Genomic islands in Photorhabdus.
Genomic islands are responsible for unique aspects of bacterial behavior such as symbiosis and pathogenicity. Photorhabdus luminescens is a pathogen of insects that spends part of its lifecycle in symbiosis with a nematode. Here, we describe novel genomic islands from Photorhabdus that are involved in symbiosis and pathogenicity, and discuss the inter-relationship between virulence factors used against invertebrates and vertebrates.
Waterfield
Nicholas R
NR
Dept of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, South Building, UK.
Daborn
Phillip J
PJ
ffrench-Constant
Richard H
RH
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D007313:Insecta / Q000382:microbiology; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020637:Photorhabdus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics*
D037521:Virulence Factors