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Comparison of Xenorhabdus bovienii bacterial strain genomes reveals diversity in symbiotic functions.
BMC genomics - 2 Nov 2015
Murfin Kristen E, Whooley Amy C, Klassen Jonathan L, Goodrich-Blair Heidi
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BACKGROUND: Xenorhabdus bacteria engage in a beneficial symbiosis with Steinernema nematodes, in part by providing activities that help kill and degrade insect hosts for nutrition. Xenorhabdus strains (members of a single species) can display wide variation in host-interaction phenotypes and genetic potential indicating that strains may differ in their encoded symbiosis factors, including secreted metabolites....
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