EPN Lifecycle

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Description: English: A general life cycle of entomopathogenic nematodes. The infective juvenile stage, carrying pathogenic bacteria, enters an insect host, migrates to the hemolymph, and releases the bacteria they carry. The nematodes develop and reproduce in the nutrient-rich environment of the host cadaver until population density is high and resources begin to deplete, at which point new IJs develop and disperse in search of new hosts. Date: 1 March 2012. Source: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1002527. Author: Adler Dillman.