Composition and biophysical properties of lipids in Xenorhabdus nematophilus and Photorhabdus luminescens, symbiotic bacteria associated with entomopathogenic nematodes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2826-2831

  Fodor, Elfrieda ^a   Szállás, Emilia ^b   Kiss, Zsuzsanna ^b   Fodor, András ^b   Horváth, László I ^a   Chitwood, David J ^c   Farkas, Tibor ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE LIPID; STEARIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIPID COMPOSITION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEMATODA; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 18544399026     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2826-2831.1997     Document Type: Article

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