Competition between Vibrio fischeri strains during initiation and maintenance of a light organ symbiosis.

doi:10.1128/jb.176.7.1985-1991.1994

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Competition between Vibrio fischeri strains during initiation and maintenance of a light organ symbiosis.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Apr 1994

Lee K H, Ruby E G

Abstract excerpt

Colonization of the light-emitting organ of the Hawaiian squid Euprymna scolopes is initiated when the nascent organ of a newly hatched squid becomes inoculated with Vibrio fischeri cells present in the ambient seawater. Although they are induced for luminescence in the light organ, these symbiot...

Topics

Animals
Decapodiformes
Genetic Variation
Luminescent Measurements
Selection, Genetic
Siderophores
Symbiosis
Vibrio

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