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Symbiont Species	Strain Records	Classification	Function Tags	Total Records
Candidatus Sulcia Bacteroidota	Karenia caelatata No function data Tanna sp. No function data Colladonus geminatus Candidatus Sulcia is an obligate endosymbiont that synthesizes essential amino acids to supplement the nutritionally-po… Colladonus montanus reductus Candidatus Sulcia is an obligate endosymbiont that synthesizes essential amino acids to supplement the nutritionally-po… Circulifer tenellus Candidatus Sulcia is an obligate endosymbiont that synthesizes essential amino acids to supplement the nutritionally-po… Euscelidius variegatus Candidatus Sulcia is an obligate endosymbiont that synthesizes essential amino acids to supplement the nutritionally-po… Pycna repanda No function data Ommatissus lybicus Candidatus Sulcia muelleri is the primary endosymbiont, but the two essential amino acids (EAAs) are provided by Nasuia. Platypleura kaempferi No function data Meimuna mongolica No function data Graphocephala atropunctata No function data Macrosteles striifrons No function data Macrosteles sexnotatus No function data Homalodisca vitripennis Candidatus Sulcia muelleri GWSS is responsible for essential amino acid biosynthesis.	Bacteria	Amino Acid Provision	14
Sulcia muelleri Pseudomonadota	Nephotettix cincticeps Candidatus Sulcia muelleri is essential for nymphal growth and adult emergence; nymphs treated with antibiotics were re…	Bacteria	Growth Regulation	1