Core-Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing for Epidemiological and Evolutionary Analyses of Phytopathogenic Xanthomonas citri.

ABSTRACT: Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri is the cause of bacterial citrus canker, responsible for major economic losses to the citrus industry. X. citri subspecies and pathovars are responsible for diseases in soybean, common bean, mango, pomegranate, and cashew. X. citri disease has been tracked using several typing methods, but recent studies using genomic sequencing have been key to understanding the evolutionary relationships within the species, including fundamental differences among X. citri subsp. citri pathotypes. Here, we describe a core-genome multilocus sequence typing (cgMLST) scheme for X. citri based on 250 genomes comprising multiple examples of X. citri subsp. citri pathotypes A, A*, and A^w; X. citri subsp. malvace

SUBMITTER: Ragupathy R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10231234 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature