FIG 5.
Storage and transmission of Sodalis endosymbionts. Red indicates in situ hybridization of 16S rRNA in cross sections of lice. (A) Sodalis endosymbiont cells; (B and C) intracellular masses of Sodalis cells in bacteriocytes along the abdominal wall; (D) diffuse Sodalis cells in the fat body; (E and F) Sodalis cells in lateral oviducts; (G and H) masses of Sodalis cells in posterior pole of oocytes. ctcl, cuticle; fb, fat body; fc, follicle; oa, ovary.