Domain Bacteria Order Enterobacteriales Phylum Proteobacteria Rank Species | Class Gammaproteobacteria Family Enterobacteriaceae Genus Serratia | |
Similar Hamiltonella defensa, Serratia, Buchnera aphidicola, Acyrthosiphon, Acyrthosiphon pisum | ||
Serratia symbiotica is a species of bacteria that lives as a symbiont of aphids. In the aphid Cinara cedri, it coexists with Buchnera aphidicola, given the latter cannot produce tryptophan. It is also known to habitate in Aphis fabae. Together with other endosymbionts, it provides aphids protection against parasitoids.
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