Functional Symbionts

66 records

Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Host Insect Classification Localization Function Function Tags Year Edit
Penicillium

Ascomycota

Fungi
Extracellular

mycobiota abundance and composition change in the midgut as a response to blood intake

2023

Cardinium

Bacteroidota

Bacteria
Intracellular

reduce microbiome diversity and modify host metabolism and fecundity

2022

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

reduce microbiome diversity and modify host metabolism and fecundity

2022

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

may regulate the loss of sexual reproduction or has a nutritional role in P. bambucicola

2021

Spiroplasma

Mycoplasmatota

Bacteria
Intracellular

the bacterium and tsetse host compete for finite nutrients, which negatively impact female fecundity by increasing the length of intrauterine larval development

2021

Rickettsia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

may be associated with insect reproduction and maturation of their sexual organs

2021

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

may be associated with insect reproduction and maturation of their sexual organs

2021

Rickettsia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Co-infections with Rickettsia and Sodalis caused an even higher decrease of reproductive success than single Sodalis infections

2020

Sodalis

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

reducing reproductive output in comparison to uninfected lacewings

2020

Bacteria
Intracellular

Nasuia can carry Vgs into oocytes and impair insect egg development

2020

Rickettsia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

infected female Cimex lectularius producing fewer fertile eggs

2020

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

supply biotin and riboflavin to enhance reproduction

2020

Bacteria

Increase the reproductive capacity of wheat aphids, increase the number of offspring and reduce the age of first breeding, suppressed the salicylic acid (SA)- and jasmonic acid (JA)-related defense pathways and SA/JA accumulation

2019

Burkholderia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Burkholderia gut symbiont in the host insect stimulates biosynthesis of the heteroptera-specific JHSB3, leading to larger number of eggs produced and enhanced fitness in Riptortus host insects

2019

Bacteria

fed with specific nutrients and also recycles host metabolic wastes in the insect gut, and in return, the bacterial symbiont provides the host with essential nutrients limited in the insect food, contributing to the rapid growth and enhanced reproduction of the bean bug host.

2019

Acetobacter malorum

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

resulted in the development of larger ovaries and in increased egg numbers in an oviposition assay.

2019

Fungi
Extracellular

resulted in the development of larger ovaries and in increased egg numbers in an oviposition assay.

2019

Pantoea sp.

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

the symbiont-free insects exhibited retarded growth, lower longevity, and adult body weight

2019

Bacteria
Extracellular

female Bactrocera dorsalis fed Enterococcus faecalis and Klebsiella oxytoca enriched diets lived longer but had lower fecundity

2019

Klebsiella oxytoca

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

female Bactrocera dorsalis fed Enterococcus faecalis and Klebsiella oxytoca enriched diets lived longer but had lower fecundity

2019

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