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Comparative and functional genomics reveals genetic diversity and determinants of host specificity among reference strains and a large collection of Chinese isolates of the phytopathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris

Yong-Qiang He1, Liang Zhang2, Bo-Le Jiang1, Zheng-Chun Zhang1, Rong-Qi Xu1, Dong-Jie Tang1, Jing Qin1, Wei Jiang1, Xia Zhang1, Jie Liao1, Jin-Ru Cao1, Sui-Sheng Zhang1, Mei-Liang Wei1, Xiao-Xia Liang1, Guang-Tao Lu1, Jia-Xun Feng1, Baoshan Chen1, Jing Cheng2 and Ji-Liang Tang1*

Author Affiliations

1 Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bioresources Conservation and Utilization, and College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Daxue Road, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, People's Republic of China

2 CapitalBio Corporation, Life Science Parkway, Changping District, Beijing 102206, People's Republic of China

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Genome Biology 2007, 8:R218 doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-10-r218

Published: 10 October 2007

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Additional data file 1:

Bacterial strains and plasmids and the primers used in this study.

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Additional data file 2:

Phylogenetic relationships of partial 16S-23S rDNA ITS sequences of all of the Chinese Xcc strains examined and other Xanthomonas spp.

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Additional data file 3:

Confirmation of some present or AHD genes defined by aCGH.

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Additional data file 4:

Array-based comparative genome hybridization results.

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Additional data file 5:

Re-annotation of genes from XC2070 to XC2086 in the genome of Xcc strain 8004.

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Additional data file 6:

The 305 proven/presumed pathogenicity genes among Xcc strains revealed by aCGH analyses.

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Additional data file 7:

Deletion and confirmation of the T4SS locus in Xcc 8004.

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Additional data file 8:

Numerical codes transferred from the results of aCGH analyses and plant tests.

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Additional data file 9:

Coefficient values of correlation between plant test results and the gene distribution patterns of Xcc strains.

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