Two distinct hemolytic activities in Xenorhabdus nematophila are active against immunocompetent insect cells

Authors :: Brillard, Julien
Ribeiro, Carlos
Boemare, Noel
Brehelin, Michel
Givaudan, Alain
Source :: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. June, 2001, Vol. 67 Issue 6, p2515, 11 p.
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Researchers have identified two types of hemolytic activity in the insect pathogen Xenorhabdus nematophila, one of which targets insect granulocytes and the other targets insect plasmatocytes. This hemolytic activity is lost if the flhD gene is inactivated.

Subjects :: Insect pests -- Biological control
Bacteria, Pathogenic -- Research
Biological sciences

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