title: Nematode symbiont for Photorhabdus asymbiotica.
abstract: Photorhabdus asymbiotica is an emerging bacterial pathogen that causes locally invasive soft tissue and disseminated bacteremic infections in the United States and Australia. Although the source of infection was previously unknown, we report that the bacterium is found in a symbiotic association with an insect-pathogenic soil nematode of the genus Heterorhabditis.
authors.affiliation: Gold Coast Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia. jgerrard@bigpond.net.au
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Gerrard
authors.forename: Susan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Joyce
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: Richard H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: ffrench-Constant
authors.forename: Graeme R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Nimmo
authors.forename: David F M
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Looke
authors.forename: Edward J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Feil
authors.forename: Lucy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pearce
authors.forename: Nick R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Waterfield
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009348:Nematoda / Q000382:microbiology; D020637:Photorhabdus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013559:Symbiosis