Publications
2024
Depuydt, E., Ogier, J.-C., Ali, N., Villenave, C., Jimenez, A., Mahieu, P., Vouadec, B., Nguema-Ona, E., Gaudriault, S. 2024. Combining multiple baiting cycles with digital droplet PCR optimizes description of the distribution of entomopathogenic nematodes in French maize fields. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 189,109275. DOI : 10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109275.
Leclerc, L., Nguyen, T.H., Duval, P., Mariotti, V., Petitot, A.-S., Orjuela, J., Ogier, J.-C., Gaudriault, S., Champion, A., Nègre, N. 2024. Early transcriptomic responses of rice leaves to herbivory by Spodoptera frugiperda. Scientific Reports, 14, 2836. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-024-53348-x.
2023
Hadchity, L., Houard, J., Lanois, A., Payelleville, A., Nassar, F., Gualtieri, M., Givaudan, A., Khattar, Z.A. 2023. The AcrAB efflux pump confers self-resistance to stilbenes in Photorhabdus laumondii. Research in Microbiology, 15, 104081. DOI : 10.1016/j.resmic.2023.104081.
Machado, R.A.R., Bhat, A.H., Castaneda-Alvarez, C., Askary, T.H., Puza, V., Pagès, S., Abolafia, J. 2023. Xenorhabdus aichiensis sp. nov., Xenorhabdus anantnagensis sp. nov. and Xenorhabdus yunnanensis sp. nov., isolated from Steinernema entomopathogenic nematodes. Current Microbiology, 80, 300. DOI : 10.1007/s00284-023-03373-2.
Ogier, J.-C., Akhurst, R., Boemare, N., Gaudriault, S. 2023. The endosymbiont and the second bacterial circle of entomopathogenic nematodes. Trends in Microbiology, 31, 629–643. DOI : 10.1016/j.tim.2023.01.004.
Ogier, J.-C., Frayssinet, M., Pagès, S., Thibord, J.-B., Larroudé, P., Givaudan, A. 2023. Susceptibility of wireworm larvae (Agriotes sordidus) (Coleoptera: Elateridae) to isolates of entomopathogenic nematodes (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae and Steinernematidae) and their symbiotic bacteria (Morganellaceae: Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus) from France under laboratory conditions. IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, 162, 98-99. hal-04008407.
2022
Eychenne, M., Girard, P.-A., Frayssinet, M., Lan, L., Pagès, S., Duvic, B., Nègre, N. 2022. Mutagenesis of both prophenoloxidases in the fall armyworm induces major defects in metamorphosis. Journal of Insect Physiology, 139, 104399. DOI : 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2022.104399.
Ginibre, N., Legrand, L., Bientz, V., Ogier, J.-C., Lanois, A., Pages, S., Brillard, J. 2022. Diverse roles for a conserved DNA-methyltransferase in the entomopathogenic bacterium Xenorhabdus. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, 11981. DOI :10.3390/ijms231911981.
Lanois-Nouri, A., Pantel, L., Fu, J., Houard, J., Ogier, J.-C., Polikanov, Y.S., Racine, E., Wang, H., Gaudriault, S., Givaudan, A., Gualtieri, M. 2022. The odilorhabdin antibiotic biosynthetic cluster and acetyltransferase self-resistance locus are niche and species specific. mBio, 13, e02826-02821. DOI : 10.1128/mbio.02826-21.
Pagès, S., Sellier, N., Castagnone, P. 2022. Entretenir des collections d’invertébrés d’intérêt agronomique sur hôtes vivants : un enjeu patrimonial et des contraintes spécifiques. Nov'AE, 2, 112-120. DOI : 10.17180/novae-2022-NS02-art13.
Ris, N., Borowiec, N., Bout, A., Debelle, A., Fellous, S., Le Rallec, A., Moquet, L., Ogier, J.-C., Rode, N.-O., van Oudenhove, L., Fauvergue, X. 2022. Biocontrôle et macro-organismes : panorama. Phytoma, 756, 14-18. hal-03884638v1.
Ris, N., Borowiec, N., Bout, A., Debelle, A., Fauvergue, X., Fellous, S., Le Rallec, A., Moquet, L., Ogier, J.-C., Rode, N.-O., van Oudenhove, L. 2022. Le biocontrôle grâce aux macro-organismes : enjeux et réalité. Phytoma, 756, 19-23. hal-03884650v1.
2021
Elgendy, A.M., Mohamed, A.A., Duvic, B., Tufail, M., Takeda, M. 2021. Involvement of cis-acting elements in molecular regulation of JH-mediated vitellogenin gene 2 of female Periplaneta americana. Frontiers in Physiology, 12, 723072. DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.723072.
Gauthier, J., Boulain, H., van Vugt, J. J. F. A., Baudry, L., Persyn, E., Aury, J.-M. et al. 2021. Chromosomal scale assembly of parasitic wasp genome reveals symbiotic virus colonization. Communications Biology, 4, 104. DOI : 10.1038/s42003-020-01623-8.
Hadchity, L., Lanois, A., Kiwan, P., Nassar, F., Givaudan, A., Khattar, Z.A. 2021. AcrAB, the major RND-type efflux pump of Photorhabdus laumondii, confers intrinsic multidrug-resistance and contributes to virulence in insects. Environmental Microbiology Reports. DOI : 10.1111/1758-2229.12974.
Jurėnas, D., Payelleville, A., Roghanian, M., Turnbull, K.J., Givaudan, A., Brillard, J., Hauryliuk, V., Cascales, E. 2021. Photorhabdus antibacterial Rhs polymorphic toxin inhibits translation through ADP-ribosylation of 23S ribosomal RNA. Nucleic Acids Research. DOI : 10.1093/nar/gkab608.
Machado, R.A.R., Muller, A., Ghazal, S.M., Thanwisai, A., Pagès, S., Bode, H.B. et al. 2021. Photorhabdus heterorhabditis subsp. aluminescens subsp. nov., Photorhabdus heterorhabditis subsp. heterorhabditis subsp. nov., Photorhabdus australis subsp. thailandensis subsp. nov., Photorhabdus australis subsp. australis subsp. nov., and Photorhabdus aegyptia sp. nov. isolated from Heterorhabditis entomopathogenic nematodes. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 71. DOI : 10.1099/ijsem.0.004610.
Pantel, L., Juarez, P., Serri, M., Boucinha, L., Lessoud, E., Lanois, A. et al. 2021. Missense mutations in the CrrB protein mediate odilorhabdin derivative resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 65, e00139-00121. DOI : 10.1128/aac.00139-21.
Payelleville, A., Brillard, J. 2021. Novel identification of bacterial epigenetic regulations would benefit from a better exploitation of methylomic data. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12. DOI : 10.3389/fmicb.2021.685670.
2020
Cambon, M. C., Lafont, P., Frayssinet, M., Lanois, A., Ogier, J.-C., Pages, S., Parthuisot, Ferdy, Gaudriault, S. 2020. Bacterial community profile after the lethal infection of Steinernema–Xenorhabdus pairs into soil-reared Tenebrio molitor larvae. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 96 (2), 14 p. DOI : 10.1093/femsec/fiaa009.
Etienne, T., Aymeric, J.-L., Cattin, R., Dalverny, A.-L., Dorignac, J., Gannoun, L. et al. 2020. Les prérequis pour réussir - Licence de sciences. https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02978858.
Huot, L., Bigourdan, A., Pages, S., Ogier, J.-C., Girard, P.-A., Negre, N., Duvic, B. 2020. Partner-specific induction of Spodoptera frugiperda immune genes in response to the entomopathogenic nematobacterial complex Steinernema carpocapsae-Xenorhabdus nematophila. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 108, 103676. DOI : 10.1016/j.dci.2020.103676.
Ogier, J.-C., Pages, S., Frayssinet, M., Gaudriault, S. 2020. Entomopathogenic nematode-associated microbiota: from monoxenic paradigm to pathobiome. Microbiome, 8 (1), 1-17. DOI : 10.1186/s40168-020-00800-5.
Pages, S., Ogier, J.-C., Gaudriault, S. 2020. A novel semi-selective medium for Pseudomonas protegens isolation from soil samples. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 105911. DOI : 10.1016/j.mimet.2020.105911.
2019
Abi Khattar, Z., Lanois, A., Hadchity, L., Gaudriault, S., Givaudan, A. 2019. Spatiotemporal expression of the putative MdtABC efflux pump of Photorhabdus luminescens occurs in a protease-dependent manner during insect infection. Plos One, 14 (2), e0212077. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0212077.
Aujoulat, F., Pages, S., Masnou, A., Emboulé, L., Teyssier, C., Marchandin, H., Gaudriault, S., Givaudan, A., Jumas-Bilak, E. 2019. The population structure of Ochrobactrum isolated from entomopathogenic nematodes indicates interactions with the symbiotic system. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 70, 131-139. DOI : 10.1016/j.meegid.2019.02.016.
Cambon, M. C., Parthuisot, N., Pages, S., Lanois, A., Givaudan, A., Ferdy, J.-B. 2019. Selection of bacterial mutants in late infections: when vector transmission trades off against growth advantage in stationary phase. mBio, 10 (5), 1-14. DOI : 10.1128/mBio.01437-19.
Givaudan, A., Mouammine, A. 2019. Antibiose et antibiorésistance: tuer et ne pas être tué. In: Denis Faure, Dominique Joly, Sylvie Salamitou, dir., 101 secrets de l'ADN (p. 190-191). Paris, FRA : CNRS Editions. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/485776
Huot, L., George, S., Girard, P.-A., Severac, D., Nègre, N., Duvic, B. 2019. Spodoptera frugiperda transcriptional response to infestation by Steinernema carpocapsae. Scientific Reports, 9 (1), 13 p. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-019-49410-8.
Nuñez-Valdez, M. E., Lanois, A., Pages, S., Duvic, B., Gaudriault, S. 2019. Inhibition of Spodoptera frugiperda phenoloxidase activity by the products of the Xenorhabdus rhabduscin gene cluster. Plos One, 14 (2), e0212809. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0212809.
Ogier, J.-C., Pages, S., Galan, M., Barret, M., Gaudriault, S. 2019. rpoB, a promising marker for analyzing the diversity of bacterial communities by amplicon sequencing. BMC Microbiology, 19. DOI : 10.1186/s12866-019-1546-z.
Payelleville, A., Blackburn, D., Lanois, A., Pages, S., Cambon, M. C., Ginibre , N., Clarke, D. J., Givaudan, A., Brillard, J. 2019. Role of the Photorhabdus Dam methyltransferase during interactions with its invertebrate hosts. Plos One, 14 (10), e0212655. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0212655.
2018
Cusumano, A., Duvic, B., Jouan, V., Ravallec, M., Legeai, F., Peri, E., Colazza, Volkoff, A. N. 2018. First extensive characterization of the venom gland from an egg parasitoid: structure, transcriptome and functional role. Journal of Insect Physiology, 107, 68-80. DOI : 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2018.02.009.
Mougin, C., Artige, E., Marchand, F., Mondy, S., Ratié, C., Sellier, N., Castagnone, P., Coeur D'Acier, A., Esmenjaud, D., Faivre-Primot, C., Granjon, L., Hamelet, V., Lange, F., Pages, S., Rimet, F., Ris, N., Salle, G., 2018. BRC4Env, a network of biological resource centres for research in environmental and agricultural sciences. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25, 33849–33857. DOI : 10.1007/s11356-018-1973-7.
Pantel, L., Florin, T., Dobosz-Bartoszek, M., Racine, E., Sarciaux, M., Serri, M., Houard, J., Campagne, J.-M., de Figueiredo, R. M., Midrier,C., Gaudriault, S., Givaudan, A., Lanois, A., Forst, S., Aumelas, A., Cotteaux-Lautard, C., Bolla, J. M., Vingsbo Lundberg, C., Huseby, D. L., Hughes, D., Villain-Guillot, P., Mankin, A. S., Polikanov, Y. S., Gualtieri, M. 2018. Odilorhabdins, antibacterial agents that cause miscoding by binding at a new ribosomal site. Molecular Cell, 70 (1), 83-94.e7. , DOI : 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.03.001.
Payelleville, A., Legrand, L., Ogier, J.-C., Roques, C., Roulet, A., Bouchez, O., Mouammine, A., Givaudan, A., Brillard, J. 2018. The complete methylome of an entomopathogenic bacterium reveals the existence of loci with unmethylated Adenines. Scientific Reports, 8 (1), 1-14. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-018-30620-5.
Rehayem, M., Noujeim, E., Nemer, N., Pages, S., Ogier, J.-C., Thaler, O., Duvic, B. 2018. New insights in biocontrol strategy against Cephalcia tannourinensis, the principal insect defoliator of Lebanese cedars. Forest Science, 64 (4), 383-391. DOI : 10.1093/forsci/fxx018.
Satyavathi, V. V., Mohamed, A. A., Kumari, S., Mamatha, D. M., Duvic, B. 2018. The IMD pathway regulates lysozyme-like proteins (LLPs) in the silkmoth Antheraea mylitta. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 154, 102-108. DOI : 10.1016/j.jip.2018.04.006.
2017
Clabots, G. 2017. Un système sécurisé de traitement thermique des eaux usées dans des locaux confinés d’élevage d’insectes règlementés. Cahier des Techniques de l'INRA. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/415675
Givaudan, A., Lanois, A. 2017. Flagellar Regulation and virulence in the entomopathogenic bacteria-Xenorhabdus nematophila and Photorhabdus luminescens. Current Topics Microbiology and Immunology, 402, 39-51. DOI : 10.1007/82_2016_53. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/385619
Gouin, A., Bretaudeau, A., Nam, K., Gimenez, S., Aury, J.-M., Duvic, B., Hilliou, F., Durand, N., Montagné, N., Darboux, I., Kuwar, S., Chertemps, T., Siaussat, D., Bretschneider, A., Moné, Y., Ahn, S.-J., Hänniger, S., Gosselin-Grenet, A.-S., Neunemann, D., Maumus, F., Luyten, I., Labadie, K., Xu, W., Koutroumpa, F., Escoubas, J.-M., Llopis, A., Maïbèche-Coisne, M., Salasc, F., Tomar, A., Anderson, A. R., Khan, S. A., Dumas, P., Orsucci, M., Guy, J., Belser, C., Alberti, A., Noel, B., Couloux, A., Mercier, J., Nidelet, S., Dubois, E., Liu, N.-Y., Boulogne, I., Mirabeau, O., Le Goff, G., Gordon, K., Oakeshott, J., Consoli, F. L., Volkoff, A.-N., Fescemyer, H. W., Marden, J. H., Luthe, D. S., Herrero, S., Heckel, D. G., Wincker, P., Kergoat, G. J., Amselem, J., Quesneville, H., Groot, A. T., Jacquin-Joly, E., Nègre, N., Lemaitre, C., Legeai, F., D'Alençon, E., Fournier, P. 2017. Two genomes of highly polyphagous lepidopteran pests (Spodoptera frugiperda, Noctuidae) with different host-plant ranges. Scientific Reports, 7 (1), 11816. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-017-10461-4. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/411711
Kim, I.-H., Aryal, S. K., Aghai, D. T., Casanova-Torres, Á. M., Hillman, K., Kozuch, M. P., Mans, E. J., Mauer, T. J., Ogier, J.-C., Ensign, J. C., Gaudriault, S., Goodman, W. G., Goodrich-Blair, H., Dillman, A.R. 2017. The insect pathogenic bacterium Xenorhabdus innexi has attenuated virulence in multiple insect model hosts yet encodes a potent mosquitocidal toxin. BMC Genomics, 18 (1), 927. DOI : 10.1186/s12864-017-4311-4. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/416134
Labreuche, Y., Chenivesse, S., Jeudy, A., Le Panse, S., Boulo, V., Ansquer, D., Pagès, S., Givaudan, A., Czjzek, M., Le Roux, F. 2017. Nigritoxin is a bacterial toxin for crustaceans and insects. Nature Communications, 8 (1), 1248. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-017-01445-z. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/424084
McMullen II, J. G., McQuade, R., Ogier, J.-C., Pagès, S., Gaudriault, S., Stock, P. S. 2017. Variable virulence phenotype of Xenorhabdus bovienii (γ-Proteobacteria: Enterobacteriaceae) in the absence of their vector hosts. Microbiology, 163 (4), 510-522. DOI : 10.1099/mic.0.000449. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/393088
Mouammine, A., Pagès, S., Lanois Nouri, A., Gaudriault, S., Jubelin, G., Bonabaud, M., Cruveiller, S., Dubois, E., Roche, D., Legrand, L., Brillard, J., Givaudan, A. 2017. An antimicrobial peptide-resistant minor subpopulation of Photorhabdus luminescens is responsible for virulence. Scientific Reports, 7, 43670. DOI : 10.1038/srep43670. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/389115
Payelleville, A., Lanois, A., Gislard, M., Dubois, E., Roche, D., Cruveiller, S., Givaudan, A., Brillard, J. 2017. DNA adenine methyltransferase (Dam) overexpression impairs Photorhabdus luminescens motility and virulence. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 1671. DOI : 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01671. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/410533
Thibord, J.-B., Larroude, P., Chabert, A., Villeneuve, F., Quilliot, E., Malet, M., Plantegenest, M., Poggi, S., Riou, J.-B., Ogier, J.-C., Guéry, B., Rouzès, R., Barsics, F., Bonnissol, S., Cap, G. 2017. Prévision des risques et élaboration de nouvelles techniques de lutte pour la protection des cultures contre les attaques de taupins. Innovations Agronomiques, 55, 215-233. DOI : 10.15454/1.5137781155320183E12. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/408091
2016
Abi Khattar, Z., Gaudriault, S., Givaudan, A. 2016. A functional msbB acyltransferase of Photorhabdus luminescens, required for secondary lipid A acylation in gram-negative bacteria, confers resistance to anti-microbial peptides. Lebanese Science Journal, 17 (1), 45-56. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/368282
Bisch, G., Ogier, J.-C., Médigue, C., Rouy, Z., Vincent, S., Tailliez, P., Givaudan, A., Gaudriault, S. 2016. Comparative genomics between two Xenorhabdus bovienii strains highlights differential evolutionary scenarios within an entomopathogenic bacterial species. Genome Biology and Evolution, 8 (1), 148-160. DOI : 10.1093/gbe/evv248. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/343355
Diomande, S. E., Doublet, B., Vasaï, F., Guinebretière, M. H., Broussolle, V., Brillard, J. 2016. Expression of the genes encoding the CasK/R two-component system and the DesA desaturase during Bacillus cereus cold adaptation. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 363 (16), 9 p. DOI : 10.1093/femsle/fnw174. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/366350
Ferreira, T., van Reenen, C. A., Tailliez, P., Pages, S., Malan, A. P., Dicks, L. M. T. 2016. First report of the symbiotic bacterium Xenorhabdus indica associated with the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema yirgalemense. Journal of Helminthology, 90 (01), 108-112. DOI : 10.1017/S0022149X14000583. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/283463
Ginies, C., Brillard, J., Nguyen The, C. 2016. Identification of fatty acids in Bacillus cereus. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 118, 9 p. DOI : 10.3791/54960. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/392014
Kadja, A. B., Békro, Y.-A., Pirat, J.-L., Mamyrbekova Bekro, J. A., Volle, J.-N., Lecouvey, M., Boyer-Lavergne, M.-H. 2016. Chemical constituents and in vitro biological screening of dehydroacetic extracts of 3 African toothpicks. International Journal of Green and Herbal Chemistry, 5 (2), 201-208. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/392717
Mohamed, A. A., Zhang, L., Dorrah, M. A., Elmogy, M., Yousef, H. A., Bassal, T. T., Duvic, B. 2016. Molecular characterization of a c-type lysozyme from the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 61, 60-69. DOI : 10.1016/j.dci.2016.03.018. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/350130
Nguyen The, C., Bardin, M., Bérard, A., Berge, O., Brillard, J., Broussolle, V., Carlin, F., Renault, P., Tchamitchian, M., Morris, C. E. 2016. Agrifood systems and the microbial safety of fresh produce: trade-offs in the wake of increased sustainability. Science of the Total Environment, 562, 751-759. DOI : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.241. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/353318
Noujeim, E., Sakr, J., Fanelli, E., Troccoli, A., Pages, S., Tarasco, E., De Luca, F. 2016. Phylogenetic relationships of entomopathogenic nematodes and their bacterial symbionts from coastal areas in lebanon. Redia, 99, 127-137. DOI : 10.19263/REDIA-99.16.16. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/388993
Ogier, J.-C., Duvic, B., Lanois, A., Givaudan, A., Gaudriault, S. 2016. A new member of the growing family of contact-dependent growth inhibition systems in Xenorhabdus doucetiae. Plos One, 11, 19 p. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0167443. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/384419
2015
Aribi, M., Meziane, W., Habi, S., Boulatika, Y., Marchandin, H., Aymeric, J.-L. 2015. Macrophage bactericidal activities against Staphylococcus aureus are enhanced in vivo by selenium supplementation in a dose-dependent manner. Plos One, 10 (9), 18 p. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0135515. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/327149
Bisch, G., Pages, S., McMullen II, J. G., Stock, P. S., Duvic, B., Givaudan, A., Gaudriault, S. 2015. Xenorhabdus bovienii CS03, the bacterial symbiont of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema weiseri, is a non-virulent strain against lepidopteran insects. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 124, 15-22. DOI : 10.1016/j.jip.2014.10.002. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/275582
Brillard, J., Dupont, C. M., Berge, O., Dargaignaratz, C., Oriol-Gagnier, S., Doussan, C., Broussolle, V., Gillon, M., Clavel, T., Berard, A. 2015. The water cycle, a potential source of the bacterial pathogen Bacillus cereus. BioMed Research International, 2015, 356928. DOI : 10.1155/2015/356928. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/295398
Diomande, S. E., Nguyen The, C., Abee, T., Tempelaars, M. H., Broussolle, V., Brillard, J. 2015. Involvement of the CasK/R two-component system in optimal unsaturation of the Bacillus cereus fatty acids during low-temperature growth. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 213, 110-7. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2015.04.043. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/305527
Diomande, S. E., Guinebretière, M. H., De Sarrau, B., Nguyen The, C., Broussolle, V., Brillard, J. 2015. Fatty acid profiles and desaturase-encoding genes are different in thermo- and psychrotolerant strains of the Bacillus cereus Group. BMC Research Notes, 8, 329. DOI : 10.1186/s13104-015-1288-4 http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/322525
Diomande, S. E., Nguyen The, C., Guinebretière, M. H., Broussolle, V., Brillard, J. 2015. Role of fatty acids in Bacillus environmental adaptation. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, 20 p. DOI : 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00813. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/322526
Elmogy, M., Bassal, T. T. M., Yousef, H. A., Dorrah, M. A., Mohamed, A. A., Duvic, B. 2015. Isolation, characterization, kinetics, and enzymatic and non-enzymatic microbicidal activities of a novel c-type lysozyme from plasma of Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Journal of Insect Science, 15 (1), 57. DOI : 10.1093/jisesa/iev038. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/308031
Gorgadze, O., Lortkhipanidze, M., Ogier, J.-C., Tailliez, P., Burjanadze, M. 2015. Steinernema tbilisiensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Steinernematidae) - A new species of entomopathogenic nematode from Georgia. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology (A5), 13 p. DOI : 10.17265/2161-6256/2015.04.005. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/329166
Les Dossiers d'Agropolis International. Extrait du dossier "Changement climatique : impacts et adaptations" - n°20 - Février 2015 - 88 p.
Thibord, J. B., Larroude, P., Tour, M., Ogier, J.-C., Barsics, F. 2015. Le dossier Taupins: Nouvelles stratégies Les solutions à venir s'inspirent de la nature. Perspectives Agricoles, novembre 2015 (427):58-62. https://prodinra.inra.fr/record/329165
2014
Benfarhat-Touzri, D., Amira, A. B., Khedher, S. B., Givaudan, A., Jaoua, S., Tounsi, S. 2014. Combinatorial effect of Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki and Photorhabdus luminescens against Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Basic Microbiology, 54 (11), 1160-1165. DOI : 10.1002/jobm.201300142. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/269301
Diomande, S. E., Chamot, S., Antolinos, V., Vasai, F., Guinebretiere, M. H., Bornard, I., Nguyen-the, C., Broussolle, V., Brillard, J., 2014. The CasKR two-component system is required for the growth of mesophilic and psychrotolerant Bacillus cereus strains at low temperatures. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 80 (8), 2493-2503,. DOI : 10.1128/aem.00090-14. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/261611
Ferreira, T., van Reenen, C. A., Endo, A., Tailliez, P., Pages, S., Spröer, C., Malan, A. P., Dicks, L. M. T. 2014. Photorhabdus heterorhabditis sp nov., a symbiont of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis zealandica. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 64 (5), 1540-1545. DOI : 10.1099/ijs.0.059840-0. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/274852
Gualtieri, M., Ogier, J.-C., Pages, S., Givaudan, A., Gaudriault, S., 2014. Draft genome sequence and annotation of the entomopathogenic bacterium Xenorhabdus szentirmaii strain DSM16338. Genome Announcements 2 (2). DOI : 10.1128/genomeA.00190-14. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/269300
Kronenwerth, M., Bozhüyük, K. A. J., Kahnt, A. S., Steinhilber, D., Gaudriault, S., Kaiser, M., Bode, H. B. 2014. Characterisation of taxlllaids A-G; natural products from Xenorhabdus indica. Chemistry, 20 (52), 17478-17487. DOI : 10.1002/chem.201403979. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/280363
Legeai, F., Gimenez, S., Duvic, B., Escoubas, J.-M., Gosselin-Grenet, A.-S., Blanc, F., Cousserans, F., Seninet, I., Bretaudeau, A., Mutel, D., Girard, P.-A., Monsempes, C., Magdelenat, G., Hilliou, F., Feyereisen, R., Ogliastro, M.-H., Volkoff, A.-N., Jacquin-Joly, E., D'Alençon, E., Negre, N., Fournier, P. 2014. Establishment and analysis of a reference transcriptome for Spodoptera frugiperda. BMC Genomics, 15, 704. DOI : 10.1186/1471-2164-15-704. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/269917
Mouammine, A., Lanois, A., Pages, S., Lafay, B., Molle, V., Canova, M., Girard, P.-A., Duvic, B., Givaudan, A., Gaudriault, S. 2014. Ail and PagC-related proteins in the entomopathogenic bacteria of Photorhabdus genus. Plos One, 9 (10). DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0110060. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/273002
Ogier, J.-C., Pages, S., Bisch, G., Chiapello, H., Médigue, C., Rouy, Z., Teyssier, C., Vincent, S., Tailliez, P., Givaudan, A., Gaudriault, S. 2014. Attenuated virulence and genomic reductive evolution in the entomopathogenic bacterial symbiont species, Xenorhabdus poinarii. Genome Biology and Evolution, 6, 1495-1513. DOI : 10.1093/gbe/evu119. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/262449
Shapiro-Ilan, D. I., Blackburn, D., Duncan, L., El-Borai, F. E., Koppenhöfer, H., Tailliez, P., Adams, B. J. 2014. Characterization of biocontrol traits in Heterorhabditis floridensis: A species with broad temperature tolerance. Journal of Nematology, 46 (4), 336-345. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/280905
Sicard, M., Raimond, M., Gaudriault, S., Lanois, A., Pages, S., Debenest, C., Braquart-Varnier, C., Givaudan, A. 2014. Putative toxins from the entomopathogenic bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens kill Armadillidium vulgare (Terrestrial isopod). Biological Control, 69, 40-44. DOI : 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2013.10.011. http://prodinra.inra.fr/record/269302
2013
D'Alençon, E., Bierne, N., Girard, P.-A., Magdelenat, G., Gimenez, S., Seninet, I., Escoubas, J.-M. 2013. Evolutionary history of x-tox genes in three lepidopteran species: Origin, evolution of primary and secondary structure and alternative splicing, generating a repertoire of immune-related proteins. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 43, 54-64. DOI : 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.10.012.
Ferreira, T., van Reenen, C., Pagès, S., Tailliez, P., Malan, A.P., Dicks, L.M.T. 2013. Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. noenieputensis subsp. nov., a symbiotic bacterium associated with a novel Heterorhabditis species related to Heterorhabditis indica. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 63, 1853-1858. DOI : 10.1099/ijs.0.044388-0.
Houard, J., Aumelas, A., Noel, T., Pages, S., Givaudan, A., Fitton-Ouhabi, V., Villain-Guillot, P., Gualtieri, M. 2013. Cabanillasin, a new antifungal metabolite, produced by entomopathogenic Xenorhabdus cabanillasii JM26. Journal of Antibiotics, 66, 617-620. DOI : 10.1038/ja.2013.58.
Jubelin, G., Lanois, A., Severac, D., Rialle, S., Longin, C., Gaudriault, S., Givaudan, A. 2013. FliZ is a global regulatory protein affecting the expression of flagellar and virulence genes in individual Xenorhabdus nematophila bacterial cells. PLoS Genetics, 9, e1003915. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003915.
Lanois, A., Ogier, J.-C., Gouzy, J., Laroui, C., Rouy, Z., Givaudan, A., Gaudriault, S. 2013. Draft genome sequence and annotation of the entomopathogenic bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophila strain F1. Genome Announcements, 1. DOI : 10.1128/genomeA.00342-13.
Zhou, Q., Grundmann, F., Kaiser, M., Schiell, M., Gaudriault, S., Batzer, A., Kurz, M., Bode, H.B. 2013. Structure and Biosynthesis of Xenoamicins from Entomopathogenic Xenorhabdus. Chemistry, 19, 16772-16779. DOI : 10.1002/chem.201302481.
2012
Duvic, B., Jouan, V., Essa, N., Girard, P.-A., Pages, S., Khattar, Z.A., Volkoff, A.N., Givaudan, A., Destoumieux-Garzon, D., Escoubas, J.-M. 2012. Cecropins as a marker of Spodoptera frugiperda immunosuppression during entomopathogenic bacterial challenge. Journal of Insect Physiology, 58, 881 - 888. DOI : 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.04.001.
Koeberle, M., Goeppel, D., Grandl, T., Gaentzsch, P., Manncke, B., Berchtold, S., Mueller, S., Luescher, B., Asselin-Labat, M.-L., Pallardy, M., Sorg, I., Langer, S., Barth, H., Zumbihl, R., Autenrieth, I.B., Bohn, E. 2012. Yersinia enterocolitica YopT and Clostridium difficile toxin B induce expression of GILZ in epithelial cells. PLoS One, 7. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0040730.
Morales-Soto, N., Gaudriault, S., Ogier, J.-C., Thappeta, K.R.V., Forst, S. 2012. Comparative analysis of P2-type remnant prophage loci in Xenorhabdus bovienii and Xenorhabdus nematophila required for xenorhabdicin production. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 333, 69-76. DOI : 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02600.x.
Nielsen Leroux, C., Gaudriault, S., Ramarao, N., Lereclus, D., Givaudan, A. 2012. How the insect pathogen bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis and Xenorhabdus/Photorhabdus occupy their hosts. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 15, 220 - 231. DOI : 10.1016/j.mib.2012.04.006.
Rosa, R.D., de Lorgeril, J., Tailliez, P., Bruno, R., Piquemal, D., Bachere, E. 2012. A hemocyte gene expression signature correlated with predictive capacity of oysters to survive Vibrio infections. BMC Genomics, 13, 252. DOI : 10.1186/1471-2164-13-252.
Tailliez, P., Pages, S., Edgington, S., Tymo, L.M., Buddie, A.G. 2012. Description of Xenorhabdus magdalenensis sp nov., the symbiotic bacterium associated with Steinernema australe. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 62, 1761 - 1765. DOI : 10.1099/ijs.0.034322-0.
2011
Chapuis, E., Pages, S., Emelianoff, V., Givaudan, A., Ferdy, J.B. 2011. Virulence and pathogen multiplication: a serial passage experiment in the hypervirulent bacterial insect-pathogen Xenorhabdus nematophila. PLoS One, 6, e15872. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0015872.
Chaston, J.M., Suen, G., Tucker, S.L., Andersen, A.W., Bhasin, A., Bode, E., Bode, H.B., Brachmann, A.O., Cowles, C.E., Cowles, K.N., Darby, C., de Léon, L., Drace, K., Du, Z., Givaudan, A., Tran, E.E.H., Jewell, K.A., Knack, J.J., Krasomil-Osterfeld, K.C., Kukor, R., Lanois, A., Latreille, P., Leimgruber, N.K., Lipke, C.M., Liu, R., Lu, X., Martens, E.C., Marri, P.R., Médigue, C., Menard, M.L., Miller, N.M., Morales-Soto, N., Norton, S., Ogier, J.-C., Orchard, S.S., Park, D., Park, Y., Qurollo, B.A., Sugar, D.R., Richards, G.R., Rouy, Z., Slominski, B., Slominski, K., Synder, H., Tjaden, B.C., van der Hoeven, R., Welch, R.D., Wheeler, C., Xiang, B., Barbazuk, B., Gaudriault, S., Goodner, B., Slater, S.C., Forst, S., Goldman, B.S., Goodrich-Blair, H. 2011. The entomopathogenic bacterial endosymbionts xenorhabdus and photorhabdus: convergent lifestyles from divergent genomes. Plos One, 6. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0027909.
Jubelin, G., Pages, S., Lanois, A., Boyer, M.-H., Gaudriault, S., Ferdy, J.-B., Givaudan, A. 2011. Studies of the dynamic expression of the Xenorhabdus FliAZ regulon reveal atypical iron-dependent regulation of the flagellin and haemolysin genes during insect infection. Environmental Microbiology, 13, 1271-1284. DOI : 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02427.x.
Lanois, A., Pages, S., Bourot, S., Canoy, A.S., Givaudan, A., Gaudriault, S. 2011. Transcriptional analysis of a Photorhabdus sp. variant reveals transcriptional control of phenotypic variation and multifactorial pathogenicity in insects. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77, 1009-1020. DOI : 10.1128/aem.01696-10.
Noujeim, E., Khater, C., Pages, S., Ogier, J.C., Tailliez, P., Hamze, M., Thaler, O. 2011. The first record of entomopathogenic nematodes (Rhabiditiae: Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae) in natural ecosystems in Lebanon: A biogeographic approach in the Mediterranean region. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 107, 82-85. DOI : 10.1016/j.jip.2011.01.004.
Terenius, O., Papanicolaou, A., Garbutt, J.S., Eleftherianos, I., Huvenne, H., Kanginakudru, S., Albrechtsen, M., An, C., Aymeric, J.-L., Barthel, A., Bebas, P., Bitra, K., Bravo, A., Chevalieri, F., Collinge, D.P., Crava, C.M., de Maagd, R.A., Duvic, B., et al. 2011. RNA interference in Lepidoptera: An overview of successful and unsuccessful studies and implications for experimental design. Journal of Insect Physiology, 57, 231 - 245. DOI : 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.11.006.
2010
Aymeric, J.L., Givaudan, A., Duvic, B. 2010. Imd pathway is involved in the interaction of Drosophila melanogaster with the entomopathogenic bacteria, Xenorhabdus nematophila and Photorhabdus luminescens. Molecular Immunology, 47, 2342-2348. DOI : 10.1016/j.molimm.2010.05.012.
Costa, S.C., Chavez, C.V., Jubelin, G., Givaudan, A., Escoubas, J.M., Brehelin, M., Zumbihl, R. 2010. Recent insight into the pathogenicity mechanisms of the emergent pathogen Photorhabdus asymbiotica. Microbes and Infection, 12, 182-189. DOI : 10.1016/j.micinf.2009.12.003.
Duperthuy, M., Binesse, J., Le Roux, F., Romestand, B., Caro, A., Got, P., Givaudan, A., Mazel, D., Bachere, E., Destoumieux-Garzon, D. 2010. The major outer membrane protein OmpU of Vibrio splendidus contributes to host antimicrobial peptide resistance and is required for virulence in the oyster Crassostrea gigas. Environmental Microbiology, 12, 951-963. DOI : 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02138.x.
Noujeim, E., Nader, A., El Hayek, P., Nemer, N., Darwich, T., Thaler, O., Khater, C. 2010. Habitat characterization of entomopathogenic nematodes in north Lebanon. Lebanese Science Journal, 11:27-37.
Ogier, J.C., Calteau, A., Forst, S., Goodrich-Blair, H., Roche, D., Rouy, Z., Suen, G., Zumbihl, R., Givaudan, A., Tailliez, P., Medigue, C., Gaudriault, S. 2010. Units of plasticity in bacterial genomes: new insight from the comparative genomics of two bacteria interacting with invertebrates, Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus. BMC Genomics, 11, 568. DOI : 10.1186/1471-2164-11-568.
Tailliez, P., Laroui, C., Ginibre, N., Paule, A., Pagès, S., Boemare, N. 2010. Phylogeny of Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus based on universally conserved protein-coding sequences and implications for the taxonomy of these two genera. Proposal of new taxa: X. vietnamensis sp. nov., P. luminescens subsp. caribbeanensis subsp. nov., P. luminescens subsp. hainanensis subsp. nov., P. temperata subsp. khanii subsp. nov., P. temperata subsp. tasmaniensis subsp. nov., and the reclassification of P. luminescens subsp. thracensis as P. temperata subsp. thracensis comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 60, 1921-1937. DOI : 10.1099/ijs.0.014308-0.
Chavez, C.V., Jubelin, G., Courties, G., Gomard, A., Ginibre, N., Pages, S., Taieb, F., Girard, P.A., Oswald, E., Givaudan, A., Zumbihl, R., Escoubas, J.M. 2010. The cyclomodulin Cif of Photorhabdus luminescens inhibits insect cell proliferation and triggers host cell death by apoptosis. Microbes and Infections, 12, 1208-1218. DOI : 10.1016/j.micinf.2010.09.006.
2009
Abi Khattar, Z., Rejasse, A., Destoumieux-Garzon, D., Escoubas, J.M., Sanchis, V., Lereclus, D., Givaudan, A., Kallassy, M., Nielsen-Leroux, C., Gaudriault, S. 2009. The dlt operon of Bacillus cereus is required for resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptides and for virulence in insects. Journal of Bacteriology, 191, 7063-7073. DOI : 10.1128/jb.00892-09.
Campos-Herrera, R., Tailliez, P., Pages, S., Ginibre, N., Gutierrez, C., Boemare, N.E. 2009. Characterization of Xenorhabdus isolates from La Rioja (Northern Spain) and virulence with and without their symbiotic entomopathogenic nematodes (Nematoda: Steinernematidae). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 102, 173-181. DOI : 10.1016/j.jip.2009.08.007.
Chapelle, M., Girard, P.A., Cousserans, F., Volkoff, N.A., Duvic, B. 2009. Lysozymes and lysozyme-like proteins from the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. Molecular Immunology, 47, 261-269. DOI : 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.09.028.
Chapuis, E., Emelianoff, V., Paulmier, V., Le Brun, N., Pages, S., Sicard, M., Ferdy, J.B. 2009. Manifold aspects of specificity in a nematode-bacterium mutualism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22, 2104-2117. DOI : 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01829.x.
Costa, S.C., Girard, P.A., Brehelin, M., Zumbihl, R. 2009. The emerging human pathogen Photorhabdus asymbiotica is a facultative intracellular bacterium and induces apoptosis of macrophage-like cells. Infection and Immunity, 77, 1022-1030. DOI : 10.1128/iai.01064-08.
Destoumieux-Garzon, D., Brehelin, M., Bulet, P., Boublik, Y., Girard, P.A., Baghdiguian, S., Zumbihl, R., Escoubas, J.M. 2009. Spodoptera frugiperda X-tox protein, an immune related defensin rosary, has lost the function of ancestral defensins. PLoS One, 4, e6795. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0006795.
Gualtieri, M., Aumelas, A., Thaler, J.O. 2009. Identification of a new antimicrobial lysine-rich cyclolipopeptide family from Xenorhabdus nematophila. Journal of Antibiotics, 62, 295-302. DOI : 10.1038/ja.2009.31.
Jamoussi, K, Sellami, S, Abdelkefi-Mesrati, L, Givaudan, A, Jaoua, S. 2009. Heterologous expression of the B. thuringiensis vegetative insecticidal protein Vip3LB by Photorhabdus temperata strain K122 and oral toxicity against the Lepidoptera Ephestia kuehniella and Spodoptera littoralis. Molecular Biotechnology, 43:97-103.
Jubelin, G., Chavez, C.V., Taieb, F., Banfield, M.J., Samba-Louaka, A., Nobe, R., Nougayrede, J.P., Zumbihl, R., Givaudan, A., Escoubas, J.M., Oswald, E. 2009. Cycle inhibiting factors (CIFs) are a growing family of functional cyclomodulins present in invertebrate and mammal bacterial pathogens. PLoS One, 4, e4855. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0004855.
Brevets
GUALTIERI M, VILLAIN-GUILLOT P, GIVAUDAN A, PAGES S. 2011. "Novel peptide derivates as antibiotics". EP11183034.5 & US61/540.085. Priority date: 2011-09-28. Publication info: WO2013045600 (A1) 2013-04-04.
GUALTIERI M, VILLAIN-GUILLOT P, GIVAUDAN A, PAGES S. 2010. "Cabanillasin, a novel antibiotic, produced by the entomopathogenic bacteria Xenorhabdus cabanillasii". EP10306482.0 & US61/425917 Priority date: 2010-12-22. Publication info: EP2468718 (A1) 2012-06-27.
GUALTIERI M, VILLAIN-GUILLOT P, GIVAUDAN A, PAGES S. 2010. "Nemaucin, a new antifungal compound, produced by the entomopathogenic bacteria Xenorhabdus cabanillasii". EP10306485.3 & US61/425951. Priority date: 2010-12-22. Publication info: WO2012085177 (A1) 2012-06-28.
VINCENT R, GIVAUDAN A, BOEMARE N, PAGES S, DUCHAUD E, KUNST F, DERZELLE S, BUCHREISER C, GLASER P, DEROSE R, WINGATE V, POWEL L. 2002. Protéines insecticides de Photorhabdus luminescens (BAC 8c11). Co-dépôt INRA - Institut Pasteur - Bayer CropScience, Brevet INIP 0204798.
VINCENT R, GIVAUDAN A, BOEMARE N, PAGES S, DUCHAUD E, NIELSEN-LEROUX C, KUNST F, DERZELLE S, BUCHREISER C, GLASER P, DEROSE R, WINGATE V, POWEL L. 2002. Protéines insecticides Photorhabdus luminescens (BAC 1a02). Co-dépôt INRA - Institut Pasteur – Bayer CropScience, Brevet INIP 0204799.
THALER JO, GIVAUDAN A, LATORSE P. 2001. Pseudopeptides antimicrobiens de Xenorhabdus. Co-dépôt INRA-AVENTIS CropScience Office des Brevets Français 12/01/2001 étendu à l’international en 2003. Brevet n°INIP 0100415. PCT WO 02/055545 A1.
Thèses
Laëtitia LECLERC. 2023. Modulation précoce de la voie des jasmonates chez le riz (Oryza sativa) par le microbiote oral des larves de Spodoptera frugiperda. Thèse de doctorat de l'Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France, sous la direction Nicolas NEGRE, Sophie GAUDRIAULT et Antony CHAMPION.
Linda HADCHITY. 2022. Résistance aux antibactériens : Caractérisation des pompes à efflux de la bactérie entomopathogène Photorhabdus laumondii. Thèse de doctorat de l'Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France, sous la direction de Alain Givaudan et Fida NASSAR. https://ged.biu-montpellier.fr/florabium/jsp/nnt.jsp?nnt=2022UMONG065.
Louise HUOT. 2019. Analyse moléculaire de la réponse immunitaire du lépidoptère Spodoptera frugiperda au complexe nématobactérien entomopathogène Steinernema carpocapsae-Xenorhabdus nematophila. Thèse de doctorat de l'Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France, sous la direction de Bernard DUVIC. https://www.theses.fr/2019MONTG084/document.
Marine CAMBON. 2018. Heterogeneity within infections: the case of the vector-borne insect pathogen, Xenorhabdus nematophila. Thèse de doctorat de l'Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, sous la direction de Sophie GAUDRIAULT et Jean-Baptiste FERDY.
Amaury PAYELLEVILLE. 2018. Étude de la méthylation de l’ADN chez Photorhabdus luminescens. Thèse de doctorat de l'Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France, sous la direction de Julien BRILLARD & Alain GIVAUDAN. https://ged.biu-montpellier.fr/florabium/jsp/nnt.jsp?nnt=2018MONTG063.
Gaelle BISCH. 2014. Les bactéries entomopathogènes du genre Xenorhabdus: description pathologique et génomique de souches à la virulence atténuée. Thèse de doctorat de l'Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France, sous la direction de Sophie GAUDRIAULT. https://ged.biu-montpellier.fr/florabium/jsp/nnt.jsp?nnt=2014MON20050.
Annabelle MOUAMINNE. 2014. Caractérisation de l’hétérogénéité bactérienne chez la bactérie pathogène d’insectes Photorhabdus - Rôle dans la résistance aux peptides antimicrobiens. Thèse de doctorat de l'Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France, sous la direction de Alain GIVAUDAN.
Elise NOUJEIM. 2011. Biodiversité et biogéographie des nématodes entomopathogènes au Liban : étude phylogénique et valorisation des potentiels en lutte biologique. Thèse de doctorat en Biologie des populations et écologie de l'Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France, sous la direction de Patrick TAILLIEZ, Jacques-Olivier THALER & Carla KHATER. https://ged.biu-montpellier.fr/florabium/jsp/nnt.jsp?nnt=2011MON20013.
Ziad ABI KHATTAR. 2009. Impact de la résistance aux peptides antimicrobiens et aux composés toxiques sur les interactions bactéries-insectes : Cas des infections par Photorhabdus luminescens et Bacillus cereus. Thèse de doctorat en cotutelle Université Montpellier 2, Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth. Beyrouth, Liban, sous la direction de Alain GIVAUDAN & Sophie GAUDRIAULT.
Carolina VARELA CHAVEZ. 2009. Caractérisation fonctionnelle d'une cyclomoduline pro-apoptotique nommée CIF (Cycle Inhibiting Factor) chez les bactéries entomopathogènes du genre Photorhabdus. Thèse de doctorat de l'Université Montpellier 2. Montpellier, France, sous la direction de Jean-Michel ESCOUBAS & Robert ZUMBIHL.
Sonia Catarina DA PONTE COSTA. 2008. Etude de l'interaction des bactéries du genre Photorhabdus avec les cellules du système immunitaire. Thèse en cotutelle Université Montpellier 2, Université des Açores. Ponta Delgada, Portugal, sous la direction de Michel BREHELIN & Robert ZUMBIHL.
