Pseudomonas syringae: what it takes to be a pathogen

XF **n, B Kvitko, SY He - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018‏ - nature.com
Pseudomonas syringae is one of the most common plant pathogens that infect the
phyllosphere. P. syringae can live on the plant surface as an epiphyte. To cause disease, it …

Chemical signaling involved in plant–microbe interactions

FO Chagas, R de Cassia Pessotti… - Chemical Society …, 2018‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Microorganisms are found everywhere, and they are closely associated with plants.
Because the establishment of any plant–microbe association involves chemical …

The pan-genome effector-triggered immunity landscape of a host-pathogen interaction

B Laflamme, MM Dillon, A Martel, RND Almeida… - Science, 2020‏ - science.org
Effector-triggered immunity (ETI), induced by host immune receptors in response to
microbial effectors, protects plants against virulent pathogens. However, a systematic study …

A User's Guide to a Data Base of the Diversity of Pseudomonas syringae and Its Application to Classifying Strains in This Phylogenetic Complex

O Berge, CL Monteil, C Bartoli, C Chandeysson… - PloS one, 2014‏ - journals.plos.org
The Pseudomonas syringae complex is composed of numerous genetic lineages of strains
from both agricultural and environmental habitats including habitats closely linked to 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 …

Convergent gain and loss of genomic islands drive lifestyle changes in plant-associated Pseudomonas

RA Melnyk, SS Hossain, CH Haney - The ISME journal, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Host-associated bacteria can have both beneficial and detrimental effects on host health.
While some of the molecular mechanisms that determine these outcomes are known, little is …

Bacterial pathogenesis of plants: future challenges from a microbial perspective: challenges in bacterial molecular plant pathology

S Pfeilmeier, DL Caly, JG Malone - Molecular plant pathology, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Summary Future Challenges in Plant Pathology Plant infection is a complicated process. On
encountering a plant, pathogenic microorganisms must first adapt to life on the epiphytic …

Population-genomic insights into emergence, crop adaptation and dissemination of Pseudomonas syringae pathogens

CL Monteil, K Yahara, DJ Studholme… - Microbial …, 2016‏ - microbiologyresearch.org
Many bacterial pathogens are well characterized but, in some cases, little is known about
the populations from which they emerged. This limits understanding of the molecular …

Independent Co-Option of a Tailed Bacteriophage into a Killing Complex in Pseudomonas

KL Hockett, T Renner, DA Baltrus - MBio, 2015‏ - Am Soc Microbiol
Competition between microbes is widespread in nature, especially among those that are
closely related. To combat competitors, bacteria have evolved numerous protein-based …

Comparative genomics of Pseudomonas syringae reveals convergent gene gain and loss associated with specialization onto cherry (Prunus avium)

MT Hulin, AD Armitage, JG Vicente, EB Holub… - New …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Genome‐wide analyses of the effector‐and toxin‐encoding genes were used to examine the
phylogenetics and evolution of pathogenicity amongst diverse strains of Pseudomonas …