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Dactylopius (Genus)

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Dactylopiidae

4 Species

In this genus

Sequencing data

Sequencing data

Species List

4 species in genus Dactylopius

Dactylopius ceylonicus

Dactylopius coccus

cochineal

Dactylopius confusus

Dactylopius opuntiae

Related Symbionts

13 records

Symbiont records associated with Dactylopius genus

	Classification	Host	Function	Function Tags	Reference
Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Dactylopius coccus	Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum may catabolize plant polysaccharides, and is active in carbon and nitrogen provisioning through its degrada…	Nitrogen Fixation Amino Acid Provision Carbohydrate Metabolism
Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum NFDCM Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Dactylopius coccus	Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum NFDCM compensates for nitrogen deficiency in the cochineal diet, may provide essential amino acids, recycle…	Nitrogen Fixation Amino Acid Provision
Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum NFDO Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Dactylopius coccus	Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum NFDO compensates for nitrogen deficiency in the cochineal diet, may provide essential amino acids, recycles…	Nitrogen Fixation Amino Acid Provision
Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Dactylopius coccus	Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum compensates for nitrogen deficiency in the cochineal diet, may provide essential amino acids, recycles uric…	Nitrogen Fixation Amino Acid Provision
Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Dactylopius opuntiae	Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum compensates for nitrogen deficiency in the cochineal diet, may provide essential amino acids, recycles uric…	Nitrogen Fixation Amino Acid Provision
Spiroplasma ixodetis DCF Mycoplasmatota	Bacteria	Dactylopius coccus	Spiroplasma ixodetis DCF uses the T4SS to interact with Dactylopius cells, showing strong interaction and molecular signaling in the symbiosis.	Other
Spiroplasma ixodetis DCM Mycoplasmatota	Bacteria	Dactylopius coccus	Spiroplasma ixodetis DCM uses the T4SS to interact with Dactylopius cells, showing strong interaction and molecular signaling in the symbiosis.	Other
Spiroplasma ixodetis DO Mycoplasmatota	Bacteria	Dactylopius coccus	Spiroplasma ixodetis DO uses the T4SS to interact with Dactylopius cells, showing strong interaction and molecular signaling in the symbiosis.	Other
gut fungi -	Fungi	Dactylopius coccus	Gut fungi (metagenome) help in the nitrogen recycling process in Dactylopius by uricolysis.	Nitrogen Fixation
Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Dactylopius opuntiae	-	-
Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Dactylopius coccus	-	-
Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Dactylopius confusus	-	-
Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Dactylopius ceylonicus	-	-

Metagenome Information

5 records

Metagenome sequencing data associated with Dactylopius species

Run	Platform	Host	Location	Date	BioProject
SRR12513816 WGS	ILLUMINA Illumina HiSeq 2500	Dactylopius opuntiae	Mexico 18.990361 N 99.117389 W	2017-05	PRJNA658782
SRR12513790 WGS	ILLUMINA Illumina HiSeq 2500	Dactylopius coccus	Mexico 18.990361 N 99.117389 W	2017-02	PRJNA658779
SRR3480635 WGS	ILLUMINA Illumina HiSeq 2000	Dactylopius coccus	Mexico 18.990361 N 99.117389 W	2012	PRJNA291435
SRR3480636 WGS	LS454 454 GS FLX+	Dactylopius coccus	Mexico 18.990361 N 99.117389 W	2011	PRJNA291435
SRR3480637 WGS	LS454 454 GS FLX+	Dactylopius coccus	Mexico 18.990361 N 99.117389 W	2011	PRJNA291435

Amplicon Information

0 records

Amplicon sequencing data associated with Dactylopius species

Run	Classification	Host	Platform	Location	Environment
No amplicons found No amplicon records associated with Dactylopius species.