Bacteria of the Xanthomonas genus are mainly phytopathogens of a large variety of crops of
economic importance worldwide. Xanthomonas spp. rely on an arsenal of protein effectors …

Bacteria of the genus Xanthomonas cause a wide variety of economically important
diseases in most crops. The virulence of the majority of Xanthomonas spp. is dependent on …

Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Xap) causes bacterial spot, a major worldwide disease of
Prunus species. Very few chemical management options are available for this disease and …

Many soil-, water-, and plant-associated bacterial species from the orders
Xanthomonadales, Burkholderales, and Neisseriales carry a type IV secretion system …

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia expresses a type IV protein secretion system (T4SS) that
promotes contact-dependent killing of other bacteria and does so partly by secreting the …

Polymicrobial communities are shaped by beneficial and antagonistic interactions between
the different species. One of the key players for competition is the type VI secretion system, a …

Delivery of effectors, DNA or proteins, that hijack host cell processes to the benefit of
bacteria is a mechanism widely used by bacterial pathogens. It is achieved by complex …

Type IV pili (T4P) are thin and flexible filaments found on the surface of a wide range of
Gram-negative bacteria that undergo cycles of extension and retraction and participate in a …

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by microorganisms may have a noteworthy
role in the control of plant pathogens. Xanthomonas are a well-studied group of …

Lysobacter species have attracted increasing attention in recent years due to their capacities
to produce diverse secondary metabolites against phytopathogens. In this research, we …