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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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Spodoptera frugiperdaChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Wolbachia infection in Spodoptera frugiperda induces cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), thereby manipulating host reproduction to facilitate its vertical transmission. |
2024 |
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Serratia symbiotica
Pseudomonadota |
Acyrthosiphon pisumChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Serratia symbiotica improves the host aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) growth and fecundity while reducing longevity. It also provides defense against the predator P. japonica by impeding the predator's development and modulating its foraging behavior. |
2024 |
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Serratia
Pseudomonadota |
Acyrthosiphon pisumChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Serratia provides the host aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) with defense against the predator P. japonica by impeding the predator's development and predation capacity, and modulating its foraging behavior. |
2024 |
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Ips typographusGermany |
Bacteria and Fungi
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2024 |
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Pantoea dispersa
Pseudomonadota |
Spodoptera frugiperdaChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular and Extracellular
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Pantoea dispersa acts as a probiotic for the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), helping to detoxify benzoxazinoids (maize secondary metabolites) and promote caterpillar growth. |
2024 |
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Arsenophonus sp
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Arsenophonus sp. performs the sole production of threonine and lysine (essential amino acids) for the corn planthopper, Peregrinus maidis. |
2024 |
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Acetobacter
Pseudomonadota |
Drosophila melanogasterBloomington |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Acetobacter (as part of the gut microbiome) enhances the brain levels of tyrosine decarboxylase 2 (Tdc2), an enzyme that synthesizes the neuroactive substance octopamine (OA), thereby promoting larval locomotion in Drosophila melanogaster. |
2024 |
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Lactobacillus
Bacillota |
Drosophila melanogasterBloomington |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Lactobacillus (as part of the gut microbiome) enhances the brain levels of tyrosine decarboxylase 2 (Tdc2), an enzyme that synthesizes the neuroactive substance octopamine (OA), thereby promoting larval locomotion in Drosophila melanogaster. |
2024 |
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Riptortus pedestrisChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2024 |
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Burkholderia
Pseudomonadota |
Riptortus pedestrisChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Burkholderia enrichment in the host gut plays a significant role in enhancing the reproduction (fertility) of the plant-sucking insect, Riptortus pedestris. |
2024 |
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Rickettsia
Pseudomonadota |
Bemisia tabaciChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Rickettsia plays an essential role in energy metabolism and nutrient synthesis in Bemisia tabaci MEAM1, but its survival depends on metabolites obtained from the host. |
2024 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Drosophila suzukiiFrance |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Wolbachia positively affects the female fecundity and offspring mass of Drosophila suzukii following a diet shift. |
2024 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Encarsia formosaChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Wolbachia uses its parthenogenesis-induction feminization factor (piff) gene to modulate sex determination in Encarsia formosa by regulating doublesex (dsx) expression, resulting in haploid male offspring when the symbiont is removed. |
2024 |
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Wolbachia
Pseudomonadota |
Trichogramma pretiosumFrance |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Wolbachia titers are related to the sex determination of the host, Trichogramma pretiosum. |
2024 |
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Citrobacter amalonaticus
Pseudomonadota |
Hermetia illucensChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Citrobacter amalonaticus promotes black soldier fly larval growth and development by directly promoting the expression of two intestinal protein metabolism gene families (Hitryp and Himtp). |
2023 |
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Klebsiella electrica
Pseudomonadota |
Recilia dorsalisChina |
Bacteria
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Klebsiella electrica is a nitrogen-fixing bacterium that possesses all necessary nitrogen fixation genes and colonizes the gut lumen of the leafhopper, Recilia dorsalis. |
2023 |
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Rickettsiella
Pseudomonadota |
Myzus persicaeAustralia |
Bacteria
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Rickettsiella infection causes reduced aphid fecundity, decreased heat tolerance, and modified aphid body color (from light to dark green) in Myzus persicae. |
2023 |
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Bacteria
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2023 |
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Candidatus Sulcia muelleri
Bacteroidota |
Karenia caelatataChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2023 |
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Candidatus Sulcia muelleri
Bacteroidota |
Tanna sp.China |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2023 |