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A bacterial epidemic in wild plants

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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Fig. 1: Pathogen dynamics in wild and domestic plants.

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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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