Functional Symbionts
2442 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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Morganella morganii
Pseudomonadota |
Costelytra zealandicaNew Zealand |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Morganella morganii produces phenol as the host's sex pheromone from tyrosine in the colleterial gland. |
2016 |
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Achromobacter
Pseudomonadota |
Aedes aegyptiUSA |
Bacteria
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Achromobacter contributes to the gut microbiome homeostasis maintained by mosquito C-type lectins. |
2016 |
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Acinetobacter
Pseudomonadota |
Aedes aegyptiUSA |
Bacteria
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Acinetobacter contributes to the gut microbiome homeostasis maintained by mosquito C-type lectins. |
2016 |
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Alcaligenes
Pseudomonadota |
Aedes aegyptiUSA |
Bacteria
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Alcaligenes contributes to the gut microbiome homeostasis maintained by mosquito C-type lectins. |
2016 |
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Bacillus cereus
Bacillota |
Aedes aegyptiUSA |
Bacteria
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Bacillus cereus contributes to the gut microbiome homeostasis maintained by mosquito C-type lectins. |
2016 |
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Chromobacterium aquaticum
Pseudomonadota |
Aedes aegyptiUSA |
Bacteria
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Chromobacterium aquaticum contributes to the gut microbiome homeostasis maintained by mosquito C-type lectins. |
2016 |
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Chryseobacterium
Bacteroidota |
Aedes aegyptiUSA |
Bacteria
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Chryseobacterium contributes to the gut microbiome homeostasis maintained by mosquito C-type lectins. |
2016 |
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Comamonas testosteroni
Pseudomonadota |
Aedes aegyptiUSA |
Bacteria
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Comamonas testosteroni contributes to the gut microbiome homeostasis maintained by mosquito C-type lectins. |
2016 |
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Leucobacter
Actinomycetota |
Aedes aegyptiUSA |
Bacteria
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Leucobacter contributes to the gut microbiome homeostasis maintained by mosquito C-type lectins. |
2016 |
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Bacillus simplex
Bacillota |
Aedes aegyptiUSA |
Bacteria
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Bacillus simplex contributes to the gut microbiome homeostasis maintained by mosquito C-type lectins. |
2016 |
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Pseudomonas protegens
Pseudomonadota |
Aedes aegyptiUSA |
Bacteria
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Pseudomonas protegens contributes to the gut microbiome homeostasis maintained by mosquito C-type lectins. |
2016 |
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Serratia marcescens
Pseudomonadota |
Aedes aegyptiUSA |
Bacteria
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Serratia marcescens contributes to the gut microbiome homeostasis maintained by mosquito C-type lectins. |
2016 |
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Sphingobium
Pseudomonadota |
Aedes aegyptiUSA |
Bacteria
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Sphingobium contributes to the gut microbiome homeostasis maintained by mosquito C-type lectins. |
2016 |
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Staphylococcus hominis
Bacillota |
Aedes aegyptiUSA |
Bacteria
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Staphylococcus hominis contributes to the gut microbiome homeostasis maintained by mosquito C-type lectins. |
2016 |
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Gluconobacter
Pseudomonadota |
Drosophila suzukiiItaly |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Gluconobacter produces volatile substances that attract female D. suzukii. |
2016 |
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Komagataeibacter
Pseudomonadota |
Drosophila suzukiiItaly |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Komagataeibacter produces volatile substances that attract female D. suzukii. |
2016 |
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Candidatus Doolittlea endobia
Pseudomonadota |
Maconellicoccus hirsutusEgypt |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Candidatus Doolittlea endobia is part of a nested symbiotic arrangement, where one bacterium lives inside another bacterium, which is thought to have occurred in building the mosaic metabolic pathways seen in mitochondria and plastids. |
2016 |
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Candidatus Gullanella endobia
Pseudomonadota |
Ferrisia virgataEgypt |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Candidatus Gullanella endobia is part of a nested symbiotic arrangement, where one bacterium lives inside another bacterium, which is thought to have occurred in building the mosaic metabolic pathways seen in mitochondria and plastids. |
2016 |
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Candidatus Hoaglandella endobia
Pseudomonadota |
Trionymus perrisiiPoland |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Candidatus Hoaglandella endobia is part of a nested symbiotic arrangement, where one bacterium lives inside another bacterium, which is thought to have occurred in building the mosaic metabolic pathways seen in mitochondria and plastids. |
2016 |
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Candidatus Mikella endobia
Pseudomonadota |
Paracoccus marginatusComoro Islands |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Candidatus Mikella endobia is part of a nested symbiotic arrangement, where one bacterium lives inside another bacterium, which is thought to have occurred in building the mosaic metabolic pathways seen in mitochondria and plastids. |
2016 |