The lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis core of the Mexican pathogenic strain Serratia entomophila is associated with toxicity to larvae of Phyllophaga blanchardi

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-32

  Rodríguez Segura, Zitlhally ^a   Chen, Jianwu ^b   Villalobos, Francisco J ^c   Gill, Sarjeet ^b   Nuñez Valdez, María Eugenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Entomopathogen; Lipopolysaccharide (LPS); Pathogenic bacteria; Pathogenicity; Serratia entomophila; Virulence factors; White grub

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEPTOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BEETLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SERRATIA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BEETLES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LARVA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEXICO; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; SERRATIA; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; PHYLLOPHAGA; SERRATIA; SERRATIA ENTOMOPHILA;

EID: 84862827027     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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