Plant hairy roots enable high throughput identification of antimicrobials against Candidatus Liberibacter spp.

The putative causal agent of citrus greening Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas) cannot be cultured, which hampers finding new therapies to control this devastating disease. Here, the authors show that hairy roots support CLas propagation and enable high throughput antimicrobial screening.

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Main Authors: Sonia Irigoyen, Manikandan Ramasamy, Shankar Pant, Prakash Niraula, Renesh Bedre, Meena Gurung, Denise Rossi, Corinne Laughlin, Zachary Gorman, Diann Achor, Amit Levy, Michael V. Kolomiets, Mamoudou Sétamou, Ismael E. Badillo-Vargas, Carlos A. Avila, Michael S. Irey, Kranthi K. Mandadi
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e67a1292a615455280686a55ea7221d0
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