Occurrence of natural dixenic associations between the symbiont Photorhabdus luminescens and bacteria related to Ochrobactrum spp. in tropical entomopathogenic Heterophabditis spp. (Nematoda, Rhabditida)

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 709-718

  Babic, Isabelle ^a   Saux, Marion Fischer Le ^a   Giraud, Eric ^b   Boemare, Noël ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SYMBIOSES TROPICALES ET MÉDITERRANÉENNES   (France)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene polymorphism and sequencing; Heterorhabditis spp.; Ochrobactrum spp.; Photorhabdus luminescens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GENOTYPE; LEPIDOPTERA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCHROBACTRUM; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS INDICA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEMATODA; OCHROBACTRUM; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; OCHROBACTRUM INTERMEDIUM; PHOTORHABDUS; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS SUBSP. AKHURSTII; RHABDITIDA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 0042414092     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-3-709     Document Type: Article

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