Functional Symbionts

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Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Pseudomonas

Pseudomonadota

Monochamus galloprovincialis

Mortágua, Comporta,…

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pseudomonas plays a role in insect egg protection against attack by other microbes.

2016

Bacteria

Pseudomonas protegens contributes to the gut microbiome homeostasis maintained by mosquito C-type lectins.

2016

Pseudomonas

Pseudomonadota

Anopheles gambiae

Burkina Faso

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pseudomonas may be related to mediating adaptation to different ecological niches or in shaping specific adult behaviors, including mating.

2016

Pseudomonas

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pseudomonas may be related to mediating adaptation to different ecological niches or in shaping specific adult behaviors, including mating.

2016

Pseudomonas japonica

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

The gut microbiota (including Pseudomonas japonica) contributes to the production of volatile chemical attractants (VCAs) that act as fecal aggregation agents, and cockroaches discriminate among the complex odors that emanate from a diverse microbial community.

2015

Bacteria

The gut microbiota (including Pseudomonas monteilii) contributes to the production of volatile chemical attractants (VCAs) that act as fecal aggregation agents, and cockroaches discriminate among the complex odors that emanate from a diverse microbial community.

2015

Pseudomonas

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Pseudomonas is capable of enhancing biotic fitness and could significantly increase the female count.

2015

Pseudomonas indica

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

2015

Pseudomonas

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Pseudomonas increased S. nigrita herbivory in bittercress; adult S. nigrita feeding was promoted by a P. fluorescens group strain, while larval feeding was promoted by a P. syringae group strain.

2014

Pseudomonas

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

2014

Rickettsia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Rickettsia protects an invasive whitefly against entomopathogenic Pseudomonas syringae strains.

2014

Adelges tsugae

China, Japan, USA, …

Bacteria
Extracellular

2013

Pseudomonas sp. I2

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Pseudomonas sp. I2 is exploited by Colorado potato beetle larvae in their oral secretions to suppress antiherbivore defenses in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum).

2013

Pseudomonas sp. B1

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Pseudomonas sp. B1 is exploited by Colorado potato beetle larvae in their oral secretions to suppress antiherbivore defenses in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum).

2013

Pseudomonas reactans

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pseudomonas reactans secretes versatile secondary metabolites, providing protection from parasites and pathogens.

2013

Pseudomonas

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Pseudomonas provides resistance to pathogenic fungi.

2007

Pseudomonas spp.

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pseudomonas spp. provide defense against predators.

2002

Pseudomonas

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Pseudomonas is implicated in the protection of rove beetles against predators via the production of toxins and polyketides.

2002

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pseudomonas aeruginosa exhibits plastic-degrading properties against bioplastics such as PBSA, PBS, and PCL.

2020

Pseudomonas

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pseudomonas degrades additive-free polypropylene (PP) plastics.

2023

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