Functional Symbionts

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Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Host Insect Classification Localization Function Function Tags Year Edit
Bacteria
Extracellular

2022
Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas) exposure altered the abundance of proteins involved in immunity, cellular, and oxidative stress in a sex-dependent manner in Diaphorina citri. CLas also impacted cuticular proteins and enzymes involved in chitin degradation, as well as energy metabolism and the abundance of the endosymbiont 'Candidatus Profftella armatura' similarly in both sexes.
Amino Acid Provision Chitin Degradation Immune Priming

2020
Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Profftella armatura produces diaphorin, a polyketide that is significantly toxic to mammalian cells.
Toxin Production

2019
Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Profftella armatura produces proteins involved in polyketide biosynthesis, which were up-regulated in CLas(+) insects (associated with citrus greening disease).
Chemical Biosynthesis

2015

Diaphorina citri

Japan, USA, China, …

Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Profftella armatura (a defensive symbiont) encoded horizontally acquired genes for synthesizing a novel polyketide toxin, providing defense against natural enemies.
Natural Enemy Resistance Toxin Production

2013

Diaphorina citri

Japan, USA, China, …

Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Profftella armatura (a defensive symbiont presumably of an obligate nature) encoded horizontally acquired genes for synthesizing a novel polyketide toxin, diaphorin.
Antimicrobial Activity Toxin Production

2013
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