A symbiotic bacteria associated with Galleria mellonella larva was isolated and identified as Xanthomonas maltophilia sp. by using the BioLog Automated Microbial Identification System. Also three other strains of bacteria were isolated from Galleria m...
A symbiotic bacteria associated with Galleria mellonella larva was isolated and identified as Xanthomonas maltophilia sp. by using the BioLog Automated Microbial Identification System. Also three other strains of bacteria were isolated from Galleria mellonella larvae and identified as CDC group DF-3, Enterobacter agglomerans biogroup 5, and Serratia marcescens sp., respectively. Several biochemical and physiological tests were performed to determine the strain characters. X. maltophilia did not adsorb neutral red of bromothymol blue and grew below 37℃. Xanthomonas maltophilia and three other strains were pathogenic against the insect host when they were injected into hemolymph of the insect. X. maltophilia was rod-shaped and its cell size was ranged from 1㎛ to 2㎛.