Defensive symbioses of animals with prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms

LV Flórez, PHW Biedermann, T Engl… - Natural Product …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: through 2014 Many organisms team up with microbes for defense against
predators, parasites, parasitoids, or pathogens. Here we review the described protective …

THE GUT BACTERIA OF INSECTS: Nonpathogenic Interactions

RJ Dillon, VM Dillon - Annual Reviews in Entomology, 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The diversity of the Insecta is reflected in the large and varied microbial
communities inhabiting the gut. Studies, particularly with termites and cockroaches, have …

Molecular Pathogenesis, Epidemiology, and Clinical Manifestations of Respiratory Infections Due to Bordetella pertussis and Other Bordetella Subspecies

S Mattoo, JD Cherry - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bordetella respiratory infections are common in people (B. pertussis) and in animals (B.
bronchiseptica). During the last two decades, much has been learned about the virulence …

Genomic islands in pathogenic and environmental microorganisms

U Dobrindt, B Hochhut, U Hentschel… - Nature Reviews …, 2004 - nature.com
Horizontal gene transfer is an important mechanism for the evolution of microbial genomes.
Pathogenicity islands—mobile genetic elements that contribute to rapid changes in …

Metabolites from symbiotic bacteria

J Piel - Natural product reports, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Metabolites from symbiotic bacteria - Natural Product Reports (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/B703499G
Royal Society of Chemistry View PDF VersionPrevious ArticleNext Article DOI: 10.1039/B703499G …

The genome sequence of the entomopathogenic bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens

E Duchaud, C Rusniok, L Frangeul, C Buchrieser… - Nature …, 2003 - nature.com
Photorhabdus luminescens is a symbiont of nematodes and a broad-spectrum insect
pathogen. The complete genome sequence of strain TT01 is 5,688,987 base pairs (bp) long …

Novel bacterial ADP-ribosylating toxins: structure and function

NC Simon, K Aktories, JT Barbieri - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2014 - nature.com
Bacterial ADP-ribosyltransferase toxins (bARTTs) transfer ADP-ribose to eukaryotic proteins
to promote bacterial pathogenesis. In this Review, we use prototype bARTTs, such as …

Entomopathogenic nematodes (Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae) for biological control of soil pests

S Hazir, HK Kaya, SP Stock… - Turkish journal of …, 2003 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Several species of entomopathogenic nematodes in the families Steinernematidae
(Steinernema) and Heterorhabditidae (Heterorhabditis) are being produced commercially …

Mutualism and pathogenesis in Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus: two roads to the same destination

H Goodrich‐Blair, DJ Clarke - Molecular microbiology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus bacteria colonize the intestines of the infective soil‐
dwelling stage of entomophagous nematodes, Heterorhabditis and Steinernema …

Bacterial strategies to overcome insect defences

I Vallet-Gely, B Lemaitre, F Boccard - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2008 - nature.com
Recent genetic and molecular analyses have revealed how several strategies enable
bacteria to persist and overcome insect immune defences. Genetic and genomic tools that …