Serratia entomophila is a species of bacteria that like its cogenerate species uses itaconate. It was first isolated from the grass grub Costelytra zealandica infected with amber disease, suggesting some involvement in the latter. Its type strain is A1T (ATCC 43705T).[1]

Serratia entomophila
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Enterobacterales
Family: Yersiniaceae
Genus: Serratia
Species:
S. entomophila
Binomial name
Serratia entomophila
Grimont et al. 1988

References

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  1. ^ Grimont, P. A. D.; Jackson, T. A.; Ageron, E.; Noonan, M. J. (1988). "Serratia entomophila sp. nov. Associated with Amber Disease in the New Zealand Grass Grub Costelytra zealandica". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 38 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1099/00207713-38-1-1. ISSN 0020-7713.

Further reading

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  • Nuñez-Valdez, M. Eugenia, et al. "Identification of a putative Mexican strain of Serratia entomophila pathogenic against root-damaging larvae of Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera)." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74.3 (2008): 802–810.
  • Hurst, Mark RH, Travis R. Glare, and Trevor A. Jackson. "Cloning Serratia entomophila antifeeding genes—a putative defective prophage active against the grass grub Costelytra zealandica." Journal of Bacteriology 186.15 (2004): 5116–5128.
  • Hurst, Mark RH, et al. "Plasmid-located pathogenicity determinants of Serratia entomophila, the causal agent of amber disease of grass grub, show similarity to the insecticidal toxins of Photorhabdus luminescens." Journal of Bacteriology 182.18 (2000): 5127–5138.
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