We have recently cloned three DNA fragments (In-2.6, In-1.0, and In-0.6) of the non-cultured, bacterial-like organism (BLO) associated with citrus greening disease. Nucleotide sequence determination has shown that fragment In-2.6 is part of the rplKAJL-rpoBC gene cluster, a well-known operon in eubacteria. The DNA fragment upstream of and partially overlapping with In-2.6 could be isolated and was shown to be the nusG gene. In Escherichia coli, nusG is also immediately upstream of rplKAJL-rpoBC. Fragment In-1.0 carries the gene for a bacteriophage type DNA polymerase. Fragment In-0.6 could not be identified. When In-2.6 was used, at high stringency, as a probe to detect greening BLO strains in infected plants, hybridization was obtained with all Asian strains tested, but not with the African strain examined. At lower stringencies, In-2.6 was able to detect also the African strain. The implications of these results in the taxonomical position of the greening BLO are discussed.
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