Genomic footprint of a shared Type 5 prophage in 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' and 'Candidatus Liberibacter africanus', two destructive bacterial pathogens of citrus huanglongbing
Frédéric Labbé, Claudine Boyer, Fernando Clavijo‐Coppens, Blandine Benoist, Patrick Turpin, Santatra Ravelomanantsoa, Olivier Pruvost
The paper characterizes a shared Type 5 prophage in two HLB-associated Liberibacter species, showing its presence in 85.7% of CLas strains and all CLaf strains tested.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology · Oct 15, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics