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

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus strain NRYSBAC-1 can degrade Chlorpyrifos and Chlorantraniliprole in vitro.

2024

Acinetobacter

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Acinetobacter can effectively degrade cellulose, polystyrene, and phenol, helping Nilaparvata lugens improve its detoxification ability and adapt to harsh environments.

2024

Acinetobacter

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

2024

Acinetobacter

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Acinetobacter is an oral bacterium that interferes with rice anti-herbivore defense and avoids the full activation of JA-regulated (jasmonic acid) defenses in the host plant upon attack by Chilo suppressalis.

2023

Acinetobacter

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Acinetobacter increases the resistance of Anopheles sinensis (by analogy to An. gambiae) to Plasmodium development, partly by inducing anti-Plasmodium factors in the Imd immune pathway.

2023

Acinetobacter soli

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

2022

Acinetobacter

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Acinetobacter inhibits the expression of genes associated with the JA-mediated defense signaling pathway and SGA (steroidal glycoalkaloids) biosynthesis in potato plants upon Leptinotarsa decemlineata attack.

2022

Acinetobacter

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Acinetobacter may indirectly affect whitefly oviposition (fertility) in Aleurodicus rugioperculatus.

2022

Acinetobacter

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

2022

Bacteria

Acinetobacter sp. AS23 endows its host Curculio chinensis with the ability to degrade saponin (a plant chemical defense compound).

2022

Bacteria
Extracellular

Acinetobacter sp. AS23 facilitates the degradation of tea saponin for Curculio chinensis; its genome contains 47 genes relating to triterpenoids degradation.

2022

Acinetobacter sp.

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Acinetobacter sp. is enriched in Curculio chinensis after treating with saponin, and is confirmed to significantly decrease saponin content in vitro (from 4.054 to 1.867 mg/mL over 72 h), indicating a detoxification role.

2022

Acinetobacter sp.

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Acinetobacter sp.'s growth is improved by 15% in the presence of condensed tannins, suggesting a detoxification or nutritional role in Lymantria dispar.

2022

Serratia marcescens

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Serratia marcescens (in Rhodnius prolixus) is described in a study which highlights that certain bacteria (like Acinetobacter in C. chinensis) are enriched after saponin treatment and significantly decrease saponin content in vitro.

2022

Bacteria

Acinetobacter guillouiae showed significant volatile inhibition activity against the fungal entomopathogens Fusarium moniliforme, Botryosphaeria dothidea, and Fusarium oxysporum in Delia antiqua.

2021

Acinetobacter sp.

Pseudomonadota

Hypothenemus hampei

Hawai’i, Mexico

Bacteria

Acinetobacter sp. might contribute to caffeine breakdown using the C-8 oxidation pathway (detoxification) in Hypothenemus hampei.

2021

Bacteria
Extracellular

Acinetobacter sp. AnTc-1 may play a role in the larval gut for biodegradation of Polystyrene (PS) in Tribolium castaneum.

2020

Acinetobacter soli

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Acinetobacter soli facilitates the degradation of flubendiamide and chlorantraniliprole in Spodoptera frugiperda.

2020

Acinetobacter

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Acinetobacter plays a key role in the polyethylene biodegradation process within Galleria mellonella.

2020

Acinetobacter

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

2020

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