General Information: Isolation: freshwater mud; Temp: Mesophile; Habitat: Fresh water, Mud; Isolation: sediment of freshwater lake; Country:Switzerland. Tolumonas auensis is able to produce the aromatic hydrocarbon tolulene when grown on phenylalanine, phenyllactate,and phenylpyruvate with a separate carbon source. This organism can also produce tyrosines when grown with phenol.
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General Information: This genus is a group of insect pathogens which live in a mutualistic relationship with the soil nematode family, Steinernematidae. Free-living, juvenile Steinernema spp. enter insect larvae through the digestive tract. They penetrate the larvae body cavity and release Xenorhabdus spp. into the hemolymph (blood). The bacteria multiply rapidly, killing the larvae, and providing suitable nutrient conditions for the growth and reproduction of the Steinernema spp. The nematode matures and reproduces. The new juveniles reassociate with Xenorhabdus spp. and are released into the soil. Unlike Xenorhabdus bovienii, which is found in different Steinernema spp., Xenorhabdus nematophila is associated specifically with Steinernema carpocapsae and can be used as a model for studying host specificity.