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Detection and diversity assessment of Xylella fastidiosa in field-collected plant and insect samples by using 16S rRNA and gyrB sequences.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 2003
Rodrigues Jorge L M, Silva-Stenico M E, Gomes J E, Lopes J R S, Tsai S M
Abstract excerpt
The causal agent of diseases in many economically important plants is attributed to the xylem-limited bacterium Xylella fastidiosa. The detection of this plant pathogen has been hampered due to its difficult isolation and slow growth on plates. Nearly complete nucleotide sequences of the 16S rRNA...
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