Table 3. Pathogens directly or indirectly associated with diseases in edible insects

Insect species	Microbial group	Microbial species
Tenebrio molitor	Fungi	◦ Beauveria bassiana◦ Isaria fumosoroseus◦ Metarhizium anisopliae
	Virus	◦ Densoviruses
	Bacteria	◦ Bacillus subtilis◦ Pseudomonas aeruginosa◦ Rickettsiella popiliae◦ Serratia marcescens
	Protozoa	◦ Nosema whitei
Bombyx mori	Fungi	◦ Beauveria bassiana
	Virus	◦ Densoviruses◦ Baculoviruses◦ Reoviruses◦ Bidnaviruses◦ Iflaviruses
	Bacteria	◦ Pseudomonas aeruginosa◦ Serratia marcescens◦ Bacillus cereus◦ Bacillus thuringiensis◦ Klebsiella granulomatis◦ Streptococcus pneumoniae
	Protozoa	◦ Nosema whitei◦ Nosema bombycis
Zoophobas morio	Fungi	◦ Metarhizium anisopliae◦ Metarhizium flavoviridae
	Virus	◦ Densoviruses
	Bacteria	◦ Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Gryllus bimaculatus	Virus	◦ Densoviruses◦ Iridoviruses◦ Nudiviruses
	Bacteria	◦ Pseudomonas aeruginosa◦ Rickettsiella grylli
	Bacteria	◦ Paranosema grylli
Locusta migratoria	Fungi	◦ Beauveria bassiana◦ Metarhizium anisopliae◦ Metarhizium acridum◦ Isaria fumosoroseus
	Virus	◦ Iridoviruses◦ Entomopox-viruses
	Bacteria	◦ Pseudomonas aeruginosa◦ Serratia marcescens◦ Rickettsiella grylli
	Protozoa	◦ Paranosema locusta◦ Johenrea locusta

Data in table adapted from the following sources (Maciel-Vergara et al., 2021).