Functional Symbionts
287 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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Rickettsia rickettsii
Pseudomonadota |
Bemisia tabaciChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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2016 |
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Rickettsia massiliae
Pseudomonadota |
Bemisia tabaciChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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2016 |
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Rickettsia prowazekii
Pseudomonadota |
Bemisia tabaciChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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2016 |
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Rickettsia typhi
Pseudomonadota |
Bemisia tabaciChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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2016 |
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Wolbachia sp.（wPn）
Pseudomonadota |
Pentalonia nigronervosaMadagascarBurundi, … |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Wolbachia sp. (wPn) increases the host's production of reactive oxygen species and its antioxidant system. |
2015 |
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Wolbachia wCcep
Pseudomonadota |
Corcyra cephalonicaChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Wolbachia wCcep induces reproductive incompatibility in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. |
2015 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Asobara japonicaJapan |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Wolbachia does not affect the development of the host female reproductive tract and eggs, but it enhances the host-searching ability of female wasps. |
2015 |
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Rickettsia
Pseudomonadota |
Sitona obsoletusAustria |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Rickettsia is a potential defensive property against the parasitoid Microctonus aethiopoides. |
2015 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Sitona obsoletusAustria |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Wolbachia is a potential defensive property against the parasitoid Microctonus aethiopoides. |
2015 |
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Wolbachia pipientis
Pseudomonadota |
Aedes albopictusMetropolitan France… |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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2015 |
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Rickettsia
Pseudomonadota |
Leptocybe invasaItaly, Argentina, C… |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Rickettsia is the causal agent of thelytokous parthenogenesis in L. invasa. |
2015 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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A specific strain of Wolbachia was observed to reduce the initiation of aggressive encounters in Drosophila males, which may be achieved by influencing the production of octopamine. |
2015 |
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Wolbachia ftsZ
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Wolbachia ftsZ likely interacts with the pathogen Xylella fastidiosa in the cibarium and precibarium. |
2014 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Trialeurodes sp.USA |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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2014 |
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Rickettsia
Pseudomonadota |
Antestiopsis thunbergiiRwanda |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2014 |
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Wolbachia sp.
Pseudomonadota |
Cimex lectulariusJapan |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Wolbachia sp. provisions B vitamins to the host. |
2014 |
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wCle
Pseudomonadota |
Cimex lectulariusJapan |
Bacteria
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wCle (Wolbachia) is essential for the host’s growth and reproduction via the provisioning of B vitamins. |
2014 |
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Rickettsia
Pseudomonadota |
Nephotettix cincticepsJapan |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Rickettsia is involved in establishing paternal symbiont transmission (intrasperm vertical symbiont transmission). |
2014 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Sitophilus zeamaisBrazil |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Wolbachia directly favored weevil fertility and exhibited only mild indirect effects, usually enhancing the SZPE effect. |
2014 |
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Rickettsia
Pseudomonadota |
Bemisia tabaciUSA |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Rickettsia protects an invasive whitefly against entomopathogenic Pseudomonas syringae strains. |
2014 |