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	Host Insect	Classification	Localization	Function	Function Tags	Year	Edit
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Anopheles coluzzii Burkina Faso	Bacteria	Intracellular	Spiroplasma may have reproductive interactions with mosquito hosts, either by providing an indirect fitness advantage to females by inducing male killing or by directly protecting the host against natural pathogens.	Male Killing Pathogen Resistance	2016
Spiroplasma poulsonii Mycoplasmatota	Drosophila melanogaster Switzerland	Bacteria	Intracellular	Spiroplasma poulsonii supports the hypothesis that competition for host lipids underlies symbiont-mediated protection against parasitoid wasps.	Natural Enemy Resistance	2016
Spiroplasma poulsonii MSRO Mycoplasmatota	Drosophila melanogaster Uganda	Bacteria	Intracellular	Spiroplasma poulsonii MSRO is a male-killing Spiroplasma bacterium.	Male Killing	2015
Spiroplasma poulsonii MSRO_BK Mycoplasmatota	Drosophila melanogaster Uganda	Bacteria	Intracellular	Spiroplasma poulsonii MSRO_BK is a male-killing Spiroplasma bacterium.	Male Killing	2015
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Drosophila hydei USA	Bacteria	Intracellular	Spiroplasma protects its host against parasitoid attack. The protection is partial, and flies surviving a wasp attack have reduced adult longevity and fecundity.	Natural Enemy Resistance	2015
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Antestiopsis thunbergii Rwanda	Bacteria	Extracellular			2014
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Laodelphax striatellus China, Japan, USA, …	Bacteria	Intracellular	Spiroplasma causes late male killing in the small brown planthopper (Laodelphax striatellus).	Male Killing	2013
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Acyrthosiphon pisum England	Bacteria	Intracellular	Spiroplasma (in Acyrthosiphon pisum) protects against the entomopathogen Pandora neoaphidis by reducing mortality and decreasing fungal sporulation on dead aphids.	Pathogen Resistance	2013
Spiroplasma poulsonii Mycoplasmatota	Drosophila melanogaster USA	Bacteria	Intracellular	Spiroplasma poulsonii co-opts the yolk transport and uptake machinery to colonize the germ line and ensure efficient vertical transmission.	Other	2013
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Curculio sikkimensis Japan	Bacteria				2011
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Ostrinia zaguliaevi Japan	Bacteria	Intracellular	Spiroplasma induces male killing in the host moth.	Male Killing	2011
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Drosophila hydei USA	Bacteria	Intracellular	Spiroplasma enhances the survival of Drosophila hydei when attacked by the parasitic wasp Leptopilina heterotoma.	Natural Enemy Resistance	2010
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Adalia bipunctata Germany, Denmark	Bacteria		Spiroplasma causes male killing.	Male Killing	1999
Spiroplasma sp. Mycoplasmatota	Tenebrio molitor China	Bacteria	Extracellular	Spiroplasma sp. is associated with PET degradation.	Plastic Degration	2023

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