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Genetics of Xanthomonas

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Xanthomonas

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The title of this chapter is not wholly accurate. Our primary purpose is not to describe Xanthomonas genetics as a topic per se but rather to illustrate the use of genetic approaches to analyse aspects of Xanthomonas biology. Most of the studies reported so far have been concerned either with phytopathogenicity or with the production of polysaccharide. One of the most striking features of modern science is the impact which genetics (including molecular genetics) has had upon the development of almost all aspects of biology. In the 1950s and 1960s classical bacterial genetics consisted mainly of isolation and mapping of mutations (i.e. genetic manipulation in vivo) and was applied with great success to investigating the properties of so-called ‘metabolic black boxes’, pathways or processes about which little was known. Frequently the genetics suggested models which could be tested biochemically. Most of the genetics of this era was carried out with Escherichia coli and its relatives and a small number of other bacteria (e.g. Bacillus subtilis, Streptomyces coelicolor) (Hayes, 1968). The main limitation of working with other bacteria was the need for methods of transferring DNA between strains, a problem which persists to this day.

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