Interaction of mutants of Xenorhabdus nematophilus (Enterobacteriaceae) with antibacterial systems of Galleria mellonella larvae (Insecta: Pyralidae).

doi:10.1139/m94-028

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Interaction of mutants of Xenorhabdus nematophilus (Enterobacteriaceae) with antibacterial systems of Galleria mellonella larvae (Insecta: Pyralidae).

Canadian journal of microbiology - 1 Mar 1994

Dunphy G B

Abstract excerpt

Xenorhabdus nematophilus mutants that took longer to kill insects than did the wild type were used to determine the relationship of the physicochemical properties and outer membrane composition to bacterial interaction with the antibacterial systems of Galleria mellonella larvae and to bacterial...

Topics

Animals
Bacterial Adhesion
Enterobacteriaceae
Hemolymph
Lipopolysaccharides
Monophenol Monooxygenase
Moths
Mutation
Pest Control, Biological
Species Specificity
Virulence

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