Variation in the effectors of the type III secretion system among Photorhabdus species as revealed by genomic analysis.
Entomopathogenic bacteria of the genus Photorhabdus harbor a type III secretion system. This system was probably acquired prior to the separation of the species within this genus. Furthermore, the core components of the secretion machinery are highly conserved but the predicted effectors differ between Photorhabdus luminescens and P. asymbiotica, two highly related species with different hosts.
Brugirard-Ricaud
Karine
K
Laboratoire EMIP Ecologie Microbienne des Insectes et Interaction Hôte-Pathogène, Université de Montpellier II, UMR1133 INRA-UMII, 34095 Montpellier 5, France.
Givaudan
Alain
A
Parkhill
Julian
J
Boemare
Noel
N
Kunst
Frank
F
Zumbihl
Robert
R
Duchaud
Eric
E
D001483:Base Sequence; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020637:Photorhabdus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010802:Phylogeny