Genome watch: crops and robbers.
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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Nicola K
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Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK. microbes@sanger.ac.uk
D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology*; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D018745:Genome, Plant; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics