Trade-offs shape the evolution of the vector-borne insect pathogen Xenorhabdus nematophila

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1738, 2012, Pages 2672-2680

  Chapuis, Élodie ^a   Arnal, Audrey ^b   Ferdy, Jean Baptiste ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Evolution; Steinernema; Virulence; Xenorhabdus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; XENORHABDUS; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHABDITIDA; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE; XENORHABDUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; LEPIDOPTERA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHABDITIDA; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE; XENORHABDUS;

EID: 84987755522     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0228     Document Type: Article

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