Serratia entomophila explained

Serratia entomophila is a species of bacteria that like its cogenerate species uses itaconate. It was first isolated from the grass grub Costelytra zealandica infected with amber disease, suggesting some involvement in the latter. Its type strain is A1^T (ATCC 43705^T).^[1]

Further reading

• Nuñez-Valdez, M. Eugenia, et al. "Identification of a putative Mexican strain of Serratia entomophila pathogenic against root-damaging larvae of Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera)." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74.3 (2008): 802–810.
• Hurst, Mark RH, Travis R. Glare, and Trevor A. Jackson. "Cloning Serratia entomophila antifeeding genes—a putative defective prophage active against the grass grub Costelytra zealandica." Journal of Bacteriology 186.15 (2004): 5116–5128.
• Hurst, Mark RH, et al. "Plasmid-located pathogenicity determinants of Serratia entomophila, the causal agent of amber disease of grass grub, show similarity to the insecticidal toxins of Photorhabdus luminescens." Journal of Bacteriology 182.18 (2000): 5127–5138.

External links

• LPSN
• Type strain of Serratia entomophila at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Grimont. P. A. D.. Jackson. T. A.. Ageron. E.. Noonan. M. J.. Serratia entomophila sp. nov. Associated with Amber Disease in the New Zealand Grass Grub Costelytra zealandica. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 38. 1. 1988. 1–6. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-38-1-1. free.