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Comparative genomics of <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i> suggests determinants of host-specificity and expands its mobile genetic elements repertoire
2021-10-17
Abstract excerpt
The Gram-negative bacterium Xylella fastidiosa colonizes plant xylem vessels and is obligately vectored by xylem sap-feeding hemipteran insects. X. fastidiosa causes diseases in many plant species but in a variety of its plant hosts this bacterium behaves as a commensal endophyte. Originally confined to the Americas, infecting mainly grapevine, citrus and coffee plants, X. fastidiosa has spread to several plant...
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- Literature Corpus work
- be4d038c-5ff8-5d7d-9d1b-320f9c99ab2e
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.10.17.464729
