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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Burkholderia sp.
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Burkholderia sp. acquired from pesticide-sprayed soil makes susceptible insects resistant via pesticide-degrading activity, an association that required two spraying events. |
2018 |
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Burkholderia sp.
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Burkholderia sp. gut symbionts show pesticide-degrading activity in vivo and in vitro. |
2018 |
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Citrobacter sp.
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Citrobacter sp. pesticide-degrading bacteria are frequently detected in pesticide-resistant insects and confer resistance upon inoculation into susceptible insects. |
2018 |
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Enterobacter agglomerans
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Enterobacter agglomerans gut symbiont has phloridzin-degrading activity, and its preincubation with phloridzin reduced the compound's toxicity in insects. |
2018 |
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Candidatus Erwinia dacicola
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Candidatus Erwinia dacicola expresses genes involved in oleuropein degradation in the gut, and antibiotic-treated larvae show high mortality on unripe olives. |
2018 |
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Klebsiella oxytoca
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Klebsiella oxytoca is associated with toxin-degradation activities in vitro, and antibiotic-treated larvae suffered growth retardation on a diet containing plant extract or swainsonine. |
2018 |
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Klebsiella oxytoca
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Klebsiella oxytoca is associated with toxin-degradation activities in vitro, and antibiotic-treated larvae suffered growth retardation on a diet containing plant extract or swainsonine. |
2018 |
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Klebsiella oxytoca
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Klebsiella oxytoca is associated with toxin-degradation activities in vitro, and antibiotic-treated larvae suffered growth retardation on a diet containing plant extract or swainsonine. |
2018 |
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Grosmannia clavigera
Ascomycota |
Fungi
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Extracellular
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Grosmannia clavigera can utilize terpenes as carbon sources, and expresses genes involved in terpene degradation when cultured with plant materials. |
2018 |
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Pseudomonas fulva
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Pseudomonas fulva shows caffeine-degrading activity, and its inoculation into antibiotic-treated larvae restored the deficiency and recovered from increased mortality. |
2018 |
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Pseudomonas aeroginosa
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Pseudomonas aeroginosa is associated with toxin-degradation activities in vitro, and antibiotic-treated larvae suffered growth retardation on a diet containing plant extract or swainsonine. |
2018 |
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Pseudomonas aeroginosa
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Pseudomonas aeroginosa is associated with toxin-degradation activities in vitro, and antibiotic-treated larvae suffered growth retardation on a diet containing plant extract or swainsonine. |
2018 |
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Pseudomonas aeroginosa
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Pseudomonas aeroginosa is associated with toxin-degradation activities in vitro, and antibiotic-treated larvae suffered growth retardation on a diet containing plant extract or swainsonine. |
2018 |
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Symbiotaphrina kochii
Ascomycota |
Fungi
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Extracellular
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Symbiotaphrina kochii shows phenol-degrading activities in vitro, and antibiotic-treated insects suffered high mortality when exposed to phenols. |
2018 |
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Wolbachia pipientis
Pseudomonadota |
Drosophila melanogasterUSA, Austria, Japan |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Wolbachia pipientis increases the recombination rate observed across two genomic intervals and increases the efficacy of natural selection in hosts. |
2018 |
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Serratia sp.
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Serratia sp. produces lipodepsipeptides, stephensiolides A-K, that have antibiotic activity and facilitate bacterial surface motility. |
2018 |
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Bactrocera dorsalisChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2018 |
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Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Sitobion miscanthiChina |
Bacteria
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Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa defensa may indirectly improve the fitness of Sitobion miscanthi by stimulating the proliferation of Buchnera aphidicola. |
2018 |
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Buchnera aphidicola
Pseudomonadota |
Acyrthosiphon pisumChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Buchnera aphidicola is involved in the biosynthesis of more than 10 essential amino acids. |
2018 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Wolbachia enhances nanos expression via the bacterial TomO protein in order to fuel germ stem cell maintenance in infected Drosophila females. |
2018 |