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Unique features of a Japanese 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' strain revealed by whole genome sequencing.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Katoh Hiroshi, Miyata Shin-Ichi, Inoue Hiromitsu, Iwanami Toru
Abstract excerpt
Citrus greening (huanglongbing) is the most destructive disease of citrus worldwide. It is spread by citrus psyllids and is associated with phloem-limited bacteria of three species of α-Proteobacteria, namely, 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus', 'Ca. L. americanus', and 'Ca. L. africanus'. Recent findings suggested that some Japanese strains lack the bacteriophage-type DNA polymerase region (DNA pol), in...
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