Intracellular defensive symbiont is culturable and capable of transovarial, vertical transmission.
Gerald P MaedaMary Katherine KellyAadhunik SundarNancy A MoranPublished in: mBio (2024)
Fukatsuia symbiotica, can be grown outside of its host using standard microbiology techniques and can readily re-establish infection that is maintained across host generations. These artificial infections recapitulate the effects of native infections, making this host-symbiont pair a useful experimental system.
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