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
Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Wolbachia causes male-killing, in which the symbionts kill the male progeny of infected females.

2011

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

2011

Rickettsia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Rickettsia influences thermotolerance in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci B biotype.

2011

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Wolbachia causes the complete feminization of genetic males into functional females.

2011

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Wolbachia causes the complete feminization of genetic males into functional females.

2011

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Wolbachia causes male-killing, in which the symbionts kill the male progeny of infected females.

2010

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Wolbachia mediates the down-regulation of many maize defenses via its insect host.

2010

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Wolbachia influences the down-regulation of defense genes in maize.

2010

Wolbachia sp.

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Wolbachia sp. mediates the silencing of maize (host plant) defense induction via its insect host.

2010

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Wolbachia (possibly) manipulates the physiology of its host plant, resulting in the green-island phenotype.

2010

Wolbachia sp.

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular and Extracellular

Wolbachia sp. maintains chlorophyll and a nutrient-rich "green island" (insect feeding site) in senescent leaves of the host plant to increase host insect fitness.

2010

Rickettsia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Rickettsia causes parthenogenetic reproduction in the parasitoid wasp.

2010

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Aedes aegypti

Australia

Bacteria
Intracellular

Wolbachia limits infection with dengue, Chikungunya, and Plasmodium in Aedes aegypti but also halves the adult lifespan.

2009

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Wolbachia causes Cytoplasmic Incompatibility (CI) in E. inaron.

2009

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Wolbachia increases the olfactory response of flies by regulating the expression of olfaction-related genes in the hosts.

2009

Bacteria
Extracellular

2009

Wolbachia wRi

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Wolbachia wRi induces very strong Cytoplasmic Incompatibility (CI) in its natural host Drosophila simulans.

2009

Wolbachia wUni

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Wolbachia wUni is responsible for the induction of parthenogenesis in the parasitoid wasp Muscidifurax uniraptor.

2009

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Wolbachia induces reproductive incompatibility (Cytoplasmic Incompatibility).

2007

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Wolbachia influences programmed cell death processes in A. tabida, making its presence essential for the wasps' oocytes to mature.

2007

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