Sodalis gen. nov. and Sodalis glossinidius sp. nov., a microaerophilic secondary endosymbiont of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans

A secondary intracellular symbiotic bacterium was isolated from the haemoly mph of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans and cultured in Aedes al bopictus cell line C6/36, Pure-culture isolation of this bacterium was achi eved through the use of solid-phase culture under a microaerobic atmosphere . After isolation of strain M1(T), a range of tests was performed to determ ine the phenotypic properties of this bacterium. Considering the results of these tests, along with the phylogenetic position of this micro-organism, it is proposed that this intracellular symbiont from G. m. morsitans should be classified in a new genus Sodalis gen, nov., as Sodalis glossinidius ge n, nov., sp, nov. Strain M1(T) is the type strain for this new species.