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Table 2 Predictions of pairwise interactions in the bacteriocyte system between occurring (bold) and non-occurring (underlined) pairwise combinations of symbionts.

From: Modeling trophic dependencies and exchanges among insects’ bacterial symbionts in a host-simulated environment

 

Hamiltonella

MED-Q1

Hamiltonella

MEAM1

Rickettsia

MEAM1-USA

Rickettsia

MEAM1-China

Cardinium

Wolbachia

Portiera

Hamiltonella

MED-Q1

 

0/0 (0.32)

22/17 (0.19)

21/20 (0.2)

0/0 (0.08)

11/14 (0.22)

13 (0.06)

Hamiltonella

MEAM1

0/0 (0.97)

 

19/20 (0.17)

20/21 (0.19)

0/0 (0.05)

18/7 (0.19)

14 (0.05)

Rickettsia

MEAM1-USA

22/17 (0.2)

19/20 (0.2)

 

0/0 (0.95)

9/9 (0.09)

6/4 (0.11)

14 (0.07)

Rickettsia

MEAM1-China

21/20 (0.21)

20/21 (0.21)

0/0 (1)

 

10/11 (0.12)

8/7 (0.14)

13 (0.07)

Cardinium

0/0 (0.17)

0/0 (0.15)

9/9 (0.1)

10/11 (0.12)

 

9/9 (0.12)

13 (0.15)

Wolbachia

11/14 (0.38)

18/7 (0.36)

6/4 (0.3)

87 (0.34)

9/9 (0.14)

 

8 (0.12)

Portiera

13 (0.25)

14 (0.25)

14 (0.25)

13 (0.25)

13 (0.25)

8 (0.25)

 
  1. Occurrence versus non-occurrence was determined according to a detailed survey of symbiont occurrence from 2030 whitefly individuals [34] and is detailed in Additional file 12. The first values in each cell represent the number of complementary metabolites produced in each combination in the host environment/host-Portiera environment (for the combinations of facultative symbionts); the value in parentheses represents the predictions of the competition values (Effective Metabolic Overlap). The obligatory symbiont is denoted in bold face