Functional Symbionts
2682 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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Spiroplasma
Mycoplasmatota |
Thitarodes puiChina |
Bacteria
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Spiroplasma plays important roles in helping the host larva to digest foods, adapt to extreme environments, or resist pathogens. |
2019 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Thitarodes puiChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Wolbachia plays important roles in helping the host larva to digest foods, adapt to extreme environments, or resist pathogens. |
2019 |
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Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Intestinal Microbiota confer protection by priming the immune system of the host Rhynchophorus ferrugineus against pathogenic bacteria. |
2019 |
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Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Intestinal Microbiota confer protection by priming the immune system of the host Rhynchophorus ferrugineus. |
2019 |
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Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum
Pseudomonadota |
Dactylopius coccusMexico |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Candidatus Dactylopiibacterium carminicum may catabolize plant polysaccharides, and is active in carbon and nitrogen provisioning through its degradative activity and by fixing nitrogen, potentially delivering essential amino acids and riboflavin to the host. |
2019 |
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Pantoea
Pseudomonadota |
Plautia staliJapan |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Pantoea affects oviposition behavior, morphogenesis, and development in Plautia stali. |
2019 |
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Wigglesworthia
Pseudomonadota |
GlossinaUSA |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Wigglesworthia provisions folate (vitamin $\text{B}_9$) which pathogenic African trypanosomes exploit to successfully establish an infection in the tsetse fly vector's midgut (MG). |
2019 |
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Candidatus Yamatotia cicadellidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Yamatotettix flavovittatusThailand |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Candidatus Yamatotia cicadellidicola is suggested as a co-primary symbiont, involved in nutrient-provisioning (e.g., amino acid provision). |
2019 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Aphis gossypiiUSA, Germany |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Buchnera aphidicola functions in nutrient-provisioning (e.g., amino acids). |
2019 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Aphis fabaeUSA, Germany |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Buchnera aphidicola functions in nutrient-provisioning (e.g., amino acids). |
2019 |
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Streptomyces sp.
Actinomycetota |
Tetragonisca angustulaCosta Rica |
Bacteria
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Streptomyces sp. produces antibiotics that exhibit antimicrobial activity, mainly against Gram-positive bacteria and fungi. |
2019 |
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Enterobacter sp. FAW4-1
Pseudomonadota |
Spodoptera frugiperdaPennsylvania |
Bacteria
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Enterobacter sp. FAW4-1 mediates assaults by maize defenses on the fall armyworm's digestive and immune systems, resulting in reduced growth and elevated mortality in the insect. |
2019 |
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Enterococcus sp. FAW13-5
Bacillota |
Spodoptera frugiperdaPennsylvania |
Bacteria
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Enterococcus sp. FAW13-5 mediates assaults by maize defenses on the fall armyworm's digestive and immune systems, resulting in reduced growth and elevated mortality in the insect. |
2019 |
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Klebsiella sp. FAW8-1
Pseudomonadota |
Spodoptera frugiperdaPennsylvania |
Bacteria
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Klebsiella sp. FAW8-1 mediates assaults by maize defenses on the fall armyworm's digestive and immune systems, resulting in reduced growth and elevated mortality in the insect. |
2019 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Octodonta nipaeChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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2019 |
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Citrobacter freundii
Pseudomonadota |
Delia antiquaChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Citrobacter freundii suppresses Beauveria bassiana conidia germination and hyphal growth. |
2019 |
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Enterobacter ludwigii
Pseudomonadota |
Delia antiquaChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Enterobacter ludwigii suppresses Beauveria bassiana conidia germination and hyphal growth. |
2019 |
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Pseudomonas protegens
Pseudomonadota |
Delia antiquaChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Pseudomonas protegens suppresses Beauveria bassiana conidia germination and hyphal growth. |
2019 |
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Serratia plymuthica
Pseudomonadota |
Delia antiquaChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Serratia plymuthica suppresses Beauveria bassiana conidia germination and hyphal growth. |
2019 |
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Sphingobacterium faecium
Bacteroidota |
Delia antiquaChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Sphingobacterium faecium suppresses Beauveria bassiana conidia germination and hyphal growth. |
2019 |