Functional Symbionts
161 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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Rhodococcus rhodnii ATCC 35None71
Actinomycetota |
Rhodnius prolixusHemiptera |
Bacteria
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Rhodnius prolixus harbouring R. rhodnii developed faster, had higher survival, and laid more eggs |
2023 |
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Burkholderia
Pseudomonadota |
Leptoglossus zonatusHemiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Burkholderia had a significant positive effect on host developmental rate and body weight. |
2022 |
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Burkholderia
Pseudomonadota |
Leptoglossus phyllopusHemiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Burkholderia had a significant positive effect on host developmental rate and body weight. |
2022 |
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Burkholderia
Pseudomonadota |
Leptoglossus zonatusHemiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Symbiotic nymphs grew more rapidly, were approximately four times more likely to survive to adulthood than aposymbiotic bugs, and were two times larger |
2022 |
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Burkholderia
Pseudomonadota |
Leptoglossus phyllopusHemiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Symbiotic nymphs grew more rapidly, were approximately four times more likely to survive to adulthood than aposymbiotic bugs, and were two times larger |
2022 |
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Spiroplasma
Mycoplasmatota |
Drosophila melanogasterDiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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in old flies, display neurodegenerative phenotypes and have a reduced life span compared to uninfected controls |
2022 |
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Candidatus Erwinia dacicola
Pseudomonadota |
Bactrocera oleaeDiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Comparative transcriptomics highlights genes associated with development and response to microorganisms |
2022 |
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Cardinium
Bacteroidota |
Sogatella furciferaHemiptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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reduce microbiome diversity and modify host metabolism and fecundity |
2022 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Sogatella furciferaHemiptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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reduce microbiome diversity and modify host metabolism and fecundity |
2022 |
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Enterococcus FAW 2-1
Bacillota |
Spodoptera frugiperdaLepidoptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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can enhance the growth of fall armyworm, but these effects arecontingent on dietary conditions, isolate availability, and host larval instar |
2022 |
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Serratia symbiotica
Pseudomonadota |
Acyrthosiphon pisumHemiptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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process of regression from winged to wingless morph was inhibited by Serratia symbiotica. The existence of the symbiont did not affect the body mass and fecundity of adult aphids, but it increased the body weight of nymphs and temporally increased the quantity of a primary symbiont, Buchnera aphidicola |
2022 |
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Enterococcus
Bacillota |
Spodoptera frugiperdaLepidoptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Have the function of nutrient absorption, energy metabolism, the plant’s secondary metabolites degradation, insect immunity regulation, and so on |
2022 |
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Lactobacillus
Bacillota |
Spodoptera frugiperdaLepidoptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Have the function of nutrient absorption, energy metabolism, the plant’s secondary metabolites degradation, insect immunity regulation, and so on |
2022 |
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Cnaphalocrocis medinalisLepidoptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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contribute an essential role to the nutrition intake and development of C. medinalis. |
2022 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Aedes fluviatilisDiptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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modulates metabolism and immunity during Aedes fluviatilis oogenesis |
2022 |
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Candidatus Pantoea persica
Pseudomonadota |
Acrosternum arabicumHemiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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shown to be highly abundant in a specific portion of the gut and necessary for the host development |
2021 |
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Bacillus sp.
Bacillota |
Anopheles barbirostrisDiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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without this midgut flora showed delayed development to become adult |
2021 |
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Vairimorpha or a new genus
Microsporidia |
Gonipterus platensisColeoptera |
Fungi
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Intracellular
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Symptoms in infected adults were identified by an abnormal abdomen with malformation of the second pair of wings, impairing their flight activity. |
2021 |
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Spiroplasma
Mycoplasmatota |
Glossina fuscipes fuscipesDiptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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the bacterium and tsetse host compete for finite nutrients, which negatively impact female fecundity by increasing the length of intrauterine larval development |
2021 |
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Enterobacter sp.
Pseudomonadota |
Bactrocera dorsalisDiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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be beneficial, with some quality control indices, such as adult size, pupal weight, survival rate under stress and nutritionally rich conditions, and mating competitiveness, being significantly increased, while slight nonsignificant increases in emergence rate and flight ability were observed |
2021 |