Photorhabdus asymbiotica

Rank: Species

Lineage: Bacteria;Proteobacteria;Gammaproteobacteria;Enterobacterales;Morganellaceae;Photorhabdus;Photorhabdus asymbiotica

Description: Photorhabdus. Photorhabdus is currently subdivided into three species, luminescens, temperate and asymbiotica all of which have been isolated as symbionts of heterorhabditid nematodes. This organism is unusual in that it is symbiotic within one insect, and pathogenic in another, the only organism that is known to exhibit this dual phenotype. This bacterium lives within the gut of an entomopathogenic nematode that attacks the insect larvae of another species. Once the nematode enters the target insect bloodstream bacteria a... More >> Less >>

Reference Material:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/?term=Photorhabdus%20asymbiotica

Name	Rank	Genomes	Info
Photorhabdus	Genus	1
Photorhabdus asymbiotica	Species	1

Name: Photorhabdus

Rank: Genus

Lineage:
Bacteria;Proteobacteria;Gammaproteobacteria;Enterobacterales;Morganellaceae;Photorhabdus

Description:
Photorhabdus is a genus of bioluminescent, gram-negative bacilli which lives symbiotically within entomopathogenic nematodes, hence the name photo (which means light-producing) and rhabdus (rod-shape). Photorhabdus is known to be pathogenic to a wide range of insects and has been used as biopesticide in agriculture.

Reference Material:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorhabdus

Genome Status
- Complete
Isolation Country
- Unknown
Disease
- Bacteremia
- Cellulitis
Collection Year
- -
Completion Year
- -

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