@article{fdi:010077677, title = {{T}wo new complete genome sequences offer insight into host and tissue specificity of plant pathogenic {X}anthomonas spp}, author = {{B}ogdanove, {A}. {J}. and {K}oebnik, {R}alf and {L}u, {H}. and {F}urutani, {A}. and {A}ngiuoli, {S}. {V}. and {P}atil, {P}. {B}. and {V}an {S}luys, {M}. {A}. and {R}yan, {R}. {P}. and {M}eyer, {D}. {F}. and {H}an, {S}. {W}. and {A}parna, {G}. and {R}ajaram, {M}. and {D}elcher, {A}. {L}. and {P}hillippy, {A}. {M}. and {P}uiu, {D}. and {S}chatz, {M}. {C}. and {S}humway, {M}. and {S}ommer, {D}. {D}. and {T}rapnell, {C}. and {B}enahmed, {F}. and {D}imitrov, {G}. and {M}adupu, {R}. and {R}adune, {D}. and {S}ullivan, {S}. and {J}ha, {G}. and {I}shihara, {H}. and {L}ee, {S}. {W}. and {P}andey, {A}. and {S}harma, {V}. and {S}riariyanun, {M}. and {S}zurek, {B}oris and {V}era-{C}ruz, {C}. {M}. and {D}orman, {K}. {S}. and {R}onald, {P}. {C}. and {V}erdier, {V}al{\'e}rie and {D}ow, {J}. {M}. and {S}onti, {R}. {V}. and {T}suge, {S}. and {B}rendel, {V}. {P}. and {R}abinowicz, {P}. {D}. and {L}each, {J}. {E}. and {W}hite, {F}. {F}. and {S}alzberg, {S}. {L}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{X}anthomonas is a large genus of bacteria that collectively cause disease on more than 300 plant species. {T}he broad host range of the genus contrasts with stringent host and tissue specificity for individual species and pathovars. {W}hole-genome sequences of {X}anthomonas campestris pv. raphani strain 756{C} and {X}. oryzae pv. oryzicola strain {BLS}256, pathogens that infect the mesophyll tissue of the leading models for plant biology, {A}rabidopsis thaliana and rice, respectively, were determined and provided insight into the genetic determinants of host and tissue specificity. {C}omparisons were made with genomes of closely related strains that infect the vascular tissue of the same hosts and across a larger collection of complete {X}anthomonas genomes. {T}he results suggest a model in which complex sets of adaptations at the level of gene content account for host specificity and subtler adaptations at the level of amino acid or noncoding regulatory nucleotide sequence determine tissue specificity.}, keywords = {}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{J}ournal of {B}acteriology}, volume = {193}, numero = {19}, pages = {5450--5464}, ISSN = {0021-9193}, year = {2011}, DOI = {10.1128/{JB}.05262-11}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077677}, }