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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Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-05-01
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Series: | BMC Genomics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-018-4731-9 |