Entomopathogenic nematodes live in symbiosis with bacteria and together they successfully infect insects by undermining their innate immune system. To promote research on the genetic basis of nematode infection, methods for maintaining and genetically manipulating entomopathogenic nematodes are described.
Heryanto, C., Ratnappan, R., O'Halloran, D. M., Hawdon, J. M., Eleftherianos, I. Culturing and Genetically Manipulating Entomopathogenic Nematodes. J. Vis. Exp. (181), e63885, doi:10.3791/63885 (2022).