The slug parasitic nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita associates with complex and variable bacterial assemblages that do not affect its virulence

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 222-226

  Rae, Robbie G ^a   Tourna, Maria ^b   Wilson, Michael J ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Moraxella olsoensis; Nematodes; Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita; Slug

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GASTROPOD; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MORAXELLA; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTION; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRULENCE; PROCEDURES; RHABDITOIDEA; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GASTROPODA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MORAXELLA; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDITOIDEA; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GASTROPODA; MORAXELLA OSLOENSIS; NEMATODA; PHASMARHABDITIS HERMAPHRODITA;

EID: 77954861705     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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