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Alabi, O. 2018. Know thy enemy: Culturing Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus is critical to developing new therapies for Huanglongbing. International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP), July 29-Aug 3, Boston.
Bernert A., Jain M., Bodnar A. M., Davis M., and Gabriel D. W. 2017. Assessment of growth media requirements for Liberibacters and making L. crescens more Las-like. Proceedings of the V International Research Congress on HLB, held in Orlando, FL, March 15-17.
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Jain M., and Gabriel D. W. 2017. Absence of a functional glyoxalase system in Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus confirms that the bacterium scavenges host cells for its energy requirements. Proceedings of the V International Research Congress on HLB, held in Orlando, FL, March 15-17.
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Jain M., Bodnar A. M., Fleites L. A., and Gabriel D. W. 2017. Wolbachia protein suppresses holin promoter activity in Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus. Proceedings of the V International Research Congress on HLB, held in Orlando, FL, March 15-17.
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