Functional Symbionts

60 records

Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

Reset
View all Bacteria Fungi

Search by:

  • • Host species (e.g., "Drosophila")
  • • Symbiont name (e.g., "Wolbachia")
  • • Function (e.g., "B vitamins")
  • • Function Tag (e.g., "Nitrogen fixation")
  • • Phylum (e.g., "Proteobacteria")
Host Insect Classification Localization Function Function Tags Year Edit
Buchnera aphidicola

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Intracellular

aphids are dependent on this microorganism for the production of the essential amino acids, vitamins and sterols that are necessary for their normal development and reproduction
Nutrient provision Growth and Development

2019
Buchnera aphidicola

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Intracellular

nutrient-provisioning
Nutrient provision

2019
Buchnera aphidicola

Pseudomonadota

Aphis fabae

Hemiptera
Bacteria
Intracellular

nutrient-provisioning
Nutrient provision

2019
Buchnera aphidicola

Pseudomonadota

Cinara strobi

Hemiptera
Bacteria
Extracellular

contribute to the hosts’ supply of essential nutrients
Nutrient provision

2018
Buchnera aphidicola

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria

in senescent bacteriocytes, the endosymbionts are degraded through a lysosomal-dependent mechanism

2018
Bacteria

H. defensa may indirectly improve the fitness of S. miscanthi by stimulating the proliferation of Buchnera aphidicola

2018
Buchnera aphidicola

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Intracellular

involved in the biosynthesis of more than 10 essential amino acids
Nutrient provision

2018
Buchnera aphidicola

Pseudomonadota

Lachninae

Hemiptera
Bacteria
Intracellular

2017
Buchnera aphidicola

Pseudomonadota

Lachninae

Hemiptera
Bacteria
Intracellular

2017
Buchnera aphidicola

Pseudomonadota

Lachninae

Hemiptera
Bacteria
Intracellular

2017
Buchnera aphidicola

Pseudomonadota

Lachninae

Hemiptera
Bacteria

2017

Cinara cedri

Hemiptera
Bacteria
Extracellular

provides essential amino acids, coenzymes, and vitamins to enable it to adapt to a plant-based juice-based lifestyle
Nutrient provision

2017
Buchnera aphidicola

Pseudomonadota

Lachninae

Hemiptera
Bacteria
Intracellular

Buchnera supplies essential nutrients to its hosts for normal development and is the obligate symbiont in nearly all aphid species
Nutrient provision Fertility

2017
Buchnera aphidicola

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria

2016
Bacteria
Intracellular

Buchnera provides to its host essential amino acids that are absent in plant phloem
Nutrient provision

2015
Buchnera aphidicola

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Intracellular

B. aphidicola disruption down-regulated the expression of the Mp63 salivary protein gene

2015
Buchnera aphidicola

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria

obligate symbiont

2014
Buchnera aphidicola

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria

producing essential amino acids (EAAs)
Digestive enzymes

2014
Bacteria
Intracellular

2013
Bacteria
Intracellular

2013
Page 2 of 3
Previous Next