Photorhabdus temperata explained

Photorhabdus temperata is a species of bacteria.^[1] It has been divided into 6 subspecies. It is pathogenic to certain insects.

Further reading

• Jallouli. Wafa. Abdelkefi-Mesrati. Lobna. Tounsi. Slim. Jaoua. Samir. Zouari. Nabil. Potential of Photorhabdus temperata K122 bioinsecticide in protecting wheat flour against Ephestia kuehniella. Journal of Stored Products Research. 53. 2013. 61–66. 0022-474X. 10.1016/j.jspr.2013.03.001.
• Hodgson. Meggan M.. Day. Brandye. White. Donald J.. Tisa. Louis S.. Effect of growth conditions on the motility of Photorhabdus temperata. Archives of Microbiology. 180. 1. 2003. 17–24. 0302-8933. 10.1007/s00203-003-0558-z. 12783158. 24463712.
• Watson RJ, Joyce SA, Spencer GV, Clarke DJ . The exbD gene of Photorhabdus temperata is required for full virulence in insects and symbiosis with the nematode Heterorhabditis . . 56 . 3 . 763–73 . May 2005 . 15819630 . 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04574.x . free .
• Jang EK, Ullah I, Lim JH, Lee IJ, Kim JG, Shin JH . Physiological and molecular characterization of a newly identified entomopathogenic bacteria, Photorhabdus temperata M1021 . . 22 . 12 . 1605–12 . December 2012 . 23221521 . 10.4014/jmb.1203.03068.

External links

• LPSN
• Type strain of Photorhabdus temperata at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Fischer-Le Saux. M.. Viallard. V.. Brunel. B.. Normand. P.. Boemare. N. E.. Polyphasic classification of the genus Photorhabdus and proposal of new taxa: P. luminescens subsp. luminescens subsp. nov., P. luminescens subsp. akhurstii subsp. nov., P. luminescens subsp. laumondii subsp. nov., P. temperata sp. nov., P. temperata subsp. temperata subsp. nov. and P. asymbiotica sp. nov.. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49. 4. 1999. 1645–1656. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-49-4-1645. 10555346. free.