Plant sap-feeding insect endosymbiont. Candidatus Carsonella ruddii PV strain:PV

Candidatus Carsonella ruddii PV. Candidatus Carsonella ruddii PV is an obligate endosymbiont of the psyllid Pachypsylla venusta. The genome of Candidatus Carsonella ruddii PV, is 160 kbp and the smallest genome sequenced to date retaining genes primarily involved in amino acid synthesis and translation. This organism will be used for comparative analysis with other insect endosymbionts.

候选卡森氏菌鲁迪PV株（Candidatus Carsonella ruddii PV）是美丽厚毛木虱（Pachypsylla venusta）的专性胞内共生菌。该菌株的基因组大小为160千碱基对，是迄今为止已测序的最小基因组，且主要保留参与氨基酸合成与翻译过程的基因。该菌株将用于与其他昆虫胞内共生菌的比较分析。