Changes in Variable Number of Tandem Repeats in ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ through Insect Transmission

• Hiroshi Katoh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroshi Katoh, Hiromitsu Inoue

  * E-mail: katohh@cc.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp

  Current address: Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Mine-machi 350, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 321–8505, Japan

  Affiliation NARO Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Fujimoto 2-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8605, Japan

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• Hiromitsu Inoue ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroshi Katoh, Hiromitsu Inoue

  Affiliation Kuchinotsu Citrus Research Station, NARO Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Minami-shimabara, Nagasaki 859–2501, Japan

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• Toru Iwanami

  Current address: Apple Research Center, NARO Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Morioka, Iwate 020-0123, Japan

  Affiliation NARO Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Fujimoto 2-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8605, Japan

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