Functional Symbionts

6 records

Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Host Insect Classification Localization Function Function Tags Year Edit

Samia ricini

Lepidoptera
Bacteria
Extracellular

cellulolytic activity
Digestive enzymes

2021
Bacteria

might contribute to caffeine breakdown using the C-10 oxidation pathway
Plant secondary metabolites

2021
Bacteria

microbe-mediated assaults by maize defenses on the fall armyworm on the insect digestive and immune system reduced growth and elevated mortality in these insects
Plant defense

2019
Bacteria
Extracellular

help stinkbugs to feed on soybean developing seeds in spite of its chemical defenses by degrading isoflavonoids and deactivate soybean protease inhibitors
Plant secondary metabolites

2018
Bacteria
Extracellular

enhanced resistance to the widely used insecticide, chlorpyrifos, in P. xylostella
Pesticide metabolization

2018

Bombyx mori

Lepidoptera
Bacteria
Extracellular

producing cellulase and amylase
Digestive enzymes

2015
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