Many plant bacteriologists, if not all, feel that their particular microbe should appear in any
list of the most important bacterial plant pathogens. However, to our knowledge, no such list …

Vascular wilts are among the most destructive plant diseases that occur in annual crops as
well as in woody perennials. These diseases are generally caused by soil-borne bacteria …

Chemotaxis enables microorganisms to move according to chemical gradients. Although
this process requires substantial cellular energy, it also affords key physiological benefits …

Citrus huanglongbing (HLB, ex greening) is one of the most serious diseases of citrus.
Different forms of the disease are caused by different Candidatus Liberobacter species …

Epigraph There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of
conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. Mark Twain 1883 Life on the Mississippi …

A molecular description of oxygen and peroxide activation in biological systems is difficult,
because electrons liberated during X-ray data collection reduce the active centres of redox …

Plant pathogenic bacteria of the genus Xanthomonas cause a variety of diseases in
economically important monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous crop plants worldwide …

Ralstonia solanacearum is a devastating, soil-borne plant pathogen with a global
distribution and an unusually wide host range. It is a model system for the dissection of …

The genus Xanthomonas is a diverse and economically important group of bacterial
phytopathogens, belonging to the γ-subdivision of the Proteobacteria. Xanthomonas …

Naturally occurring variation among wild relatives of cultivated crops is an under-exploited
resource in plant breeding. Here, I argue that exotic libraries, which consist of marker …