Functional Symbionts
4 recordsRecords of insect symbionts with verified function from literatures.
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- • Host species (e.g., "Drosophila")
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- • Phylum (e.g., "Proteobacteria")
| Host Insect | Classification | Localization | Function | Function Tags | Year | Edit | |
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Wolbachia sp.（wPn）
Pseudomonadota |
Pentalonia nigronervosaMadagascarBurundi, … |
Bacteria
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Intracellular
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Wolbachia sp. (wPn) increases the host's production of reactive oxygen species and its antioxidant system. |
2015 |
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Wolbachia sp.
Pseudomonadota |
Cimex lectulariusJapan |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Wolbachia sp. provisions B vitamins to the host. |
2014 |
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Wolbachia sp.
Pseudomonadota |
Bacteria
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Extracellular
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Wolbachia sp. mediates the silencing of maize (host plant) defense induction via its insect host. |
2010 |
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Wolbachia sp.
Pseudomonadota |
Phyllonorycter blancardellaFrance |
Bacteria
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Intracellular and Extracellular
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Wolbachia sp. maintains chlorophyll and a nutrient-rich "green island" (insect feeding site) in senescent leaves of the host plant to increase host insect fitness. |
2010 |