Functional Symbionts
55 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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Spiroplasma
Mycoplasmatota |
Potamobates tridentatusHemiptera |
Bacteria
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2020 |
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Spiroplasma
Mycoplasmatota |
Rheumatobates bergrothiHemiptera |
Bacteria
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2020 |
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Spiroplasma
Mycoplasmatota |
Rheumatobates ornatusHemiptera |
Bacteria
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2020 |
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Spiroplasma
Mycoplasmatota |
Telmatometra witheiHemiptera |
Bacteria
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2020 |
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Spiroplasma poulsonii
Mycoplasmatota |
Drosophila melanogasterDiptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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manipulates the reproduction of its host by killing its male progeny at the embryonic stage |
2020 |
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Spiroplasma
Mycoplasmatota |
Dendroctonus simplexColeoptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2020 |
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Spiroplasma poulsonii
Mycoplasmatota |
DrosophilaDiptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Spiroplasma poulsonii can encode Ribosome Inactivating Proteins(RIP),which induced damage contributes to male embryo death. |
2019 |
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Spiroplasma poulsonii
Mycoplasmatota |
Drosophila melanogasterDiptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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S. poulsonii protects its host against parasitoid wasps and nematodes by the action of toxins from the family of Ribosome Inactivating Proteins |
2019 |
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Spiroplasma sp. WSS
Mycoplasmatota |
Cephus cinctusHymenoptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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The bacterium also encoded biosynthetic pathways for essential vitamins B2, B3, and B9. We identified putative Spiroplasma virulence genes: cardiolipin and chitinase. |
2019 |
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Spiroplasma
Mycoplasmatota |
Thitarodes puiLepidoptera |
Bacteria
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play important roles in helping the host larva to digest foods, adapt to extreme environments, or resist pathogens |
2019 |
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Spiroplasma
Mycoplasmatota |
Brachinus elongatulusColeoptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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may manipulate host reproduction (e.g., cause male-killing) or provide resistance to nematodes and/or parasitoid wasps |
2018 |
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Spiroplasma poulsonii MSRO-H99
Mycoplasmatota |
Drosophila melanogasterDiptera |
Bacteria
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an S. poulsonii protein, designated Spaid, whose expression induces male killing |
2018 |
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Spiroplasma poulsonii MSRO-SE
Mycoplasmatota |
Drosophila melanogasterDiptera |
Bacteria
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an S. poulsonii protein, designated Spaid, whose expression induces male killing |
2018 |
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Klebsiella
Pseudomonadota |
Glossina sp.Diptera |
Bacteria
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2017 |
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Rickettsia
Pseudomonadota |
Glossina sp.Diptera |
Bacteria
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2017 |
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Spiroplasma
Mycoplasmatota |
Glossina sp.Diptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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it is possible that high Spiroplasma density may also play a role in larval fitness |
2017 |
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Spiroplasma
Mycoplasmatota |
Acyrthosiphon pisumHemiptera |
Bacteria
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injected two Spiroplasma isolates into secondary symbiont-free aphids and found that wasps showed a significant preference for plants previously attacked by aphids without this symbiont |
2017 |
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Spiroplasma
Mycoplasmatota |
Drosophila neotestaceaDiptera |
Bacteria
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when parasitized by the nematode Howardula aoronymphium, Spiroplasma encodes a ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) related to Shiga-like toxins from enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli and that Howardula ribosomal RNA (rRNA) is depurinated during Spiroplasma-mediated protection of D. neotestacea |
2016 |
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Spiroplasma
Mycoplasmatota |
Drosophila melanogasterDiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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the presence of Wolbachia and Spiroplasma in D. melanogaster up-regulated certain immune-related genes |
2016 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Drosophila melanogasterDiptera |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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the presence of Wolbachia and Spiroplasma in D. melanogaster up-regulated certain immune-related genes |
2016 |