| the filamentous phage xacf1 causes loss of virulence in xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri, the causative agent of citrus canker disease. | in this study, filamentous phage xacf1, which can infect xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri (xac) strains, was isolated and characterized. electron microscopy showed that xacf1 is a member of the family inoviridae and is about 600 nm long. the genome of xacf1 is 7325 nucleotides in size, containing 13 predicted open reading frames (orfs), some of which showed significant homology to ff-like phage proteins such as orf1 (pii), orf2 (pv), orf6 (piii), and orf8 (pvi). xacf1 showed a relatively wide ho ... | 2014 | 25071734 |