''Xenorhabdus szentirmaii'' is a bacterium from the genus of ''
Xenorhabdus
''Xenorhabdus'' is a genus of motile, gram-negative bacteria from the family of the Morganellaceae. All the species of the genus are only known to live in symbiosis with soil entomopathogenic nematodes from the genus ''Steinernema''.
Although no ...
'' which has been isolated from the
nematode
The nematodes ( or grc-gre, Νηματώδη; la, Nematoda) or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda (also called Nemathelminthes), with plant-Parasitism, parasitic nematodes also known as eelworms. They are a diverse animal phylum inhab ...
Steinernema rarum
Steinernema is a genus of nematodes in the family of Steinernematidae. The genus ''Steinernema'' is named after the nematologist Gotthold Steiner.
Life cycle
Species form symbiotic relationships with ''Xenorhabdus'' and ''Photorhabdus'' bac ...
in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
.
[ ''Xenorhabdus szentirmaii'' produces szentiamide, xenematide, bicornutin A xenofuranone A and xenofuranone B.]
References
External links
Type strain of ''Xenorhabdus szentirmaii'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Further reading
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Bacteria described in 2005
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