Article
PCR-ribotyping of Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus isolates from the Caribbean region in relation to the taxonomy and geographic distribution of their nematode hosts.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 1998
Fischer-Le Saux M, Mauléon H, Constant P, Brunel B, Boemare N
Abstract excerpt
The genetic diversity of symbiotic Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus bacteria associated with entomopathogenic nematodes was examined by a restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA genes (rDNAs). A total of 117 strains were studied, most of which were isolated from th...
Topics
- Animals
- Cluster Analysis
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Geography
- Insecta
- Nematoda
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
- Restriction Mapping
- Soil
- Species Specificity
- Symbiosis
- West Indies