Nematode Symbiont for Photorhabdus asymbiotica
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2006-10
Authors
Gerrard, John
Joyce, Susan A.
Clarke, David J.
ffrench-Constant, Richard H.
Nimmo, Graeme
Looke, David, F. M.
Feil, Edward
Pearce, Lucy
Waterfield, Nick
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Abstract
Photorhabdus asymbiotica is an emerging bacterial pathogen that causes locally invasive soft tissue and disseminated bacteremic infections in the United States and Australia. Although the source of infection was previously unknown, we report that the bacterium is found in a symbiotic association with an insect-pathogenic soil nematode of the genus Heterorhabditis.
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Dispatch , Insects , Nematodes , Photorhabdus , Human pathogens , Zoonotic , Human infection
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Gerrard, J.. Joyce, S., Clarke, D., ffrench-Constant, R., Nimmo, G., Looke, D. F. M., Feil, E., Pearce, L. and Waterfield, N. (2006) 'Nematode Symbiont for Photorhabdus asymbiotica'. Emerging Infectious Disease Journal, 12(10), pp. 1562-1564. doi: 10.3201/eid1210.060464