Heidi Goodrich-Blair

Identification of Xenorhabdus nematophila genes required for mutualistic colonization of Steinernema carpocapsae nematodes.

Response of ants to a deterrent factor(s) produced by the symbiotic bacteria of entomopathogenic nematodes.

Early colonization events in the mutualistic association between Steinernema carpocapsae nematodes and Xenorhabdus nematophila bacteria.

Xenorhabdus nematophila requires an intact iscRSUA-hscBA-fdx operon to colonize Steinernema carpocapsae nematodes.

Identification and functional characterization of a Xenorhabdus nematophila oligopeptide permease.

Characterization of a lipoprotein, NilC, required by Xenorhabdus nematophila for mutualism with its nematode host.

Expression and activity of a Xenorhabdus nematophila haemolysin required for full virulence towards Manduca sexta insects.

An encoded N-terminal extension results in low levels of heterologous protein production in Escherichia coli.

Analysis of Xenorhabdus nematophila metabolic mutants yields insight into stages of Steinernema carpocapsae nematode intestinal colonization.

Pyrimidine nucleoside salvage confers an advantage to Xenorhabdus nematophila in its host interactions.

The Steinernema carpocapsae intestinal vesicle contains a subcellular structure with which Xenorhabdus nematophila associates during colonization initiation.

Clonal variation in Xenorhabdus nematophila virulence and suppression of Manduca sexta immunity.

nilR is necessary for co-ordinate repression of Xenorhabdus nematophila mutualism genes.

The global regulator Lrp contributes to mutualism, pathogenesis and phenotypic variation in the bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophila.

Influence of nematode age and culture conditions on morphological and physiological parameters in the bacterial vesicle of Steinernema carpocapsae (Nematoda: Steinernematidae).

Mutualism and pathogenesis in Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus: two roads to the same destination.

They've got a ticket to ride: Xenorhabdus nematophila-Steinernema carpocapsae symbiosis.

Friend and foe: the two faces of Xenorhabdus nematophila.

Optical mapping as a routine tool for bacterial genome sequence finishing.

CpxRA regulates mutualism and pathogenesis in Xenorhabdus nematophila.

The Xenorhabdus nematophila nilABC genes confer the ability of Xenorhabdus spp. to colonize Steinernema carpocapsae nematodes.

Xenorhabdus nematophila lrhA is necessary for motility, lipase activity, toxin expression, and virulence in Manduca sexta insects.

Masters of conquest and pillage: Xenorhabdus nematophila global regulators control transitions from virulence to nutrient acquisition.

CpxRA influences Xenorhabdus nematophila colonization initiation and outgrowth in Steinernema carpocapsae nematodes through regulation of the nil locus.

CpxRA contributes to Xenorhabdus nematophila virulence through regulation of lrhA and modulation of insect immunity.

Isolation and characterization of Xenorhabdus nematophila transposon insertion mutants defective in lipase activity against Tween.

Examination of Xenorhabdus nematophila lipases in pathogenic and mutualistic host interactions reveals a role for xlpA in nematode progeny production.

Common trends in mutualism revealed by model associations between invertebrates and bacteria.

Units of plasticity in bacterial genomes: new insight from the comparative genomics of two bacteria interacting with invertebrates, Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus.

Assessing computational tools for the discovery of small RNA genes in bacteria.

The entomopathogenic bacterial endosymbionts Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus: convergent lifestyles from divergent genomes.

Phenotypic variation and host interactions of Xenorhabdus bovienii SS-2004, the entomopathogenic symbiont of Steinernema jollieti nematodes.

Mutational analyses reveal overall topology and functional regions of NilB, a bacterial outer membrane protein required for host association in a model of animal-microbe mutualism.

An entomopathogenic nematode by any other name.

Nematode-bacterium symbioses--cooperation and conflict revealed in the "omics" age.