Intersubspecific recombination in Xylella fastidiosa strains native to the united states: Infection of novel hosts associated with an unsuccessful invasion

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1159-1169

  Nunney, Leonard ^a   Hopkins, Donald L ^b   Morano, Lisa D ^c   Russell, Stephanie E ^a   Stouthamer, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; CENTRAL AMERICA; GENETIC VARIATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NORTH CAROLINA; PLANT SPECIES; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

BACTERIA; MULTIPLEXING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENES;

BACTERIUM; GENETIC VARIATION; HOMOLOGY; HOST PLANT; INFECTIVITY; NATIVE SPECIES; RECOMBINATION; SUBSPECIES;

CENTRAL AMERICA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GEORGIA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PLANT DISEASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED STATES; XYLELLA;

ALLELES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED STATES; XYLELLA;

EID: 84893012830     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02920-13     Document Type: Article

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