Phenotypic and DNA relatedness between nematode symbionts and clinical strains of the genus Photorhabdus (Enterobacteriaceae)

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1034-1041

  Akhurst, Raymond J ^a   Mourant, Roslyn G ^a   Baud, Lucienne ^b   Boemare, Noël E ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEMATODA; PHOTORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS;

EID: 0029799967     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-1034     Document Type: Article

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