Functional Symbionts

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Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Pycna repanda

Coleoptera

Bacteria
Intracellular

2020

Bacteria

2019

Bacteria
Extracellular

suppressed Beauveria bassiana conidia germination and hyphal growth

2019

Cardinium

Bacteroidota

Bacteria
Intracellular

‘Candidatus Cardinium’ is a recently described bacterium from the Bacteroidetes group involved in diverse reproduction alterations of its arthropod hosts (including cytoplasmic incompatibility, parthenogenesis, and feminization) similar to Wolbachia

2019

Bacteria
Intracellular

Possibly tyrosine precursor provisioning

2018

Bacteria
Intracellular

Possibly tyrosine precursor provisioning

2018

Bacteroidetes

Bacteroidota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Affect cuticle thickness, melanization and hydrocarbon profile, enhancing desiccation resistance and thereby strongly improving fitness under dry conditions.

2018

Bacteroidia

Bacteroidota

Bacteria
Intracellular

affect cuticle thickness, melanization and hydrocarbon profile, enhancing desiccation resistance and thereby strongly improving fitness under dry conditions

2018

Dysgonomonas

Bacteroidota

Bacteria
Extracellular

2018

Cardinium cSfur

Bacteroidota

Bacteria
Intracellular

2018

Sulcia

Bacteroidota

Bacteria

Nasuia provides the two essential amino acids (EAAs)

2018

Bacteria
Intracellular

involved in uric acid degradation, nitrogen assimilation and nutrient provisioning

2018

Bacteria
Intracellular

involved in uric acid degradation, nitrogen assimilation and nutrient provisioning

2018

Bacteria

2018

Bacteria

2018

Bacteria

2018

Bacteria
Intracellular

primary endosymbiont

2018

Bacteroidia

Bacteroidota

Bacteria
Extracellular

symbiont’s involvement in host’s cuticle formation

2017

Bacteria
Intracellular

2017

Bacteria
Intracellular

2017

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