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. 2020 Nov 11;84(4):e00089-20. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00089-20

TABLE 2.

Culture conditions of insect endosymbionts on insect and mammalian cell linesa

Endosymbiont Host Cell line Cell line origin Infection Reference
Arsenophonus triatominarum Triatoma infestans (kissing bug) C6/36 Aedes albopictus Artificial 109
Cardinium spp. Ixodes scapularis, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (ticks) RAE25, ISE6, ISE25 Ixodes scapularis, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (ticks) Natural 111
Regiella insecticola, Hamiltonella defensa Aphids C6/36 Aedes albopictus Artificial 102
S2 Drosophila melanogaster
Sf9 Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera)
Rickettsia monacensis Ixodes scapularis (tick) ISE6 Ixodes scapularis (tick) Artificial 118
Sodalis glossinidus Tsetse fly, Glossina sp. Unknown Aedes albopictus Artificial 105
Spiroplasma poulsonii Drosophila willistoni IPLBTN-R2 Trichoplusia ni (Lepidoptera) Artificial 108
Wolbachia pipientis Aedes albopictus Aa23 Aedes albopictus Natural 107
Wolbachia spp. Laodelphax striatellus (planthopper) NIAS-AeAl-2 Aedes albopictus Artificial 110
BCIRL-HZ-AM1 Heliothis zea (Lepidoptera)
L929 Mus musculus (mouse)
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A natural infection indicates that the endosymbiont was grown on cells originating from its natural host, while an artificial infection indicates that the endosymbiont was grown on cells from an organism other than its natural host.