Pathogenicity Caused by High Virulent and Low Virulent Strains of Steinernema carpocapsae to Galleria mellonella

• Published in: Journal of invertebrate pathology Vol. 75; no. 1; pp. 47 - 54
• Main Authors: Simões, N, Caldas, C, Rosa, J.S, Bonifassi, E, Laumond, C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.01.2000; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Galleria mellonella; Helminth Proteins - secretion; high virulent strain; Host parasite relation; pathogenicity; Host-Parasite Interactions; Invertebrates; low virulent strain; Moths - parasitology; Nemathelminthia. Plathelmintha; pathogenicity; proteases; Pyralidae; Rhabditoidea - microbiology; Rhabditoidea - pathogenicity; Steinernema carpocapsae; Symbiosis; virulence factors; Xenorhabdus - isolation & purification; Xenorhabdus nematophilus; α-fucosidase; α-mannosidase; α-fucosidase; Steinernema carpocapsae; pathogenicity; high virulent strain; proteases; Galleria mellonella; α-mannosidase; low virulent strain; virulence factors; Host parasite relation; Entomopathogen; Insecta; Virulence; Pyralidae; Pest; Enzymatic activity; Proteolysis; α-L-Fucosidase; Nematoda; Enzyme; Parasite; Strain; Pathogenicity; Arthropoda; Glycosidases; Lepidoptera; α-Mannosidase; Helmintha; Hydrolases; Nemathelminthia; Exocrine secretion; Invertebrata; O-Glycosidases; Comparative study

Steinernema carpocapsae is an entomopathogenic nematode associated with a symbiotic bacterium, Xenorhabdus nematophilus. Both components of the complex participate in a pathogenic process in insects. This has raised two questions: how much does each one participate, and what mechanisms are involved?...