Asymptomatic wild populations of Arabidopsis thaliana have been found infected with genetically diverse pathogenic Pseudomonas strains. New research highlights how little we understand about the eco-evolutionary dynamics of bacterial pathogens in natural plant communities.
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Goss, E.M., Timilsina, S. A bacterial epidemic in wild plants. Nat Ecol Evol 2, 1529–1530 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0692-2
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