Using a DNA microarray to investigate the distribution of insect virulence factors in strains of photorhabdus bacteria.

ABSTRACT: Photorhabdus is an insect-pathogenic bacterium in which oral toxicity to insects is found in two distinct taxonomic groups. Using a DNA microarray and comparative genomics, we show that oral toxicity is associated with toxin complex genes tcaABC and that this locus can be mobilized or deleted within different strains.

SUBMITTER: Marokhazi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC165762 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature