Functional Symbionts
4 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 insecticola
Pseudomonadota |
Riptortus pedestrisHemiptera |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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symbiont colonization induces the development of the midgut crypts via finely regulating the enterocyte cell cycles, enabling it to stably and abundantly colonize the generated spacious crypts of the bean bug host |
2023 |
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Burkholderia insecticola
Pseudomonadota |
Riptortus pedestrisHemiptera |
Bacteria
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stimulates the sprouting of tracheal branches toward the symbiont-infected M4 crypts |
2021 |
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Burkholderia insecticola
Pseudomonadota |
Riptortus pedestrisHemiptera |
Bacteria
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triggers midgut closure in the bean bug Riptortus pedestris to prevent secondary bacterial infections of midgut crypts |
2020 |
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Burkholderia insecticola strain RPE75
Pseudomonadota |
Riptortus pedestrisHemiptera |
Bacteria
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fed with specific nutrients and also recycles host metabolic wastes in the insect gut, and in return, the bacterial symbiont provides the host with essential nutrients limited in the insect food, contributing to the rapid growth and enhanced reproduction of the bean bug host. |
2019 |