• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: A Novel Widespread MITE Element in the Repeat-Rich Genome of the Cardinium Endosymbiont of the Spider Oedothorax gibbosus
  • Contributor: Halter, Tamara; Hendrickx, Frederik; Horn, Matthias; Manzano-Marín, Alejandro
  • Published: American Society for Microbiology, 2022
  • Published in: Microbiology Spectrum, 10 (2022) 6
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02627-22
  • ISSN: 2165-0497
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  • Description: Cardinium bacteria, a widespread symbiont lineage found across insects and nematodes, have been linked to reproductive manipulation of their hosts. However, the study of Cardinium has been hampered by the lack of comprehensive genomic resources.
  • Access State: Open Access