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Evolution of the U.S. Biological Select Agent Rathayibacter toxicus.
mBio - 28 Aug 2018
Davis Edward W, Tabima Javier F, Weisberg Alexandra J, Lopes Lucas Dantas, Wiseman Michele S, Wiseman Michael S, Pupko Tal, Belcher Michael S, Sechler Aaron J, Tancos Matt A, Schroeder Brenda K, Murray Timothy D, Luster Douglas G, Schneider William L, Rogers Elizabeth E, Andreote Fernando D, Grünwald Niklaus J, Putnam Melodie L, Chang Jeff H
Abstract excerpt
Rathayibacter toxicus is a species of Gram-positive, corynetoxin-producing bacteria that causes annual ryegrass toxicity, a disease often fatal to grazing animals. A phylogenomic approach was employed to model the evolution of R. toxicus to explain the low genetic diversity observed among isolates collected during a 30-year period of sampling in three regions of Australia, gain insight into the taxonomy of...
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