Motility is required for the competitive fitness of entomopathogenic Photorhabdus luminescens during insect infection
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- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Microbiology
- Vol. 8 (1) , 168
Abstract
Photorhabdus are motile members of the family Enterobactericeae that are pathogenic to insect larvae whilst also maintaining a mutualistic interaction with entomophagous nematodes of the family Heterorhabditiae. The interactions between Photorhabdus and its hosts are thought to be an obligate part of the bacteria's life-cycle in the environment. Motility often plays a key role in mediating bacteria-host interactions and, in this study, we were interested in characterising the role of motility in the Photorhabdus-nematode-insect tripartite association.Keywords
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