Photorhabdus temperata

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

Photorhabdus temperata
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P. temperata
Binomial name
Photorhabdus temperata
Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999

P. t. temperata produces a substance (a phenylethylamide) which suppresses a serotonin-mediated immune response in Spodoptera exigua.[2] This may prevent S. exigua from detecting quorum sensing.[2]

References

  1. Fischer-Le Saux, M.; Viallard, V.; Brunel, B.; Normand, P.; Boemare, N. E. (1999). "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): 1645–1656. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-4-1645. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 10555346.
  2. Hasan, Ariful; Yeom, Hyun-Suk; Ryu, Jaewook; Bode, Helge B.; Kim, Yonggyun (2019). "Phenylethylamides derived from bacterial secondary metabolites specifically inhibit an insect serotonin receptor". Scientific Reports. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 9 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-019-56892-z. ISSN 2045-2322.

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