Pasteuria penetrane is a biological control agent of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.), preventing root invasion by second-stage juveniles (J2s), and eventually causing females sterility and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The need to use complex in vitro cell culture, expensive equipment, and highly-trained technicians that are available only to specialist ...

Microbiologist Teresa Thiel of the University of Missouri, St. Louis, offers the following explanation: Many microorganisms easily survive the environmental stresses of the microbial world, such as ...