Functional Symbionts

3 records

Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Host Insect Classification Localization Function Function Tags Year Edit
Bacteria
Extracellular

Coriobacterium glomerans is essential for host nutrition; elimination of symbionts by egg-surface sterilization resulted in significantly higher mortality and reduced growth rates.
Growth Regulation

2013
Bacteria
Intracellular

2013
Bacteria

Coriobacterium glomerans plays an important role by degrading complex dietary components, providing nutrient supplementation, or detoxifying noxious chemicals (e.g., cyclopropenoic fatty acids or gossypol) in the diet.
Detoxification Enzymes

2012
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