Temperate forests cover 16% of the global forest area. Within these forests, the understorey
is an important biodiversity reservoir that can influence ecosystem processes and functions …

Nutritional symbionts play a major role in the ecology and evolution of insects. The recent
accumulation of knowledge on the identity, function, genomics, and phylogenetic …

SUMMARY Taxonomy: Superkingdom Prokaryota; Kingdom Monera; Domain Bacteria;
Phylum Firmicutes (low‐G+ C, Gram‐positive eubacteria); Class Mollicutes; Candidatus …

Discovery of Xylella fastidiosa from olive trees with “Olive quick decline syndrome” in
October 2013 on the west coast of the Salento Peninsula prompted an immediate search for …

Diseases caused by Xylella fastidiosa have attained great importance worldwide as the
pathogen and its insect vectors have been disseminated. Since this is the first plant …

Hemipteran insects are devastating pests of crops due to their wide host range, rapid
reproduction, and ability to transmit numerous plant-infecting pathogens as vectors. While …

The recent introduction of Xylella fastidiosa in Europe and its involvement in the Olive Quick
Decline Syndrome (OQDS) in Apulia (Salento, Lecce district, South Italy) led us to …

A strictly host-dependent lifestyle has profound evolutionary consequences for bacterial
genomes. Most prominent is a sometimes-dramatic amount of gene loss and genome …

Citrus sinensis (L. Osbeck) or sweet orange originated from south East Asia, but is
consumed all over the world as an excellent source of vitamin C, a powerful natural …

The main genomic changes in the evolution of host-restricted microbial symbionts are
ongoing inactivation and loss of genes combined with rapid sequence evolution and …