Mitochondrial DNA B Resour
February 2017
The genome of the subsocial cockroach was partially sequenced in one-twelfth of an Illumina HiSeq lane. The mitochondrial genome was assembled using MIRA software, yielding a circular molecule of 15,923 bp in length and deposited in GenBank under the accession number KY212743. As expected, the mitogenome contained 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer tRNAs and 2 ribosomal RNAs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAbstract: Cockroaches are insects that can accommodate diets of different composition, including lignocellulosic materials. Digestion of these compounds is achieved by the insect's own enzymes and also by enzymes produced by gut symbionts. The presence of different and modular bacterial phyla on the cockroach gut tract suggests that this insect could be an interesting model to study the organization of gut bacterial communities associated with the digestion of different lignocellulosic diets.
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