Sodalis (bacterium)

Sodalis
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Enterobacterales
Family: Pectobacteriaceae
Genus: Sodalis
Dale and Maudlin 1999
Species
  • Sodalis glossinidius
  • Candidatus Sodalis pierantonius
  • Candidatus Sodalis melophagi
  • Sodalis praecaptivus
  • Sodalis ligni

Sodalis is a genus of bacteria within the family Pectobacteriaceae. This genus contains several insect endosymbionts and also a free-living group. It is studied due to its potential use in the biological control of the tsetse fly. Sodalis is an important model for evolutionary biologists because of its nascent endosymbiosis with insects.

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