BACTERIAL PARASITES AND METABOLITES:

• PASTEURIA PENETRANS
• BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS
• STREPTOMYCES AVERMITILUS

Of the three bacteria listed above which have been most intensively studied in connection with nematodes, only P. penetrans is a true parasite. The others produce toxins or metabolites which have been found to affect nematodes.

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