Sodalis

Sodalis is a genus of bacteria within the family Pectobacteriaceae. A species of bacteria within this genera, Sodalis glossinidius, was found in the hemolymph of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans).[2]

Sodalis
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Sodalis

Dale and Maudlin 1999
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This bacteria has been used in paratransgenesis approaches to fight sleeping sickness.[3]

References

  1. Oakeson, KF; Gil, R; Clayton, AL; Dunn, DM; von Niederhausern, AC; Hamil, C; Aoyagi, A; Duval, B; Baca, A; Silva, FJ; Vallier, A; Jackson, DG; Latorre, A; Weiss, RB; Heddi, A; Moya, A; Dale, C (Jan 2014). "Genome degeneration and adaptation in a nascent stage of symbiosis". Genome Biology and Evolution. 6 (1): 76–93. doi:10.1093/gbe/evt210. PMC 3914690. PMID 24407854.
  2. Dale, C.; Maudlin, I. (1 January 1999). "Sodalis gen. nov. and Sodalis glossinidius sp. nov., a microaerophilic secondary endosymbiont of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 (1): 267–275. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-1-267. PMID 10028272.
  3. De Vooght, Linda; Caljon, Guy; De Ridder, Karin; Van Den Abbeele, Jan (2014-11-07). "Delivery of a functional anti-trypanosome Nanobody in different tsetse fly tissues via a bacterial symbiont, Sodalis glossinidius". Microbial Cell Factories. 13: 156. doi:10.1186/s12934-014-0156-6. ISSN 1475-2859. PMC 4230353. PMID 25376234.


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