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

Bostrichidae

Germany, Czech, Y…

Bacteria

Shikimatogenerans bostrichidophilus encodes the shikimate pathway to produce tyrosine precursors, likely supplementing the beetles' cuticle biosynthesis, sclerotization, and melanization.
Amino Acid Provision

2023
Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Shikimatogenerans silvanidophilus accelerates its host's cuticle formation and thereby enables it to quickly reach a cuticle quality threshold that confers structural protection against predation and fungal infection in Oryzaephilus surinamensis.
Natural Enemy Resistance Pathogen Resistance

2022
Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Shikimatogenerans possibly provisions a tyrosine precursor.
Amino Acid Provision

2018
Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Shikimatogenerans possibly provisions a tyrosine precursor.
Amino Acid Provision

2018
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