Comparative genome analysis of the α-proteobacteria: Relationships between plant and animal pathogens and host specificity

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The phylogenetic group of α-proteobacteria contains bacterial species with a wide variety of lifestyles, including obligate intracellular (Rickettsia), facultative intracellular (Bartonella, Brucella), and extracellular pathogens (Agrobacterium), as well as symbionts of both animals and plants (Wolbachia, Sinorhizobium). With the recent completion of genome sequences of several of these organisms, it is now...

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