Functional Symbionts

125 records

Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Host Insect Classification Localization Function Function Tags Year Edit
Pseudomonas fulva

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pseudomonas fulva uses caffeine from plants to produce nitrogen, potentially allowing the host insect (coffee borer beetle) to survive on coffee plants.

2019

Pseudomonas fulva

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Pseudomonas fulva uses caffeine from plants to produce nitrogen, potentially allowing the host insect (coffee borer beetle) to survive on coffee plants.

2019

Selenomonas

Bacillota

Bacteria
Extracellular

2019

Selenomonas

Bacillota

Bacteria
Extracellular

2019

Sphingomonas

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Sphingomonas has been previously described in associations with phloem-feeding insects, usually in low abundances.

2019

Sphingomonas

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Sphingomonas has been previously described in associations with phloem-feeding insects, usually in low abundances.

2019

Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

2019

Bacteria
Extracellular

2018

Bacteria
Extracellular

2018

Enterobacter spp.

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Enterobacter spp. decrease concentrations of the host monoterpenes (-)-$\alpha$-pinene, myrcene, and 3-carene.

2018

Erwinia spp.

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Erwinia spp. decrease concentrations of the host monoterpenes (-)-$\alpha$-pinene, myrcene, and 3-carene.

2018

Serratia spp.

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Serratia spp. decrease concentrations of the host monoterpenes (-)-$\alpha$-pinene, myrcene, and 3-carene.

2018

Arion ater

England

Bacteria
Extracellular

Bacterial communities (metagenome) are involved in degrading cellulose and xylan.

2017

Bacteria
Extracellular

2016

Arsenophonus

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Arsenophonus dispersal might involve plant mediation and parasitism, and it was reported to be involved in host plant specialization in the polyphagous aphid, Aphis craccivora.

2016

Buchnera

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Buchnera is critically dependent on symbiosis with the host to utilize phloem sap as its sole dietary component.

2016

Hamiltonella

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Hamiltonella is known to protect aphids against parasitism.

2016

Bacteria
Extracellular

2016

Corynebacterium

Actinomycetota

Bacteria

Corynebacterium is involved in the degradation of plant alkaloids.

2016

Curtobacterium

Actinomycetota

Bacteria

Curtobacterium is able to degrade alkaloids and/or latex.

2016

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