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Journal of Bacteriology, July 2005, p. 5003-5007, Vol. 187, No. 14
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.187.14.5003-5007.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Extrachromosomal DNA of the Symbiont Sodalis glossinidius{dagger}

A. C. Darby,1* J. Lagnel,2 C. Z. Matthew,1 K. Bourtzis,2,3 I. Maudlin,1 and S. C. Welburn1

Centre of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Edinburgh EH25 9RG, United Kingdom,1 Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH, Vassilika Vouton, Heraklion 71110, Crete, Greece,2 Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Ioannina, Agrinio, Greece3

Received 28 February 2005/ Accepted 15 April 2005

The extrachromosomal DNA of Sodalis glossinidius from two tsetse fly species was sequenced and contained four circular elements: three plasmids, pSG1 (82 kb), pSG2 (27 kb), and pSG4 (11 kb), and a bacteriophage-like pSG3 (19 kb) element. The information suggests S. glossinidius is evolving towards an obligate association with tsetse flies.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centre of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Edinburgh EH25 9RG, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 (0)131 6506261. Fax: 44 (0)131 6507348. E-mail: alistair.darby{at}ed.ac.uk.

{dagger} Supplemental material for this article may be found at http://jb.asm.org/.

Journal of Bacteriology, July 2005, p. 5003-5007, Vol. 187, No. 14
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.187.14.5003-5007.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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