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1 Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1932-6203
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Members of the genus Xenorhabdus are entomopathogenic bacteria that associate with nematodes. The nematode-bacteria pair infects and kills insects, with both partners contributing to insect pathogenesis and the bacteria providing nutrition to the nematode from available insect-derived nutrients. The nematode provides the bacteria with protection from predators, access to nutrients, and a mechanism of dispersal. Members of the bacterial genus Photorhabdus also associate with nematodes to kill insects, and both genera of bacteria provide similar services to their different nematode hosts through unique physiological and metabolic mechanisms. We posited that these differences would be reflected in their respective genomes. To test this, we sequenced to completion the genomes of Xenorhabdus nematophila ATCC 19061 and Xenorhabdus bovienii SS-2004. ...
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PLOS ONE, San Francisco, California, US : PLOS, 2006-, Band 6, Heft 11 (2011), Artikel-ID: e27909, 1932-6203
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volume:6
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year:2011
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number:11
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extent:13
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elocationid:e27909
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0027909
URN:
urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-237345
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