Asaia

Asaia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhodospirillales
Family:	Acetobacteraceae
Genus:	Asaia; Yamada et al. 2000
Type species
	Asaia bogorensis;
Species
	Asaia astilbis; Asaia bogorensis; Asaia krungthepensis; Asaia lannensis; Asaia prunellae; Asaia siamensis; Asaia spathodeae

Asaia is a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic and rod-shaped bacteria from the family Acetobacteraceae which occur in tropical plants. Asaia might be able to control malaria by massively colonizing the midgut and the male reproductive system of the mosquito Anopheles stephensi.

References

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1 2 Zach N., Adelman (2015). Genetic Control of Malaria and Dengue. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-800405-0.
1 2 Miller, Kostas Bourtzis, Thomas A. (2009). Insect symbiosis. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-6411-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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↑ Ed.: Stanley Falkow (2006). Proteobacteria : Alpha and Beta subclasses (3. ed.). New York, NY: Springer. ISBN 0-387-25495-1.
↑ Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel J.; Staley, James T. (2005). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. ISBN 0-387-29298-5.
↑ Favia, G; Ricci, I; Marzorati, M; Negri, I; Alma, A; Sacchi, L; Bandi, C; Daffonchio, D (2008). "Bacteria of the Genus Asaia: A Potential Paratransgenic Weapon Against Malaria". Transgenesis and the Management of Vector-Borne Disease. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Vol. 627. pp. 49–59. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-78225-6_4. ISBN 978-0-387-78224-9. PMID 18510013.

Yamada, Y; Katsura, K; Kawasaki, H; Widyastuti, Y; Saono, S; Seki, T; Uchimura, T; Komagata, K (March 2000). "Asaia bogorensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an unusual acetic acid bacterium in the alpha-Proteobacteria". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 (2): 823–9. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-2-823. PMID 10758893.
Favia, G; Ricci, I; Marzorati, M; Negri, I; Alma, A; Sacchi, L; Bandi, C; Daffonchio, D (2008). "Bacteria of the Genus Asaia: A Potential Paratransgenic Weapon Against Malaria". Transgenesis and the Management of Vector-Borne Disease. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Vol. 627. pp. 49–59. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-78225-6_4. ISBN 978-0-387-78224-9. PMID 18510013.
Ed.: Stanley Falkow (2006). Proteobacteria : Alpha and Beta subclasses (3. ed.). New York, NY: Springer. ISBN 0-387-25495-1.
Aksoy, Serap, ed. (2008). Transgenesis and the management of vector-borne disease ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). New York, NY: Springer Science + Business Media. ISBN 978-0-387-78225-6.
Bourtzis (2011). Manipulative tenants bacteria associated with arthropods. Hoboken: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4398-2750-5.