Functional Symbionts

5 records

Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Host Insect Classification Localization Function Function Tags Year Edit
Rickettsiella

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria

reduced aphid fecundity, decreased heat tolerance, and modified aphid body color, from light to dark green
Fertility Pigmentation alteration

2023
Fungi

induces a distinctive melanotic phenotype across the developmental stages of mosquito
Pigmentation alteration

2021
Hamiltonella defensa

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Intracellular

aphid larvae become darker green when co-infected with Rickettsiella viridis and Hamiltonella defensa
Pigmentation alteration

2015
Bacteria
Intracellular

young red aphid larvae infected whith symbiont become greener at adulthood,which can reduce predation risk
Pigmentation alteration

2015
Rickettsiella

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Intracellular

Rickettsiella changes the insects’ body color from red to green in natural populations
Pigmentation alteration

2010
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