Functional Symbionts
59 recordsRecords of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.
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Host Insect | Classification | Localization | Function | Function Tags | Year | Edit | |
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Hanseniaspora uvarum
Ascomycota |
Bactrocera tryoniDiptera |
Fungi
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Extracellular
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odour emissions that increased the attraction of flies; led to decreased oviposition |
2017 |
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Cochliomyia hominivoraxDiptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular and Extracellular
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the microbiome can influence chemical communication by altering the production of pheromones |
2016 |
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Bacillus thuringiensis
Bacillota |
Spodoptera littoralisLepidoptera |
Bacteria
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a widely used bacterial entomopathogen producing insecticidal toxins, some of which are expressed in insect-resistant transgenic crops |
2016 |
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Morganella morganii
Pseudomonadota |
Costelytra zealandicaColeoptera |
Bacteria
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Female beetles were previously shown to use phenol as their sex pheromone produced by symbiotic bacteria in the accessory or colleterial gland |
2016 |
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Morganella morganii
Pseudomonadota |
Costelytra zealandicaColeoptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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produces phenol as the sex pheromone of the host from tyrosine in the colleterial gland |
2016 |
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Gluconobacter
Pseudomonadota |
Drosophila suzukiiDiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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produce volatile substances that attract female D. suzukii |
2016 |
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Komagataeibacter
Pseudomonadota |
Drosophila suzukiiDiptera |
Bacteria
|
Extracellular
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produce volatile substances that attract female D. suzukii |
2016 |
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Leptographium procerum
Ascomycota |
Dendroctonus valensColeoptera |
Fungi
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Extracellular
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Inducing host pines to produce 3-carene, an attractant of the beetle |
2016 |
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Amylostereum areolatum
Basidiomycota |
Sirex noctilioHymenoptera |
Fungi
|
Extracellular
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attraction of female S. noctilio towards volatiles of their fungal symbiont |
2015 |
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Grosmannia penicillata
Ascomycota |
Ips typographusColeoptera |
Fungi
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Extracellular
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produced large amounts of 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol (MB), the major component in the beetles' aggregation pheromone blend |
2015 |
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Grosmannia europhioides
Ascomycota |
Ips typographusColeoptera |
Fungi
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Extracellular
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produced large amounts of 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol (MB), the major component in the beetles' aggregation pheromone blend |
2015 |
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Grosmannia penicillata
Ascomycota |
Ips paraconfususColeoptera |
Fungi
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produce beetle aggregation pheromones |
2015 |
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Grosmannia europhioides
Ascomycota |
Ips paraconfususColeoptera |
Fungi
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produced large amounts of 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol (MB), the major component in the beetles’ aggregation pheromone blend, facilitating aggregation behavior |
2015 |
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Wigglesworthia glossinidia
Pseudomonadota |
Glossina morsitansDiptera |
Bacteria
|
Intracellular
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can synthesize thiamine |
2010 |
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Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. laumondii strain TTNone1
Pseudomonadota |
Manduca sextaLepidoptera |
Bacteria
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produces a small-molecule antibiotic (E)-1,3-dihydroxy-2-(isopropyl)-5-(2-phenylethenyl)benzene (ST) that also acts as an inhibitor of phenoloxidase (PO) in the insect host Manduca sexta. |
2007 |
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Bacillus spp.
Bacillota |
Acrolepiopsis assectellaLepidoptera |
Bacteria
|
Extracellular
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Klebsiella oxytoca and Bacillus spp. produce the volatile alkyl disulfides present in the fecal pellets, which serve as kairomones to attract the parasitoid Diadromus pulchellus to the moth host |
2004 |
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Klebsiella oxytoca
Pseudomonadota |
Acrolepiopsis assectellaLepidoptera |
Bacteria
|
Extracellular
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Klebsiella oxytoca and Bacillus spp. produce the volatile alkyl disulfides present in the fecal pellets, which serve as kairomones to attract the parasitoid Diadromus pulchellus to the moth host |
2004 |
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Enterobacter aerogenes
Pseudomonadota |
Myrmeleon boreNeuroptera |
Bacteria
|
Intracellular and extracellular
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the paralysing toxin produced by bacterial endosymbionts in the saliva of Myrmeleon bore larvae is a homologue of GroEL, a protective heat-shock protein known as a molecular chaperone. |
2001 |
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Termitomyces
Basidiomycota |
Macrotermes natalensisBlattodea |
Fungi
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Extracellular
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produce several known drimanes and drimenol-type sesquiterpenoids, which are C15 bicyclic sesquiterpenes |
1994 |