Isolation of naturally associated bacteria of necromenic Pristionchus nematodes and fitness consequences

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1927-1936

  Rae, Robbie ^a   Riebeseil, Metta ^a   Dinkelacker, Iris ^a   Wang, Qiong ^a   Herrmann, Matthias ^a   Weller, Andreas M ^a   Dieterich, Christoph ^a   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Caenorhabditis elegans; Entomopathogenic bacteria; Nematode bacterial interactions; Pristionchus pacificus

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BEETLE; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEMATODE; ODOR; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BEETLES; CHEMOTAXIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA PRIMERS; FOOD CHAIN; GENOMICS; NEMATODA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; PRISTIONCHUS; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCARABAEIDAE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 47749131907     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.014944     Document Type: Article

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