De Leon, Victoria S.


Publications
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Diversity of “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” strains in Texas revealed by prophage sequence analyses

Citation
De Leon et al. (2024). Plant Disease
Names
Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
Prophages/phages are important components of the genome of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ (CLas), an unculturable alphaproteobacterium associated with citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) disease. Phage variations have significant contributions to CLas strain diversity research, which provide critical information for HLB management. In this study, prophage variations among selected CLas strains from southern Texas were studied. The CLas strains were collected from three different CLas inhabitant env