ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2011
Natural competence and recombination in the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa.
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- Complete functional analysis of type IV pilus components of a reemergent plant pathogen reveals neofunctionalization of paralog genes.PLoS pathogens · 2023Article
- Natural Recombination among Type I Restriction-Modification Systems Creates Diverse Genomic Methylation Patterns among Xylella fastidiosa Strains.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2023Article
- CRISPR-Cas-Based Engineering of Probiotics.Biodesign research · 2023Review
- Using Genomes and Evolutionary Analyses to Screen for Host-Specificity and Positive Selection in the Plant Pathogen Xylella fastidiosa.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2022Article
- Microbe Profile:Microbiology (Reading, England) · 2021Review
- Allopatric Plant Pathogen Population Divergence following Disease Emergence.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2021Article
- Phenotypic Characterization and Transformation Attempts Reveal Peculiar Traits ofMicroorganisms · 2020Article
- Calcium transcriptionally regulates movement, recombination and other functions of Xylella fastidiosa under constant flow inside microfluidic chambers.Microbial biotechnology · 2020Article
- Emergence of a Plant Pathogen in Europe Associated with Multiple Intercontinental Introductions.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2020Article
- Patterns of inter- and intrasubspecific homologous recombination inform eco-evolutionary dynamics of Xylella fastidiosa.The ISME journal · 2019Article
- Genomic Diversity and Recombination among Xylella fastidiosa Subspecies.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2019Article
- A Short Protocol for Gene Knockout and Complementation in Xylella fastidiosa Shows that One of the Type IV Pilin Paralogs (PD1926) Is Needed for Twitching while Another (PD1924) Affects Pilus Number and Location.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2018Article
- Genetic characterization of Vitis germplasm collected from the southwestern US and Mexico to expedite Pierce's disease-resistance breeding.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2018Article
- Conjugative Plasmid Transfer in Xylella fastidiosa Is Dependent onJournal of bacteriology · 2017Article
- Natural Competence of Xylella fastidiosa Occurs at a High Frequency Inside Microfluidic Chambers Mimicking the Bacterium's Natural Habitats.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2016Article
- Large-scale intersubspecific recombination in the plant-pathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa is associated with the host shift to mulberry.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2014Article
- Intersubspecific recombination in Xylella fastidiosa Strains native to the United States: infection of novel hosts associated with an unsuccessful invasion.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2014Article
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Abstract
Homologous recombination is one of many forces contributing to the diversity, adaptation, and emergence of pathogens. For naturally competent bacteria, transformation is one possible route for the acquisition of novel genetic material. This study demonstrates that Xylella fastidiosa, a generalist bacterial plant pathogen responsible for many emerging plant diseases, is naturally competent and able to homologously recombine exogenous DNA into its genome. Several factors that affect transformation and recombination efficiencies, such as nutrient availability, growth stage, and methylation of transforming DNA, were identified. Recombination was observed in at least one out of every 10(6) cells when exogenous plasmid DNA was supplied and one out of every 10(7) cells when different strains were grown together in vitro. Based on previous genomic studies and experimental data presented here, there is mounting evidence that recombination can occur at relatively high rates and could play a large role in shaping the genetic diversity of X. fastidiosa.
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