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Xanthomonas arboricola  pv.  pruni  is the causal agent of bacterial spot disease of stone fruits, a quarantinable pathogen in several areas worldwide, including the European Union. In order to develop efficient control methods for this disease, it is necessary to improve the understanding of the key determinants associated with host restriction, colonization and the development of pathogenesis. After an initial characterization, by multilocus sequence analysis, of 15 strains of  X .  arboricola  isolated from  Prunus , one strain did not group into the pathovar  pruni  or into other pathovars of this species and therefore it was identified and defined as a  X .  arboricola  pv.  pruni  look-a-like. This non-pathogenic strain and two typical strains of  X .  arboricola  pv.  pruni  were selected for a whole genome and phenotype comparative analysis in features associated with the pathogenesis process in  Xanthomonas . Comparative analysis among these bacterial strains isolated from  Prunus  spp. and the inclusion of 15 publicly available genome sequences from other pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains of  X .  arboricola  revealed variations in the phenotype associated with variations in the profiles of TonB-dependent transporters, sensors of the two-component regulatory system, methyl accepting chemotaxis proteins, components of the flagella and the type IV pilus, as well as in the repertoire of cell-wall degrading enzymes and the components of the type III secretion system and related effectors. These variations provide a global overview of those mechanisms that could be associated with the development of bacterial spot disease. Additionally, it pointed out some features that might influence the host specificity and the variable virulence observed in  X .  arboricola .

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Comparative Genomic and Phenotypic Characterization of Pathogenic and Non-Pathogenic Strains of Xanthomonas arboricola Reveals Insights into the Infection Process of Bacterial Spot Disease of Stone Fruits