Functional Symbionts

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Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Nasuia deltocephalinicola is an obligate endosymbiont responsible for synthesizing two essential amino acids (histidine and methionine) and riboflavin (vitamin B2) in Maiestas dorsalis.
Amino Acid Provision B Vitamin Supplementation

2023
Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Nasuia deltocephalinicola can carry Vitellogenin (Vgs) into oocytes, thereby impairing insect egg development.
Fertility

2020
Bacteria
Intracellular

2013
Bacteria
Intracellular

2013
Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Nasuia deltocephalinicola is essential for nymphal growth and adult emergence; nymphs treated with antibiotics were remarkably retarded, died, or failed to attain adulthood.
Growth Regulation

2012
Bacteria
Extracellular

Candidatus Nasuia deltocephalinicola is essential for host growth and development; oral administration of tetracycline resulted in retarded growth, high mortality rates, and failure in adult emergence.
Growth Regulation Developmental Modulation

2012
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