Hamiltonella

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Taxobox | domain = Bacteria | phylum = Pseudomonadota | classis = Gammaproteobacteria | ordo = Enterobacterales | familia = Enterobacteriaceae | genus = ''Candidatus'' '''Hamiltonella''' | binomial_authority = Moran et al., 2005 }}

'''''Hamiltonella''''' is a genus of Enterobacteria in the Gammaproteobacteria. ''Hamiltonella defensa'' is a model organism for defensive symbiosis, protecting pea aphids from parasitoid wasps.<ref>[http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/275/1632/293.full]"Oliver K.M., Campos J., Moran N.A., and Hunter M.S. 2008. "Population dynamics of defensive symbionts in aphids." Proc. R Soc. B, 275(1632): 293-299</ref> Hamiltonella has also been found as a nutritional mutualistic endosymbiont in Whiteflies.<ref>[http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0089002] Qi Su, Wen Xie, Shaoli Wang, Qingjun Wu, Baiming Liu, Yong Fang, Baoyun Xu, Youjun Zhang. 2014. "The Endosymbiont Hamiltonella Increases the Growth Rate of Its Host Bemisia tabaci during Periods of Nutritional Stress." PLoS ONE. {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0089002|doi-access=free}}</ref>

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Category:Enterobacteriaceae Category:Bacteria genera Category:Candidatus taxa