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We thank A. M. da Silva, S. Verjovski-Almeida and D. W. Wood for reading of the manuscript; our steering committee (S. Oliver, A. Goffeau, J. Sgouros, A. C. M. Paiva and J. L. Azevedo) for their critical accompaniment; and all the technicians in the sequencing laboratories of ONSA involved in this project. Project funding was from FAPESP, Fundecitrus, Fundect-MS and CNPq.

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   A. C. R. da Silva, F. C. Reinach, C. S. Farah, R. B. Quaggio, F. Chambergo, H. El-Dorry, A. J. S. Ferreira, L. M. Moreira, R. F. de Souza & M. Trindade dos Santos
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da Silva, A., Ferro, J., Reinach, F. et al. Comparison of the genomes of two Xanthomonas pathogens with differing host specificities.Nature 417, 459–463 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/417459a

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• Received: 11 December 2001
• Accepted: 26 March 2002
• Published: 23 May 2002
• Issue Date: 23 May 2002
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/417459a