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Xenorhabdus MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Xenorhabdus
Tree Number(s)
B03.440.450.425.890
B03.660.250.150.910
Unique ID
D020593
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020593
Annotation
XENORHABDUS LUMINESCENS see PHOTORHABDUS is also available
Scope Note
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)
Entry Term(s)
Achromobacter nematophilus
Xenorhabdus nematophila
Xenorhabdus nematophila subsp. nematophila
Xenorhabdus nematophilus
Xenorhabdus nematophilus nematophilus
Xenorhabdus nematophilus subsp. nematophilus
Related Numbers
txid628
Previous Indexing
Enterobacteriaceae (1983-1999)
Public MeSH Note
2000
History Note
2000
Date Established
2000/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/11/03
Revision Date
2020/08/13
Xenorhabdus Preferred
Xenorhabdus nematophila Narrower
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