English Journal

Xenorhabdus bovienii Strain Diversity Impacts Coevolution and Symbiotic Maintenance with Steinernema spp. Nematode Hosts.

Murfin KE1, Lee MM2, Klassen JL1, McDonald BR, Larget B, Forst S3, Stock SP2, Currie CR, Goodrich-Blair H4.
mBio.MBio.2015 Jun 4;6(3). pii: e00076-15. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00076-15.
Microbial symbionts provide benefits that contribute to the ecology and fitness of host plants and animals. Therefore, the evolutionary success of plants and animals fundamentally depends on long-term maintenance of beneficial associations. Most work investigating coevolution and symbiotic maintenan
PMID 26045536

Method for fluorescent marker swapping and its application in Steinernema nematode colonization studies.

Gengler S1, Batoko H2, Wattiau P3.
Journal of microbiological methods.J Microbiol Methods.2015 Jun;113:34-7. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2015.03.023. Epub 2015 Mar 30.
An allelic exchange vector was constructed to replace gfp by mCherry in bacteria previously tagged with mini-Tn5 derivatives. The method was successfully applied to a gfp-labeled Yersinia pseudotuberculosis strain and the re-engineered bacterium was used to study the colonization of Steinernema nema
PMID 25835465

Ectopic expression of GroEL from Xenorhabdus nematophila in tomato enhances resistance against Helicoverpa armigera and salt and thermal stress.

Kumari P1, Mahapatro GK, Banerjee N, Sarin NB.
Transgenic research.Transgenic Res.2015 May 10. [Epub ahead of print]
The GroEL homolog XnGroEL protein of Xenorhabdus nematophila belongs to a highly conserved family of molecular chaperones/heat shock proteins (Hsps). XnGroEL was shown to possess oral insecticidal activity against a major crop pest Helicoverpa armigera. Under normal conditions, the Hsps/chaperones f
PMID 25958082

Japanese Journal

Pathogenicity of additional strains of Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus (Enterobacteriaceae) to the mushroom mite Luciaphorus perniciosus (Acari: Pygmephoridae)

Bussaman Prapassorn,Sobanboa Siriphan,Grewal Parwinder S. [他],Chandrapatya Angsumarn
Applied Entomology and Zoology 44(2), 293-299, 2009
… The pathogenicity of six strains of the entomopathogenic bacteria Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus, symbiotically associated with the entomopathogenic nematodes Heterorhabditis and Steinernema, respectively, to the mushroom mite, Luciaphorus perniciosus was studied. …
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