Ralstonia solanacearum is a major phytopathogen that attacks many crops and other plants
over a broad geographical range. The extensive genetic diversity of strains responsible for …

R alstonia solanacearum is a soil‐borne bacterium causing the widespread disease known
as bacterial wilt. R alstonia solanacearum is also the causal agent of M oko disease of …

The Ralstonia solanacearum species complex has long been recognized as a group of
phenotypically diverse strains that can be subdivided into four phylotypes. Using a …

Background The increased availability of genome sequences has advanced the
development of genomic distance methods to describe bacterial diversity. Results of these …

Bacterial diseases of bananas and enset have not received, until recently, an equal amount
of attention compared to other major threats to banana production such as the fungal …

The plant wilt pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum thrives in the water-transporting xylem
vessels of its host plants. Xylem is a relatively nutrient-poor, high-flow environment but R …

Plant-pathogenic Ralstonia spp. colonize plant xylem and cause wilt diseases on a broad
range of host plants. To identify genes that promote growth of diverse Ralstonia strains in …

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 …

Bacterial pathogenicity relies on a proficient metabolism and there is increasing evidence
that metabolic adaptation to exploit host resources is a key property of infectious organisms …

Plant xylem fluid is considered a nutrient-poor environment, but the bacterial wilt pathogen
Ralstonia solanacearum is well adapted to it, growing to 108 to 109 CFU/g tomato stem. To …