| Literature DB >> 28255573 |
Pietro Tedesco1, Elia Di Schiavi2, Fortunato Palma Esposito1, Donatella de Pascale1.
Abstract
This protocol describes two biological assays to evaluate pathogenicity of Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) strains against the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Specifically, these two assays allow one to identify if the under-investigated Bcc strains are able to kill the nematodes by intestinal colonization (slow killing assay, SKA) or by toxins production (fast killing assay, FKA). The principal differences between the two assays rely on the different killing kinetics for worms.Entities:
Year: 2016 PMID: 28255573 PMCID: PMC5330310 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.1964
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bio Protoc ISSN: 2331-8325