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Symbiont Species	Strain Records	Classification	Function Tags	Total Records
Escherichia coli Pseudomonadota	Tribolium castaneum Escherichia coli may produce the semiochemical 4,8-dimethyldecanal (DMD), which is strongly associated with female attr… Melanaphis sacchari No function data Manduca sexta Escherichia coli modulates immunity-related gene expression in the infected F0 larvae and their offspring, triggering i… Calliphoridae No function data Muscidae No function data Galleria mellonella Escherichia coli mediates trans-generational immune priming.	Bacteria	Immune Priming Semiochemical Biosynthesis	6
Spiroplasma Mycoplasmatota	Drosophila neotestacea Spiroplasma (when parasitized by the nematode Howardula aoronymphium) encodes a ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) tha…	Bacteria	Other	1
Photorhabdus luminescens Pseudomonadota	Manduca sexta Photorhabdus luminescens acts as a pathogen upon release from its symbiotic entomopathogenic nematode into the insect b…	Bacteria	Other	1