Rosario Gil

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Affiliation: University of Valencia
Country: Spain

Publications

  1. ncbi Mealybugs nested endosymbiosis: going into the 'matryoshka' system in Planococcus citri in depth
    Sergio López-Madrigal
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Valencia, Apartado Postal 22085, Valencia, 46071, Spain
    BMC Microbiol 13:74. 2013
  2. ncbi Massive presence of insertion sequences in the genome of SOPE, the primary endosymbiont of the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae
    Rosario Gil
    Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Genetics, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
    Int Microbiol 11:41-8. 2008
  3. ncbi Determination of the core of a minimal bacterial gene set
    Rosario Gil
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Valencia, Apartat Oficial 2085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
    Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 68:518-37, table of contents. 2004
  4. ncbi Bacterial endosymbionts of insects: insights from comparative genomics
    Rosario Gil
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva and Departament de Genètica, Universitat de Valencia, Apartado Postal 22085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
    Environ Microbiol 6:1109-22. 2004
  5. ncbi A small microbial genome: the end of a long symbiotic relationship?
    Vicente Perez-Brocal
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Valencia, Apartado Postal 22085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
    Science 314:312-3. 2006
  6. ncbi The frontier between cell and organelle: genome analysis of Candidatus Carsonella ruddii
    Javier Tamames
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Valencia, Apartado Postal 22085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
    BMC Evol Biol 7:181. 2007
  7. ncbi Plasmids in the aphid endosymbiont Buchnera aphidicola with the smallest genomes. A puzzling evolutionary story
    Rosario Gil
    Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biologia Evolutiva, Universidad de Valencia, Apartado de Correos 2085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
    Gene 370:17-25. 2006
  8. ncbi Comparative analysis of two genomic regions among four strains of Buchnera aphidicola, primary endosymbiont of aphids
    Vicente Perez-Brocal
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Valencia, Apartado de Correos 22085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
    Gene 345:73-80. 2005
  9. ncbi The genome sequence of Blochmannia floridanus: comparative analysis of reduced genomes
    Rosario Gil
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, , Apartat Oficial 2085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:9388-93. 2003
  10. ncbi Toward minimal bacterial cells: evolution vs. design
    Andres Moya
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
    FEMS Microbiol Rev 33:225-35. 2009

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Publications13

  1. ncbi Mealybugs nested endosymbiosis: going into the 'matryoshka' system in Planococcus citri in depth
    Sergio López-Madrigal
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Valencia, Apartado Postal 22085, Valencia, 46071, Spain
    BMC Microbiol 13:74. 2013
    ..Usually, both endosymbionts maintain their cellular identity. An exception is the endosymbiosis found in mealybugs of the subfamily Pseudoccinae, such as Planococcus citri, with Moranella endobia located inside Tremblaya princeps...
  2. ncbi Massive presence of insertion sequences in the genome of SOPE, the primary endosymbiont of the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae
    Rosario Gil
    Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Genetics, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
    Int Microbiol 11:41-8. 2008
    ....
  3. ncbi Determination of the core of a minimal bacterial gene set
    Rosario Gil
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Valencia, Apartat Oficial 2085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
    Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 68:518-37, table of contents. 2004
    ..The main features of such a minimal gene set, as well as the metabolic functions that must be present in the hypothetical minimal cell, are discussed...
  4. ncbi Bacterial endosymbionts of insects: insights from comparative genomics
    Rosario Gil
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva and Departament de Genètica, Universitat de Valencia, Apartado Postal 22085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
    Environ Microbiol 6:1109-22. 2004
    ....
  5. ncbi A small microbial genome: the end of a long symbiotic relationship?
    Vicente Perez-Brocal
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Valencia, Apartado Postal 22085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
    Science 314:312-3. 2006
    ..In addition, most retained genes are evolving rapidly. Possibly, B. aphidicola BCc is losing its symbiotic capacity and is being complemented (and might be replaced) by the highly abundant coexisting secondary symbiont...
  6. ncbi The frontier between cell and organelle: genome analysis of Candidatus Carsonella ruddii
    Javier Tamames
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Valencia, Apartado Postal 22085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
    BMC Evol Biol 7:181. 2007
    ..This genome consists of a circular chromosome of 159,662 bp and has been proposed as the smallest bacterial endosymbiont genome known to date...
  7. ncbi Plasmids in the aphid endosymbiont Buchnera aphidicola with the smallest genomes. A puzzling evolutionary story
    Rosario Gil
    Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biologia Evolutiva, Universidad de Valencia, Apartado de Correos 2085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
    Gene 370:17-25. 2006
    ..In addition, these B. aphidicola plasmids are the simplest described in this species, indicating that plasmids are also involved in the genome shrinkage process...
  8. ncbi Comparative analysis of two genomic regions among four strains of Buchnera aphidicola, primary endosymbiont of aphids
    Vicente Perez-Brocal
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Valencia, Apartado de Correos 22085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
    Gene 345:73-80. 2005
    ..aphidicola strains. However, when only conserved genes and intergenic regions of the four B. aphidicola strains are compared, the G+C reduction is higher in the fpr-trxA region...
  9. ncbi The genome sequence of Blochmannia floridanus: comparative analysis of reduced genomes
    Rosario Gil
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, , Apartat Oficial 2085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:9388-93. 2003
    ..Comparative analysis of the five known genomes from insect endosymbiotic bacteria reveals they share only 313 genes, a number that may be close to the minimum gene set necessary to sustain endosymbiotic life...
  10. ncbi Toward minimal bacterial cells: evolution vs. design
    Andres Moya
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
    FEMS Microbiol Rev 33:225-35. 2009
    ....
  11. ncbi Learning how to live together: genomic insights into prokaryote-animal symbioses
    Andres Moya
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Valencia, Apartado de correos 22085 46071 València and CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Spain
    Nat Rev Genet 9:218-29. 2008
    ....
  12. ncbi Complete genome sequence of "Candidatus Tremblaya princeps" strain PCVAL, an intriguing translational machine below the living-cell status
    Sergio López-Madrigal
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Valencia, Apartado Postal 22085, 46071 Valencia, Spain
    J Bacteriol 193:5587-8. 2011
    ..The genome sequence reveals that "Ca. Tremblaya princeps" cannot be considered an independent organism but that the consortium with its gammaproteobacterial symbiotic associate represents a new composite living being...
  13. ncbi Extreme genome reduction in Buchnera spp.: toward the minimal genome needed for symbiotic life
    Rosario Gil
    Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Valencia, Apartat Oficial 2085, , Spain
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:4454-8. 2002
    ..Our findings strongly suggest that the Buchnera genome is still experiencing a reductive process toward a minimum set of genes necessary for its symbiotic lifestyle...