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Moko Disease-Causing Strains of Ralstonia solanacearum from Brazil Extend Known Diversity in Paraphyletic Phylotype II.
Phytopathology - 1 Nov 2014
Albuquerque Greecy M R, Santos Liliana A, Felix Kátia C S, Rollemberg Christtianno L, Silva Adriano M F, Souza Elineide B, Cellier Gilles, Prior Philippe, Mariano Rosa L R
Abstract excerpt
The epidemic situation of Moko disease-causing strains in Latin America and Brazil is unclear. Thirty-seven Ralstonia solanacearum strains from Brazil that cause the Moko disease on banana and heliconia plants were sampled and phylogenetically typed using the endoglucanase (egl) and DNA repair (mutS) genes according to the phylotype and sequevar classification. All of the strains belonged to phylotype II and a...
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