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Nature Biotechnology 24, 673–679 (1 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/nbt1212

Complete genome sequence of the entomopathogenic and metabolically versatile soil bacterium Pseudomonas entomophila

Nicolas Vodovar , David Vallenet , St|[eacute]|phane Cruveiller , Zo|[eacute]| Rouy , Val|[eacute]|rie Barbe , Carlos Acosta , Laurence Cattolico , Claire Jubin , Aur|[eacute]|lie Lajus , B|[eacute]|atrice Segurens , Beno|[icirc]|t Vacherie , Patrick Wincker , Jean Weissenbach , Bruno Lemaitre , Claudine M|[eacute]|digue & Fr|[eacute]|d|[eacute]|ric Boccard

Pseudomonas entomophila is an entomopathogenic bacterium that, upon ingestion, kills Drosophila melanogaster as well as insects from different orders. The complete sequence of the 5.9-Mb genome was determined and compared to the sequenced genomes of four Pseudomonas species.