Genomic and phenotypic insight into Xanthomonas vesicatoria strains with different aggressiveness on tomato.

ABSTRACT: Xanthomonas vesicatoria is one of the causal agents of bacterial spot, a disease that seriously affects the production of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and pepper (Capsicum annum) worldwide. In Argentina, bacterial spot is found in all tomato producing areas, with X. vesicatoria being one of the main species detected in the fields. Previously, we isolated three X. vesicatoria strains BNM 208, BNM 214, and BNM 216 from tomato plants with bacterial spot, and found they differed in their ability to form biofilm and in their degree of aggressiveness. Here, the likely causes of those differences were explored through genotypic and phenotypic studies. The genomes of the three strains were sequenced and assembled, and then compared with each other and also with

SUBMITTER: Bianco MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10333488 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature