Functional Symbionts

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Sodalis glossinidius

Pseudomonadota

Glossina palpalis

Cameroon, Angola, B…

Bacteria
Extracellular

Sodalis glossinidius is associated with a three-times greater probability of the host flies being infected by trypanosomes (i.e., this symbiont may facilitate pathogen infection rather than confer resistance).
Pathogen Resistance

2013
Bacteria and Fungi
Intracellular and Extracellular

The hindgut lumen prokaryotic microbiota (Bacteria and Fungi) enables the termite host to thrive on recalcitrant lignocellulosic diets through nutritional symbioses with gut-dwelling prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
Cellulose Hydrolysis

2013
Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Uzinura diaspidicola can provision essential amino acids without a reciprocal bacterial partner.
Amino Acid Provision

2013
Klebsiella pneumonia

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Extracellular

Klebsiella pneumonia provides nitrogen fixation to hosts, which is beneficial for desert environments.
Nitrogen Fixation

2013
Regiella

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Intracellular

Regiella (in Acyrthosiphon pisum) protects against the entomopathogen Pandora neoaphidis by reducing mortality and decreasing fungal sporulation on dead aphids.
Pathogen Resistance

2013
Rickettsia

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Intracellular

Rickettsia (in Acyrthosiphon pisum) protects against the entomopathogen Pandora neoaphidis by reducing mortality and decreasing fungal sporulation on dead aphids.
Pathogen Resistance

2013
Rickettsiella

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Intracellular

Rickettsiella (in Acyrthosiphon pisum) protects against the entomopathogen Pandora neoaphidis by reducing mortality and decreasing fungal sporulation on dead aphids.
Pathogen Resistance

2013
Spiroplasma

Mycoplasmatota
Bacteria
Intracellular

Spiroplasma (in Acyrthosiphon pisum) protects against the entomopathogen Pandora neoaphidis by reducing mortality and decreasing fungal sporulation on dead aphids.
Pathogen Resistance

2013
Bacteria
Intracellular

Spiroplasma poulsonii co-opts the yolk transport and uptake machinery to colonize the germ line and ensure efficient vertical transmission.
Other

2013
Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Intracellular

Wolbachia strain wAlbB induces high levels of cytoplasmic incompatibility and conferred resistance in the mosquito to the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
Cytoplasmic Incompatibility

2013
Xenorhabdus bovienii

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Extracellular

Xenorhabdus bovienii has the gene PIN1 encoding a protease inhibitor protein active against aphids.
Plant Defense Modulation

2012
Bacteria

Bacillus subtilis produces chymotrypsin-like proteases, likely assisting the insect in proteinaceous food digestion and adaptation to protease inhibitors of host plants.
Digestive Enzymes

2012
Acinetobacter lwoffi

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria

Acinetobacter lwoffi exhibits extreme cellulolytic properties at highly alkaline conditions (pH 14).
Cellulose Hydrolysis

2012
Acinetobacter lwoffi

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria

Acinetobacter lwoffi exhibits extreme cellulolytic properties at highly alkaline conditions (pH 14).
Cellulose Hydrolysis

2012
Bacteria

Microbacterium paraoxydan exhibits extreme cellulolytic properties at alkaline conditions (pH 13).
Cellulose Hydrolysis

2012
Bacteria

Microbacterium paraoxydan exhibits extreme cellulolytic properties at alkaline conditions (pH 13).
Cellulose Hydrolysis

2012
Micrococcus sp.

Actinomycetota
Bacteria

Micrococcus sp. exhibits extreme cellulolytic properties at alkaline conditions (pH 12).
Cellulose Hydrolysis

2012
Micrococcus sp.

Actinomycetota
Bacteria

Micrococcus sp. exhibits extreme cellulolytic properties at alkaline conditions (pH 12).
Cellulose Hydrolysis

2012
Bacteria
Intracellular

2012
Bacteria
Intracellular

2012
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