Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 5032

Type strain: Yes

Species: Photorhabdus luminescens

Strain Designation: Hb

Culture col. no.: DSM 3368, ATCC 29999, CCM 7077, CIP 106429, NCIMB 12670

Strain history: CIP <- 2000, N. Boemare, Montpellier Univ., Montpellier, France <- 1984, CSIRO <- 1980, ATCC <- G.M. Thomas: strain Hb, Xenorhabdus luminescens

NCBI tax ID(s): 29488 (species)

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Photorhabdus luminescens Hb is a facultative anaerobe, mesophilic, Gram-negative animal pathogen that was isolated from Nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora.

  1. Gram-negative
  2. motile
  3. rod-shaped
  4. animal pathogen
  5. facultative anaerobe
  6. mesophilic
  7. 16S sequence
  8. Bacteria
  9. genome sequence
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  • [Ref.: #1361] Culture collection no. DSM 3368, ATCC 29999, CCM 7077, CIP 106429, NCIMB 12670
    [Ref.: #74527] *
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    Enzymology Identification and Characterization of an Efficient Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase from Photorhabdus luminescens. Zhang F, Ren J, Zhan J Appl Biochem Biotechnol 10.1007/s12010-020-03477-6 2021 *
    Phylogeny Photorhabdus khanii subsp. guanajuatensis subsp. nov., isolated from Heterorhabditis atacamensis, and Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. mexicana subsp. nov., isolated from Heterorhabditis mexicana entomopathogenic nematodes. Machado RAR, Bruno P, Arce CCM, Liechti N, Kohler A, Bernal J, Bruggmann R, Turlings TCJ Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 10.1099/ijsem.0.003154 2019 *
    Phylogeny 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. Fischer-Le Saux M, Viallard V, Brunel B, Normand P, Boemare NE Int J Syst Bacteriol 10.1099/00207713-49-4-1645 1999 *
    Pathogenicity Survival of insect pathogenic and human clinical isolates of Photorhabdus luminescens in previously sterile soil. Bleakley BH, Chen X Can J Microbiol 10.1139/w98-231 1999 *
    Enzymology Identification of the genes encoding NAD(P)H-flavin oxidoreductases that are similar in sequence to Escherichia coli Fre in four species of luminous bacteria: Photorhabdus luminescens, Vibrio fischeri, Vibrio harveyi, and Vibrio orientalis. Zenno S, Saigo K J Bacteriol 10.1128/jb.176.12.3544-3551.1994 1994 *
    The insect-killing bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens has the lowest mutation rate among bacteria. Pan J, Williams E, Sung W, Lynch M, Long H Mar Life Sci Technol 10.1007/s42995-020-00060-0 2020 *

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