Distribution of copper resistance gene variants Xanthomonas citri subsp. and euvesicatoria pv. perforans | Yi-Ru Lai, Chih-Hung Lin, Chun-Pi Chang, Hui-Fang Ni, Wen-Shi Tsai, Chien-Jui Huang Agricultural Journals

We report high-quality draft genome sequences of two strains (race 18 and 20) of Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum, the causal agent of bacterial blight of cotton. Comparative genomics will help to decipher mechanisms provoking disease and triggering defense responses and to develop new molecular tools for epidemiological surveillance.

The Rickettsia bacteria include the aetiological agents for the human spotted fever (SF) disease. In the present study, a SF group Rickettsia amblyommii related bacterium was detected in a field collected Amblyomma sculptum (Amblyomma cajennense species complex) tick from a Brazilian SF endemic site in southeastern Brazil, in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, state of Minas Gerais. Genetic anal...