Functional Symbionts

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Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Serratia harmoniae

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Extracellular

the harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) safely harbors Serratia harmoniae, a highly pathogenic bacterium that causes severe mortality in other ladybird species, which confers an intraguild predation advantage to the harlequin ladybird
Natural Enemy Resistance

2024
Serratia marcescens

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Extracellular

Serratia marcescens produces semiochemicals that prompt oviposition by the stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans), potentially serving as a fly lure.
Semiochemical Biosynthesis Fertility

2024
Serratia symbiotica

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria

2024
Serratia marcescens

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Extracellular

Serratia marcescens degrades phenols found in unripe citrus within Bactrocera minax larvae, functioning as a key detoxification enzyme provider.
Detoxification Enzymes

2024
Serratia marcescens

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Intracellular and Extracellular

Serratia marcescens facilitates the nutrition of Nezara viridula by degrading toxic plant metabolites and repressing host plant chemical defenses.
Plant Defense Modulation Nutrient Provision Detoxification Enzymes

2024
Serratia marcescens

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Intracellular and Extracellular

Serratia marcescens plays an important role in modulating the interaction between Nezara viridula and host plants, potentially through detoxification and plant defense repression.
Plant Defense Modulation

2024
Serratia

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Extracellular

Serratia is rich in the long-winged Nilaparvata lugens and is speculated to help the host adapt to harsh environments, potentially related to virulence variation.
Other

2024
Bacteria and Fungi
Intracellular

Serratia is rich in the long-winged Nilaparvata lugens and is speculated to help the host adapt to harsh environments, potentially related to virulence variation.
Developmental Modulation

2024
Serratia

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria

Serratia is hypothesized to contribute to stress resistance by defending its host insect against various adverse conditions.
Stress Resistance

2024
Serratia

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria

Serratia is hypothesized to contribute to stress resistance by defending its host insect against various adverse conditions.
Stress Resistance

2024
Serratia

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria

Serratia is hypothesized to contribute to stress resistance by defending its host insect against various adverse conditions.
Stress Resistance

2024
Serratia symbiotica

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Intracellular

Serratia symbiotica improves the host aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) growth and fecundity while reducing longevity. It also provides defense against the predator P. japonica by impeding the predator's development and modulating its foraging behavior.
Growth Regulation Fertility Natural Enemy Resistance

2024
Serratia

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Intracellular

Serratia provides the host aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) with defense against the predator P. japonica by impeding the predator's development and predation capacity, and modulating its foraging behavior.
Natural Enemy Resistance

2024
Serratia plymuthica

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Extracellular

2023
Serratia fonticola

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Extracellular

2023
Serratia symbiotica

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Intracellular

2023
Bacteria
Extracellular

Serratia sp. Se-RSBMAAmG is a strain possessing a siderophore biosynthetic pathway (e.g., desferrioxamine B), which is hypothesized to help the host (Rhopalotria slossonae) tolerate cycad toxins.
Detoxification Enzymes

2023
Bacteria
Extracellular

Serratia sp. Se-PFBMAAmG is a strain possessing a siderophore biosynthetic pathway (e.g., desferrioxamine B), which is hypothesized to help the host (Pharaxonotha floridana) tolerate cycad toxins.
Detoxification Enzymes

2023
Serratia sp. Se-RSmG

Pseudomonadota
Bacteria
Extracellular

Serratia sp. Se-RSmG is a strain possessing a siderophore biosynthetic pathway (e.g., desferrioxamine B), which is hypothesized to help the host (Rhopalotria slossonae) tolerate cycad toxins.
Detoxification Enzymes

2023
Bacteria
Extracellular

Serratia bockelmannii is a strain possessing a siderophore biosynthetic pathway (e.g., desferrioxamine B), which is hypothesized to help the host (Pharaxonotha floridana) tolerate cycad toxins.
Detoxification Enzymes

2023
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