A Large Tn 7 -like Transposon Confers Hyperresistance to Copper in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae

Copper compounds have traditionally been used as standard bactericides in agriculture in the past few decades. However, the extensive use of copper has fostered the evolution of bacterial copper resistance mechanisms. Pseudomonas syringae is a plant-pathogenic bacterium used worldwide as a model to study plant-pathogen interactions.