Bacteriome metagenome of Glossina palpalis gambiensis

Bacteriome metagenomes from pooled bacteriome dissections of the tsetse fly Glossina palpalis gambiensis, containing sequencing data derived from the tsetse host and its bacterial endosymbionts, particularly bacteriocyte-associated Wigglesworthia glossinidia. Wigglesworthia is strictly vertically transmitted and maintained across tsetse species, providing nutrient biosynthesis critical to its host's survival and reproduction. Its reduced genome is mostly conserved in size, content, and structure across previously examined host species, but differences related to processes like folate biosynthesis are of potential significance to tsetse vector competence. Its genome includes a conserved plasmid of unknown function, roughly 5000 base pairs in length. To understand the evolution and potential functional significance of these previously observed genome properties, we sequenced Wigglesworthia from an additional tsetse species.