Early colonization events in the mutualistic association between Steinernema carpocapsae nematodes and Xenorhabdus nematophila bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3147-3154

  Martens, Eric C ^a   Heungens, Kurt ^a,b   Goodrich Blair, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; INTESTINE; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; SYMBIOSIS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CELL DIVISION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INTESTINES; RHABDITIDA; XENORHABDUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 0037509967     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.10.3147-3154.2003     Document Type: Article

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