Functional Symbionts
8 recordsRecords of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.
Search by:
- • Host species (e.g., "Drosophila")
- • Symbiont name (e.g., "Wolbachia")
- • Function (e.g., "B vitamins")
- • Function Tag (e.g., "Nitrogen fixation")
- • Phylum (e.g., "Proteobacteria")
| Host Insect | Classification | Localization | Function | Function Tags | Year | Edit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Escherichia coli
Pseudomonadota |
Tribolium castaneumChina |
Bacteria
|
Extracellular
|
Escherichia coli may produce the semiochemical 4,8-dimethyldecanal (DMD), which is strongly associated with female attraction and host pheromone communication in Tribolium castaneum. |
2024 |
||
|
Escherichia coli
Pseudomonadota |
Melanaphis sacchariMexico |
Bacteria
|
2023 |
||||
|
Escherichia coli
Pseudomonadota |
Manduca sextaGermany |
Bacteria
|
Escherichia coli modulates immunity-related gene expression in the infected F0 larvae and their offspring, triggering immune responses associated with shifts in both DNA methylation and histone acetylation. |
2019 |
|||
|
Escherichia coli
Pseudomonadota |
CalliphoridaeBrazil, USA, Singap… |
Bacteria
|
Extracellular
|
2017 |
|||
|
Escherichia coli
Pseudomonadota |
MuscidaeBrazil, USA, Singap… |
Bacteria
|
Extracellular
|
2017 |
|||
|
Spiroplasma
Mycoplasmatota |
Bacteria
|
Spiroplasma (when parasitized by the nematode Howardula aoronymphium) encodes a ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) that is related to Shiga-like toxins from Escherichia coli, and causes Howardula ribosomal RNA (rRNA) to be depurinated during symbiont-mediated protection of D. neotestacea. |
2016 |
||||
|
Escherichia coli
Pseudomonadota |
Galleria mellonellaGermany |
Bacteria
|
Escherichia coli mediates trans-generational immune priming. |
2014 |
|||
|
Photorhabdus luminescens
Pseudomonadota |
Manduca sextaEngland |
Bacteria
|
Photorhabdus luminescens acts as a pathogen upon release from its symbiotic entomopathogenic nematode into the insect blood system. |
2002 |