Functional Symbionts

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Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Muscidae

Brazil, USA, Singap…

Bacteria
Extracellular

2017
Klebsiella

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria

Klebsiella is involved in the degradation of plant alkaloids.
Detoxification Enzymes

2016
Klebsiella

Pseudomonadota

Pyrrhocoridae

Germany, Japan, Ind…

Bacteria

2015
Klebsiella spp.

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria

Klebsiella spp. exhibits activity of lignocellulose-degrading enzymes.
Cellulose Hydrolysis

2015
Klebsiella oxytoca

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Extracellular

Klebsiella oxytoca possesses cellulose degrading activity.
Cellulose Hydrolysis

2015
Bacteria
Extracellular

Klebsiella pneumoniae possesses cellulose degrading activity.
Cellulose Hydrolysis

2015
Klebsiella variicola

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Extracellular

Klebsiella variicola possesses cellulose degrading activity.
Cellulose Hydrolysis

2015
Bacteria
Extracellular

Klebsiella pneumoniae is associated with cellulolytic enzymes.
Cellulose Hydrolysis

2014
Bacteria
Extracellular

The ability of these arthropods to feed on wood, foliage, and detritus is likely to involve catalysis by different types of cellulases/hemicellulases that are secreted by the gut microbiota, including Klebsiella pneumoniae L-13, to digest structural and recalcitrant lignocellulosic residues in their foods.
Cellulose Hydrolysis

2013
Bacteria
Extracellular

The ability of these arthropods to feed on wood, foliage, and detritus is likely to involve catalysis by different types of cellulases/hemicellulases that are secreted by the gut microbiota, including Klebsiella pneumoniae L-13, to digest structural and recalcitrant lignocellulosic residues in their foods.
Cellulose Hydrolysis

2013
Bacteria
Extracellular

The ability of these arthropods to feed on wood, foliage, and detritus is likely to involve catalysis by different types of cellulases/hemicellulases that are secreted by the gut microbiota, including Klebsiella sp. clone F7, to digest structural and recalcitrant lignocellulosic residues in their foods.
Cellulose Hydrolysis

2013
Klebsiella pneumonia

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Extracellular

Klebsiella pneumonia provides nitrogen fixation to hosts, which is beneficial for desert environments.
Nitrogen Fixation

2013
Bacteria

Klebsiella sp. clone KP20W6 plays an important role by degrading complex dietary components, providing nutrient supplementation, or detoxifying noxious chemicals (e.g., cyclopropenoic fatty acids or gossypol) in the diet.
Detoxification Enzymes

2012
Klebsiella

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria

Klebsiella produces lipase in the gut environment.
Lipase

2011
Bacteria
Extracellular

Klebsiella pneumoniae degrades cellulose, xylan, pectin, and starch.
Cellulose Hydrolysis Xylan Hydrolysis Carbohydrate Metabolism Pectin Hydrolysis

2010
Klebsiella oxytoca

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Extracellular

Klebsiella oxytoca produces the volatile alkyl disulfides in fecal pellets, which serve as kairomones to attract the parasitoid Diadromus pulchellus.
Semiochemical Biosynthesis

2004
Bacteria
Intracellular and extracellular

Enterobacter aerogenes (a homologue of GroEL, a protective heat-shock protein) produces a paralyzing toxin in the saliva of Myrmeleon bore larvae.
Toxin Production

2001
Klebsiella oxytoca

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Extracellular

Klebsiella oxytoca exhibits plastic-degrading properties against bioplastics such as PBSA, PBS, and PCL.
Plastic Degration

2020
Klebsiella

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Extracellular

Klebsiella degrades polybutylene succinate (PBS).
Plastic Degration

2023
Bacteria
Extracellular

Klebsiella aerogenes strain DAI2m/a degrades Polystyrene (PS).
Plastic Degration

2022
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