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Abstract

Characterization of strains of pv. citri by using DNA fingerprints that were generated from primers for enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC) elements led to the discovery of differential sequences for a leucine-responsive regulatory protein () gene in two subgroups of strains with different host ranges on spp. DNA hybridization and PCR-based assays that used different sets of primers were designed to detect the core sequence, as well as to obtain the entire sequence of the gene for several species and pathovars. Higher variability was observed at the nucleotide level than at the amino acid level among the different species and pathovars, revealing selection pressure on the gene, which is presumably due to an essential role of the gene in bacterial metabolism. Moderate variability in the 3′ and 5′ domains was used to study relationships among different species within the genus . Species of this genus that were isolated from citrus, as well as other pathovars of , showed highly similar gene sequences, whereas other species, especially , had sequences that were more dissimilar to that of . Thus, the gene sequence is useful to distinguish pv. citri groups and promising for polyphasic taxonomic analysis of the genus . Data from analysis of gene sequences support the current concepts for classification of xanthomonads, which are based on other approaches.

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