Variation at the common polysaccharide antigen locus drives lipopolysaccharide diversity within the P. syringae species complex
J. Jayaraman, W. T. Jones, D. Harvey, L. M. Hemara, H. C. McCann, M. Yoon, S. L. Warring, P. C. Fineran, C. H. Mesarich, M. D. Templeton
The paper identifies a genetic locus driving LPS diversity in P. syringae by analyzing allelic variation in the TET operon and its impact on LPS structure and immunogenicity.
bioRxiv · Mar 31, 2020Microbiology