Identification, typing, and insecticidal activity of Xenorhabdus isolates from entomopathogenic nematodes in United Kingdom soil and characterization of the xpt toxin loci

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 5895-5907

  Sergeant, Martin ^a   Baxter, Laura ^a   Jarrett, Paul ^a   Shaw, Eve ^a   Ousley, Margaret ^a   Winstanley, Craig ^b   Morgan, J Alun W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; GENES; RNA; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TOXICITY;

ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE GENE;

BACTERIA;

FLAGELLIN; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; TOXIN;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; GENE; HOST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ISOLATED POPULATION; NEMATODE; PATHOGENICITY; RNA; SOIL;

ARTICLE; ASD GENE; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPR GENE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; RECA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERC GENE; SOIL; TRANSPOSON; UNITED KINGDOM; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA; XENORHABUS BOVIENII; XPT GENE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GREAT BRITAIN; INSECTICIDES; INSECTS; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS); XENORHABDUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEMATODA; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS BOVIENII; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 33748801703     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00217-06     Document Type: Article

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