Functional Symbionts
2657 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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Pantoea 1C4
Pseudomonadota |
Xylosandrus germanusColeoptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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plays both a nutritional role, by providing essential amino acids and enzymes for the hydrolysis of plant biomass, and a defensive role, by producing antibiotics. |
2023 |
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Candidatus Hamiltonella
Pseudomonadota |
Aphis gossypiiHemiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Hamiltonella retarded the growth and development of cotton aphids accompanied by the downregulation of genes related to energy synthesis and nutrient metabolism |
2023 |
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Lactobacillus
Bacillota |
FormicaHymenoptera |
Bacteria
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2023 |
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Spiroplasma
Mycoplasmatota |
FormicaHymenoptera |
Bacteria
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2023 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
FormicaHymenoptera |
Bacteria
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2023 |
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Pseudomonas sp. GCEP-1None1
Pseudomonadota |
Diatraea saccharalisLepidoptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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associated with cellulose degradation |
2023 |
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Penicillium herquei
Ascomycota |
Euops chinensisColeoptera |
Fungi
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Extracellular
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associating with carbohydrate-active enzymes, cellulose and hemicellulose degradation, transporter, and terpenoid biosynthesis |
2023 |
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Candidatus Vidania fulgoroideae
Pseudomonadota |
FulgoromorphaHemiptera |
Bacteria
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providing seven out of ten essential amino acids |
2023 |
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Eurosta solidaginisDiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2023 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Helicoverpa armigeraLepidoptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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2023 |
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Serratia symbiotica
Pseudomonadota |
Helicoverpa armigeraLepidoptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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2023 |
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Lactobacillus sp.
Bacillota |
Lymantria dispar asiaticaLepidoptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Beauveria bassiana infection-based assays showed that the mortality of non-axenic L. dispar asiatica larvae was significantly higher than that of axenic larvae at 72 h. |
2023 |
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Enterobacter
Pseudomonadota |
Zeugodacus cucurbitaeDiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2023 |
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Enterobacter
Pseudomonadota |
Ceratitis capitataDiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2023 |
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Klebsiella
Pseudomonadota |
Zeugodacus cucurbitaeDiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2023 |
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Klebsiella
Pseudomonadota |
Ceratitis capitataDiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2023 |
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Klebsiella oxytoca
Pseudomonadota |
Drosophila suzukiiDiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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promotes host fitness in special ecological niche by affecting sugar metabolism in Drosophila suzukii |
2023 |
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Tenebrio molitorColeoptera |
Bacteria
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degrade both natural and synthetic plastic polymers |
2023 |
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Bacteria
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Extracellular
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suggesting the occurrence of an unprecedented desferrioxamine-like biosynthetic pathway,including desferrioxamine B, which may help tolerating diets rich in azoxyglycosides, BMAA, and other cycad toxins, including a possible role for bacterial siderophores |
2023 |
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Pantoea sp. Pa-EAmG
Pseudomonadota |
Eumaeus atalaLepidoptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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suggesting the occurrence of an unprecedented desferrioxamine-like biosynthetic pathway,including desferrioxamine B, which may help tolerating diets rich in azoxyglycosides, BMAA, and other cycad toxins, including a possible role for bacterial siderophores |
2023 |