Functional Symbionts

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Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Host Insect Classification Localization Function Function Tags Year Edit
Bacteria

Mammaliicoccus sciuri produces the secreted chitinolytic lysozyme Msp1, which damages fungal cell walls and completely inhibits the spore germination of the fungal entomopathogens Metarhizium robertsii and Beauveria bassiana.
Antimicrobial Activity Fungal Farming

2024
Fungi

Metarhizium robertsii mediates the saprophyte-to-insect pathogen transition through modulation of the expression of a membrane protein, Mr-OPY2.
Pathogen Resistance

2017
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