Xenorhabdus
Sign in to saveXenorhabdus is a genus of motile, gram-negative bacteria from the family of the Morganellaceae. All the species of the genus are only known to live in symbiosis with soil entomopathogenic nematodes from the genus Steinernema.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumProteobacteria
- ClassGammaproteobacteria
- OrderEnterobacterales
- FamilyEnterobacteriaceae
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Research
842 papers- Xenorhabdus spp.: An Overview of the Useful Facets of Mutualistic Bacteria of Entomopathogenic Nematodes.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
- Exploring Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus Nematode Symbionts in Search of Novel Therapeutics.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
- Natural products from Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus: mechanisms and impacts.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2022
- Immune interactions between Drosophila and the pathogen Xenorhabdus.Microbiological research · 2020
- Does the Future of Antibiotics Lie in Secondary Metabolites Produced by Xenorhabdus spp.? A Review.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Morganellaceae
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- taxon name
- Xenorhabdus
- taxon rank
- genus
- Gram staining
- gram-negative bacteria
- LPSN URL
- lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/xenorhabdus
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Lifecycle
- Phylogeny
- Biological pest control
- Perspectives
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Xenorhabdus is a genus of motile, gram-negative bacteria from the family of the Morganellaceae. All the species of the genus are only known to live in symbiosis with soil entomopathogenic nematodes from the genus Steinernema.
Although no free-living forms of Xenorhabdus have ever been isolated outside of the nematode host, the benefits for the bacteria are still unknown. However, it has been demonstrated that the nematode can't establish within its insect host without the bacteria.
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