Detecting genetic introgression: High levels of intersubspecific recombination found in Xylella fastidiosa in Brazil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 4702-4714

  Nunney, Leonard ^a   Yuan, Xiaoli ^a   Bromley, Robin E ^a   Stouthamer, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL EVOLUTION; CITRUS VARIEGATED CHLOROSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; LEAF SCORCH; LONG TERM DYNAMICS; LOW LEVEL; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; COFFEE; CULTIVAR; FRUIT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTROGRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COFFEE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DISEASE; XYLELLA;

BRAZIL; CITRUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COFFEE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PLANT DISEASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; XYLELLA;

BRAZIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 84864081840     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01126-12     Document Type: Article

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