Xylella fastidiosa genome
Genoma de Xylella fastidiosa
- Date
- 2000 · confidence high
- Place
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Credited to
- ONSA consortium (FAPESP), São Paulo laboratories
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
Sequencing of the genome of the bacterium that causes citrus variegated chlorosis, the first complete plant pathogen genome. About 35 São Paulo laboratories did it, coordinated as a network.
Published in Nature (July 2000); the ONSA consortium was funded by FAPESP.
What it led to
- Plant pathogen genomics
- Brazilian genome sequencing network
- Genomes of sugarcane and other species