Comparative Genomics of 12 Strains of Erwinia amylovora Identifies a Pan-Genome with a Large Conserved Core

• Rachel A. Mann,

  Affiliations Cooperative Research Centre for National Plant Biosecurity, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Department of Botany, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America, Biosciences Research Division, Department of Primary Industries, Knoxfield, Victoria, Australia

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• Theo H. M. Smits ,

  * E-mail: theo.smits@acw.admin.ch

  Affiliation Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW, Swiss National Competence Center for Fire Blight, Plant Protection Division, Wädenswil, Switzerland

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• Andreas Bühlmann,

  Affiliation Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW, Swiss National Competence Center for Fire Blight, Plant Protection Division, Wädenswil, Switzerland

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• Jochen Blom,

  Affiliation CeBiTec, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

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• Alexander Goesmann,

  Affiliation CeBiTec, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

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• Jürg E. Frey,

  Affiliation Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW, Swiss National Competence Center for Fire Blight, Plant Protection Division, Wädenswil, Switzerland

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• Kim M. Plummer,

  Affiliations Cooperative Research Centre for National Plant Biosecurity, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Department of Botany, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

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• Steven V. Beer,

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Joanne Luck,

  Affiliations Cooperative Research Centre for National Plant Biosecurity, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Biosciences Research Division, Department of Primary Industries, Knoxfield, Victoria, Australia

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• Brion Duffy,

  Affiliation Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW, Swiss National Competence Center for Fire Blight, Plant Protection Division, Wädenswil, Switzerland

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• Brendan Rodoni

  Affiliations Cooperative Research Centre for National Plant Biosecurity, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Biosciences Research Division, Department of Primary Industries, Knoxfield, Victoria, Australia

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