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	Host Insect	Classification	Localization	Function	Function Tags	Year	Edit
Metarhizium anisopliae Ascomycota	Locusta migratoria Orthoptera	Fungi		produces the volatile compound phenylethyl alcohol (PEA) that causes behavioral avoidance in locusts, upregulate expression of LmOBP1 negatively affects the insect immune responses to ultimately benefit successful mycosis by the pathogen	Immune priming Chemical biosynthesis	2023
Streptomyces Actinomycetota	Odontotaenius disjunctus Coleoptera	Bacteria		resulting in a rich repertoire of antimicrobials, inhibit a fungal entomopathogen, Metarhizium anisopliae	Antimicrobials	2021
Pseudonocardia Actinomycetota	Acromyrmex Hymenoptera	Bacteria		Pseudonocardia in the Acromyrmex leaf-cutter ants as a protective partner against the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium		2021
Citrobacter freundii strain BD1 Pseudomonadota	Bactrocera dorsalis Diptera	Bacteria	Extracellular	Promote the growth of larvae	Growth and Development	2020
Enterobacter mori strain BD2 Pseudomonadota	Bactrocera dorsalis Diptera	Bacteria	Extracellular	Promote the growth of larvae	Growth and Development	2020
Enterobacter cloacae strain BD3 Pseudomonadota	Bactrocera dorsalis Diptera	Bacteria	Extracellular	Promote the growth of larvae	Growth and Development	2020
Enterobacter asburiae strain BD12 Pseudomonadota	Bactrocera dorsalis Diptera	Bacteria	Extracellular	Promote the growth of larvae	Growth and Development	2020
Klebsiella oxytoca strain BD4 Pseudomonadota	Bactrocera dorsalis Diptera	Bacteria	Extracellular	Promote the growth of larvae	Growth and Development	2020
Lactococcus lactis strain BD5 Bacillota	Bactrocera dorsalis Diptera	Bacteria	Extracellular	Promote the growth of larvae	Growth and Development	2020
Providencia alcalifaciens strain BD1None Pseudomonadota	Bactrocera dorsalis Diptera	Bacteria	Extracellular	Promote the growth of larvae	Growth and Development	2020
Providencia rettgeri strain BD11 Pseudomonadota	Bactrocera dorsalis Diptera	Bacteria	Extracellular	Promote the growth of larvae	Growth and Development	2020

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