Functional Symbionts
87 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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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Melanaphis bambusaeChina |
Bacteria
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2022 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Acyrthosiphon pisumJapan |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Buchnera aphidicola supplies the host Acyrthosiphon pisum with vitamins and essential amino acids, such as arginine and methionine, that aphids cannot synthesize or derive sufficiently from their phloem sap diet. |
2022 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Aphis craccivoraIndia |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Buchnera aphidicola is an obligatory nutritional symbiont of the cowpea aphid Aphis craccivora. |
2022 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Sipha maydisMorocco |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Buchnera aphidicola is involved in the production of certain B vitamins (biotin/B7 and riboflavin/B2) and essential amino acids for Sipha maydis. |
2022 |
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Serratia symbiotica
Pseudomonadota |
Sipha maydisMorocco |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Serratia symbiotica is involved in the production of certain B vitamins (biotin/B7 and riboflavin/B3) and essential amino acids for Sipha maydis. |
2022 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Periphyllus lyropictusMorocco |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Buchnera aphidicola is involved in the production of certain B vitamins (biotin/B7 and riboflavin/B4) and essential amino acids for Periphyllus lyropictus. |
2022 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Myzus persicaeChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Buchnera aphidicola can facilitate cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) transmission by modulating plant volatile profiles in the host Myzus persicae. |
2021 |
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Buchnera
Pseudomonadota |
Myzus persicaeChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Buchnera supplies vitamins and essential amino acids (like methionine and tryptophan) that are limited in the plant diets of Myzus persicae. |
2021 |
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Buchnera aphidocola
Pseudomonadota |
Myzus persicaeUSA |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Buchnera aphidocola provides the aphid Myzus persicae with essential amino acids and nutrients that are limited in the aphid’s diet. |
2021 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Buchnera aphidicola (obligate symbiont) is under metabolic constraints or antisense transcripts may reduce its production of pantothenate, resulting in poor Acyrthosiphon pisum performance on pantothenate-free diets. |
2020 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Pentalonia nigronervosaKenya |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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2020 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Aphis gossypiiChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Increased density of endosymbiotic Buchnera is related to pesticide resistance in the yellow morph of Aphis gossypii (melon aphid). |
2020 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Cinara cuneomaculataUSA, France |
Bacteria
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2020 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Aphis gossypiiColombia |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Buchnera aphidicola provides the host aphid with essential amino acids, vitamins, and sterols necessary for normal development and reproduction. |
2019 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Myzus persicaeColombia |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Buchnera aphidicola provides the host aphid with essential amino acids, vitamins, and sterols necessary for normal development and reproduction. |
2019 |
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Serratia symbiotica
Pseudomonadota |
Adelges tsugaeUSA |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Serratia symbiotica helps maintain host aphid fitness during heat stress and may protect the obligate symbiont Buchnera. |
2019 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Aphis gossypiiUSA, Germany |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Buchnera aphidicola functions in nutrient-provisioning (e.g., amino acids). |
2019 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Aphis fabaeUSA, Germany |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Buchnera aphidicola functions in nutrient-provisioning (e.g., amino acids). |
2019 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Cinara strobiCanada |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Buchnera aphidicola contributes to the host's supply of essential nutrients (e.g., amino acids). |
2018 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Acyrthosiphon pisumFrance |
Bacteria
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Buchnera aphidicola endosymbionts are degraded through a lysosomal-dependent mechanism in senescent bacteriocytes. |
2018 |