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Ralstonia solanacearum needs Flp pili for virulence on potato.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Apr 2012
Wairuri Charles K, van der Waals Jacquie E, van Schalkwyk Antoinette, Theron Jacques
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Type IV pili are virulence factors in various bacteria. Several subclasses of type IV pili have been described according to the characteristics of the structural prepilin subunit. Although type IVa pili have been implicated in the virulence of Ralstonia solanacearum, type IVb pili have not previously been described in this plant pathogen. Here, we report the characterization of two distinct tad loci in the R....
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