Photorhabdus asymbiotica infection

Definition:

Photorhabdus are Gram-negative nematode-symbiotic and insect-pathogenic bacteria. The species Photorhabdus asymbiotica can infect humans as well as insects. P. asymbiotica causes both locally invasive soft tissue infection and disseminated disease with bacteraemia. At present, there are 2 recognized subspecies, P. asymbiotica subsp. asymbiotica and P. asymbiotica subsp. australis.

References:

[1]. Alexia Hapeshi, et al. Photorhabdus asymbiotica as an Insect and Human Pathogen. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2017;402:159-177. [Content Brief]

[2]. John G Gerrard, et al. Nematode symbiont for Photorhabdus asymbiotica. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Oct;12(10):1562-4. [Content Brief]

[3]. Paul Wilkinson, et al. Comparative genomics of the emerging human pathogen Photorhabdus asymbiotica with the insect pathogen Photorhabdus luminescens. BMC Genomics. 2009 Jul 7;10:302. [Content Brief]

[4]. Ryusei Kuwata, et al. Mutualistic association of Photorhabdus asymbiotica with Japanese heterorhabditid entomopathogenic nematodes. Microbes Infect. 2008 Jun;10(7):734-41. [Content Brief]

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