Claim · #6492715
Steinernematidae (family) · parasitism · Insecta (class)
parasitism · effect: harmful
parasiteOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“releases toxins that kills the host within 24-48 hours”
- Authors
- Eldor A. Paul (editor); R.P. Voroney, R.J. Heck, Ken Killham, Jim Prosser, D. Lee Taylor, Robert L. Sinsabaugh, David C. Coleman, Diana H. Wall, Janice E. Thies, Ellen Kandeler, Serita D. Frey, Alain F. Plante, Maddie M. Stone, William B. McGill, Sherri J. Morris, Christopher B. Blackwood, R. Balestrini, E. Lumini, R. Borriello, V. Bianciotto, William Horwath, Claire Chenu, Cornelia Rumpel, Johannes Lehmann, G.P. Robertson, P.M. Groffman, Peter J. Bottomley, David D. Myrold, Michael A. Kertesz, Emmanuel Frossard, William J. Parton, Stephen J. Del Grosso, E. Carol Adair, Susan M. Lutz, Harold P. Collins, Alex R. Crump, Vanessa L. Bailey
- Year
- 2015
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Heterorhabditis spp. use symbiotic Photorhabdus bacteria to kill insect hosts; 24-48h kill timeline and infective-juvenile entry mechanism are well-documented in biocontrol literature.”
- plant-pathologist · out_of_scope
“Heterorhabditidae are entomopathogenic nematodes with bacterial symbionts (Photorhabdus); no plant disease/fungal/viral/oomycete component — this is an entomology/biocontrol claim.”
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