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gltB/D mutants of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae are virulence deficient.
Current microbiology - 1 Jan 2014
Pandey Alok, Ray Suvendra Kumar, Sonti Ramesh V, Rajeshwari R
Abstract excerpt
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) causes bacterial blight, a serious disease of rice. Upon clip inoculation of rice leaves, Xoo causes typical V-shaped lesions whose leading edge moves through the mid-veinal region. We have isolated a virulence deficient mutant of Xoo, referred to as BXO808 that causes limited lesions which primarily extend through the side-veinal regions of rice leaves. Functional...
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