An Introduced Crop Plant Is Driving Diversification of the Virulent Bacterial Pathogen Erwinia tracheiphila
Erwinia tracheiphila is a virulent phytopathogen that infects two genera of cucurbit crop plants, Cucurbita spp. (pumpkin and squash) and Cucumis spp. (muskmelon and cucumber). One of the unusual ecological traits of this pathogen is that it is limited to temperate eastern North America. Here, we co...
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Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2018-10-01
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Series: | mBio |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01307-18 |