The entomopathogenic bacterial endosymbionts Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus: convergent lifestyles from divergent genomes.

The entomopathogenic bacterial endosymbionts Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus: convergent lifestyles from divergent genomes.

Members of the genus Xenorhabdus are entomopathogenic bacteria that associate with nematodes. The nematode-bacteria pair infects and kills insects, with both partners contributing to insect pathogenesis and the bacteria providing nutrition to the nematode from available insect-derived nutrients. The...

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Main Authors: John M Chaston, Garret Suen, Sarah L Tucker, Aaron W Andersen, Archna Bhasin, Edna Bode, Helge B Bode, Alexander O Brachmann, Charles E Cowles, Kimberly N Cowles, Creg Darby, Limaris de Léon, Kevin Drace, Zijin Du, Alain Givaudan, Erin E Herbert Tran, Kelsea A Jewell, Jennifer J Knack, Karina C Krasomil-Osterfeld, Ryan Kukor, Anne Lanois, Phil Latreille, Nancy K Leimgruber, Carolyn M Lipke, Renyi Liu, Xiaojun Lu, Eric C Martens, Pradeep R Marri, Claudine Médigue, Megan L Menard, Nancy M Miller, Nydia Morales-Soto, Stacie Norton, Jean-Claude Ogier, Samantha S Orchard, Dongjin Park, Youngjin Park, Barbara A Qurollo, Darby Renneckar Sugar, Gregory R Richards, Zoé Rouy, Brad Slominski, Kathryn Slominski, Holly Snyder, Brian C Tjaden, Ransome van der Hoeven, Roy D Welch, Cathy Wheeler, Bosong Xiang, Brad Barbazuk, Sophie Gaudriault, Brad Goodner, Steven C Slater, Steven Forst, Barry S Goldman, Heidi Goodrich-Blair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3220699?pdf=render

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