'Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus' carries an excision plasmid prophage and a chromosomally integrated prophage that becomes lytic in plant infections

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 458-468

  Zhang, Shujian ^a   Flores Cruz, Zomary ^a,f   Zhou, Lijuan ^b   Kang, Byung Ho ^a   Fleites, Laura A ^a   Gooch, Mark D ^c   Wulff, Nelson A ^d   Davis, Michael J ^b   Duan, Yong Ping ^e   Gabriel, Dean W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY   (United States)

^d Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura   (Brazil)

^e U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER; CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CITRUS; PSYLLIDAE;

EID: 79952592800     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-11-10-0256     Document Type: Article

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