• Question: What did Phytomonas evolve from?

    Asked by 492evnb35 to Emily on 12 Mar 2015.
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      Emily Seward answered on 12 Mar 2015:


      Phytomonas evolved from parasites of insects. The insects feed on the plants and that is probably how phytomonas were introduced to plants and evolved to be plant parasites. They are still carried from plant to plant by insects.

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