Nemanja Kuzmanović, George C diCenzo, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, Anja Frühling, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Jörg Overmann, Kornelia Smalla
Tumorigenic members of the family Rhizobiaceae, known as agrobacteria, are responsible for crown and cane gall diseases of various crops worldwide. Tumorigenic agrobacteria are commonly found in the genera Agrobacterium, Allorhizobium, and Rhizobium. In this study, we analyzed a distinct "tumorigenes" clade of the genus Rhizobium, which includes the tumorigenic species Rhizobium tumorigenes, as well as strains causing crown gall disease on rhododendron. Here, high-quality, closed genomes of representatives of the "tumorigenes" clade were generated, followed by comparative genomic and phylogenomic analyses...
April 2023: MicrobiologyOpen