span style=" font-size 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">An insect pathogenic symbiosis between a Caenorhabditis and Serratia

We described an association between a strain of the nematode Caenorhabditis briggsae, i.e. KT0001, and the bacteria Serratia sp. SCBI (South African Caenorhabditis briggsae isolate), which was able to kill the insect Galleria. Here we show that the Serratia sp. SCBI lines the gut of the nematode, si...

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Published inVirulence Vol. 2; no. 2; pp. 158 - 161
Main Authors Abebe, Eyaulem, Abebe-Akele, Feseha, Morrison, Julie, Cooper, Vaughn, Thomas, W. Kelley
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis 01.03.2011
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Summary:We described an association between a strain of the nematode Caenorhabditis briggsae, i.e. KT0001, and the bacteria Serratia sp. SCBI (South African Caenorhabditis briggsae isolate), which was able to kill the insect Galleria. Here we show that the Serratia sp. SCBI lines the gut of the nematode, similar to the Heterorhabditis-Photorhabdus complex, indicating that the association is possibly internal. We also expand on the relevance of this tripartite, i.e. insect-nematode-bacteria, interaction in the broader evolutionary context and Caenorhabditis natural history.
ISSN:2150-5594
2150-5608
DOI:10.4161/viru.2.2.15337