Functional Symbionts
759 recordsRecords of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.
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| Host Insect | Classification | Localization | Function | Function Tags | Year | Edit | |
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Serratia sp. Se-PFBMAAmG
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Serratia sp. Se-PFBMAAmG is a strain possessing a siderophore biosynthetic pathway (e.g., desferrioxamine B), which is hypothesized to help the host (Pharaxonotha floridana) tolerate cycad toxins. |
2023 |
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Serratia sp. Se-RSBMAAmG
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Serratia sp. Se-RSBMAAmG is a strain possessing a siderophore biosynthetic pathway (e.g., desferrioxamine B), which is hypothesized to help the host (Rhopalotria slossonae) tolerate cycad toxins. |
2023 |
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Serratia sp. Se-RSmG
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Serratia sp. Se-RSmG is a strain possessing a siderophore biosynthetic pathway (e.g., desferrioxamine B), which is hypothesized to help the host (Rhopalotria slossonae) tolerate cycad toxins. |
2023 |
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Serratia sp. PF2-63
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Serratia sp. PF2-63 is a strain possessing a siderophore biosynthetic pathway (e.g., desferrioxamine B), which is hypothesized to help the host (Pharaxonotha floridana) tolerate cycad toxins. |
2023 |
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Serratia sp. PF-27
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Serratia sp. PF-27 is a strain possessing a siderophore biosynthetic pathway (e.g., desferrioxamine B), which is hypothesized to help the host (Pharaxonotha floridana) tolerate cycad toxins. |
2023 |
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Serratia
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Serratia might play a role in detoxifying cycad toxins (e.g., azoxyglycosides and BMAA) in Rhopalotria slossonae. |
2023 |
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Serratia
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Serratia might play a role in detoxifying cycad toxins (e.g., azoxyglycosides and BMAA) in Pharaxonotha floridana. |
2023 |
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Serratia
Pseudomonadota |
Eumaeus atalaUSA |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Serratia might play a role in detoxifying cycad toxins (e.g., azoxyglycosides and BMAA) in Eumaeus atala. |
2023 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Acyrthosiphon pisumChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Buchnera aphidicola (an endosymbiont) can synthesize and provide essential nutrients (e.g., amino acids) for its host, Acyrthosiphon pisum. |
2023 |
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Candidatus Regiella insecticola
Pseudomonadota |
Sitobion avenaeChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Candidatus Regiella insecticola infection in Sitobion avenae reduces the parasitic success of the parasitoid Aphidius gifuensis, increases wasp development time, and decreases wasp emergence weight. |
2023 |
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Serratia marcescens
Pseudomonadota |
Pagiophloeus tsushimanusChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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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 |
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Arsenophonus nasoniae
Pseudomonadota |
Pachycrepoideus vindemmiaeFrance |
Bacteria
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2023 |
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Arsenophonus sp.
Pseudomonadota |
Polyommatus bellargusFrance |
Bacteria
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2023 |
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Wigglesworthia glossinidia
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Wigglesworthia glossinidia provides symbiont-derived factors, likely B vitamins, which are critical for the proper function of lipid biosynthesis and lipolysis, thereby maintaining Glossina morsitans fecundity. |
2023 |
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Klebsiella
Pseudomonadota |
Tenebrio molitorChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Klebsiella is a gut bacterium with the ability to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere in Tenebrio molitor. |
2023 |
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Pantoea agglomerans
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Pantoea agglomerans is required for the normal development of the thrips Frankliniella occidentalis. |
2023 |
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Pantoea agglomerans
Pseudomonadota |
Frankliniella intonsaKorea |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Pantoea agglomerans is required for the normal development of the thrips Frankliniella intonsa. |
2023 |
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Pantoea dispersa
Pseudomonadota |
Thrips tabaciKorea |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Pantoea dispersa is required for the normal development of the thrips Thrips tabaci. |
2023 |
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Candidatus Pantoea bathycoeliae
Pseudomonadota |
Bathycoelia distinctaSouth Africa |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Candidatus Pantoea bathycoeliae (a core gut symbiont) provides Bathycoelia distincta with nutrients that cannot be obtained from its plant sap food source. |
2023 |
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Arsenophonus
Pseudomonadota |
Aphis gossypiiChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2023 |