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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2006, p. 6417-6418, Vol. 72, No. 9
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00519-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Virulence of Serratia Strains against Costelytra zealandica

Binglin Tan, Trevor A. Jackson,* and Mark R. H. Hurst

Biocontrol Technologies, AgResearch, Canterbury Agricultural and Science Centre, P.O. Box 60, Lincoln, New Zealand

Received 3 March 2006/ Accepted 11 July 2006

Strains of Serratia spp. showed a high level of virulence when injected into the hemocoel of larvae Costelytra zealandica, with Serratia entomophila, S. plymuthica, and S. marcescens showing significantly higher virulence than S. proteamaculans. Toxicity was independent of the amber disease-causing plasmid pADAP, suggesting a generalized Serratia toxin.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: AgResearch, P.O. Box 60, Lincoln, New Zealand. Phone: 64 3 3259984. Fax: 64 3 3259946. E-mail: trevor.jackson{at}agresearch.co.nz.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2006, p. 6417-6418, Vol. 72, No. 9
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00519-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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