The ecnA Antitoxin Is Important Not Only for Human Pathogens: Evidence of Its Role in the Plant Pathogen Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri | Zendy

Laís Moreira Granato | Zendy; Simone Cristina Picchi | Zendy; Maxuel O. Andrade | Zendy; Paula Maria Moreira Martins | Zendy; Marco Aurélio Takita | Zendy; Marcos Antônio Machado | Zendy; Alessandra Alves de Souza | Zendy

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The ecnA Antitoxin Is Important Not Only for Human Pathogens: Evidence of Its Role in the Plant Pathogen Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri

Author(s) -

Laís Moreira Granato,

Simone Cristina Picchi,

Maxuel O. Andrade,

Paula Maria Moreira Martins,

Marco Aurélio Takita,

Marcos Antônio Machado,

Alessandra Alves de Souza

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of bacteriology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652

H-Index - 246

eISSN - 1067-8832

pISSN - 0021-9193

DOI - 10.1128/jb.00796-18

Subject(s) - biology , xanthomonas citri , citrus canker , xanthomonas , virulence , biofilm , microbiology and biotechnology , pathogen , human pathogen , bacteria , host (biology) , pantoea , gene , pseudomonas , genetics

Very little is known about TA systems in phytopathogenic bacteria.ecnAB , in particular, has only been studied in bacterial human pathogens. Here, we showed that it is present in a wide range ofXanthomonas sp. phytopathogens; moreover, this is the first work to investigate the functional role of this TA system inXanthomonas citri biology, suggesting an important new role in adaptation and survival with implications for bacterial pathogenicity.

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