Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Endosymbionts of Herbivorous Insects Reveals Eco-Environmental Adaptations: Biotechnology Applications

• Weibing Shi,

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Shangxian Xie,

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

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• Xueyan Chen,

  Affiliations Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Pathology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Su Sun,

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Xin Zhou,

  Affiliation Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Lantao Liu,

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Peng Gao,

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Nikos C. Kyrpides,

  Affiliation DOE Joint Genomes Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

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• En-Gyu No,

  Affiliation Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Joshua S. Yuan

  * E-mail: syuan@tamu.edu

  Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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