Genomic and proteomic evidence supporting the division of the plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum into three species.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The increased availability of genome sequences has advanced the development of genomic distance methods to describe bacterial diversity. Results of these fast-evolving methods are highly correlated with those of the historically standard DNA-DNA hybridization technique. However, these genomic-based methods can be done more rapidly and less expensively and are less prone to technical and human error. They are thus a technically accessible replacement for species delineation. Here, we use several genomic comparison methods, supported by our own proteomic analyses and metabolic characterization as well as previously published DNA-DNA hybridization analyses, to differentiate members of the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex into three species. This pathogen group consist

SUBMITTER: Prior P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4736150 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature