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

Rickettsiella viridis endosymbiont infection leads to parasitoids (Diaeretiella rapae) showing a preference for probing infected aphids (Myzus persicae).
Pathogen Interaction

2023
Hamiltonella defensa

Pseudomonadota

Acyrthosiphon pisum

USA, Germany, France

Bacteria
Intracellular

Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa and Rickettsiella viridis co-infection causes aphid larvae to become darker green.
Pigmentation Alteration

2015

Acyrthosiphon pisum

USA, Germany, France

Bacteria
Intracellular

Rickettsiella viridis infection causes young red aphid larvae to become greener at adulthood, which can reduce predation risk.
Pigmentation Alteration

2015
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