Table 3.

TALEs and their RVDs from X. citri strains compared in this study with their location on respective plasmids

	Plasmid number		Plasmid size	TALE classes
				Class I (repeat number) (contains pthA2 and 3 of Xc-A306)	Class II (repeat number) (contains pthA4 of Xc-A306)	Class III (repeat number) (contains pthA1 of Xc-A306)	Class IV (repeat number)
Xc-A306	2	Plasmid 1	33,700	15.5		16.5
		Plasmid 2	64,920	15.5	17.5
Xc-03-1638-1-1 Argentina	2	Plasmid 1*	249,703
		Plasmid 2	99,153	15.5 (×2)	17.5	21.5
LJ207–7 Reunion	3	Plasmid 1*	213,743
		Plasmid 2	94,139	15.5	17.5	18.5
		Plasmid 3	49,382			21.5
LM180 (additional pseudo TALE on plasmid 2) Argentina	4	Plasmid 1*	249,697
		Plasmid 2	64,978	13.5
		Plasmid 3	43,340		17.5
		Plasmid 4	28,949			6.5
LM199 Argentina	2	Plasmid 1*	197,085
		Plasmid 2	64,935	15.5
LH201 Reunion	2	Plasmid 1*	213,737
		Plasmid 2	92,707	15.5	17.5	21.5
LH276 Reunion	3	Plasmid 1*	211,337
		Plasmid 2	73,024	15.5		21.5
		Plasmid 3	51,192				22.5 (pseudo)
LL074–4 Martinique	2	Plasmid 1*	220,688
		Plasmid 2	92,708	15.5	17.5	21.5
		Plasmid 2	47,756

*Copper resistant plasmid

TALEs were grouped as classes based on their RVD sequences [24]