Functional Symbionts

291 records

Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Host Insect Classification Localization Function Function Tags Year Edit
Bacteria
Extracellular

involved in the degradation of lignocellulosic biomass in the black soldier fly larvae (BSFL)

2023

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

indicate significant effects of the intracellular symbiotic bacterium Wolbachia on the metabolism of H. hebetor larvae and on the activity of its digestive enzymes

2023

Lactococcus

Bacillota

Bacteria
Extracellular

degrading  ellulose and xylan

2023

Bacteria
Extracellular

degrading  ellulose and xylan

2023

Turicibacter

Bacillota

Bacteria
Extracellular

degrading  ellulose and xylan

2023

Fungi
Intracellular

assimilated wood-associated sugars including xylose, cellobiose, and xylan in culture

2023

Brevibacterium

Actinomycetota

Acrida cinerea

Orthoptera

Bacteria

correlated with the hemicellulose digestibility

2022

Clavibacter

Actinomycetota

Bacteria

correlated with the hemicellulose digestibility

2022

Microbacterium

Actinomycetota

Bacteria

correlated with the hemicellulose digestibility

2022

Stenotrophomonas

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

correlated with the hemicellulose digestibility

2022

Bacteria
Extracellular

degrade cellulose

2022

Bacteria
Extracellular

highly efficient digestion of lignocellulose

2022

Bacteria
Extracellular

digest lignocellulose

2022

Bacteria

its genomes encoded short-chain fatty acid biosynthetic pathways and plant fiber and chitin catabolism and other carbohydrate utilization genes

2022

Bacteria

its genomes encoded short-chain fatty acid biosynthetic pathways and plant fiber and chitin catabolism and other carbohydrate utilization genes

2022

Bacteria
Extracellular

degrade maize cellulose

2022

Bacteria
Extracellular

are capable of producing a broad array of cellulases and hemicellulases, thus playing a major role in lignocellulosic biomass degradation

2022

Dendroctonus

Coleoptera

Bacteria

has metabolic capacity to degrade xylan by bifunctional xylanase-ferulic acid esterase

2022

Apiotrichum

Basidiomycota

Fungi
Extracellular

they could be involved in lipid biosynthesis, and the degradation and detoxification of toxic substances

2022

Saccharomyces

Ascomycota

Fungi
Extracellular

Saccharomyces are important fungi for insects in terms of nutrient supply and may be involved in insect development

2022

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