Pyrimidine nucleoside salvage confers an advantage to Xenorhabdus nematophila in its host interactions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 6254-6259

  Orchard, Samantha S ^a,b   Goodrich Blair, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; MICROORGANISMS;

INSECTS; NEMATODE COLONIZATION; NUTRIENT EXCHANGE; PATHOGEN;

MUTAGENESIS;

DEOXYURIDINE; NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOSIDE; THYMIDINE; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NEMATODE; VIRULENCE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MANDUCA SEXTA; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

ANIMALS; DEOXYURIDINE; MANDUCA; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOSIDES; RHABDITIDA; SYMBIOSIS; THYMIDINE; THYMIDINE KINASE; VIRULENCE; XENORHABDUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NEMATODA; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 26844572073     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.10.6254-6259.2005     Document Type: Article

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