MicrobiologybioRxiv
Using genomes and evolutionary analyses to screen for host-specificity and positive selection in the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa
T. N. Batarseh, A. Morales Cruz, B. Ingel…·B. S. Gaut
This study uses genome analysis to identify host-specificity and positive selection in Xylella fastidiosa, finding genetic determinants of host specialization and candidate genes involved in pathogenicity.
DOI 10.1128/aem.01220-22