Functional Symbionts
36 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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Hamiltonella defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Acyrthosiphon pisumHemiptera |
Bacteria
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attenuate the systemic release of volatiles by plants after aphid attack, reducing parasitic wasp recruitment and increasing aphid fitness. |
2017 |
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Hamiltonella defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Acyrthosiphon pisumHemiptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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aphid larvae become darker green when co-infected with Rickettsiella viridis and Hamiltonella defensa |
2015 |
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Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Aphelinus abdominalisHymenoptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Provides resistance to certain parasitic wasps, such as Aphidius |
2015 |
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Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Bemisia tabaciHemiptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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the genome of Hamiltonella revealed that this secondary symbiont can not only provide vitamins and cofactors, but also complete the missing steps of some of the pathways of Portiera |
2015 |
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Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Lysiphlebus fabarumHymenoptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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symbiont provided strong protection against L. fabarum and Aphidius colemani, but there was no evidence that H. defensa-infected aphids were more resistant to the other parasitoid species |
2015 |
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Hamiltonella defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Bemisia tabaciHemiptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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mediates whitefly–plant interactions by suppressing induced plant defences in tomato |
2015 |
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Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Bemisia tabaciHemiptera |
Bacteria
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2015 |
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Hamiltonella defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Sitobion miscanthiHemiptera |
Bacteria
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secondary symbionts |
2014 |
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Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Acyrthosiphon pisumHemiptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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confers protection against parasitoid wasps |
2013 |
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Hamiltonella defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Aphis fabaeHemiptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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when faced with hosts possessing H. defensa, aphid parasitoids are under selection to preferentially attack the youngest host stages and/or to discriminate against symbiont-protected aphids; suggest a high specificity of symbiont-conferred resistance |
2012 |
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Hamiltonella defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Metopolophium dirhodumHemiptera |
Bacteria
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2012 |
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Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa 5AT
Pseudomonadota |
Acyrthosiphon pisumHemiptera |
Bacteria
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can block larval development of the solitary endoparasitoid wasps Aphidius ervi and Aphidius eadyi, rescuing the aphid hos |
2009 |
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Hamiltonella defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Acyrthosiphon pisumHemiptera |
Bacteria
|
Intracellular
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kills parasitoid wasp larvae, allowing aphid hosts to survive and reproduce |
2008 |
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Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Acyrthosiphon pisumHemiptera |
Bacteria
|
Intracellular
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provides protection against parasitism by the wasp, Aphidius ervi |
2008 |
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Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Acyrthosiphon pisumHemiptera |
Bacteria
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the effects of attack by parasitoid wasps are ameliorated by infection with H. defensa: the wasp larva dies prematurely, allowing the aphid host to develop to the adult stage and to reproduce |
2005 |
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Hamiltonella defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Acyrthosiphon pisumHemiptera |
Bacteria
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source of resistance to A. ervi is infection by the facultative bacterial symbiont Hamiltonella defensa |
2005 |