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Difficulties in the detection and quantification of small numbers of bacteria have long been apparent. In most cases, detection of invading bacteria is not possible prior to the onset of visible symptoms. Even in the presence of symptoms, sampling is done by extracting bacteria from the invaded tissues. The procedure is always disruptive of the ongoing disease process and the information obtained is dated as it often depends on the formation of colonies. The same difficulties apply in studying bacterial genetics in planta.
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Shaw, J.J., Kado, C.I. (1987). Direct Analysis of the Invasiveness of Xanthomonas Campestris Mutants Generated by Tn4431, A Transposon Containing A Promoterless Luciferase Cassette for Monitoring Gene Expression. In: Verma, D.P.S., Brisson, N. (eds) Molecular genetics of plant-microbe interactions. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4482-4_12
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