Example sentences for: endosymbiont

How can you use “endosymbiont” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Buchnera endosymbiont of the aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum has a genome of 643 kb [ 8], only one-seventh the size of the genome of E. coli MG1655 (4.

  • A very promising and urgent area of endosymbiont research is the manipulation of these bacteria to control vector populations in the field.

  • In this very effective “ménage à trois” the sulfate reducer has even become an endosymbiont of the worm.

  • Buchnera is a mutualistic endosymbiont of its host, but the pattern of reductions of numbers of genes among functional categories is similar between Buchnera and other fully sequenced small-genome bacteria, all obligate pathogens [ 8, 12, 15, 16].

  • With the exception of lost genes, the Buchnera genome might reflect the gene order it had when the bacterium became an endosymbiont and lost recA.


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