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	Host Insect	Classification	Localization	Function	Function Tags	Year	Edit
Sulcia muelleri Bacteroidota	Clastoptera arizonana USA	Bacteria		Sulcia muelleri is involved in the production of seven essential amino acids (leucine, isoleucine, valine, threonine, lysine, arginine, and phenylalanine).	Amino Acid Provision	2010
Sulcia muelleri Bacteroidota	Cicadidae species USA	Bacteria		Sulcia muelleri supports the production of eight of the 10 essential amino acids (arginine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, lysine, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, and valine).	Amino Acid Provision	2009
Candidatus Karelsulcia muelleri Bacteroidota	Cicadidae species USA	Bacteria				2009
Blattabacterium strain Bge Bacteroidota	Blattella germanica Spain	Bacteria		Blattabacterium strain Bge codes for the complete urea cycle that, in combination with urease, produces ammonia as an end product for nitrogen recycling.	Nitrogen Fixation	2009
Blattabacterium str. BPLAN Bacteroidota	Periplaneta americana USA	Bacteria		Blattabacterium str. BPLAN recycles nitrogen from urea and ammonia (uric acid degradation products) into glutamate, using urease and glutamate dehydrogenase.	Nitrogen Fixation	2009
Blattabacterium Bacteroidota	Supella longipalpa India	Bacteria	Intracellular			2007
Candidatus Sulcia muelleri GWSS Bacteroidota	Homalodisca vitripennis USA	Bacteria		Candidatus Sulcia muelleri GWSS is responsible for essential amino acid biosynthesis.	Amino Acid Provision	2007
Candidatus Cardinium hertigii Bacteroidota	Scaphoideus titanus Italy	Bacteria	Intracellular			2006
Candidatus Cardinium hertigii Bacteroidota	Scaphoideus titanus Italy	Bacteria	Intracellular			2006
Bacteroidota Bacteroidota	Encarsia pergandiella Greece	Bacteria		Bacteroidota (A bacterial symbiont) induces Cytoplasmic Incompatibility (CI) in the parasitoid wasp Encarsia pergandiella.	Cytoplasmic Incompatibility	2003
Encarsia bacterium Bacteroidota	Encarsia pergandiella Brazil, USA	Bacteria	Intracellular	Encarsia bacterium (Bacteroides) is associated with thelytokous parthenogenetic reproduction in Encarsia.	Parthenogenesis	2001
Encarsia bacterium Bacteroidota	Encarsia pergandiella Brazil, USA	Bacteria	Intracellular	Encarsia bacterium (Bacteroides) is associated with thelytokous parthenogenetic reproduction in Encarsia.	Parthenogenesis	2001
Encarsia bacterium Bacteroidota	Encarsia berlesei Italy	Bacteria	Intracellular	Encarsia bacterium (Bacteroides) is associated with thelytokous parthenogenetic reproduction in Encarsia.	Parthenogenesis	2001
Encarsia bacterium Bacteroidota	Encarsia citrina Italy	Bacteria	Intracellular	Encarsia bacterium (Bacteroides) is associated with thelytokous parthenogenetic reproduction in Encarsia.	Parthenogenesis	2001
Encarsia bacterium Bacteroidota	Encarsia hispida Spain	Bacteria	Intracellular	Encarsia bacterium (Bacteroides) is associated with thelytokous parthenogenetic reproduction in Encarsia.	Parthenogenesis	2001
Bacteroides Bacteroidota	Reticulitermes flavipes USA	Bacteria	Extracellular	Bacteroides has the ability to degrade urate (digestive enzymes/nitrogen recycling).	Digestive Enzymes	1981
Dysgonomonas sp. Bacteroidota	Tenebrio molitor China	Bacteria	Extracellular	Dysgonomonas sp. is associated with PET degradation.	Plastic Degration	2023
Blattabacterium Bacteroidota	Periplaneta americana USA, Australia	Bacteria	Intracellular	Blattabacterium is equipped to provision vitamins and a near-complete suite of amino acids to its host, which may reduce the host's reliance on the gut microbiome for these functions (amino acid provision, vitamin supplementation).	Amino Acid Provision Vitamin Supplementation	2014

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