Functional Symbionts

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Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Host Insect Classification Localization Function Function Tags Year Edit
Klebsiella

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

2023

Klebsiella

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

2023

Bacteria

The gut microbiome (Amplicon data) of mealworms (Tenebrio molitor larvae) is capable of degrading both natural and synthetic plastic polymers (polystyrene and corn straw).

2023

Bacteria
Extracellular

Gut bacterial communities (Amplicon data) in Agrotis ipsilon larvae are capable of degrading various polysaccharides (including cellulose, xylan, pectin, and starch) and producing lipolytic and protease enzymes to aid host metabolism.

2023

Bacteria
Extracellular

2023

Pseudomonas sp

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Pseudomonas sp. (a core gut bacteria) can promote host infection by the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana in Plagiodera versicolora.

2023

Bacteria
Extracellular

Corynebacterium variabile is a gut bacterium that demonstrates terpenoid-degrading activity, showing the highest degradation rates for D-camphor, linalool, and eucalyptol in Pagiophloeus tsushimanus larvae.

2023

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gut bacterium that demonstrates terpenoid-degrading activity, showing the highest degradation rates for D-camphor, linalool, and eucalyptol in Pagiophloeus tsushimanus larvae.

2023

Serratia marcescens

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Serratia marcescens is a gut bacterium that demonstrates terpenoid-degrading activity, showing the highest degradation rates for D-camphor, linalool, and eucalyptol in Pagiophloeus tsushimanus larvae.

2023

Bacteria
Extracellular

Gut bacteria (Metatranscriptomic data) are involved in the degradation of lignocellulosic biomass in the black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens).

2023

Bacteria
Extracellular

Gut bacteria (Amplicon data) display optimized plastic-degrading ability when Hermetia illucens larvae are fed plastic-containing diets.

2023

Bacteria
Extracellular

2023

Enterococcus

Bacillota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Enterococcus is a gut bacterium that affects the composition of insect gut bacteria (a community interaction) in Endoclita signifer.

2023

Bacteria
Extracellular

Gut bacteria (Amplicon data) are involved in degrading cellulose and xylan within the wood fibers of the hindgut of the wood-feeding beetle Odontotaenius disjunctus.

2023

Bacteria
Extracellular

2023

Bacteria
Extracellular

2023

Bacteria
Extracellular

2022

Bacteria
Extracellular

Enterococcus mundtii is a pathogenic bacterium whose ingestion negatively affects the development and nutritional physiology of Spodoptera litura. Its successful establishment degrades the gut wall and invades the haemocoel, causing host death.

2022

Serratia marcescens

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Serratia marcescens is a pathogenic bacterium whose ingestion negatively affects the development and nutritional physiology of Spodoptera litura. Its successful establishment degrades the gut wall and invades the haemocoel, causing host death.

2022

Bacteria
Extracellular

2022

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