What is the difference between a primary and secondary insect symbiont? Propose how you might use an insect symbiont to control the spread of an insect-borne disease
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Primary symbionts are microorganisms that are required for the host insect to replicate. Secondary symbionts are not required for the insect to replicate, so they are not found in every member of the insect population. There are many different ways that an insect symbiont could be manipulated to control the spread of an insect-borne disease. One way is to use a secondary symbiont that manipulates the reproduction of the insect host, such as Buchnera species that sterilize uninfected females after mating with an infected male. Another possibility would be to use an antimicrobial to inhibit the primary symbiont of an insect such that the death of the primary symbiont would stop the insects from reproducing.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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