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Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, December 2004, p. 745-770, Vol. 68, No. 4
1092-2172/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.68.4.745-770.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Metabolic Interdependence of Obligate Intracellular Bacteria and Their Insect Hosts{dagger}

Evelyn Zientz,1 Thomas Dandekar,2 and Roy Gross1*

Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie,1 Lehrstuhl für Bioinformatik, Biozentrum der Universität Würzburg, Theodor-Boveri-Institut, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany2

Mutualistic associations of obligate intracellular bacteria and insects have attracted much interest in the past few years due to the evolutionary consequences for their genome structure. However, much less attention has been paid to the metabolic ramifications for these endosymbiotic microorganisms, which have to compete with but also to adapt to another metabolism—that of the host cell. This review attempts to provide insights into the complex physiological interactions and the evolution of metabolic pathways of several mutualistic bacteria of aphids, ants, and tsetse flies and their insect hosts.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie. Biozentrum, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany. Phone: (931) 888 4403. Fax: (931) 888 4402. E-mail: roy.gross{at}mail.uni-wuerzburg.de.

{dagger} This article is dedicated to Bert Hölldobler on the occasion of his 68th birthday.

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, December 2004, p. 745-770, Vol. 68, No. 4
1092-2172/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.68.4.745-770.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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