title: Whole-genome comparison between Photorhabdus strains to identify genomic regions involved in the specificity of nematode interaction.
abstract: The bacterium Photorhabdus establishes a highly specific association with Heterorhabditis, its nematode host. Photorhabdus strains associated with Heterorhabditis bacteriophora or Heterorhabditis megidis were compared using a Photorhabdus DNA microarray. We describe 31 regions belonging to the Photorhabdus flexible gene pool. Distribution analysis of regions among the Photorhabdus genus identified loci possibly involved in nematode specificity.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire EMIP Ecologie Microbienne des Insectes et Interaction Hôtes-Pathogène, Université Montpellier II, UMR1133 INRA-UMII, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. sgaudriault@univ-montp2.fr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gaudriault
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duchaud
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lanois
authors.forename: A-S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Canoy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bourot
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Derose
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kunst
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boemare
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Givaudan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009348:Nematoda / Q000382:microbiology*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D020637:Photorhabdus / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial