | γ-Proteobacteria | 976 | 41 | 1161 | Calyptogena magnifica (giant clam) |  |
| Cyanobacterium sp. UCYN-A | Subclass: Oscillatoriophycideae | 1199 | 42 | 1440 | Prymnesiophyte (unicellular eukaryote) | – |
| “Ca. Midichloria mitochondrii” IricVA | α-Proteobacteria | 1211 | 38 | 1184 | Ixodes ricinus (tick) |  |
| Polynucleobacter necessarius subsp. necessarius STIR1 | β-Proteobacteria | 1279† | 44 | 1560 | Euplotes aediculatus (ciliated protist) |  |
The information of genes and gene size was obtained from Genbank. The class is shown in taxonomy unless specified. “ns”: values unknown from not-sequenced organism. “*”: Values include the gene content and genomic size of strain specific plasmids. “¶”: Values as reported in the original article (Rosas-Pérez et al., 2014). “: Value as reported in the original article (Boscaro et al., 2013). Host drawings are kindly provided by Sofia Delaye.