A subset of naturally isolated Bacillus strains show extreme virulence to the free-living nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans and Pristionchus pacificus

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3007-3021

  Rae, Robbie ^a   Iatsenko, Igor ^a   Witte, Hahn ^a   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BEAUVERIA; BEETLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NEMATODE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOSIS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BEAUVERIA; BEETLES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COLEOPTERA; EQUIDAE; GEOTRUPES; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 78249256637     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02278.x     Document Type: Article

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