An insect pathogenic symbiosis between a Caenorhabditis and Serratia

Authors

Eyualem Abebe, Elizabeth City State UniversityFollow
Feseha-Abebe Akele, University of New Hampshire
Julie Morrison, University of New Hampshire
Vaughn S. Cooper, University of New HampshireFollow
W. Kelley Thomas, University of New HampshireFollow

Abstract

We described an association between a strain of the nematode Caenorhabditis briggsae, i.e. KT0001, and the bacteria Serratia sp. SCBI (South African Caenorhabditis briggsae isolate), which was able to kill the insect Galleria (G. mellonella). Here we show that the Serratia sp. SCBI lines the gut of the nematode, similar to the Heterorhabditis-Photorhabdus complex, indicating that the association is possibly internal. We also expand on the relevance of this tripartite, i.e. insect-nematode-bacteria, interaction in the broader evolutionary context and Caenorhabditis natural history.

Department

Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences

Publication Date

3-3-2011

Journal Title

Virulence

Publisher

LANDES BIOSCIENCE

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.4161/viru.2.2.15337

Document Type

Article

Recommended Citation

Abebe, E, F. Abebe-Akele, J. Morrison, V.S. Cooper, and W.K. Thomas. 2011. An insect pathogenic symbiosis between a Caenorhabditis and Serratia. Virulence 2:2, 1-4; March/April 2011.

Rights

© 2011 Landes Bioscience