Table 3. Described species of Heterorhabditis nematodes and their symbiotic bacteria species in the genus, Photorhabdus.
| 
| Heterorhabditis Species |  Associated Photorhabdus species |  
| Heterorhabditis amazonensis | Undescribed |  
| H. argentinensis | Photorhabdus temperata |  
| H. atacamensis | Undescribed |  
| H. bacteriophora | P. luminescens subspecies including. laumondii TT01,  kayaii, thracensis |  
| H. baujardi | P. luminescens |  
| H. beicherriana | Undescribed |  
| H. brevicaudis | P. luminescens subsp. akhurstii |  
| H. downesi | Photorhabdus sp |  
| H. floridensis | Undescribed |  
| H. georgiana | P. luminescens subsp. akhurstii |  
| H. gerrardi | P. asymbiotica |  
| H. hambletoni | Undescribed |  
| H. hawaiiensis | P. luminescens |  
| H. heliothidis | Undescribed |  
| H. hepialius | P. luminescens |  
| H. hoptha | Undescribed |  
| H. indica | P. luminescens |  
| H. marelata | P. luminescens |  
| H. megidis | P. temperata subsp. temperata Xl Nach |  
| H. mexicana | Undescribed |  
| H. noenieputensis | Undescribed |  
| H. poinari | Photorhabdus sp |  
| H. safricana | Undescribed |  
| H. sonorensis | P. luminescens subsp. sonorensis |  
| H. taysearae | Undescribed |  
| H. zealandica | P. temperata |  |  | 
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