Current Microbiology (1995) 31, 134-137

Margaret R. Pooler and John S. Hartung (1995)
Genetic relationships among strains of Xylella fastidiosa from RAPD-PCR data
Current Microbiology 31 (2), 134-137
Abstract: Genetic relationships among 11 Xylella fastidiosa strains isolated from mulberry, almond, ragweed, grape, plum, elm, and citrus were determined by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD). Twenty-two 10-base primers amplified a total of 77 discrete polymorphic bands. Phenetic analysis based on a similarity matrix corresponded well with previous reports on X. fastidiosa RFLP-based similarity relationships, indicating that RAPD-PCR amplification products can be used as a reliable indicator of genetic distance in X. fastidiosa. Cladistic analysis suggests the existence of five groups of X. fastidiosa: the citrus group, the plum-elm group, the grape-ragweed group, the almond group, and the mulberry group.
(The abstract is excluded from the Creative Commons licence and has been copied with permission by the publisher.)
Link to article at publishers website

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes
general biology - morphology - evolution

---

Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Xylella fastidiosa	Almond (Prunus dulcis)
	Xylella fastidiosa	Citrus (genus)
	Xylella fastidiosa	Plum/prune (Prunus domestica)
	Xylella fastidiosa	Grapevine (Vitis)
	Xylella fastidiosa	Elm (Ulmus)
	Xylella fastidiosa	Mulberry (Morus)