Functional Symbionts

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Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Bacteria
Extracellular

2024

Gilliamella apicola

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Gilliamella apicola carries the gene for the desaturase FADS2, which is able to metabolize polyunsaturated fatty acids from pollen and synthesize endocannabinoid, a lipogenic neuroactive substance, thereby modulating reward learning and memory in honeybees.

2024

Bombella apis

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Extracellular

Bombella apis has the ability to restore the larval-to-pupal transition that is disrupted by antibiotic treatment in the host, Apis cerana.

2024

Nardonella

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Nardonella is an endosymbiont that participates in tyrosine production for its host, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, potentially involving the import of host-encoded aminotransferase.

2024

Buchnera aphidicola

Pseudomonadota

Diuraphis noxia

South African

Bacteria
Intracellular

2024

Wolbachia wMelPop

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

The virulent Wolbachia wMelPop infection improves the learning and memory capacity of the host, Drosophila melanogaster.

2024

Burkholderia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

Burkholderia is an ingested soil bacterium that primes the host's systemic immunity, preventing subsequent infection by lethal pathogens in Riptortus pedestris.

2024

Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Arsenophonus nilaparvatae infection results in an acquired insecticide sensitivity trait in transinfected planthopper lines, associated with the downregulation of the host's P450 xenobiotic detoxification system.

2024

Bacteria
Extracellular

Bacillus thuringiensis isolates demonstrate high susceptibility of the pest Tuta absoluta upon individual exposure, suggesting its potential as a microbial pesticide for pest management.

2024

Stammera

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Stammera produces and supplies pectinases to the alimentary tract of its leaf beetle host, Notosacantha, facilitating plant cell wall digestion.

2024

Bacteria
Intracellular

Wolbachia strain wAlbB sharply decreases dengue incidence in disease hotspots, with dengue reduction predicted to reach 75.8\% at 100\% Wolbachia frequency.

2024

Bacteria

Enterococcus casseliflavus increases the resistance of Bactrocera dorsalis to \beta-cypermethrin by regulating cytochrome P450 (P450) and α-glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities via the CncC pathway.

2024

Bacteria

Lactococcus lactis increases the resistance of Bactrocera dorsalis to \beta-cypermethrin by regulating cytochrome P450 (P450) and α-glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities via the CncC pathway.

2024

Bacteria
Extracellular

2024

Bacteria

Candidatus Walczuchella possesses genes for essential amino acid biosynthesis, suggesting it provides key nutrients to its host, Icerya aegyptiaca.

2024

Lactococcus

Bacillota

Bacteria

Lactococcus is predicted to carry genes related to hydrocarbon, fatty acid, and chitin degradation, potentially assisting the host, Novius pumilus, in digesting the wax shell covering scale insects.

2024

Bacteria
Extracellular

2024

Pantoea sp. Nvir

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular and Extracellular

Pantoea sp. Nvir facilitates the nutrition of Nezara viridula by degrading toxic plant metabolites and repressing host plant chemical defenses.

2024

Pantoea sp. Nvir

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular and Extracellular

Pantoea sp. Nvir plays an important role in modulating the interaction between Nezara viridula and host plants, potentially through detoxification and plant defense repression.

2024

Serratia marcescens

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria
Intracellular and Extracellular

Serratia marcescens facilitates the nutrition of Nezara viridula by degrading toxic plant metabolites and repressing host plant chemical defenses.

2024

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