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Xenorhabdus bovienii Strain Diversity Impacts Coevolution and Symbiotic Maintenance with Steinernema spp. Nematode Hosts.
mBio - 4 Jun 2015
Murfin Kristen E, Lee Ming-Min, Klassen Jonathan L, McDonald Bradon R, Larget Bret, Forst Steven, Stock S Patricia, Currie Cameron R, Goodrich-Blair Heidi
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UNLABELLED: Microbial symbionts provide benefits that contribute to the ecology and fitness of host plants and animals. Therefore, the evolutionary success of plants and animals fundamentally depends on long-term maintenance of beneficial associations. Most work investigating coevolution and symbiotic maintenance has focused on species-level associations, and studies are lacking that assess the impact of...
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