Functional Symbionts

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Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Host Insect Classification Localization Function Function Tags Year Edit
Bacteria
Extracellular

digestive symbiosis with potential plant cell wall degrading microbes

2024

Bacteria
Extracellular

digestive symbiosis with potential plant cell wall degrading microbes

2024

Bacteria
Extracellular

degrade cellulose

2024

Fungi
Extracellular

weight and head capsule width were higher in larvae fed on F. solani, and gut lignocellulose activities were elevated in fed larvae

2024

Bacteria
Intracellular

gut microbiota is not essential in this species for survival and development throughout its complete life cycle, but it could participate in complementation of host nutrition by helping with food digestion and nutrient absorption

2024

Bacteria
Intracellular

Transinfected planthopper lines acquired the insecticide sensitivity trait, with associated downregulation of the P450 xenobiotic detoxification system of the host

2024

Stammera

Pseudomonadota

Notosacantha

Coleoptera

Bacteria
Intracellular

produce symbiont-derived pectinases and supply to the host’s alimentary tract for plant cell wall digestion

2024

Lactococcus

Bacillota

Novius pumilus

Coleoptera

Bacteria

were predicted to have genes related to hydrocarbon, fatty acids, and chitin degradation, which may assist their hosts in digesting the wax shell covering the scale insects

2024

Rhodobacter

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Rhodanobacter genera can utilize various carbon sources, including cellobiose. In larvae of longhorned beetles that feed on plants rich in carbohydrates (cellulose and hemicellulose) and lignin, Rhodanobacter can help the larvae digest more carbon nutrients through carbon sequestration

2024

Bacteria
Extracellular

can directly promote the expression of two gene families related to intestinal protein metabolism: Hitryp serine protease trypsin family and Himtp metallopeptidase family

2023

Buchnera aphidicola

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Buchnera the nutritional endosymbiont of A. pisum is located inside of bacteriocytes and requires aspartate from the aphid host, because it cannot make it de novo. Further Buchnera needs aspartate for the biosynthesis of the essential amino acids lysine and threonine, which the aphid and Buchnera require for survival

2023

Bacteria

has the potential of degrading plant cell wall

2023

Bacteria
Extracellular

associated with cellulose degradation

2023

Fungi
Extracellular

associating with carbohydrate-active enzymes, cellulose and hemicellulose degradation, transporter, and terpenoid biosynthesis

2023

Agrotis ipsilon

Lepidoptera

Bacteria
Extracellular

gut bacterial communities in BCW larvae are capable of degrading various polysaccharides, including cellulose, xylan, pectin, and starch, and producing lipolytic and protease enzymes to aid BCW metabolism

2023

Cryptococcus sp.

Basidiomycota

Fungi

has the potential of degrading plant cell wall

2023

Fungi

has the potential of degrading plant cell wall

2023

Fungi

has the potential of degrading plant cell wall

2023

Fungi

has the potential of degrading plant cell wall

2023

Fungi

has the potential of degrading plant cell wall

2023

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