Deletions are lethal in the homozygous state because all copies of any essential genes located in the deleted region are missing.

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Bacteria frequently deploy a “quorum‐sensing” mechanism to facilitate successful colonization of plant tissue

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Quorum sensing in Erwinia carotovora is mediated by N‐acylhomoserine lactones, small molecules released from the bacterial cells into the surrounding medium.

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Phytoplasmas are specialized bacteria that are obligate parasites of the phloem tissue. They are mainly

spread by insects in the families Cicadellidae (leaf hoppers),

Fulgoroidae (plant hoppers), and Psyllidae (jumping plant

lice). 

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The xylem‐colonizing bacterium Xylella fastidiosa is transmitted by various species of Homalodisca in the family Cicadellidae.

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During infection, most bacteria remain in extracellular spaces and use a specialized mechanism, the type III secretion system (T3SS), to deliver bacterial effector proteins into the plant cell

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The structural components of the T3SS are encoded by the clustered hypersensitive response and pathogenicity cluster (hrp) genes.