TY - JOUR AU - Ogier, Jean-Claude AU - Pagès, Sylvie AU - Frayssinet, Marie AU - Gaudriault, Sophie PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/24 TI - Entomopathogenic nematode-associated microbiota: from monoxenic paradigm to pathobiome JO - Microbiome SP - 25 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - The holistic view of bacterial symbiosis, incorporating both host and microbial environment, constitutes a major conceptual shift in studies deciphering host-microbe interactions. Interactions between Steinernema entomopathogenic nematodes and their bacterial symbionts, Xenorhabdus, have long been considered monoxenic two partner associations responsible for the killing of the insects and therefore widely used in insect pest biocontrol. We investigated this “monoxenic paradigm” by profiling the microbiota of infective juveniles (IJs), the soil-dwelling form responsible for transmitting Steinernema-Xenorhabdus between insect hosts in the parasitic lifecycle. SN - 2049-2618 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-020-00800-5 DO - 10.1186/s40168-020-00800-5 ID - Ogier2020 ER -