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Visualizing Bacteria in Nematodes using Fluorescent Microscopy
Published on: October 19, 2012
Whole-genome comparison between Photorhabdus strains to identify genomic regions involved in the specificity of
S Gaudriault1, E Duchaud, A Lanois
1Laboratoire EMIP Ecologie Microbienne des Insectes et Interaction Hôtes-Pathogène, Université Montpellier II, UMR1133 INRA-UMII, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. sgaudriault@univ-montp2.fr
Abstract:
The bacterium Photorhabdus establishes a highly specific association with Heterorhabditis, its nematode host. Photorhabdus strains associated with Heterorhabditis bacteriophora or Heterorhabditis megidis were compared using a Photorhabdus DNA microarray. We describe 31 regions belonging to the Photorhabdus flexible gene pool. Distribution analysis of regions among the Photorhabdus genus identified loci possibly involved in nematode specificity.
