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| Title | Yersinia entomophaga holotoxin complex in prepore conformation | |||||||||
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Keywords | Toxin / pore-forming / insecticidal / chitinases | |||||||||
| Function / homology | Function and homology informationendochitinase activity / chitinase / chitin catabolic process / chitin binding / polysaccharide catabolic process / extracellular region / cytoplasm Similarity search - Function | |||||||||
| Biological species | Yersinia entomophaga (bacteria) | |||||||||
| Method | single particle reconstruction / cryo EM / Resolution: 4.6 Å | |||||||||
Authors | Low YS / Landsberg MJ | |||||||||
| Funding support | Australia, 2 items
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Citation | Journal: Nat Commun / Year: 2025Title: Complete structures of the YenTc holotoxin prepore and pore reveal the evolutionary basis for chitinase incorporation into ABC toxins. Authors: Yu Shang Low / Solace G Roche / Nadezhda A Aleksandrova / Gabriel Foley / Jason Kk Low / Joseph K Box / Tristan I Croll / Irene R Chassagnon / J Shaun Lott / Evelyne Deplazes / Mikael Bodén ...Authors: Yu Shang Low / Solace G Roche / Nadezhda A Aleksandrova / Gabriel Foley / Jason Kk Low / Joseph K Box / Tristan I Croll / Irene R Chassagnon / J Shaun Lott / Evelyne Deplazes / Mikael Bodén / Mark Rh Hurst / Sarah J Piper / Michael J Landsberg / ![]() Abstract: ABC toxins are toxin-translocating, pore-forming proteins found in a wide range of insecticidal bacteria and some mammalian pathogens. The Yersinia entomopahaga toxin complex (YenTc) belongs to a ...ABC toxins are toxin-translocating, pore-forming proteins found in a wide range of insecticidal bacteria and some mammalian pathogens. The Yersinia entomopahaga toxin complex (YenTc) belongs to a distinct subclass of ABC toxins, defined by a divergent molecular architecture. Structural details that define their mechanism of action remain to be elucidated. Here we determine structures of the YenTc holotoxin assembly in both prepore and pore-forming configurations using cryo-EM in conjunction with Alphafold2-assisted structural modelling of flexible domains. We define the structural mechanism via which enzymatically-active chitinase subunits are incorporated, and show using phylogenetic analyses that this subclass-defining feature has evolved relatively recently. Our structures point to the existence of distinct conformational states in YenTc, which may distinguish it from other structurally-characterised ABC toxins, or represent states on a shared mechanistic trajectory. Thus, our findings enhance our understanding of the structural diversity that defines distinct ABC toxin subclasses. | |||||||||
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| Map data | emd_45190.map.gz | 369.1 MB | EMDB map data format | |
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| Header (meta data) | emd-45190-v30.xml emd-45190.xml | 26.7 KB 26.7 KB | Display Display | EMDB header |
| Images | emd_45190.png | 41.3 KB | ||
| Masks | emd_45190_msk_1.map | 391 MB | Mask map | |
| Filedesc metadata | emd-45190.cif.gz | 9.6 KB | ||
| Others | emd_45190_half_map_1.map.gz emd_45190_half_map_2.map.gz | 362.4 MB 362.4 MB | ||
| Archive directory | http://ftp.pdbj.org/pub/emdb/structures/EMD-45190 ftp://ftp.pdbj.org/pub/emdb/structures/EMD-45190 | HTTPS FTP |
-Related structure data
| Related structure data | ![]() 9c4kMC ![]() 9cbcC M: atomic model generated by this map C: citing same article ( |
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| Similar structure data | Similarity search - Function & homology F&H Search |
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| EMDB pages | EMDB (EBI/PDBe) / EMDataResource |
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| File | Download / File: emd_45190.map.gz / Format: CCP4 / Size: 391 MB / Type: IMAGE STORED AS FLOATING POINT NUMBER (4 BYTES) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Voxel size | X=Y=Z: 1.72 Å | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Symmetry | Space group: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sample components
-Entire : Yersinia entomophaga holotoxin complex in pre-pore conformation
| Entire | Name: Yersinia entomophaga holotoxin complex in pre-pore conformation |
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-Supramolecule #1: Yersinia entomophaga holotoxin complex in pre-pore conformation
| Supramolecule | Name: Yersinia entomophaga holotoxin complex in pre-pore conformation type: complex / ID: 1 / Parent: 0 / Macromolecule list: all |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Yersinia entomophaga (bacteria) |
| Molecular weight | Theoretical: 2.5 MDa |
-Macromolecule #1: Toxin subunit YenA1
| Macromolecule | Name: Toxin subunit YenA1 / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 1 / Number of copies: 5 / Enantiomer: LEVO |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Yersinia entomophaga (bacteria) |
| Molecular weight | Theoretical: 129.91232 KDa |
| Sequence | String: MDKYNNYSNV IKNKSSISPL LAAAAKIEPE ITVLSSASKS NRSQYSQSLA DTLLGLGYRS IFDIAKVSRQ RFIKRHDESL LGNGAVIFD KAVSMANQVL QKYRKNRLEK SNSPLVPQTS SSTDASSESQ TNKLPEYNQL FPEPWDNFCR PGAIEALDSP A SYLLDLYK ...String: MDKYNNYSNV IKNKSSISPL LAAAAKIEPE ITVLSSASKS NRSQYSQSLA DTLLGLGYRS IFDIAKVSRQ RFIKRHDESL LGNGAVIFD KAVSMANQVL QKYRKNRLEK SNSPLVPQTS SSTDASSESQ TNKLPEYNQL FPEPWDNFCR PGAIEALDSP A SYLLDLYK FIQSVELDGS NQARKLETRR ADIPKLSLDN DALYKEVTAL SIVNDVLSGS AREYIDQSGQ ADKAVNQILG DT HFPFTLP YSLPTQQINK GLGASNIELG TVIQRVDPQF SWNTTQEKYN QVLLAYTQLS SEQIALLSLP DVFTQNFLTQ TEL SAGYLS ASTTEILAEK DLSRHGYIVK AADNIKGPTQ LVEHSDASYD VIELTCTNQA KETITVKLRG ENIITYQRTK ARMV PFDNS SPFSRQLKLT FVAEDNPSLG NLDKGPYFAN MDIYAAEWVR ENVSSETMVS RPFLTMTYRI AIAKAGASLE ELQPE ADAF FINNFGLSAE DSSQLVKLVA FGDQTGSKAE EIESLLSCGE NLPIVSPNVI FANPIFGSYF NDEPFPAPYH FGGVYI NAH QRNAMTIIRA EGGREIQSLS NFRLERLNRF IRLQRWLDLP SHQLDLLLTS VMQADADNSQ QEITEPVLKS LGLFRHL NL QYKITPEIFS SWLYQLTPFA VSGEIAFFDR IFNREQLFDQ PFILDGGSFT YLDAKGSDAK SVKQLCAGLN ISAVTFQF I APLVQSALGL EAGTLVRSFE VVSSLYRLVS IPQTFGLSTE DGLILMNILT DEMGYLAKQP AFDDKQTQDK DFLSIILKM EALSAWLTKN NLTPASLALL LGVTRLAVVP TNNMVTFFKG IANGLSENVC LTTDDFQRQE LEGADWWTLL STNQVIDDMG LVLDIHPVW GKSDEEMLME KIQSIGVSND NNTLSIIVQI LIQAKNAQEN LLSQTISAEY GVERSVVPLQ LRWLGSNVYS V LNQVLNNT PTDISSIVPK LSELTYSLLI YTQLINSLKL NKEFIFLRLT QPNWLGLTQP KLSTQLSLPE IYLITCYQDW VV NANKNED SIHEYLEFAN IKKTEAEKTL VDNSEKCAEL LAEILAWDAG EILKAASLLG LNPPQATNVF EIDWIRRLQT LSE KTMIST EYLWQMGDLT ENSEFSLKEG VGEAVMAALK AQGDSDNV UniProtKB: Toxin subunit YenA1 |
-Macromolecule #2: Toxin subunit YenA2
| Macromolecule | Name: Toxin subunit YenA2 / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 2 / Number of copies: 5 / Enantiomer: LEVO |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Yersinia entomophaga (bacteria) |
| Molecular weight | Theoretical: 156.324938 KDa |
| Sequence | String: MSNSIEAKLQ EDLRDALVDY YLGQIVPNSK DFTNLRSTIK NVDDLYDHLL LDTQVSAKVI TSRLSLVTQS VQQYINRIAL NLEPGLSIN QQEATDWEEF ANRYGYWAAN QQLRMFPEIY VDPTLRLTKT EFFFQLESAL NQGKLTDDVA QKAVLGYLNN F EEVSNLEI ...String: MSNSIEAKLQ EDLRDALVDY YLGQIVPNSK DFTNLRSTIK NVDDLYDHLL LDTQVSAKVI TSRLSLVTQS VQQYINRIAL NLEPGLSIN QQEATDWEEF ANRYGYWAAN QQLRMFPEIY VDPTLRLTKT EFFFQLESAL NQGKLTDDVA QKAVLGYLNN F EEVSNLEI IAGYQDGIDI ENDKTYFVAR TRMQPYRYFW RSLDASQRNA NSQELYPTAW SEWKAISVPL ENVANGIVRP IM MDNRLYI SWFEVAEEKE TDSDGNIIVS GRYRTKIRLA HLGFDGVWSS GTTLREEVLA DQMEEMIAVV DRMEDEPRLA LVA FKEMSE SWDVVFSYIC DSMLIESSNL PTTTHPPKPG DGDKGLSDLD DYGANLVWFY LHETANGGKA EYKQLILYPV IINR DWPIE LDKTHQGDFG TVDDFTLNSN YTGDELSLYL QSSSTYKYDF SKSKNIIYGI WKEDANNNRC WLNYKLLTPE DYEPQ INAT LVMCDKGDVN IITGFSLPNG GVDAGGKIKV TLRVGKKLRD KFQIKQFSQT QYLQFPEASS ADVWYIGKQI RLNTLF AKE LIGKASRSLD LVLSWETQNS RLEEAILGGA AELIDLDGAN GIYFWELFFH MPFMVSWRFN VEQRYEDANR WVKYLFN PF ECEDEPALLL GKPPYWNSRP LVDEPFKGYS LTQPSDPDAI AASDPIHYRK AVFNFLTKNI IDQGDMEYRK LQPSARTL A RLSYSTASSL LGRRPDVQLT SFWQPLTLED ASYKTDSEIR AIEMQSQPLT FEPVVHDQTM SAVDNDIFMY PMNNELRGL WDRIENRIYN LRHNLTLDGK EINMDLYDSS ISPRGLMKQR YQRVVTARNA SKMNFKVPNY RFEPMLNRSK SGVETLIQFG STLLSLLER KDSLSFDAYQ MIQSGDLYRF SIDLQQQDID INKASLEALQ VSKQSAQDRY DHFKELYDEN ISSTEQKVIE L QSQAANSL LMAQGMRTAA AALDVIPNIY GLAVGGSHWG APLNAAAEII MIKYQADSSK SESLSVSESY RRRRQEWELQ YK QAEWEVN SVEQQINLQN MQIKAANKRL EQVEAQQQQA MALLDYFSER FTNESLYTWL ISQLSSLYLQ AYDAVLSLCL SAE ASLLYE LNLGEQSFVG GGGWNDLYQG LMAGETLKLA LMRMERVYVE QNSRRQEITK TISLKALLGE SWPAELNKLK QKTP INFNL EEQIFVEDYQ ELYQRRIKSV SVSLPMLVGP YEDVCAQLTQ TSSSYSTRAD LKTVENMLTK RTFADTPHLV RSIQP NQQI SLSTGVNDSG LFMLNFDDER FLPFEGSGVD SSWRLQFTNL KQNLDSLNDV ILHVKYTAAI GSSTFSQGVR KILANI NND E UniProtKB: Toxin subunit YenA2 |
-Macromolecule #3: Chitinase 2
| Macromolecule | Name: Chitinase 2 / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 3 / Number of copies: 5 / Enantiomer: LEVO / EC number: chitinase |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Yersinia entomophaga (bacteria) |
| Molecular weight | Theoretical: 69.740609 KDa |
| Sequence | String: MVNKYTYTSS KAMSDISDVI GEPLAAWDSQ VGGRVFNVIF DGKVYTNTYW VERWQVPGIG SSDGNPHNAW KFVRAATADE INKIGNPTT ADVKPTENIP SPILVEDKYT EETYSRPDVN FKEDGSQGNL SYTATRVCAP MYNHYVGDKT KPKLSAYITD W CQYDARLD ...String: MVNKYTYTSS KAMSDISDVI GEPLAAWDSQ VGGRVFNVIF DGKVYTNTYW VERWQVPGIG SSDGNPHNAW KFVRAATADE INKIGNPTT ADVKPTENIP SPILVEDKYT EETYSRPDVN FKEDGSQGNL SYTATRVCAP MYNHYVGDKT KPKLSAYITD W CQYDARLD GGGSKEEERG RGFDLATLMQ NPATYDRLIF SFLGICGDIG NKSKKVQEVW DGWNAQAPSL GLPQIGKGHI VP LDPYGDL GTARNVGLPP ESADTSIESG TFLPYYQQNR AAGLLGGLRE LQKKAHAMGH KLDLAFSIGG WSLSSYFSAL AEN PDERRV FVASVVDFFV RFPMFSCVDI DWEYPGGGGD EGNISSDKDG ENYVLLIKEL RSALDSRFGY SNRKEISIAC SGVK AKLKK SNIDQLVANG LDNIYLMSYD FFGTIWADYI GHHTNLYSPK DPGEQELFDL SAEAAIDYLH NELGIPMEKI HLGYA NYGR SAVGGDLTTR QYTKNGPALG TMENGAPEFF DIVKNYMDAE HSLSMGKNGF VLMTDTNADA DFLFSEAKGH FISLDT PRT VKQKGEYAAK NKLGGVFSWS GDQDCGLLAN AAREGLGYVA DSNQETIDMG PLYNPGKEIY LKSISEIKSK UniProtKB: Chitinase 2 |
-Macromolecule #4: Toxin subunit YenB
| Macromolecule | Name: Toxin subunit YenB / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 4 / Number of copies: 1 / Enantiomer: LEVO |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Yersinia entomophaga (bacteria) |
| Molecular weight | Theoretical: 167.147984 KDa |
| Sequence | String: MQNSQEMAIT TLSLPKGGGA INGMGESVGQ AGPDGMVTFS IPLPFSAGRG VAPALSLSYS SGAGNGPFGM GWQCSAMSIS RRTQKGVPQ YNEDDEFLSP SGEVMAIALN DSGFEDVRTA NRLQGIPLPF SYKVTRYQPR LIQDFIKIEY WQPVKQTDGT P FWIIYSPD ...String: MQNSQEMAIT TLSLPKGGGA INGMGESVGQ AGPDGMVTFS IPLPFSAGRG VAPALSLSYS SGAGNGPFGM GWQCSAMSIS RRTQKGVPQ YNEDDEFLSP SGEVMAIALN DSGFEDVRTA NRLQGIPLPF SYKVTRYQPR LIQDFIKIEY WQPVKQTDGT P FWIIYSPD GQTHILGKNS HSRVANAENP SQIASWLLEE TVTPTGEHIY YQYSGENQVN CTDAEIALHP QDSAQRYLAR ID YGNISPQ ASLFVLDEEL PNLTQWLFHL VFDYGERDIS INKIPTFEGG TTGWLARPDM FSRYDFGIEI RNRRLCHQVL GFH RLEALN DRDVTDEIPV LVNRLTLDYD LNNSVSTLVA VRQVAYETDG SPITQPPLEF DYQRFDTGSI PGWQEMPQLE AFNG YQPYQ MIDLYGEGTP GILYQETPGA WWYKSPQRQI GGDSNAVTYG AMKALPKIPR LQEGATLMDI NGDGRLDWVI TSAGV RGFH SIHSTGEWTH FTPLNTLPTE YFHPKAQLAD LVGAGLSDLV LIGPKSVRLY ANQQGNWAPA QDVTQAENVS LPVIGI DSR QLVAFADMLG SGQQHLVEIT ADSVKCWPNM GHGRFGQPLT LEGFSQPQTS FNPDRVFLAD IDGSGTNDII YAHSECL EI YLNESGNRFS KPISLLLPDG VNFDNTCQLQ AADIQGLGIA SLVMTVPHMS PTHWRCDLAL NKPWLLNVMN NNRGAETC L FYRSSAQFWL DEKQLVEAAG QQPECHLPFP MHLHWRSEIF DEITGNRLTQ EQEYAHGSWD GQEREFRGFG RLIQRDTDG FAQGTVDIPT HPSRTVSWFA TGIPEIDTTL SAEFWRGDDQ AFSPFSPRFT RWENDSEAGS DVAFIPSEHD AFWLNRAMKG QLLRSELYG DDGTPEAEIP YSVTEMRHQV RALPTTDATV PSAWCSTIET RSYQYQRVAA DPQCSQQVVI KADRYGSPLL S VAINYPRR KKPEKSPYPD DLPETLFDSS YDTQQQQLHL TKQQQNYFHL TNDDNWLLGL PKEQRNDGYQ YDQERAPANG FT LETLIAS NSLIGSNQPF TYLGQSRVAY QGGVDEQPSL QALVAYGETA ILDEKTLQAF VGVLDSKTRD ELLFSAGYQL APR LFRVES EPDVWVARQG YSEFGDYSQF WRPLSQRSTL LTGKTTLKWD KHYCVVIETQ DAAQLVTQAR YDYRFLTPYS LTDA NDNQH YVVLNPFGEV IASRFWGTEA GKDAGYSTPQ AKPFVVPATI EAALALSPGI PVAHCAIFEP ESWMQKLTQH DVSER MADN GTLWNALLQA RFVTEDGYVC ALGRRRWMAR HGLSVLMLTL LAEIPRTPPH SLTITTDRYD SDDQQQLRQR ILFSDG FGR LLQSAQRVEA GESWQRSEDS SLVVNVSGTP ALVVTDNRWA VSGRTEYDGK GQGIRVYQPY FLDDWRYLSD DSARTDL FA DTHIYDPLGR EYQVITAKGY RRERQYTPWF VVNQDENDTA ANLAI UniProtKB: Toxin subunit YenB |
-Macromolecule #5: Toxin subunit YenC2
| Macromolecule | Name: Toxin subunit YenC2 / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 5 / Number of copies: 1 / Enantiomer: LEVO |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Yersinia entomophaga (bacteria) |
| Molecular weight | Theoretical: 107.563875 KDa |
| Sequence | String: MDIQLFSKTP SVTVFDNRGL SVRDIAYRRH PDTPKVTEEC ITYHQFDFRG FLAQSLDPRL NHKEVTNFSY LTDLNGNIIY TQSVDAGNT LVLNDTEGRS VIAMTNISRG ENGKDDLSLA VTRTFQYENA PLPGRPLSVT EQVNGENARI TEHFVYAGNT P QEKNLNLA ...String: MDIQLFSKTP SVTVFDNRGL SVRDIAYRRH PDTPKVTEEC ITYHQFDFRG FLAQSLDPRL NHKEVTNFSY LTDLNGNIIY TQSVDAGNT LVLNDTEGRS VIAMTNISRG ENGKDDLSLA VTRTFQYENA PLPGRPLSVT EQVNGENARI TEHFVYAGNT P QEKNLNLA GQCVSYYDAA GLIQTDSVSL TGKPLSVSRK LLKNLDDTNI LADWQGNDTS AWNSLLATEI YTTVTRTDAA GA VLTTIDA VGNQQRVAFD IAGQLSASWL TLKGGQEQVI IKVLTYSAAG QKLREEGGNG VVTTYTYEAE TQRLIGIKTE RPN GHAAGA KVLQDLRYEY DPVGNVLSIT NDAEETRFWR NQKVVPENAY RYDSLYQLVS ASGREVAGAG QQGSDLPSPL VPLP SDSSV YTNYTRTYTY DSAGNLMRIR HSAPATNNNY TLNITVSERS NRGVMSSLTE NPADVDALFT ASGSQKCLQQ GQSLI WTPR GELRTVLLVA RGETADDSES YRYDGSSQRI LKISSQQTNH SARVQRALYL PGLEWRTMTG GVAEAENLQV ICIGEA GRA QVRVLHWESG KPDGIINDQI RWSYDNLTCS SGLEVDGDGL VISMEEYYPY GGTAVWAARS HIETAYKTVR YSGKERD AT GLYYYGFRYY QPWAGRWLSA DPAGTVDGLN LYRMVRNNPL RLTDPDGMAP LDWLDLDTTN ASRDIVKAIY QLNQIDGP H RGVRDTYQRM TESTGMILQE TLNNEAVLKG IKQKDKEKKS RGMKFTNSKL KTYAAHAGVL NTLQPDPVYK DGFLNLPGS LGNKNTFPGV ELIEDKVKPS LSQYHPDKLG KSQRWKPESS LGYYRVADTE AFITGIRSQY KSSGTDLHAV VEGRIRDHLL ANNNVLPKM AGIAGLHAEV QALNYIISNP DIEGGNAERL NGSYIFTQRL VGDVNQDFPA CYNCSGIISG LENVMTGRVN N DVRLKRRK SF UniProtKB: Toxin subunit YenC2 |
-Experimental details
-Structure determination
| Method | cryo EM |
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Processing | single particle reconstruction |
| Aggregation state | particle |
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| Buffer | pH: 7 |
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| Vitrification | Cryogen name: ETHANE / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV |
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| Microscope | FEI TECNAI F30 |
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| Software | Name: SerialEM |
| Image recording | Film or detector model: GATAN K2 SUMMIT (4k x 4k) / Average electron dose: 45.0 e/Å2 |
| Electron beam | Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN |
| Electron optics | Illumination mode: FLOOD BEAM / Imaging mode: BRIGHT FIELD / Nominal defocus max: 3.0 µm / Nominal defocus min: 1.8 µm |
| Sample stage | Specimen holder model: SIDE ENTRY, EUCENTRIC / Cooling holder cryogen: NITROGEN |
| Experimental equipment | ![]() Model: Tecnai F30 / Image courtesy: FEI Company |
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Keywords
Yersinia entomophaga (bacteria)
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