Evolution of copper resistance in the kiwifruit pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae through acquisition of integrative conjugative elements and plasmids
Elena Colombi, Christina Straub, Sven Kunzel, Matthew D Templeton, Honour C McCann, Paul B Rainey
The paper shows how Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae acquired copper resistance through lateral gene transfer via integrative conjugative elements and plasmids, leading to increased resistance in isolates from 2015-2016.
bioRxiv · Aug 19, 2016Evolutionary Biology