Douglas, A. E.


Publications
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Aphid-Symbiotic Bacteria Cultured in Insect Cell Lines

Citation
Darby et al. (2005). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71 (8)
Names
“Adiacens aphidicola” “Consessor aphidicola”
Abstract
ABSTRACT The cells and tissues of many aphids contain bacteria known as “secondary symbionts,” which under specific environmental circumstances may be beneficial to the host insect. Such symbiotic bacteria are traditionally described as intractable to cultivation in vitro. Here we show that two types of aphid secondary symbionts, known informally as T type and U type, can be cultured and maintained in three insect cell lines. The identities of the cultured bacteria were co