A genomic locus uniquely encoded by blueberry-infecting Xylella fastidiosa strains affects motility and biofilm formation in vitro, and virulence in planta

• Navdeep Kaur,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Alabama, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7215-8574

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• Marcus V. Merfa,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Alexandra K. Kahn,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

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• Rodrigo P. P. Almeida,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

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• Leonardo De La Fuente

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lzd0005@auburn.edu

  Affiliation Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Alabama, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0027-4840

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