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
Burkholderia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Burkholderia (Bacteria) produces antibiotics.

2014

Burkholderia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Burkholderia (Bacteria) produces antibiotics.

2014

Burkholderia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Burkholderia (Bacteria) produces antibiotics.

2014

Burkholderia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Burkholderia is associated with prolonged survival to adulthood in A. tomentosus.

2014

Acinetobacter

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Acinetobacter is involved in the degradation of aspen defense chemicals, specifically phenolic glycosides.

2014

Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Sodalis pierantonius str. SZPE suppression delayed weevil emergence, which reduced the insect population growth rate.

2014

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Wolbachia directly favored weevil fertility and exhibited only mild indirect effects, usually enhancing the SZPE effect.

2014

Fungi
Extracellular

Amylostereum areolatum (Fungi) assists the invasion of forest trees worldwide from multiple dimensions such as nutrient provisioning.

2014

Xenophyes cascus

New Zealand

Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Evansia muelleri has enriched amino acid (complete or partial pathways for ten essential and six nonessential amino acids) and sulfur metabolisms.

2014

Lachnospira

Bacillota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Lachnospira hydrolyzes polysaccharides, assists digestion, and synthesizes acetate, propionate, and butyrate.

2014

Bacteria
Extracellular

Unclassified Gammaproteobacteria (Phylum Pseudomonadota) plays a role in host development.

2014

Bacteria
Extracellular

Candidatus Tachikawaea gelatinosa localizes to a specialized midgut region and supplies essential amino acids deficient in the host's diet, underpinning host's ecological adaptation.

2014

Bacteria
Extracellular

Candidatus Tachikawaea gelatinosa localizes to a specialized midgut region and supplies essential amino acids deficient in the host's diet, underpinning host's ecological adaptation.

2014

Bacteria
Extracellular

Candidatus Erwinia dacicola contributes essential amino acids and metabolizes urea into an available nitrogen source for the fly, thus significantly elevating egg production.

2014

Bacteria

Candidatus Pantoea carbekii is the primary bacterial symbiont of Halyomorpha halys and is involved in amino acid provision.

2014

Hamiltonella

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Hamiltonella increases the growth rate of its host Bemisia tabaci during periods of nutritional stress.

2014

Rickettsia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Rickettsia protects an invasive whitefly against entomopathogenic Pseudomonas syringae strains.

2014

Bacteria
Extracellular

2014

Bacteria
Extracellular

2014

Escherichia coli

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Escherichia coli mediates trans-generational immune priming.

2014

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