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Megacopta punctatissima

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Aleyrodidae

Genus

Megacopta

Megacopta punctatissima

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Description is currently not available

Host Genome

No genome information available

Related Symbionts

5 records

Symbiont records associated with Megacopta punctatissima

	Classification	Function	Function Tags	Reference
Candidatus Ishikawaella Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	symbiont removal caused severe shortfalls of some essential amino acids, including branched-chain and aromatic amino acids	Nutrient provision
Candidatus Ishikawella capsulata Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Microbe compensates for nutritional deficiency of host diet by supplying essential amino acids	Nutrient provision
Candidatus Ishikawaella capsulata Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	symbiont genome encoded genes for arginine metabolism and oxalate detoxification	Plant secondary metabolites
Ishikawaella capsulata Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	supply essential amino acids for the plant-sucking stinkbug	Nutrient provision
Candidatus Ishikawella capsulata Pseudomonadota	Bacteria	Enhance pest status of the insect host

Metagenome Information

0 records

Metagenome sequencing data associated with Megacopta punctatissima

Run	Platform	Location	Date	BioProject
No metagenomes found No metagenome records associated with this host species.

Amplicon Information

0 records

Amplicon sequencing data associated with Megacopta punctatissima

Run	Classification	Platform	Location	Environment
No amplicons found No amplicon records associated with this host species.

Related Articles

4 records

Research articles related to Megacopta punctatissima

Title	Authors	Journal	Year	DOI
Host's demand for essential amino acids is compensated by an extracellular bacterial symbiont in a hemipteran insect model	Moriyama, M; Fukatsu, T	FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY	2022	10.3389/fphys.2022.1028409
Reductive evolution of bacterial genome in insect gut environment.	Nikoh, N; Hosokawa, T; Oshima, K; Hattori, M; Fukatsu, T	Genome Biology and Evolution	2011	10.1093/gbe/evr064
Obligate symbiont involved in pest status of host insect	Hosokawa, T; Kikuchi, Y; Shimada, M; Fukatsu, T	PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES	2007	10.1098/rspb.2007.0620
Reductive genome evolution in Buchnera aphidicola	van Ham, RCHJ; Kamerbeek, J; Palacios, C ... Morán, F; Moya, A	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America	2003	10.1073/pnas.0235981100