Functional Symbionts

97 records

Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Host Insect Classification Localization Function Function Tags Year Edit
Cardinium

Bacteroidota
Bacteria
Extracellular

Reproductive manipulators
Reproductive manipulation

2017
Chryseobacterium

Bacteroidota
Bacteria

gut microbiome

2016
Bacteria
Extracellular

microbial fixation of nitrogen that is important for this beetle to subsist on woody biomass
Nitrogen fixation

2014
Bacteria

plays an important role in nitrogen fixation
Nitrogen fixation

2014
Bacteria
Extracellular

2014
Bacteria
Intracellular

may provide metabolic precursors to the flavobacterial endosymbiont
Nutrient provision

2014
Bacteria

could be supplying most of these precursors for the amino acid biosynthesis as it has the potential to make ribulose-5P from ribose-1P and also PEP and pyruvate from glycolysis. It is also capable of producing homocysteine from homoserine for methionine biosynthesis,
Nutrient provision

2014
Bacteria

axenic larvae cannot develop
Growth and Development

2014
Bacteria

axenic larvae cannot develop
Growth and Development

2014
Bacteria

axenic larvae cannot develop
Growth and Development

2014
Bacteria

2013
Bacteria
Intracellular

2013
Bacteria
Intracellular

2013
Bacteria

Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) larvae exploit bacteria in their oral secretions to suppress antiherbivore defenses in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
Plant defense

2013
Sulcia muelleri

Bacteroidota
Bacteria

provision host insects with the essential amino acids that their hosts can neither synthesize
Nutrient provision

2013

Aphytis melinus

Hymenoptera
Bacteria
Intracellular

can provision essential amino acids without a reciprocal bacterial partner
Nutrient provision

2013
Bacteria

cause cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI)
Reproductive manipulation

2012
Caridinium

Bacteroidota
Bacteria
Intracellular

dual infection with Cardinium and Wolbachia induced strong cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) in a single host
Reproductive manipulation

2012
Bacteria
Intracellular

could shorten the developmental time of nymphs and had no effect on the fecundity of females
Growth and Development

2012
Blattabacterium

Bacteroidota
Bacteria
Intracellular

use nitrogenous wastes in essential amino acid and vitamin biosynthesis
Nitrogen fixation Nutrient provision

2012
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