Comparative genomic analysis of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citrumelo F1, which causes citrus bacterial spot disease, and related strains provides insights into virulence and host specificity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 6342-6357

  Jalan, Neha ^a,b   Aritua, Valente ^a,b   Kumar, Dibyendu ^a   Yu, Fahong ^a   Jones, Jeffrey B ^a,b   Graham, James H ^a,b   Setubal, João C ^b   Wang, Nian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CITRUS FRUIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; HOST RANGE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CITRUS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HOST SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS PV. CITRI; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS PV. CITRUMELO; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. VESICATORIA;

EID: 80655125438     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05777-11     Document Type: Article

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