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A metabolic switch is involved in lifestyle decisions in Photorhabdus luminescens.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Sept 2010
Lango Lea, Clarke David J
Abstract excerpt
Photorhabdus luminescens is a species of Gram-negative bacteria that is pathogenic to insects while also maintaining a mutualistic association with nematodes from the family Heterorhabditis. P. luminescens elaborates an extensive secondary metabolism during the post-exponential phase of growth that includes the production of an antibiotic called 3-5-dihydroxy-4-isopropylstilbene (ST), an anthraquinone pigment...
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