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Effect of phenotypic variation in Xenorhabdus nematophila on its mutualistic relationship with the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae.
Parasitology - 1 Nov 2005
Sicard M, Tabart J, Boemare N E, Thaler O, Moulia C
Abstract excerpt
The entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae is mutualistically associated with the bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophila. Infective Juveniles (IJs) transport X. nematophila cells that provide them with good conditions to reproduce within the insect. In the laboratory, long term stationary-phase culture conditions sometimes lead X. nematophila's variant 1 cells, which were previously isolated from the worms,...
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