What Have Scientists Discovered About the Aster Leafhopper Endosymbionts, Nasuia

Multiple Choice

What have scientists discovered about the aster leafhopper endosymbionts, Nasuia and Sulcia?

A) Nasuia and Sulcia can live outside of aster leafhoppers.
B) Nasuia and Sulcia produce amino acids that are not found in the sap of the host plant, but that are needed by the leafhopper.
C) Nasuia and Sulcia have lost most of the genes required for free-living bacteria to survive.
D) a and b
E) b and c