Motility is required for the competitive fitness of entomopathogenic <it>Photorhabdus luminescens </it>during insect infection
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Photorhabdus </it>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....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-10-01
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Series: | BMC Microbiology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/8/168 |