Amplicon sequencing-based study of the diversity of Candidatus Hodgkinia cicadicola, endosymbiont of Magicicada septendecim. Candidatus Hodgkinia cicadicola, endosymbiont of Magicicada septendecim

In many clades of cicadas (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae), including Magicicada septendecim, their bacterial nutritional endosymbiont Candidatus Hodgkinia cicadicola has evolved into complexes of genetically and cytologically distinct, interdependent lineages.We surveyed the Hodgkinia lineage diversity across M. septendecim broods. We did this by sequencing Hodgkinia protein-coding gene (etfD) amplicons from bacteriome tissue of different cicada individuals. The current BioProject groups BioSamples that correspond to different M. septendecim broods.