Genome of bacteria responsible for tuberculosis of olive tree sequenced

Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 09:11 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have managed to sequence the genome of the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis in the olive tree. The study represents the first sequencing of the genome of a pathogenic bacteria undertaken in Spain, being the first genome known worldwide of a pathogenic Pseudomonas in woody plants.

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