… Because many envelope-associated genes were xylem sap fitness factors, we hypothesize
that xylem sap contains preformed antimicrobial chemicals and proteins. Future studies …

… in vivo survival in several plant-pathogenic bacteria using the … reduce the relative fitness of
a mutant within tomato plants and … solanacearum cultured in xylem sap extracted from tomato …

… The tomato I-2 gene is an intracellular receptor that … was initially identified from the xylem
sap of tomato infected by F. … enhanced resistance to three plant pathogenic Verticillium spp. but …

… Xylem sap (XS) is the first environment that xylem phytopathogens meet in planta during the
… campestris (Xcc), the causative agent of Brassicaceae black rot, colonizes the plant xylem …

… Growth of Ralstonia species representatives in xylem sap 126 Before conducting an RB-TnSeq
genome-wide mutant fitness screen in xylem sap, we 127 … This study uses three …

… model for the study of plant-pathogenic bacteria because of its … changes in the xylem sap of
infected tomato plants during R. … On a genome-wide scale, 50–90 genes have been identified …

… wondered if NosZ contributes to fitness or virulence of phyl. I/… growth on O 2 levels in tomato
xylem, we used a microprobe … decreased O 2 levels in tomato xylem sap, leading to anoxia in …

… competitive fitness during colonization of tomato xylem, … genome-wide survey of expression
levels of core metabolic genes. The in planta transcriptome includes known virulence factors, …