Blattabacterium

Blattabacterium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacteroidota
Class:	Flavobacteriia
Order:	Flavobacteriales
Family:	Blattabacteriaceae; Kambhampati 2012
Genus:	Blattabacterium; Hollande and Favre 1931 (Approved Lists 1980)
Species
	"B. clevelandi" Clark and Kambhampati 2003; B. cuenoti (Mercier 1906) Hollande and Favre 1931 (Approved Lists 1980); "B. Blattabacterium punctulatus" Clark and Kambhampati 2003; "B. Blattabacterium relictus" Clark and Kambhampati 2003;

Blattabacterium is a genus of obligate mutualistic endosymbiont bacteria that are believed to inhabit all species of cockroach studied to date, with the exception of the genus Nocticola.^[3] The genus' presence in the termite Mastotermes darwiniensis led to speculation, later confirmed, that termites and cockroaches are evolutionarily linked.^[4]^[5]

^ Kambhampati S (2010). "Family II. Blattabacteriaceae fam. nov.". In Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 4 (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer. p. 315.
^ Hollande AC, Favre R (1931). "La structure cytologique de Blattabacterium cuenoti (Mercier) N.G., symbiote du tissu adipeux des Blattides". Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Société de Biologie (Paris). 107: 752–754.
^ Lo N, Beninati T, Stone F, Walker J, Sacchi L (June 2007). "Cockroaches that lack Blattabacterium endosymbionts: the phylogenetically divergent genus Nocticola". Biology Letters. 3 (3): 327–330. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0614. PMC 2464682. PMID 17376757.
^ Zuckerman W (16 April 2011). "The secret superpower of the cockroach". New Scientist.
^ Lo N, Eggleton P (2011). "Termite Phylogenetics and Co-cladogenesis with Symbionts". In Bignell D, Roisin Y, Lo N (eds.). Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis. pp. 27–50. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-3977-4_2.

[1] Kambhampati S (2010). "Family II. Blattabacteriaceae fam. nov.". In Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 4 (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer. p. 315.

[2] Hollande AC, Favre R (1931). "La structure cytologique de Blattabacterium cuenoti (Mercier) N.G., symbiote du tissu adipeux des Blattides". Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Société de Biologie (Paris). 107: 752–754.

[3] Lo N, Beninati T, Stone F, Walker J, Sacchi L (June 2007). "Cockroaches that lack Blattabacterium endosymbionts: the phylogenetically divergent genus Nocticola". Biology Letters. 3 (3): 327–330. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0614. PMC 2464682. PMID 17376757.

[4] Zuckerman W (16 April 2011). "The secret superpower of the cockroach". New Scientist.

[5] Lo N, Eggleton P (2011). "Termite Phylogenetics and Co-cladogenesis with Symbionts". In Bignell D, Roisin Y, Lo N (eds.). Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis. pp. 27–50. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-3977-4_2.

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