Functional Symbionts
98 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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Cardinium
Bacteroidota |
Sogatella furciferaChina, Thailand, M… |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Candidatus Cardinium infection significantly decreases the diversity of the host's microbial community. |
2024 |
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Chryseobacterium
Bacteroidota |
Aedes aegyptiThailand |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Chryseobacterium is part of the mosquito midgut community, but its specific function related to CHIKV infection in Aedes aegypti requires investigation. |
2024 |
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Blattabacterium
Bacteroidota |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Blattabacterium endosymbionts directly or indirectly influence the composition of other bacterial populations by reducing microbial diversity within the host, Supella longipalpa. |
2024 |
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Bacteroides
Bacteroidota |
Hyphantria cuneaChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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The presence of Bacteroides is part of the gut microbiota that enhances the compatibility of the invasive pest (Hyphantria cunea) to new host plants, facilitating rapid adaptation. |
2024 |
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Blattabacterium cuenoti
Bacteroidota |
Blattella germanicaSpain |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Blattabacterium cuenoti serves as the obligate endosymbiont and primary nutritional provider, contributing to amino acid provision and affecting uric acid storage in Blattella germanica. |
2024 |
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Candidatus Walczuchella
Bacteroidota |
Icerya aegyptiacaChina |
Bacteria
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Candidatus Walczuchella possesses genes for essential amino acid biosynthesis, suggesting it provides key nutrients to its host, Icerya aegyptiaca. |
2024 |
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Blattabacterium cuenoti
Bacteroidota |
PanesthiinaeAustralian |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Blattabacterium cuenoti is an endosymbiont whose presence enables its host (Panesthiinae cockroach) to subsist on a nutrient-poor diet. |
2024 |
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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 |
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Candidatus Sulcia
Bacteroidota |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Candidatus Sulcia is an obligate endosymbiont that synthesizes essential amino acids to supplement the nutritionally-poor phloem sap diet of its host, Colladonus geminatus. |
2023 |
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Candidatus Sulcia
Bacteroidota |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Candidatus Sulcia is an obligate endosymbiont that synthesizes essential amino acids to supplement the nutritionally-poor phloem sap diet of its host, Colladonus montanus reductus. |
2023 |
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Candidatus Sulcia
Bacteroidota |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Candidatus Sulcia is an obligate endosymbiont that synthesizes essential amino acids to supplement the nutritionally-poor phloem sap diet of its host, Circulifer tenellus. |
2023 |
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Candidatus Sulcia
Bacteroidota |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Candidatus Sulcia is an obligate endosymbiont that synthesizes essential amino acids to supplement the nutritionally-poor phloem sap diet of its host, Euscelidius variegatus. |
2023 |
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Candidatus Cardinium
Bacteroidota |
Bemisia tabaciChina |
Bacteria
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Candidatus Cardinium reduces the competitiveness of the host Bemisia tabaci by decreasing its detoxification metabolism ability, specifically the expression of uridine 5'-diphospho-glucuronyltransferase and P450 genes. However, Cardinium also suppresses the host plant's defense response, a function which may benefit the whiteflies. |
2023 |
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Sediminibacterium
Bacteroidota |
Spodoptera frugiperdaChina |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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2023 |
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Bostrichicola ureolyticus
Bacteroidota |
BostrichidaeGermany, Czech, Y… |
Bacteria
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Bostrichicola ureolyticus complements Shikimatogenerans by recycling urea and provisioning the essential amino acid lysine, providing additional benefits on nitrogen-poor diets in xylophagous beetles. |
2023 |
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Shikimatogenerans bostrichidophilus
Bacteroidota |
BostrichidaeGermany, Czech, Y… |
Bacteria
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Shikimatogenerans bostrichidophilus encodes the shikimate pathway to produce tyrosine precursors, likely supplementing the beetles' cuticle biosynthesis, sclerotization, and melanization. |
2023 |
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Bacteroides
Bacteroidota |
Leptocybe invasaChina |
Bacteria
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male killing |
2023 |
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Sulcia muelleri
Bacteroidota |
Maiestas dorsalisChina |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Sulcia muelleri is an obligate endosymbiont responsible for synthesizing eight essential amino acids (leucine, isoleucine, threonine, lysine, arginine, tryptophan, phenylalanine, and valine) in Maiestas dorsalis. |
2023 |
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Blattabacterium
Bacteroidota |
Celatoblatta quinquemaculataNew Zealand |
Bacteria
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Blattabacterium is associated with contributing to the freeze-tolerance of the insect host, Celatoblatta quinquemaculata. |
2023 |