Long-term persistence of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in entomopathogenic nematodes.

Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are small worms whose ecological behaviour consists to invade, kill insects and feed on their cadavers thanks to a species-specific symbiotic bacterium belonging to any of the genera Xenorhabdus or Photorhabdus hosted in the gastro-intestinal tract of EPNs. The symb...

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Main Authors: Samuel Gengler, Anne Laudisoit, Henri Batoko, Pierre Wattiau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4312075?pdf=render