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| Genus: | Photorhabdus (Boemare et al. 1993) emend. Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999
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Photorhabdus is a genus of bioluminescent, gram-negative bacilli which lives symbiotically within entomopathogenic nematodes, hence the name photo (which means light producing) and rhabdus (rod shape).[1] Photorhabdus is known to be pathogenic to a wide range of insects and has been used as biopesticide in agriculture.