title: Influence of temperature on the physiology and virulence of the insect pathogen Serratia sp. Strain SCBI.
abstract: The physiology of a newly recognized Serratia species, termed South African Caenorhabditis briggsae Isolate (SCBI), which is both a nematode mutualist and an insect pathogen, was investigated and compared to that of Serratia marcescens Db11, a broad-host-range pathogen. The two Serratia strains had comparable levels of virulence for Manduca sexta and similar cytotoxic activity patterns, but motility and lipase and hemolytic activities differed significantly between them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA.
authors.forename: Lauren M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: Louis S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Tisa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002107:Caenorhabditis / Q000382:microbiology; D006461:Hemolysis / Q000528:radiation effects; D008049:Lipase / Q000378:metabolism; D008124:Locomotion / Q000528:radiation effects; D018402:Manduca / Q000382:microbiology*; D012705:Serratia / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013696:Temperature; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D008049:Lipase