Functional Symbionts

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Records of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.

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Bacteria

Streptomyces philanthi protects the offspring of Philanthus triangulum from opportunistic pathogens by producing antibiotics. The host, in turn, protects the symbiont from oxidative and nitrosative damage.
Antimicrobial Activity

2023
Bacteria

Streptomyces globisporus secretes the antibiotic albomycin to inhibit the growth of entomopathogens, suggesting a defensive role against infections for the ant Messor structor.
Antimicrobial Activity

2022
Bacteria
Extracellular

Streptomyces sp. AT67 contributes to brood ball hygiene by inhibiting fungal parasites in the environment of the dung beetle Copris tripartitus.
Antimicrobial Activity

2021
Bacteria

Streptomyces philanthi biovar triangulum 23Af2 provides protection to the developing offspring of Philanthus triangulum against pathogenic microorganisms.
Antimicrobial Activity

2021
Streptomyces

Actinomycetota
Bacteria

Streptomyces produces a rich repertoire of antimicrobials, inhibiting the fungal entomopathogen Metarhizium anisopliae within Odontotaenius disjunctus galleries.
Antimicrobial Activity

2021
Streptomyces sp. M54

Actinomycetota
Bacteria

Streptomyces sp. M54 produces antimicrobial compounds active against Hirsutella citriformis (a natural fungal enemy) and human pathogens (Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans).
Antimicrobial Activity

2021
Streptomyces

Actinomycetota
Bacteria
Extracellular

2021
Bacteria

Streptomyces costaricanus NBRC 1NoneNone773 or S. murinus NBRC 148None2 is a gut microbe in Oryctes rhinoceros.
Other

2020
Bacteria
Extracellular

Streptomyces griseus XylebKG-1 produces Cycloheximide, which inhibits the growth of parasitic fungi (Nectria spp.) and protects mutualistic fungi (Raffaelea spp.) in Xyleborinus saxesenii.
Antimicrobial Activity

2020
Streptomyces sp.

Actinomycetota
Bacteria
Extracellular

Secondary metabolites derived from a Streptomyces sp. associated with the mud dauber wasp displayed significant inhibitory activity against hexokinase II.
Chemical Biosynthesis

2020
Streptomyces

Actinomycetota

Bombyx mori

South Korea

Bacteria

Streptomyces produces Bombyxamycin A, which exhibits significant antibacterial and antiproliferative effects.
Antimicrobial Activity

2019
Streptomyces sp.

Actinomycetota
Bacteria

Streptomyces sp. produces antibiotics that exhibit antimicrobial activity, mainly against Gram-positive bacteria and fungi.
Antimicrobial Activity

2019
Bacteria

Streptomyces caniferus produces porphyrin, an insecticidal compound.
Chemical Biosynthesis

2017
Bacteria
Extracellular

Candidatus Streptomyces philanthi defends the developing larvae against pathogens by producing a mixture of at least nine antimicrobial substances on the cocoon surface.
Antimicrobial Activity

2013
Bacteria
Extracellular

Candidatus Streptomyces philanthi is cultivated by the host in specialized antennal gland reservoirs, transferred to the larval cocoon, and provides protection against pathogenic fungi by producing at least nine different antibiotics.
Fungal Farming Antimicrobial Activity

2012
Streptomyces sp.

Actinomycetota
Bacteria
Extracellular

Streptomyces sp. (in Acromyrmex octospinosus) makes multiple antifungals, including Antimycins A1–A4, which support the fungus farming.
Antimicrobial Activity Fungal Farming

2011
Bacteria

Streptomyces sp. SA3_actG degrades woody substrates, which may assist Sirex noctilio in nutrient acquisition and establishment in forested habitats worldwide.
Plant Biomass Digestion Cellulose Hydrolysis

2011
Bacteria

Streptomyces sp. SA3_actF degrades woody substrates, which may assist Sirex noctilio in nutrient acquisition and establishment in forested habitats worldwide.
Plant Biomass Digestion Cellulose Hydrolysis

2011
Bacteria

Streptomyces sp. ACTE degrades woody substrates, which may assist Sirex noctilio in nutrient acquisition and establishment in forested habitats worldwide.
Plant Biomass Digestion Cellulose Hydrolysis

2011
Streptomyces

Actinomycetota
Bacteria

Streptomyces is an antibiotic-producing symbiont, potentially helping defend the wasp hosts from pathogenic microbes.
Pathogen Resistance Antimicrobial Activity

2011
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