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	Host Insect	Classification	Localization	Function	Function Tags	Year	Edit
Sulcia muelleri Bacteroidota	Clastoptera arizonana Hemiptera	Bacteria		involved in the production of seven essential amino acids (leucine, isoleucine, valine, threonine, lysine, arginine, and phenylalanine)	Nutrient provision	2010
Sulcia muelleri Bacteroidota	Cicadidae species Hemiptera	Bacteria		support the production of eight of the 10 essential amino acids by Sulcia (arginine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, lysine, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, and valine),	Nutrient provision	2009
Candidatus Karelsulcia muelleri Bacteroidota	Cicadidae species Hemiptera	Bacteria				2009
Blattabacterium strain Bge Bacteroidota	Blattella germanica Blattodea	Bacteria		codes for the complete urea cycle that, in combination with urease, produces ammonia as an end product	Nitrogen fixation	2009
Blattabacterium str. BPLAN Bacteroidota	Periplaneta americana Blattodea	Bacteria		can recycle nitrogen from urea and ammonia, which are uric acid degradation products, into glutamate, using urease and glutamate dehydrogenase	Nitrogen fixation	2009
Blattabacterium Bacteroidota	Supella longipalpa Blattodea	Bacteria	Intracellular			2007
Candidatus Sulcia muelleri GWSS Bacteroidota	Homalodisca vitripennis Hemiptera	Bacteria		responsible for essential amino acid biosynthesis	Nutrient provision	2007
Candidatus Cardinium hertigii Bacteroidota	Scaphoideus titanus Hemiptera	Bacteria	Intracellular			2006
Candidatus Cardinium hertigii Bacteroidota	Scaphoideus titanus Hemiptera	Bacteria	Intracellular			2006
Bacteroidota Bacteroidota	Encarsia pergandiella Hymenoptera	Bacteria		include cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI)	Reproductive manipulation	2003
Encarsia bacterium Bacteroidota	Encarsia pergandiella Hymenoptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	associated with thelytokous parthenogenetic reproduction in Encarsia, a genus of parasitoid wasps	Reproductive manipulation	2001
Encarsia bacterium Bacteroidota	Encarsia pergandiella Hymenoptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	associated with thelytokous parthenogenetic reproduction in Encarsia, a genus of parasitoid wasps	Reproductive manipulation	2001
Encarsia bacterium Bacteroidota	Encarsia berlesei Hymenoptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	associated with thelytokous parthenogenetic reproduction in Encarsia, a genus of parasitoid wasps	Reproductive manipulation	2001
Encarsia bacterium Bacteroidota	Encarsia citrina Hymenoptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	associated with thelytokous parthenogenetic reproduction in Encarsia, a genus of parasitoid wasps	Reproductive manipulation	2001
Encarsia bacterium Bacteroidota	Encarsia hispida Hymenoptera	Bacteria	Intracellular	associated with thelytokous parthenogenetic reproduction in Encarsia, a genus of parasitoid wasps	Reproductive manipulation	2001
Bacteroides Bacteroidota	Reticulitermes flavipes Blattodea	Bacteria	Extracellular	has the ability to degrade urate	Digestive enzymes	1981
Dysgonomonas sp. Bacteroidota	Tenebrio molitor Coleoptera	Bacteria	Extracellular	associated with PET degradation	Plastic degradation	2023

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