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Crops and robbers

Nature Reviews Microbiology volume 6, pages 716–717 (2008)Cite this article

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This month's Genome Watch discusses the genome sequences of pathogenic and commensal bacteria that are associated with plant crops and shows how analysis of such genomes can lead to new approaches to combat plant diseases.

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  1. Nicola K. Petty is at the Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK. microbes@sanger.ac.uk,

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Erwinia tasmaniensis Et1/99

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae KACC10331

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae MAFF311018

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae PXO99A

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Petty, N. Crops and robbers. Nat Rev Microbiol 6, 716–717 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2005

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