Functional Symbionts

28 records

Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Host Insect Classification Localization Function Function Tags Year Edit
Serratia symbiotica

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

2017

Bacteria
Extracellular

Candidatus Serratia symbiotica SCc provides essential amino acids, coenzymes, and vitamins to enable the host to adapt to a plant-based juice-based lifestyle.

2017

Serratia symbiotica

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

The absence of a single naturally occurring isolate of Serratia symbiotica led to a significant preference by wasps for plants that had been fed on by aphids without the symbiont.

2017

Serratia symbiotica

Pseudomonadota

Adelges tsugae

China, Japan, USA, …

Bacteria
Intracellular

2013

Bacteria
Intracellular

Serratia symbiotica SAp is closely related to an obligate endosymbiont and is involved in the provision of amino acids.

2012

Serratia symbiotica

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

2011

Serratia symbiotica

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Serratia symbiotica (one of two coprimary bacteria in the subfamily Lachninae) fulfills the metabolic needs of the host consortium.

2011

Buchnera aphidicola

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

2011

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