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SUBMITTER: Dreyer J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6305712 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dreyer Jönike J Malan Antoinette P AP Dicks Leon M T LMT
Frontiers in microbiology 20181219
The genus <i>Xenorhabdus</i> of the family Enterobacteriaceae, are mutualistically associated with entomopathogenic nematodes of the genus <i>Steinernema.</i> Although most of the associations are species-specific, a specific <i>Xenorhabdus</i> sp. may infect more than one <i>Steinernema</i> sp. During the <i>Xenorhabdus-Steinernema</i> life cycle, insect larvae are infected and killed, while both mutualists produce bioactive compounds. These compounds act synergistically to ensure reproduction ...[more]