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Xenorhabdus

Medical Definition:	A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic rod-shaped cells which are motile by peritrichous flagella. Late in the growth cycle, spheroplasts or coccoid bodies occur, resulting from disintegration of the cell wall. The natural habitat is the intestinal lumen of certain nematodes. (From Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed)
Guide Notes:	XENORHABDUS LUMINESCENS see PHOTORHABDUS is also available
Also Called:	Xenorhabdus nematophila
Previously Indexed:	Enterobacteriaceae (1983-1999)

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