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Prokaryotic Symbionts of the Aphid

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All aphids have an intimate association with prokaryotic symbionts (Buchner, 1965; Houk, 1987). These symbionts are housed in specialized cells termed mycetocytes, which aggregate to form a subcellular organelle, the mycetome (Houk and Griffiths, 1980). While mycetocytes generally contain only one type of symbiont, the entire mycetomal population may consist of two or at most, three different symbionts (Houk, 1987). For example, the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris) contains two endosymbionts designated the primary (P) symbiont and secondary (S) symbiont (Griffiths and Beck, 1973; McLean and Houk, 1973; Fig. 1). The P symbiont is the predominant organism and is located in the mycetocyte while the S symbiont, when present, is located in the sheath cells surrounding the mycetome. Within the mycetocyte, the P symbionts are found exclusively in vacuoles (Houk and Griffiths, 1980).

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    Albert Balows

  2. Institute for Microbiology, University of Bonn, D-5300, Bonn 1, Germany

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  3. Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, 55455, Minneapolis, MN, USA

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Gutnick, D.L. (1992). Prokaryotic Symbionts of the Aphid. In: Balows, A., Trüper, H.G., Dworkin, M., Harder, W., Schleifer, KH. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2191-1_54

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