Phenotypic and genomic comparison of Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. laumondii TT01 and a widely used rifampicin-resistant Photorhabdus luminescens laboratory strain [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2018 Background Photorhabdus luminescens is an enteric bacterium, which lives in mutualistic association with soil nematodes and is highly pathogenic for a broad spectrum of insects. A complete genome sequence for the type strain P.
Maria-Antonia Zamora-Lagos +6 more
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Insecticidal Activity of Photorhabdus luminescens against Drosophila suzukii [PDF]
Insects, 2018 Drosophila suzukii causes considerable economic damage to small and thin-skinned fruits including cherry, blueberry, raspberry, grape and strawberry. Since it attacks fruits at the ripening stage, the use of chemical pesticides is limited due to the high
Rady Shawer +4 more
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Toxins and Secretion Systems of Photorhabdus luminescens [PDF]
Toxins, 2010 Photorhabdus luminescens is a nematode-symbiotic, gram negative, bioluminescent bacterium, belonging to the family of Enterobacteriaceae.Recent studies show the importance of this bacterium as an alternative source of insecticides, as well as an emerging
Athina Rodou +2 more
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DNA Adenine Methyltransferase (Dam) Overexpression Impairs Photorhabdus luminescens Motility and Virulence [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 Dam, the most described bacterial DNA-methyltransferase, is widespread in gamma-proteobacteria. Dam DNA methylation can play a role in various genes expression and is involved in pathogenicity of several bacterial species.
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Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Excreted-Secreted Products Enable Infection by Photorhabdus luminescens Through Suppression of the Imd Pathway [PDF]
Frontiers in Immunology, 2019 Upon entering the hemocoel of its insect host, the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora releases its symbiotic bacteria Photorhabdus luminescens, which is also a strong insect pathogen. P.
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The Entomopathogenic Bacterial Endosymbionts Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus: Convergent Lifestyles from Divergent Genomes [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Members of the genus Xenorhabdus are entomopathogenic bacteria that associate with nematodes. The nematode-bacteria pair infects and kills insects, with both partners contributing to insect pathogenesis and the bacteria providing nutrition to the ...
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Functional Characterization of Outer Membrane Proteins (OMPs) in Xenorhabdus nematophila and Photorhabdus luminescens through Insect Immune Defense Reactions [PDF]
Insects, 2019 Xenorhabdus nematophila and Photorhabdus luminescens are entomopathogenic bacterial symbionts that produce toxic proteins that can interfere with the immune system of insects.
Reyhaneh Darsouei +2 more
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Genome sequences of Photorhabdus luminescens strains isolated from entomopathogenic nematodes from southern India [PDF]
Genomics Data, 2015 We report here draft whole genome sequences of three novel strains of Photorhabdus luminescens of 5.2–5.3 Mbps in size, and with a G+C content of 42.5% (each).
Nagesh Mandadi +10 more
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HexA is a versatile regulator involved in the control of phenotypic heterogeneity of Photorhabdus luminescens. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Phenotypic heterogeneity in microbial communities enables genetically identical organisms to behave differently even under the same environmental conditions.
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Injection of Affibodies by a Self-Organizing Bacterial Syringe to Interfere with Intracellular Signaling [PDF]
ToxinsPhotorhabdus luminescens produces a syringe-like toxin complex to inject toxic enzymes into cells. We demonstrated that the recombinant Photorhabdus toxin complex (PTC) can be engineered for translocation of foreign cargo proteins across cellular ...
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