Pasteuria spp.


[ Bacteria ] [Pasteuria]

Species of Pasteuria and their hosts

  • P. ramosa

  • P. penetrans

  • P. thornei

  • P. nishizawae

Daphnia (water fleas)

Meloidogyne spp. (root-knot nematodes)

Pratylenchus spp. (lesion nematodes)

Heterodera and Globodera spp. (cyst nematodes)

For a recent review of Pasteuria, see Chen, Z. X. and D. W. Dickson.  1998.  Review of Pasteuria penetrans: biology, ecology, and biological control potential.  Journal of Nematology, 30:313-340.