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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Acinetobacter
Pseudomonadota |
Anopheles sinensisSouth Korea |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Acinetobacter increases the resistance of Anopheles sinensis (by analogy to An. gambiae) to Plasmodium development, partly by inducing anti-Plasmodium factors in the Imd immune pathway. |
2023 |
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Erwinia
Pseudomonadota |
Anopheles sinensisSouth Korea |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Erwinia has a potential role to interact with malaria parasites and confer pathogen resistance in Anopheles sinensis. |
2023 |
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Enterobacteriaceae
Pseudomonadota |
Anopheles sinensisSouth Korea |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Enterobacteriaceae has a potential role to interact with malaria parasites and confer pathogen resistance in Anopheles sinensis. |
2023 |
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Pantoea
Pseudomonadota |
Anopheles sinensisSouth Korea |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Pantoea has a potential role to interact with malaria parasites and confer pathogen resistance in Anopheles sinensis. |
2023 |
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Pseudomonas
Pseudomonadota |
Anopheles sinensisSouth Korea |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Pseudomonas is the most prevalent microbiota in Plasmodium-negative Anopheles sinensis groups and protects mosquitoes from the invasion of malaria parasites, suggesting a role in pathogen resistance. |
2023 |
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Serratia
Pseudomonadota |
Anopheles sinensisSouth Korea |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Serratia might block the sporogonic development of P. vivax parasites (by analogy to S. marcescens in An. albimanus), conferring pathogen resistance in Anopheles sinensis. |
2023 |
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Staphylococcus
Bacillota |
Anopheles sinensisSouth Korea |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Staphylococcus has a potential role to interact with malaria parasites and confer pathogen resistance in Anopheles sinensis. |
2023 |
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Arsenophonus nasoniae
Pseudomonadota |
Nasonia vitripennisHoge Veluwe, Germany |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Arsenophonus nasoniae is a causative agent of male killing in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis. |
2023 |
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Paederus fuscipesIran |
Bacteria
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2023 |
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Rhodococcus rhodnii ATCC 35None71
Actinomycetota |
Bacteria
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Rhodococcus rhodnii ATCC 35071 enhances host fitness by promoting faster development, higher survival, and increased egg laying in Rhodnius prolixus. |
2023 |
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Arsenophonus sp.
Pseudomonadota |
Agonoscena pistaciaeIran |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2023 |
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Candidatus Carsonella sp.
Pseudomonadota |
Agonoscena pistaciaeIran |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2023 |
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Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Agonoscena pistaciaeIran |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2023 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Agonoscena pistaciaeIran |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2023 |
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Bacillus
Bacillota |
Helicoverpa armigeraChina |
Bacteria
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2023 |
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Enterobacter
Pseudomonadota |
Helicoverpa armigeraChina |
Bacteria
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2023 |
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Enterococcus
Bacillota |
Helicoverpa armigeraChina |
Bacteria
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2023 |
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Glutamicibacter
Actinomycetota |
Helicoverpa armigeraChina |
Bacteria
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2023 |
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Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum
Pseudomonadota |
Bemisia tabaciChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum determines vitellogenin (Vg) localization in the bacteriocytes of Bemisia tabaci whiteflies, facilitating the host-symbiont association. |
2023 |
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Acremonium sp.
Ascomycota |
Xylosandrus germanusGermany |
Fungi
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Extracellular
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Acremonium sp. produces fungal volatiles that act as attractive cues during host selection by the ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus germanus. |
2023 |