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Journal of Bacteriology, January 2001, p. 785-790, Vol. 183, No. 2
0021-9193/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.2.785-790.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Vertical Transmission of Biosynthetic Plasmids in Aphid Endosymbionts (Buchnera)

Jennifer J. Wernegreen* and Nancy A. Moran

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721

Received 2 February 2000/Accepted 16 October 2000

This study tested for horizontal transfer of plasmids among Buchnera aphidicola strains associated with ecologically and phylogenetically related aphid hosts (Uroleucon species). Phylogenetic congruence of Buchnera plasmid (trpEG and leuABC) and chromosomal (dnaN and trpB) genes supports strictly vertical long-term transmission of plasmids, which persist due to their contributions to host nutrition rather than capacity for infectious transfer. Synonymous divergences indicate elevated mutation on plasmids relative to chromosomal genes.

* Corresponding author. Present address: JBP Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, The Marine Biological Lab, 7 MBL St., Woods Hole, MA 02543. Phone: (508) 548-3705, ext. 6650. Fax: (508) 457-4727. E-mail: jwernegreen{at}mbl.edu.

Journal of Bacteriology, January 2001, p. 785-790, Vol. 183, No. 2
0021-9193/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.2.785-790.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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