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Xenorhabdus nematophilus as a model for host-bacterium interactions: rpoS is necessary for mutualism with nematodes.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Aug 2001
Vivas E I, Goodrich-Blair H
Abstract excerpt
Xenorhabdus nematophilus, a gram-negative bacterium, is a mutualist of Steinernema carpocapsae nematodes and a pathogen of larval-stage insects. We use this organism as a model of host-microbe interactions to identify the functions bacteria require for mutualism, pathogenesis, or both. In many gram-negative bacteria, the transcription factor sigma(S) controls regulons that can mediate stress resistance, survival,...
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