Xenorhabdus bovienii T228 phase variation and virulence are independent of RecA function

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2815-2824

  Pinyon, R A ^a   Hew, F H ^a   Thomas, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Entomopathogen; Galleria; Phylogeny; RecA mutation; Recombination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CONGO RED; HEMOLYSIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEINASE; RECA PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; INSECT; LARVA; LD 50; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RECA GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS BOVIENII;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLERIA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; INSECTA; NEGIBACTERIA; XENORHABDUS BOVIENII;

EID: 0033708649     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-11-2815     Document Type: Article

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