Figure 1. GFP-labeled Photorhabdus luminescens in the intestine of the developmentally arrested infective juvenile (IJ) stage of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora nematode.

Figure 1GFP-labeled Photorhabdus luminescens in the intestine of the developmentally arrested infective juvenile (IJ) stage of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora nematode

Transmission of symbiotic bacteria in the IJ is necessary for the nematode and bacteria to infect insects and for nematode reproduction.

From: The biology and genome of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora

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