Chryseobacterium nematophagum
| "Chryseobacterium nematophagum" | |
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| Species: | "C. nematophagum"
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| "Chryseobacterium nematophagum" | |
"Chryseobacterium nematophagum" is a Gram-negative, aerobic and rod-shaped bacteria in the genus Chryseobacterium, which was first isolated from Caenorhabditis briggsae nematodes in rotting apples in France.[1] It exhibits gliding motility. After ingestion by a nematode, they attack it from within, breaking down its extracellular matrices and killing it.[2] In laboratory tests C. nematophagum infected and killed a wide variety of nematodes, including the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans, and the vertebrate parasites Ancylostoma caninum, , , Haemonchus contortus, Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, Ostertagia ostertagi, and .[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Page, Antony P.; Roberts, Mark; Félix, Marie-Anne; Pickard, Derek; Page, Andrew; Weir, William (28 February 2019). "The golden death bacillus Chryseobacterium nematophagum is a novel matrix digesting pathogen of nematodes". BMC Biology. 17 (10): 10. doi:10.1186/s12915-019-0632-x. PMC 6394051. PMID 30813925.
- ^ Zhang, Sarah (28 February 2019). "The 'Golden Death' Bacterium Found in a Rotten Apple". Retrieved 28 February 2019.
Categories:
- Flavobacteria stubs
- Chryseobacterium
- Bacteria described in 2019