Type 1 fimbriae of insecticidal bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophila is necessary for growth and colonization of its symbiotic host nematode Steinernema carpocapsiae

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1285-1295

  Chandra, Harish ^a   Khandelwal, Puneet ^b,d   Khattri, Arun ^b,c   Banerjee, Nirupama ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUTATION; NEMATODE; SYMBIOSIS; XENORHABDUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOTHS; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RHABDITIDA; SYMBIOSIS; XENORHABDUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; STEINERNEMA; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 41849137905     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01542.x     Document Type: Article

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