Variabilidad molecular de aislamientos venezolanos de nematodos entomopatógenos y sus bacterias simbiontes.

The aim of this study was to determine the molecular variability in a collection of Venezuelan isolates of entomopathogenic nematodes and their symbiont bacteria through the application of RAPD markers. The DNA of nematodes and bacteria were extracted by a modification of the method described by Salazar et al. RAPD assay was developed with the primers from the kits OPA and OPB. Genetic fingerprinting of isolates of the nematode and symbiotic bacteria were determined. The total amplified bands for nematode was 493 and 496 for bacteria, with 99,18 and 100% polymorphism, respectively. The clustering obtained for the nematodes was related to the altitude above the sea level at which they were collected, while for the bacteria, the clustering was in general related to the type of soil from which they came. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]