The bacterial symbiont Xenorhabdus poinarii (enterobacteriaceae) is harbored by two phylogenetic related host nematodes, the entomopathogenic species Steinernema cubanum and Steinernema glaseri (nematoda: Steinernematidae)

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-157

  Fischer Le Saux, M ^a   Arteaga Hernandez E ^b   Mracek Z ^c   Boemare, N E ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Ministerio de la Agricultura Cuba   (Cuba)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene polymorphism; DNA DNA hybridization; Phenotypic data; Steinernema cubanum; Symbiosis; Xenorhabdus poinarii

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENOTYPE; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SYMBIOSIS; XENORHABDUS;

STEINERNEMA CUBANUM; STEINERNEMA GLASERI; XENORHABDUS POINARII;

EID: 0345161630     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00007-0     Document Type: Article

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