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Genomes of three tomato pathogens within the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex reveal significant evolutionary divergence.
BMC genomics - 15 Jun 2010
Remenant Benoît, Coupat-Goutaland Bénédicte, Guidot Alice, Cellier Gilles, Wicker Emmanuel, Allen Caitilyn, Fegan Mark, Pruvost Olivier, Elbaz Mounira, Calteau Alexandra, Salvignol Gregory, Mornico Damien, Mangenot Sophie, Barbe Valérie, Médigue Claudine, Prior Philippe
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BACKGROUND: The Ralstonia solanacearum species complex includes thousands of strains pathogenic to an unusually wide range of plant species. These globally dispersed and heterogeneous strains cause bacterial wilt diseases, which have major socio-economic impacts. Pathogenicity is an ancestral trait in R. solanacearum and strains with high genetic variation can be subdivided into four phylotypes, correlating to...
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