RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Dunphy, Gary B. A1 Webster, John M.YR 1988 T1 Lipopolysaccharides of Xenorhabdus nematophilus (Enterobacteriaceae) and Their Haemocyte Toxicity in Non-immune Galleria mellonella (Insecta: Lepidoptera) Larvae JF Microbiology, VO 134 IS 4 SP 1017 OP 1028 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-134-4-1017 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2080, AB Three varieties of Xenorhabdus nematophilus subsp. nematophilus released lipopolysaccharide (LPS) during bacteraemia in larval Galleria mellonella. Larval serum triggered release of LPS from the bacterial envelope. LPS activated the plasmatocytes and eventually damaged the haemocytes. LPS and its lipid A portion bound to the insect haemocytes through d-glucosamine-binding lectins on the haemocyte surfaces. The toxicity of LPS resides in the fatty acids of the lipid A moiety., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-134-4-1017