The Xylella fastidosa RTX operons: evidence for the evolution of protein mosaics through novel genetic exchanges

Abstract Background Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) is a gram negative bacterium inhabiting the plant vascular system. In most species this bacterium lives as a benign symbiote, but in several agriculturally important plants (e.g. coffee, citrus, grapevine) Xf is pathogenic. Xf has four loci encoding homolo...

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Main Authors: Gregory A. Gambetta, Mark A. Matthews, Michael Syvanen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-018-4731-9