Table 1. Biological characteristics of the pea aphid genotypes used for the construction of lines with manipulated symbiotic composition.
| Clone name | Color | Plant origin | Location | Collection date | Original infection status | Reproductive mode |
| T3-8V1 | Green | Clover | Domagné, France | June 2003 | Regiella (donor) | Permanent parthenogenesis |
| 10TV | Pink | Clover | Domagné, France | June 2002 | Regiella | Permanent parthenogenesis |
| 4TV | Pink | Clover | Domagné, France | June 2002 | Regiella | Permanent parthenogenesis |
| YR2 | Pink | Clover | York, UK | Dec. 2002 | Regiella | Cyclical parthenogenesis |
| L1-22 | Green | Alfalfa | Domagné, France | June 2002 | Hamiltonella | Permanent parthenogenesis |
| L12 | Green | Alfalfa | Domagné, France | June 2002 | Spiroplasma (donor) + Hamiltonella | Permanent parthenogenesis |
| L100 | Green | Alfalfa | Lusignan, France | March 1999 | Hamiltonella (donor) | Permanent parthenogenesis |
| P33 | Green | Pea | Le Rheu, France | June 2002 | Rickettsia | Cyclical parthenogenesis |
| P123 | Green | Pea | Mauzé-le-Mignon, France | April 1999 | Rickettsia (donor) | Cyclical parthenogenesis |
| P136 | Green | Pea | Mauzé-le-Mignon, France | April 1999 | Serratia (donor) + Rickettsiella | Cyclical parthenogenesis |
Donors used for transfection experiments of facultative symbionts are shown in parentheses.