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The symbiotic bacterium strain, SK-1 isolated from Steinernema kushidai, a new species of entomopathogenic nematode, was compared with other strains of Xenorhabdus species. Like other Xenorhabdus nematophilus strains, this new strain is gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, peritrichously flagellated rod and negative for catalase and nitrate reduction. It can be distinguished from the other Xenorhabdus spp. by differences in reactions to phenylalanine deaminase, no acid production from myo-inositol and utilizations of inosine, dl-malate, formate and methanol. Intra-haemocoelic injection of actual cells or liquid culture supernatant into sixth instar larvae of Spodoptera litura for either Phase I or II variants were not pathogenic. Other strains of X. nematophilus showed pathogenicity for whole cell injections. The supernatants of strain D-1 and ATCC 19061, which are symbionts of Steinernema carpocapsae were pathogenic, however pathogenicity decreased and then terminated by increases in temperature.
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Yamanaka, S., Hagiwara, A., Nishimura, Y. et al. Biochemical and physiological characteristics of Xenorhabdus species, symbiotically associated with entomopathogenic nematodes including Steinernema kushidai and their pathogenicity against Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Arch. Microbiol. 158, 387–393 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00276297
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