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==Metabolism== Mealybugs have a highly sophisticated metabolism that involves not one but two bacterial [[endosymbionts]], one inside the other. The endosymbionts make essential amino acids that the mealybug is not able to acquire directly from its diet. Genetically, mealybugs rely on a "mosaic" of metabolic pathways in which proteins are transported across membranes between what were once independent organisms.<ref name="Callier">{{cite journal |last1=Callier |first1=Viviane |title=Mitochondria and the origin of eukaryotes |journal=Knowable Magazine |date=8 June 2022 |doi=10.1146/knowable-060822-2 |doi-access=free |url=https://knowablemagazine.org/article/living-world/2022/mitochondria-origin-eukaryotes |access-date=18 August 2022}}</ref>
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