When a pathogen exhibits this type of host specificity within a plant family, it is referred to as a pathotype.
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The over 20, 000 strains are roughly evenly split between bacteria and fungi / yeasts, including 900 type and pathotype cultures.
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LaeA regulated toxins, besides gliotoxin, likely have a role in virulence since loss of gliotoxin production alone did not recapitulate the hypo-virulent " laeA pathotype.