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Symbiont Species	Strain Records	Classification	Function Tags	Total Records
Cardinium Bacteroidota	Sogatella furcifera Candidatus Cardinium infection significantly decreases the diversity of the host's microbial community. Sogatella furcifera Candidatus Cardinium reduces microbiome diversity and modifies host metabolism and fecundity in the planthopper Sogatel… Bemisia tabaci Candidatus Cardinium increases the thermal tolerance of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Lutzomyia evansi Candidatus Cardinium is involved in diverse reproduction alterations of its arthropod hosts, including cytoplasmic inco… Bemisia tabaci Cardinium acts as a reproductive manipulator.	Bacteria	Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Fertility Male Killing Other Parthenogenesis +2 more	5
Candidatus Cardinium Bacteroidota	Bemisia tabaci Candidatus Cardinium reduces the competitiveness of the host Bemisia tabaci by decreasing its detoxification metabolism… Encarsia pergandiella Candidatus Cardinium hertigii causes cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI). Sogatella furcifera Candidatus Cardinium can shorten the developmental time of nymphs and has no effect on female fecundity. Scaphoideus titanus No function data	Bacteria	Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Developmental Modulation Growth Regulation Plant Defense Modulation	5
Cardinium cSfur Bacteroidota	Sogatella furcifera No function data	Bacteria		1
Caridinium Bacteroidota	Sogatella furcifera Candidium (in Sogatella furcifera), in dual infection with Wolbachia, induces strong cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI).	Bacteria	Cytoplasmic Incompatibility	1