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Table 2 Life without P? A list of microorganisms in which no RNase P RNA can be identified.

From: P finder: genomic and metagenomic annotation of RNase P RNA gene (rnpB)

No Rnase P RNA?

Genome size (nt)

endosymbiont of…

Candidatus Carsonella ruddii uid58773

159, 662

Pachpsylla venusta

Candidatus Hodgkinia cicadicola Dsem uid59311

144,000

Cicadas

Candidatus Nasuia deltocephalinicola NAS ALF uid214084

112,000

mealy bugs

Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum BT B uid173859

357,000

Bemisia tabaci

Candidatus Tremblaya phenacola PAVE uid209173

170,00

mealy bugs

Candidatus Tremblaya princeps PCIT uid68741

138,000

mealy bugs

Candidatus Uzinura diaspidicola ASNER uid186740

263, 000

armoured scale insects

Candidatus Zinderia insecticola CARI uid52459

208,000

Clastoptera arizonana