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NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 9, Issue 5, Pages 344-355Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2558
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- Science Foundation of Ireland [SFI 07/IN. 1/B955, SFI 09/SIRG/B1654]
- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems [820831] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Xanthomonas is a large genus of Gram-negative bacteria that cause disease in hundreds of plant hosts, including many economically important crops. Pathogenic species and pathovars within species show a high degree of host plant specificity and many exhibit tissue specificity, invading either the vascular system or the mesophyll tissue of the host. In this Review, we discuss the insights that functional and comparative genomic studies are providing into the adaptation of this group of bacteria to exploit the extraordinary diversity of plant hosts and different host tissues.
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