Whole-genome comparison between Photorhabdus strains to identify genomic regions involved in the specificity of nematode interaction

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 809-814

  Gaudriault, S ^a   Duchaud, E ^a,d   Lanois, A ^a   Canoy, A S ^b,e   Bourot, S ^b   DeRose, R ^b,f   Kunst, F ^c   Boemare, N ^a   Givaudan, A ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c BAYER AG   (Germany)

^d INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^e BIOGEMMA   (France)

^f BAYER CROPSCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DNA MICROARRAY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORHABDUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA; HETERORHABDITIS MEGIDIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTORHABDUS;

EID: 30744473742     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.2.809-814.2006     Document Type: Article

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