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Rhizoxin analogs, orfamide A and chitinase production contribute to the toxicity of Pseudomonas protegens strain Pf-5 to Drosophila melanogaster.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2016
Loper Joyce E, Henkels Marcella D, Rangel Lorena I, Olcott Marika H, Walker Francesca L, Bond Kise L, Kidarsa Teresa A, Hesse Cedar N, Sneh Baruch, Stockwell Virginia O, Taylor Barbara J
Abstract excerpt
Pseudomonas protegens strain Pf-5 is a soil bacterium that was first described for its capacity to suppress plant diseases and has since been shown to be lethal to certain insects. Among these is the common fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, a well-established model organism for studies evaluating the molecular and cellular basis of the immune response to bacterial challenge. Pf-5 produces the insect toxin FitD,...
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