Bacterial evolution: CRISPR out and virulence in.

• Tác giả: Rodolphe Barrangou, Ourania Raftopoulou
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 668.49 Forms and products
• Thông tin xuất bản: England : Current biology : CB , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 695679

Tóm tắt

The loss of CRISPR-Cas immune systems may drive bacterial evolution by increasing genome plasticity and acquisition of virulence factors. A new study explores this in Xanthomonas campestris, highlighting its adaptation into a virulent pathogenic pathovar infecting Brassica vasculature and mesophyll tissues.