Photorhabdus luminescens is perhaps the most unusual microbe yet proposed to be
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Question
Photorhabdus luminescens is perhaps the most unusual microbe yet proposed to be used as a bioinsecticide. Photorhabdus luminescens and the microscopic worm Heterohabditis bacteriophora are ______(bacteria/nematode worms/wax worms/symbionts). The P. luminescens _____(wax worm/bacterium/nematode worm) lives in a ______(wax worm/bacterial/nematode worm) host. This host then parasitizes an insect larva, and the ______(wax worm/bacteria/nematode worm) within it produce _____(toxins/bacteria/spores) that kill the _______(wax worm/bacterium/nematode worm).
Explanation / Answer
Photorhabdus luminescens is perhaps the most unusual microbe yet proposed to be used as a bioinsecticide. Photorhabdus luminescens and the microscopic worm Heterohabditis bacteriophora are symbionts. The P. luminescen bacterium lives in a nematode worm host. This host then parasitizes an insect larva, and the bacteria within it produce toxins that kill the nematode worm.