Defining genomic drivers of evolution in the entomopathogenic Serratia spp. A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University

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Defining genomic drivers of evolution in the entomopathogenic Serratia spp. A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University

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There is a growing demand for new and sustainable solutions as alternatives to chemical pesticides both in Aotearoa New Zealand and worldwide. Since the early 1990s, isolates of the bacterium Serratia entomophila have been utilised as biocontrol agents, causing amber disease specific to larvae of the New Zealand endemic grass pest, Costelytra giveni (Coleoptera. Scarabaeidae). Serratia proteamaculans, another causal agent of amber disease, is as yet unutilised in commercial biocontrol but has...

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Thesis

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Doctoral

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2021

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Vaughan, Amy

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https://hdl.handle.net/10182/14356

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Amber Disease Associated Plasmid (pADAP) / Costelytra giveni / Serratia proteamaculans / biocontrol agents / plasmid / transcriptomics / pangenome / comparative genomics / entomopathogens / virulence determinants / horizontal gene transfer / chromosomes / Serratia entomophila / coevolution / grass grub / Scarabaeidae / Pyronota / Microbiology / Phylogeny and comparative analysis / Genomics and transcriptomics

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