Functional Symbionts
759 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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Pantoea agglonierans
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Pantoea agglonierans is involved in the degradation of acephate and uses acephate as a source of carbon and energy for growth. |
2016 |
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Blochmannia floridanus
Pseudomonadota |
Camponotus floridanusChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Blochmannia floridanus modulates immune gene expression, which may facilitate tolerance towards the endosymbionts and contribute to their transovarial transmission. |
2016 |
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Rahnella
Pseudomonadota |
Dendroctonus valensChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Rahnella may specialize in terpenoid metabolism. |
2016 |
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Serratia
Pseudomonadota |
Dendroctonus valensChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Serratia may specialize in terpenoid metabolism. |
2016 |
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Pantoea agglomerans
Pseudomonadota |
Macrotermes natalensisSouth Africa |
Bacteria
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2016 |
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Pantoea vagans
Pseudomonadota |
Macrotermes natalensisSouth Africa |
Bacteria
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2016 |
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Serratia proteamaculans
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Serratia proteamaculans displays strong cellulolytic activity and possesses a single endoglucanase encoding gene. |
2016 |
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Erwinia
Pseudomonadota |
Graphosoma LineatumIran |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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The symbiotic bacterium Erwinia might have a vital role in the provision of essential nutrients necessary to support host survival, development, and fecundity. |
2016 |
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Pantoea
Pseudomonadota |
Graphosoma LineatumIran |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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The symbiotic bacterium Pantoea might have a vital role in the provision of essential nutrients necessary to support host survival, development, and fecundity. |
2016 |
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Candidatus Arsenophonus lipopteni
Pseudomonadota |
Lipoptena cerviCzech |
Bacteria
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2016 |
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Pantoea agglomerans
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2016 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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2016 |
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Morganella morganii
Pseudomonadota |
Costelytra zealandicaNew Zealand |
Bacteria
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Morganella morganii was previously shown to use phenol as a sex pheromone, which is produced by symbiotic bacteria in the accessory or colleterial gland. |
2016 |
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Morganella morganii
Pseudomonadota |
Costelytra zealandicaNew Zealand |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Morganella morganii produces phenol as the host's sex pheromone from tyrosine in the colleterial gland. |
2016 |
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Serratia marcescens
Pseudomonadota |
Aedes aegyptiUSA |
Bacteria
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Serratia marcescens contributes to the gut microbiome homeostasis maintained by mosquito C-type lectins. |
2016 |
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Candidatus Doolittlea endobia
Pseudomonadota |
Maconellicoccus hirsutusEgypt |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Candidatus Doolittlea endobia is part of a nested symbiotic arrangement, where one bacterium lives inside another bacterium, which is thought to have occurred in building the mosaic metabolic pathways seen in mitochondria and plastids. |
2016 |
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Candidatus Gullanella endobia
Pseudomonadota |
Ferrisia virgataEgypt |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Candidatus Gullanella endobia is part of a nested symbiotic arrangement, where one bacterium lives inside another bacterium, which is thought to have occurred in building the mosaic metabolic pathways seen in mitochondria and plastids. |
2016 |
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Candidatus Hoaglandella endobia
Pseudomonadota |
Trionymus perrisiiPoland |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Candidatus Hoaglandella endobia is part of a nested symbiotic arrangement, where one bacterium lives inside another bacterium, which is thought to have occurred in building the mosaic metabolic pathways seen in mitochondria and plastids. |
2016 |
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Candidatus Mikella endobia
Pseudomonadota |
Paracoccus marginatusComoro Islands |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Candidatus Mikella endobia is part of a nested symbiotic arrangement, where one bacterium lives inside another bacterium, which is thought to have occurred in building the mosaic metabolic pathways seen in mitochondria and plastids. |
2016 |
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Candidatus Sodalis endolongispinus
Pseudomonadota |
Pseudococcus longispinusCzech |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Candidatus Sodalis endolongispinus is part of a nested symbiotic arrangement, where one bacterium lives inside another bacterium, which is thought to have occurred in building the mosaic metabolic pathways seen in mitochondria and plastids. |
2016 |