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

Elimination of symbionts by egg-surface sterilization resulted in significantly higher mortality and reduced growth rates, indicating that the microbial community plays an important role for host nutrition
Nutrient provision

2013
Bacteria
Intracellular

2013
Bacteria

could play an important role for the insect by degrading complex dietary components, providing nutrient supplementation, or detoxifying noxious chemicals (e.g. cyclopropenoic fatty acids or gossypol) in the diet
Digestive enzymes Plant secondary metabolites

2012
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