CRISPR elements provide a new framework for the genealogy of the citrus canker pathogen Xanthomonas citri pv. citri.

Kwanho JeongAlejandra Muñoz-BodnarNathalia Arias RojasLucie PoulinLuis Miguel Rodriguez-RLionel GagnevinChristian VernièreOlivier PruvostRalf Koebnik

Published in: BMC genomics (2019)

CRISPR-based typing will further improve the accuracy of the genetic identification of X. citri pv. citri outbreak strains in molecular epidemiology analyses, especially when used concomitantly with another genotyping method.

Keyphrases

genome wide
crispr cas
genome editing
dna methylation
copy number
high throughput
genetic diversity