MicrobiologybioRxiv
Genomic acquisitions in emerging populations of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. vasculorum infecting corn in the U.S. and Argentina
A. L. Perez Quintero, M. Ortiz-Castro, G. Wu…·K. Broders
The paper identifies gene acquisitions in Xanthomonas vasicola pv. vasculorum genomes from the U.S. and Argentina, linking them to increased virulence through horizontal gene transfer, including a prophage from X. vasicola pv. holcicola.
DOI 10.1094/phyto-03-19-0077-r