Functional Symbionts

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Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Pseudomonas

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pseudomonas is a genus that contained the most genes involved in terpene degradation (via metagenomics) in Dendroctonus ponderosae, suggesting a detoxification role.

2022

Pseudomonas sp,

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pseudomonas sp. degraded 20–50% of α-pinene (detoxification) for Dendroctonus ponderosae.

2022

Pseudomonas fulva

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pseudomonas fulva processed a gene coding for one subunit of caffeine demethylase, and its reinstatement in germ-free Hypothenemus hampei degraded all caffeine consumed (detoxification).

2022

Pseudomonas sp.

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Pseudomonas sp. (in Samia ricini) exhibits cellulolytic activity (cellulose hydrolysis).

2021

Pseudomonas

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pseudomonas (in Samia ricini) exhibits cellulolytic activity (cellulose hydrolysis).

2021

Pseudomonas sp.

Pseudomonadota

Hypothenemus hampei

Hawai’i, Mexico

Bacteria

Pseudomonas sp. might contribute to caffeine breakdown using the C-8 oxidation pathway (detoxification) in Hypothenemus hampei.

2021

Pseudomonas

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

2021

Pseudomonas

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pseudomonas can function as a defensive mutualist as it prevents the weedy fungus while keeping the crop fungus (fungus garden) unaffected in Odontotermes obesus.

2021

Bacteria

2021

Bacteria

2021

Bacteria

2021

Bacteria

2021

Bacteria

2021

Pseudomonas

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Pseudomonas is predicted to participate in nutrition for Prays oleae.

2021

Pseudomonas

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pseudomonas can be involved in the digestion of the insect host’s food and plant secondary metabolites, which may increase the availability of nutrients for Oulema melanopus.

2021

Bacteria

Pseudomonas typographi aids Ips typographus nutrition and resistance to fungal pathogens.

2020

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pseudomonas chlororaphis exhibits antagonistic activity against bacterial symbionts of entomopathogenic nematodes that attack Melolontha melolontha larvae.

2020

Pseudomonas

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pseudomonas may help Monochamus alternatus degrade cellulose and pinene.

2020

Bacteria

Pseudomonas citronellolis NBRC 1None3None43 is a gut microbe in Oryctes rhinoceros.

2020

Pseudomonas japonica

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Pseudomonas japonica facilitates the degradation of flubendiamide and chlorantraniliprole in Spodoptera frugiperda.

2020

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