title: From rags to riches: insights from the first genomic sequence of a plant pathogenic bacterium.
abstract: The recently published genomic sequence of Xylella fastidiosa is the first for a free-living plant pathogen and provides clues to mechanisms of pathogenesis and survival in insect vectors. The sequence data should lead to improved control of this pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. keen@ucrac1.ucr.edu
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Keen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Korsi Dumenyo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cooksey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D023281:Genomics; D007313:Insecta / Q000382:microbiology; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology*; D014974:Xanthomonas / Q000235:genetics*