Serratia entomophila

Serratia entomophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gamma Proteobacteria
Order: Enterobacteriales
Family: Enterobacteriaceae
Genus: Serratia
Species: S. entomophila
Binomial name
Serratia entomophila
Grimont et al. 1988

Serratia entomophila is a species of bacteria that like its cogenerate species uses itaconate. It was first isolated from the grass grub Costelytra zealandica infected with amber disease, suggesting some involvement in the latter. Its type strain is A1T (ATCC 43705T).[1]

References

  1. Grimont, P. A. D.; Jackson, T. A.; Ageron, E.; Noonan, M. J. (1988). "Serratia entomophila sp. nov. Associated with Amber Disease in the New Zealand Grass Grub Costelytra zealandica". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 38 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1099/00207713-38-1-1. ISSN 0020-7713.

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