Functional Symbionts
2442 recordsRecords of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.
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Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2015 |
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Rickettsia
Pseudomonadota |
Sitona obsoletusAustria |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Rickettsia is a potential defensive property against the parasitoid Microctonus aethiopoides. |
2015 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Sitona obsoletusAustria |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Wolbachia is a potential defensive property against the parasitoid Microctonus aethiopoides. |
2015 |
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Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Aphelinus abdominalisEngland |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa provides resistance to certain parasitic wasps, such as Aphidius. |
2015 |
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Clostridium
Bacillota |
PyrrhocoridaeGermany, Japan, Ind… |
Bacteria
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2015 |
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Gordonibacter
Actinomycetota |
PyrrhocoridaeGermany, Japan, Ind… |
Bacteria
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2015 |
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Klebsiella
Pseudomonadota |
PyrrhocoridaeGermany, Japan, Ind… |
Bacteria
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2015 |
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Coriobacteriaceae
Actinomycetota |
PyrrhocoridaeGermany, Japan, Ind… |
Bacteria
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2015 |
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Arsenophonus
Pseudomonadota |
Aphis craccivoraUSA |
Bacteria
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Arsenophonus (a facultative endosymbiont) mediates dietary breadth in a polyphagous herbivore. |
2015 |
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Wolbachia pipientis
Pseudomonadota |
Aedes albopictusMetropolitan France… |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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2015 |
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Rickettsia
Pseudomonadota |
Leptocybe invasaItaly, Argentina, C… |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Rickettsia is the causal agent of thelytokous parthenogenesis in L. invasa. |
2015 |
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Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum
Pseudomonadota |
AleyrodidaeSpain |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum participates in the synthesis of all essential amino acids and carotenoids. |
2015 |
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Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa
Pseudomonadota |
Bemisia tabaciChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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The genome of Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa revealed that this secondary symbiont can not only provide vitamins and cofactors but also complete the missing steps of some of the metabolic pathways of Portiera. |
2015 |
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Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum
Pseudomonadota |
Bemisia tabaciChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum is a primary symbiont that compensates for the deficient nutritional composition of the host's food sources. |
2015 |
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Spiroplasma poulsonii MSRO
Mycoplasmatota |
Drosophila melanogasterUganda |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Spiroplasma poulsonii MSRO is a male-killing Spiroplasma bacterium. |
2015 |
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Spiroplasma poulsonii MSRO_BK
Mycoplasmatota |
Drosophila melanogasterUganda |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Spiroplasma poulsonii MSRO_BK is a male-killing Spiroplasma bacterium. |
2015 |
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Acinetobacter pittii
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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The gut microbiota (including Acinetobacter pittii) contributes to the production of volatile chemical attractants (VCAs) that act as fecal aggregation agents, and cockroaches discriminate among the complex odors that emanate from a diverse microbial community. |
2015 |
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Acinetobacter sp.
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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The gut microbiota (including Acinetobacter sp.) contributes to the production of volatile chemical attractants (VCAs) that act as fecal aggregation agents, and cockroaches discriminate among the complex odors that emanate from a diverse microbial community. |
2015 |
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Enterococcus avium
Bacillota |
Bacteria
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The gut microbiota (including Enterococcus avium) contributes to the production of volatile chemical attractants (VCAs) that act as fecal aggregation agents, and cockroaches discriminate among the complex odors that emanate from a diverse microbial community. |
2015 |
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Pseudomonas japonica
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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The gut microbiota (including Pseudomonas japonica) contributes to the production of volatile chemical attractants (VCAs) that act as fecal aggregation agents, and cockroaches discriminate among the complex odors that emanate from a diverse microbial community. |
2015 |