| Species: | Wigglesworthia brevipalpis
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| Species code: | WIGBR
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| Type: | Eubacteria
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| Taxonomy: | Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacteriales; Enterobacteriaceae; Wigglesworthia (TaxID: 164609)
[NEWT /
NCBI]
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| Strain(s): | -
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| Genome: | circular, 0.69 Mb; 1 ECE of 5 Kb
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| Reference(s): |
MEDLINE=22297718
[NCBI, ExPASy, Israel, Japan]; PubMed=12219091;
Akman L., Yamashita A., Watanabe H., Oshima K., Shiba T., Hattori M.,
Aksoy S.;
"Genome sequence of the endocellular obligate symbiont of tsetse
flies, Wigglesworthia glossinidia.";
Nat. Genet. 32:402-407(2002).
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| Other WWW site(s): |
GIB (DDBJ)
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| Description: | Wigglesworthia brevipalpis lives inside the gut of the blood-sucking
tsetse fly. The bacterium and fly live in symbiosis. The bacterium
has genes involved in the synthesis of vitamins. Without the
bacteria and vitamins the tsetse fly is sterile.
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| Properties: | Number of membranes : ?
Presence of a flagella : ?
Number of inteins : 0
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