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Hackberry petiole gall psyllid just after emerging from the gall on a hackberry. The insect is only 3 to 4 millimeters long. The insect\'s only endosymbiotic bacteria, Carsonella ruddii, has the smallest cellular genome known. Credit: Nancy Moran, The University of Arizona.

Hackberry petiole gall psyllid just after emerging from the gall on a hackberry. The insect is only 3 to 4 millimeters long. The insect's only endosymbiotic bacteria, Carsonella ruddii, has the smallest cellular genome known. Credit: Nancy Moran, The University of Arizona.

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