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Whole-genome comparison between Photorhabdus strains to identify genomic regions involved in the specificity of nematode interaction
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Edité par CCSD ; American Society for Microbiology -
International audience. 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