Abstract
Xylella fastidiosa causes serious diseases in citrus, grapevines, almond, coffee among other plants. This phytopathogen presents on its surface several fimbrial and afimbrial adhesins that are important for efficient colonization of the insect vector as well as the host plant. Among the encoded adhesins in the X. fastidiosa genome (strain 9a5c isolated from citrus or Temecula strain, isol…