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	Host Insect	Classification	Localization	Function	Function Tags	Year	Edit
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Anopheles gambiae Diptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	may have reproductive interactions with their mosquito hosts，either providing an indirect fitness advantage to females by inducing male killing or by directly protecting the host against natural pathogens	Reproductive manipulation Pathogen interaction	2016
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Anopheles coluzzii Diptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	may have reproductive interactions with their mosquito hosts，either providing an indirect fitness advantage to females by inducing male killing or by directly protecting the host against natural pathogens	Reproductive manipulation Pathogen interaction	2016
Spiroplasma poulsonii Mycoplasmatota	Drosophila melanogaster Diptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	supporting the hypothesis that competition for host lipids underlies S. poulsonii-mediated protection against parasitoid wasps	Natural enemy resistance	2016
Spiroplasma poulsonii MSRO Mycoplasmatota	Drosophila melanogaster Diptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	male-killing Spiroplasma bacterium	Reproductive manipulation	2015
Spiroplasma poulsonii MSRO_BK Mycoplasmatota	Drosophila melanogaster Diptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	male-killing Spiroplasma bacterium	Reproductive manipulation	2015
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Drosophila hydei Diptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	Spiroplasma protect their host against parasitoid attack. The Spiroplasma-conferred protection is partial and flies surviving a wasp attack have reduced adult longevity and fecundity	Natural enemy resistance Fertility	2015
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Antestiopsis thunbergii Hemiptera	Bacteria	Extracellular			2014
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Laodelphax striatellus Hemiptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	Spiroplasma-mediated late male killing	Reproductive manipulation	2013
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Acyrthosiphon pisum Hemiptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	against this entomopathogen Pandora neoaphidis, reduce mortality and also decrease fungal sporulation on dead aphids which may help protect nearby genetically identical insects	Pathogen interaction	2013
Spiroplasma poulsonii Mycoplasmatota	Drosophila melanogaster Diptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	Spiroplasma coopts the yolk transport and uptake machinery to colonize the germ line and ensure efficient vertical transmission		2013
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Curculio sikkimensis Coleoptera	Bacteria				2011
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Ostrinia zaguliaevi Lepidoptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	Spiroplasma-induced male killing	Reproductive manipulation	2011
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Drosophila hydei Diptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	enhance survival of Drosophila hydei attacked by the parasitic wasp Leptopilina heterotoma	Natural enemy resistance	2010
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Adalia bipunctata Coleoptera	Bacteria		male killing	Reproductive manipulation	1999
Spiroplasma sp. Mycoplasmatota	Tenebrio molitor Coleoptera	Bacteria	Extracellular	associated with PET degradation	Plastic degradation	2023

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