The entomopathogenic nematode-bacterium complex: Biology, life cycle and vertebrate safety

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 333-346

  Boemare, Noel ^a   Laumond, Christian ^b   Mauleon, Herve ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Enterobacteriaceae; Hete rorhabditidae; industrial production; p athogenicity; Photorhabdus spp.; Pseudomonadaceae; risk assessment; safety; Steinernematidae; symbiosis; Xenorhabdus spp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEMATODA; PHOTORHABDUS; PROVIDENCIA RETTGERI; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; STEINERNEMATIDAE; VERTEBRATA; XENORHABDUS;

EID: 0030498369     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583159631316     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (62)

1. AGUILLERA, M.M. & SMART, G.C. (1993) Development, reproduction, and pathogenicity of Steinernema scapterisci in monoxenic culture with different species of bacteria. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 62, 289-294.
2. AGUILLERA, M.M., HODGE, N.C., STALL, R.E. & SMART, G.C. (1993) Bacterial symbionts of Steinernema scapterisci. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 62, 68-72.
3. AKHURST, R.J. (1980) Morphological and functional dimorphism in Xenorhabdus spp., bacteria symbiotically associated with the insect pathogenic nematodes Neoaplectana and Heterorhabditis. Journal of General Microbiology 121, 303-309.
4. AKHURST, R.J. (1982) Antibiotic activity of Xenorhabdus spp., bacteria symbiotically associated with insect pathogenic nematodes of the families Heterorhabditidae and Steinernematidae. Journal of General Microbiology 128, 3061-3065.
5. AKHURST, R.J. (1983) Neoaplectana species: specificity of association with bacteria of the genus Xenorhabdus. Experimental Parasitology 55, 258-263.
6. AKHURST, R.J. (1986) Xenorhabdus nematophilus subsp poinarii: its interaction with insect pathogenic nematodes. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 8, 142-147.
7. AKHURST, R.J. (1990) Safety to nontarget invertebrates of nematodes of economically important pests, in Safety of Microbial Insecticides (LAIRD, M., LACEY, L. & DAVIDSON, E., Eds) CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 233-240.
8. AKHURST, R.J. & BOEMARE, N.E. (1988) A numerical taxonomic study of the genus Xenorhabdus (Enterobacteriaceae) and proposed elevation of the subspecies of nematophilus to species. Journal of General Microbiology 134, 1835-1845.
9. AKHURST, R.J. & BOEMARE, N.E. (1990) Biology and taxonomy of Xenorhabdus, in Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Biological Control (GAUGLER, R. & KAYA, H.K., Eds) CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 75-90.
10. AKHURST, R.J., MOURANT, R.G., BAUD, L. & BOEMARE, N.E. (1996) Phenotypic and DNA relatedness study between nematode-symbiotic and clinical strains of the genus Photorhabdus (Enterobacteriaceae). International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 46 (in press).
11. BAGHDIGUIAN, S., BOYER-GIOLIO, M.-H., THALER, J.-O., BONNOT, G. & BOEMARE, N. (1993) Bacteriocinogenesis in cells of Xenorhabdus nematophilus, and Photorhabdus luminescens: enterobacteriaceae associated with Entomopathogenic nematodes. Biology of the Cell 79, 177-185.
12. BATHON, H. (1996) Impact of entomopathogenic nematodes on non-target hosts. Biocontrol Science and Technology 6, 421-434.
13. BINNINGTON, C. & BROOKS, L. (1994) Fimbrial attachment of Xenorhabdus nematophilus to the intestine of Steinernema carpocapsae, in Nematodes and the Biological Control of Insect Pests (BEDDING, R., AKHURST, R.J. & KAYA, H., Eds) CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 147-155.
14. BIRD, A.F. & AKHURST, R.J. (1983) The nature of the intestinal vesicle in nematodes of the family Steinernematidae. International Journal of Parasitology 13, 599-606.
15. BOEMARE, N.E. (1983) Recherches sur les complexes némato-bactériens entomopathogènes: étude bactériologique, gnotoxénique et physiopathologique du mode d'action parasitaire de Steinernema carpocapsae Weiser (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae). Thèse doctorat d'etat. Université de Montpellier II.
16. BOEMARE, N.E. & AKHURST, R.J. (1988) Biochemical and physiological characterization of colony form variants in Xenorhabdus spp. (Enterobacteriaceae). Journal of General Microbiology 134, 751-761.
17. BOEMARE, N.E. & AKHURST, R.J. (1990) Physiology of phase variation in Xenorhabdus spp., in Proceedings of the Fifth International Colloquium of Invertebrate Pathology, 20-24 August 1990, Adelaide, Australia, pp. 208-212.
18. BOEMARE, N.E., LAUMOND, C. & LUCIANI, J. (1982) Mise en évidence d'une toxicogénèse provoquée par le nématode axénique entomophage Neoaplectana carpocapsae Weiser chez l'insecte axénique Galleria mellonella L. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, Série III 295, 543-546.
19. BOEMARE, N.E., BONIFASSI, E., LAUMOND, C. & LUCIANI, J. (1983a) Etude expérimentale de l'action pathogène du nématode Neoaplectana carpocapsae Weiser; recherches gnotobiologiques chez l'insecte Galleria mellonella L. Agronomie 3, 407-415.
20. BOEMARE, N.E., Louis, C. & KUHL, G. (1983b) Etude ultrastructurale des cristaux chez Xenarhabdus spp., bactéries inféodées aux nématodes entomophages Steinernematidae et Heterorhabditidae. Comptes Rendus de la Société de Biologie 177, 107-115.
21. BOEMARE, N.E., BOYER-GIGLIO, M.-H., THALER, J.-O., AKHUKST, R.J. & BREHÉLIN, M. (1992) Lysogeny and bacteriocinogeny in Xenorhabdus spp., bacteria associated with entomopathogenic nematodes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 58, 3032-3037.
22. BOEMARE, N.E., AKHURST, R.J. & MOURANT, R.G. (1993) Deoxyribonucleic acid relatedness between Xenorhabdus spp. (Enterobacteriaceae), symbiotic bacteria of entomopathogenic nematodes, with a proposal to transfer Xenorhabdus luminescens to a new genus, Photorhabdus gen. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 43, 249-255.
23. BOVIEN, P. (1937) Some types of association between nematodes and insects. Videnskabelige Meddelelser Fra Dansk Naturahistorisk Forening, Khobenhavn, 101, 1-114.
24. BREHÉLIN, M. & BOEMARE, N.E. (1988) Immune recognition in insects: conflicting effects of analogous plasma and serum. Journal of Comparative Physiology, B 157, 759-764.
25. BREHÉLIN, M., DRIF, L. & BOEMARE, N.E. (1990) Depression of defence reactions in insects by Steinernematidae and their associated bacteria, in Proceedings of the Fifth International Colloquium of Invertebrate Pathology, 20-24 August 1990, Adelaide, Australia, pp. 213-217.
26. BREHÉLIN M., CHERQUI, A., DRIF, L., LUCIANI, J., AKHURST, R.J. & BOEMARE, N.E. (1993) Ultrastructural study of surface components of Xenorhabdus sp. in different cell phases and culture conditions. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 61, 188-191.
27. CAPINERA, J., BLUE, S. & WHEELER, G. (1982) Survival of earthworms exposed to Neoaplectana carpocapsae nematodes. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 19, 404-409.
28. DUCLUZEAU, R. & RAIBAUD, P. (1979) Ecologie Microbienne du Tube Digestif. INRA-Masson, Paris.
29. EHLERS, R.-U., STOESSEL, S. & WYSS, U. (1990) The influence of the phase variants of Xenorhabdus spp. and Escherichia coli (Enterobacteriaceae) on the propagation of entomopathogenic nematodes of the genera Steinernema and Heterorhabditis. Revue de Némalologie 13, 417-424.
30. FARMER, J.J., JORGENSEN, J.H., GRIMONT, P.A., AKHURST, R.J., POINAR, G.O., AGERON, E., PIERCE, G.V., SMITH, J.A., CARTER, G.P., WILSON, K.L. & HICKMAN-BRENNER, F.W. (1989) Xenorhabdus luminescens (DNA hybridization group 5) from human clinical specimens. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 27, 1594-1602.
31. GAUGLER, R. & KAYA, H.K. (1990) Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Biological Control, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
32. GIVAUDAN, A., BAGHDIGUIAN, S., LANOIS, A. & BOEMARE, N.E. (1995) Swarming and swimming changes concomitant with phase variation in Xenorhabdus nematophilus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 61, 1408-1413.
33. GÖTZ, P., BOMAN, A. & BOMAN, H. (1981) Interactions between insect immunity and an insect pathogenic nematode with symbiotic bacteria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 212, 333-350.
34. HOLT, J.G., KRIEG, N.R., SNEATH, P.A., STALEY, J.T. & WILLIAMS, S.T. (1994) Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th Edn. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD.
35. ISHIBASHI, N., YOUNG, F., NAKASHIMA, M., ABIRU, C. & HARAGUCHI, N. (1987) Effects of application of DD136 on silkworm. Bombyx mori, a predatory insect, Agriosphodorus dohrni, a parasitoid Trichomalus apanteloctenus, soil-mites and other non-target soil arthropods, in Recent Advances in Biological Control of Insect Pests by Entomogenous Nematodes in Japan. Report of Ministry of Agriculture, Japan, pp. 158-171.
36. JACKSON, T., WANG, H., NUGENT, M., GRIFFIN, C., BURNELL, A. & DOWDS, B. (1995) Isolation of insect pathogenic bacteria, Providencia rettgeri, from Heterorhabditis spp. Journal of Applied Bacteriology 78, 237-244.
37. KAYA, H., MARSTON, J., LINDEGEN, J. & PENG, Y. (1982) Low susceptibility of the honey bee, Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) to the entomopathogenous nematode, Neoaplectana carpocapsae Weiser. Environmental Entomology 11, 920-923.
38. KERMARREC, A., MAULÉON, H., SIRJUSINGH, C. & BAUD, L. (1991) Etude expérimentale de la sensibilité de vertébrés hétérothermes tropicaux (crapauds, grenouilles, lézards) à diverses souches de nématodes entomoparasites des genres Heterorhabditis et Steinernema. Rencontres Caraíbes en Lutte Biologique. Les colloques INRA (Paris) 58, 193-204.
39. KHAN, A., BROOKS, W.W. & HIRSCHMANN, H. (1976) Chromonema heliothidis n. gen., n. sp. (Steinernematidae, Nematoda), a parasite of Heliothis zea (Noctuidae, Lepidoptera), and other insects. Journal of Nematology 8, 159-168.
40. LAUMOND, C., MAULÉON, H. & KERMARREC, A., (1979) Données nouvelles sur le spectre d'hôtes et le parasitisme du nematode entomophage Neoaplectana carpocapsae. Entomophaga 24, 13-27.
41. LAUMOND, C., SIMOES, N. & BOEMARE, N. (1989) Toxines de nématodes entomoparasites. Pathogénicité de Steinernema carpocapsae. Perspectives d'application en génie génétique. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie d'Agriculture de France 75, 135-138.
42. LUNAU, S., STOESSEL, S., SCHMIDT-PEISKER, A. & EHLERS, R.-U. (1993) Establishment of monoxenic inocula for scaling up in vitro cultures of the entomopathogenic nematodes Steinernema spp, and Heterorhabditis spp. Nematologica 39, 385-399.
43. LYSENKO, O. & WEISER, J. (1974) Bacteria associated with the nematode Neoaplectana carpocapsae and the pathogenicity of this complex for Galleria mellonella larvae. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 24, 332-336.
44. MCINERNEY, B.V., GREGSON, R.P., LACEY, M.J., AKHURST, R.J., LYONS, G.R., RHODES, S.H., SMITH, D.R.J., ENGELHARDT, L.M. & WHITE, A.H. (1991a) Biologically active metabolites from Xenorhabdus spp. Part I: dithiopyrrolone derivatives with antibiotic activity. Journal of Natural Products 54, 774-784.
45. MCINERNEY, B.V., TAYLOR, W.C., LACEY, M.J., AKHURST, R.J. & GREGSON, R.P. (1991b) Biologically active metabolites from Xenorhabdus spp. Part II: benzopyran-1-one derivatives with gastroprotective activity. Journal of Natural Products 54, 785-795.
46. 1 fimbriae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 61, 2707-2712.
47. MRÁCEK, Z., ARTEAGA, E. & BOEMARE, N.E. (1994) Steinernema cubana sp. n. (Nematoda: Rhabditida: Steinernematidae) and the preliminary characterization of its associated bacterium. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 64, 123-129.
48. OBENDORF, D., PEEL, B., AKHURST, R. & MILLER, L. (1983) Non-susceptibility of mammals to the entomopathogenic bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophilus. Environmental Entomology 12, 368-370.
49. PETERS, A & EHLERS, R.-U. (1994) Susceptibility of leatherjackets (Tipula paludosa and Tipula oleracea; Tipulidae: Nematocera) to the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema feltiae. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 63, 163-171.
50. POINAR, G.O., JR (1979) Nematodes for Biological Control of Insects. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
51. POINAR, G.O., JR (1990) Biology and taxonomy of Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae, in Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Biological Control (GAUGLER, R. & KAYA, H.K., Eds) CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp 23-61.
52. POINAR G.O., JR & THOMAS G. (1966) Significance of Achromobacter nematophilus (Achromobacteriaceae: Eubacteriales) in the development of the nematode DD136 (Neoaplectana sp.: Steinernematidae). Parasitology 56, 385-390.
53. POINAR, G.O., JR & THOMAS, G. (1985a) Laboratory infection of spiders and harvestmen (Arachnida: Araneae and Opiliones) with Neoaplectana and Heterorhabditis nematodes. (Rhabditoidea). Journal of Arachnology 13, 297-300.
54. POINAR, G.O., JR & THOMAS, G. (1985b). Laboratory infection of Garypus californicus (Pseudoscorpionida, Garypidae) with Neoaplectana and Heterorhabditis nematodes. (Rhabditoidea). Journal of Arachnology 13, 400-403.
55. POINAR, G.O., JR & THOMAS, G. (1988) Infection of frog tadpoles (Amphibia) by insect parasitic nematodes (Rhabditida). Experientia 44, 528-531.
56. POINAE, G.O., JR, THOMAS, G., PRESSER, S. & HARDY, J. (1982) Inoculation of entomogenous nematodes, Neoaplectana and Heterorhabditis, and their associated bacteria, Xenorhabdus spp., into chicks and mice. Environmental Entomology 11, 137-138.
57. PYE, A. & BURMAN, M. (1977) Pathogenicity of the nematode Neoaplectana carpocapsae (Rhabditida, Steinernematidae) and certain microorganisms towards the large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Annales Entomologici Fennici 43, 115-119.
58. RICHARDSON, W.H., SCHMIDT, M. & NEALSON, K.H. (1988) Identification of an anthraquinone pigment and a hydroxystilbene antibiotic from Xenorhabdus luminescens. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 54, 1602-1605.
59. 1 of Xenorhabdus nematophilus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 61, 2049-2052.
60. THOMAS, G.M. & POINAR, G.O., JR (1979) Xenorhabdus gen. nov., a genus of entomopathogenic and nematophilic bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 29, 352-360.
61. WOUTS, W.M. (1981) Mass production of the entomogenous nematode Heterorhabditis heliothidis (Nematoda: Heterorhabditidae) on artificial media. Journal of Nematology 13, 467-469.
62. YAMANAKA, S., HAGIWARA, A., NISHIMURA, Y., TANABE, H. & ISHIBASHI, N. (1992) Biochemical and physiological characteristics of Xenorhabdus species, symbiotically associated with entomopathogenic nematodes including Steinernema kushidai and their pathogenicity against Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Archives of Microbiology 158, 387-393.