Generation and properties of a luminescent insect pathogen Xenorhabdus nematophilus (Enterobacteriaceae)

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 259-268

  Dunphy, Gary B ^a,b   Miyamoto, Carol M ^a   Meighen, Edward A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lux operon; Vibrio harveyi; Virulence; Xenorhabdus nematophilus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BLOOD CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE TRANSFER; HEMOLYMPH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; INSECTA; LURIA; VIBRIO HARVEYI; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 0031739808     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.44.259     Document Type: Article

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