| xenorhabdus thuongxuanensis sp. nov. and xenorhabdus eapokensis sp. nov., isolated from steinernema species. | two slightly yellowish pigmented, oxidase-negative, rod-shaped and gram-negative bacterial strains (30tx1t and dl20t), isolated from steinernema sangi and steinernema eapokense, respectively, during soil sampling in vietnam were studied in a polyphasic taxonomic approach. strain 30tx1t showed highest 16s rrna gene sequence similarity to xenorhabdus ehlersii (98.9%) and strain dl20t to xenorhabdus ishibashii (98.7%). sequence similarities to all other xenorhabdus species were lower (< 98.4%). the ... | 2017 | 28056225 |