Xanthomonas diversity, virulence and plant–pathogen interactions

S Timilsina, N Potnis, EA Newberry… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Xanthomonas spp. encompass a wide range of plant pathogens that use numerous
virulence factors for pathogenicity and fitness in plant hosts. In this Review, we examine …

Mechanistic insights into host adaptation, virulence and epidemiology of the phytopathogen Xanthomonas

SQ An, N Potnis, M Dow, FJ Vorhölter… - FEMS microbiology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Xanthomonas is a well-studied genus of bacterial plant pathogens whose members cause a
variety of diseases in economically important crops worldwide. Genomic and functional …

Pathogenomics of Xanthomonas: understanding bacterium–plant interactions

RP Ryan, FJ Vorhölter, N Potnis, JB Jones… - Nature Reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
Xanthomonas is a large genus of Gram-negative bacteria that cause disease in hundreds of
plant hosts, including many economically important crops. Pathogenic species and …

Dynamic Evolution of Pathogenicity Revealed by Sequencing and Comparative Genomics of 19 Pseudomonas syringae Isolates

DA Baltrus, MT Nishimura, A Romanchuk… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Closely related pathogens may differ dramatically in host range, but the molecular, genetic,
and evolutionary basis for these differences remains unclear. In many Gram-negative …

Genetic characterization of strains named as Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. dieffenbachiae leads to a taxonomic revision of the X. axonopodis species complex

EC Constantin, I Cleenwerck, M Maes… - Plant …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. dieffenbachiae (Xad) is the causal agent of anthurium
bacterial blight and listed as an A2 quarantine organism by EPPO. However, the name Xad …

The genomes of three uneven siblings: footprints of the lifestyles of three Trichoderma species

M Schmoll, C Dattenböck… - Microbiology and …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
The genus Trichoderma contains fungi with high relevance for humans, with applications in
enzyme production for plant cell wall degradation and use in biocontrol. Here, we provide a …

Repertoire, unified nomenclature and evolution of the Type III effector gene set in the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex

N Peeters, S Carrère, M Anisimova, L Plener… - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Background Ralstonia solanacearum is a soil-borne beta-proteobacterium that causes
bacterial wilt disease in many food crops and is a major problem for agriculture in …

Pseudomonas syringae type III effector repertoires: last words in endless arguments

M Lindeberg, S Cunnac, A Collmer - Trends in microbiology, 2012 - cell.com
Many plant pathogens subvert host immunity by injecting compositionally diverse but
functionally similar repertoires of cytoplasmic effector proteins. The bacterial pathogen …

Using Ecology, Physiology, and Genomics to Understand Host Specificity in Xanthomonas

MA Jacques, M Arlat, A Boulanger… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
How pathogens coevolve with and adapt to their hosts are critical to understanding how host
jumps and/or acquisition of novel traits can lead to new disease emergences. The …

Molecular Evolution of Pseudomonas syringae Type III Secreted Effector Proteins

MM Dillon, RND Almeida, B Laflamme… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Diverse Gram-negative pathogens like Pseudomonas syringae employ type III secreted
effector (T3SE) proteins as primary virulence factors that combat host immunity and promote …