A phylogenomic and comparative genomic analysis of Commensalibacter, a versatile insect symbiont

Juliana Botero; Atena Sadat Sombolestani; Margo Cnockaert; Charlotte Peeters; Wim Borremans; Luc De Vuyst; Nicolas Vereecken; Denis Michez; Guy Smagghe; German Bonillo-Rosso; Phillip Engel; Peter Vandamme

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A phylogenomic and comparative genomic analysis of Commensalibacter, a versatile insect symbiont

Juliana Botero, Atena Sadat Sombolestani, Margo Cnockaert, Charlotte Peeters, Wim Borremans, Luc De Vuyst, Nicolas Vereecken, Denis Michez, Guy Smagghe, German Bonillo-Rosso, Phillip Engel, Peter Vandamme

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To understand mechanisms of adaptation and plasticity of pollinators and other insects a better understanding of diversity and function of their key symbionts is required. Commensalibacter is a genus of acetic acid bacterial symbionts in the gut of honey bees and other insect species, yet little information is available on the diversity and function of Commensalibacter bacteria. In the present study, whole-genome sequences of 12 Commensalibacter isolates from bumble bees, butterflies, Asian hornets and rowan berries were determined, and publicly available genome assemblies of 14 Commensalibacter strains were used in a phylogenomic and comparative genomic analysis.

Original language	English
Article number	25
Number of pages	14
Journal	Animal Microbiome
Volume	5
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-023-00248-6
Publication status	Published - 29 Apr 2023

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Funding Information:
We thank the Oxford Genomics Centre at the Welcome Centre for Human Genetics (funded by Wellcome Trust grant reference 203141/Z/16/Z) for the generation and initial processing of the sequencing data.

Funding Information:
This work was supported through funding of the FNRS/FWO joint program “EOS – Excellence Of Science” for the project “Climate change and its impact on pollination services” (CLiPS, no.3094785).

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© 2023, The Author(s).

Keywords

Commensalibacter
Insect symbiont
Asian hornet
Bumble bee
Western honey bee
Butterfly
Phylogenomics
Functional genomics

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Botero, Juliana ; Sombolestani, Atena Sadat ; Cnockaert, Margo ; Peeters, Charlotte ; Borremans, Wim ; De Vuyst, Luc ; Vereecken, Nicolas ; Michez, Denis ; Smagghe, Guy ; Bonillo-Rosso, German ; Engel, Phillip ; Vandamme, Peter. / A phylogenomic and comparative genomic analysis of Commensalibacter, a versatile insect symbiont. In: Animal Microbiome. 2023 ; Vol. 5, No. 1.

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