Establishment of a Functional Genomics Platform for Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli

Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli, the causal agent of ratoon stunting disease in sugarcane, is a xylem-limited, nutritionally fastidious, slow growing, gram-positive coryneform bacterium. Because of the difficulties in growing this bacterium in pure culture, little is known about the molecular mechanisms...

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Published in:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Main Authors: Stevens M. Brumbley, Lars A. Petrasovits, Rachel M. Murphy, Roland J. Nagel, Judith M. Candy, Scott R. Hermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2004-02-01
Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI.2004.17.2.175