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Diversity of "Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus," based on the omp gene sequence.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 2005
Bastianel C, Garnier-Semancik M, Renaudin J, Bové J M, Eveillard S
Abstract excerpt
Huanglongbing (yellow dragon disease) is a destructive disease of citrus. The etiological agent is a noncultured, phloem-restricted alpha-proteobacterium, "Candidatus Liberibacter africanus" in Africa and "Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus" in Asia. In this study, we used an omp-based PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) approach to analyze the genetic variability of "Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus"...
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