Functional Symbionts
2682 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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Beauveria bassiana
Ascomycota |
Drosophila melanogasterChina |
Fungi
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Beauveria bassiana (an entomopathogenic fungus) evolved a defensin-like protein (BbAMP1) to suppress the insect cuticular microbiomes and facilitate fungal infection of Drosophila melanogaster. |
2023 |
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Burkholderia insecticola
Pseudomonadota |
Riptortus pedestrisJapan |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Burkholderia insecticola induces the development of the midgut crypts by regulating enterocyte cell cycles, allowing the symbiont to stably and abundantly colonize the resulting spacious crypts of Riptortus pedestris. |
2023 |
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Erwinia amylovora
Pseudomonadota |
Anaphes nitensBrazil |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2023 |
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Rickettsia belli
Pseudomonadota |
Anaphes nitensBrazil |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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2023 |
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Serratia grimesii
Pseudomonadota |
Anaphes nitensBrazil |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2023 |
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Serratia grimesii
Pseudomonadota |
Gonipterus platensisBrazil |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2023 |
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Yersinia massiliensis
Pseudomonadota |
Anaphes nitensBrazil |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2023 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Homalotylus sp.Englandraine |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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2023 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Oomyzus scaposusEnglandraine |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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2023 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Tetrastichus epilachnaeEnglandraine |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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2023 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Melanaphis sacchariMexico |
Bacteria
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2023 |
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Escherichia coli
Pseudomonadota |
Melanaphis sacchariMexico |
Bacteria
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2023 |
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Salmonella enterica
Pseudomonadota |
Melanaphis sacchariMexico |
Bacteria
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2023 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Melanaphis sacchariMexico |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Wolbachia is involved in the feminization and parthenogenesis of the aphid Melanaphis sacchari. |
2023 |
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Burkholderia
Pseudomonadota |
Endoclita signiferChina |
Bacteria
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Burkholderia is a gut bacterium involved in the detoxification and metabolic breakdown of pesticides in Endoclita signifer. |
2023 |
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Enterococcus
Bacillota |
Endoclita signiferChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Enterococcus is a gut bacterium that affects the composition of insect gut bacteria (a community interaction) in Endoclita signifer. |
2023 |
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Microbacillus
Actinomycetota |
Endoclita signiferChina |
Bacteria
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Microbacillus is a gut bacterium involved in the detoxification and metabolic breakdown of pesticides in Endoclita signifer. |
2023 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Habrobracon hebetorRussia |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Wolbachia significantly affects the metabolism of Habrobracon hebetor larvae and alters the activity of its digestive enzymes. |
2023 |
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Serratia marcescens
Pseudomonadota |
Riptortus pedestrisChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Serratia marcescens mediates the detoxification of organophosphate pesticide (dimethoate) in Riptortus pedestris by possessing an organophosphorus-degrading MBL-fold metallo-hydrolase gene. It also enhances host survivorship when exposed to the pesticide. |
2023 |
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Sphingomonas
Pseudomonadota |
Aphis gossypiiChina |
Bacteria
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Sphingomonas mediates imidacloprid resistance in Aphis gossypii by utilizing hydroxylation and nitroreduction pathways. |
2023 |