Functional Symbionts

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Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Pantoea dispersa

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pantoea dispersa is required for the normal development of the thrips Thrips tabaci.

2023

Bacteria
Extracellular

Candidatus Pantoea bathycoeliae (a core gut symbiont) provides Bathycoelia distincta with nutrients that cannot be obtained from its plant sap food source.

2023

Achromobacter

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

2023

Arsenophonus

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

2023

Pseudomonas

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

2023

Rhodococcus

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

2023

Serratia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

2023

Bacteria
Extracellular

Gut bacteria (Amplicon data) display optimized plastic-degrading ability when Hermetia illucens larvae are fed plastic-containing diets.

2023

Bacteria

Serratia ureilytica Su_YN1 mediates mosquito resistance to Plasmodium by using quorum sensing to activate phenylalanine metabolism, which drives OMV (Outer Membrane Vesicle) biogenesis.

2023

Acinetobacter

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Acinetobacter is an oral bacterium that interferes with rice anti-herbivore defense and avoids the full activation of JA-regulated (jasmonic acid) defenses in the host plant upon attack by Chilo suppressalis.

2023

Enterobacter

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Enterobacter is an oral bacterium that interferes with rice anti-herbivore defense and aroids the full activation of JA-regulated (jasmonic acid) defenses in the host plant upon attack by Chilo suppressalis.

2023

Fungi

2023

Bacteria

2023

Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Carsonella ruddii produces most essential amino acids (EAAs) for Cacopsylla pyricola, and its co-symbiont (Candidatus Psyllophila) complements the tryptophan pathway and synthesizes vitamins and carotenoids.

2023

Hamiltonella defensa

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Hamiltonella defensa infection in Rhopalosiphum maidis leads to a shortened developmental duration for the first instar and total nymph stages, reduced survival rate, offspring count, and longevity.

2023

Regiella insecticola

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Regiella insecticola infection in Rhopalosiphum maidis leads to a delayed developmental duration and lower adult weight.

2023

Fungi
Extracellular

Endoconidiophora rufipennis produces semiochemicals that can act as an anti-attractant for the bark beetle Ips typographus.

2023

Bacteria
Extracellular

2023

Bacteria
Extracellular

Caballeronia jiangsuensis significantly enhances the development, body size, and reproductive potentials (fertility) of Riptortus pedestris under laboratory conditions.

2023

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Menacanthus eurysternus

South Africa, Japan…

Bacteria
Intracellular

Wolbachia (Supergroup F) is a causative agent of cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) in the louse Menacanthus eurysternus.

2023

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