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VIRULENCE
Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 158-161Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/viru.2.2.15337
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Nematode-bacteria symbiosis; Caenorhabditis ecology; entomopathogenic Caenorhabditis; Caenorhabditis-Serratia complex
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- Div Of Information & Intelligent Systems
- Direct For Computer & Info Scie & Enginr [0808632] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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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 (G. mellonella). 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.
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