Regulation of Xylella fastidiosa virulence factors by c-di-GMP phosphodiesterases

Xylella fastidiosa is an important bacterial plant pathogen that colonizes the xylem of hundreds of plant species. X. fastidiosa cause Pierce's disease in grapevine by occlusion of the xylem by extensive bacterial colonization, extracellular polysaccharides and the formation of a biofilm. The...

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Main Author: Ancona-Contreras, Veronica
Other Authors: de Figueiredo, Paul
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-9797