CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome editing is a powerful tool of plant functional genomics. Hairy
root transformation is a rapid and convenient approach for obtaining transgenic roots. When …

The plant tumor disease known as crown gall was not called by that name until more recent
times. Galls on plants were described by Malpighi who believed that these extraordinary …

Abstract The Alphaproteobacterium Rhizobium radiobacter F4 (Rr F4) was originally
characterized as an endofungal bacterium in the beneficial endophytic Sebacinalean fungus …

Rhizobium radiobacter (syn. Agrobacterium tumefaciens, syn.“Agrobacterium fabrum”) is an
endofungal bacterium of the fungal mutualist Piriformospora (syn. Serendipita) indica …

Many important pathogens maintain significant populations in highly disparate disease and
non‐disease environments. The consequences of this environmental heterogeneity in …

Rhizobia are a diazotrophic group of bacteria that are usually isolated form the nodules in
roots, stem of leguminous plants and are able to form nodules in the host plant owing to the …

The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is used by many Gram-negative bacteria to deploy toxic
effectors for interbacterial competition. This system provides a competitive advantage in …

Linear chromosomes are atypical in bacteria and likely a secondary trait derived from
ancestral circular molecules. Within the Rhizobiaceae family, whose genome contains at …

Agrobacterium vitis is the primary causal agent of grapevine crown gall worldwide.
Symptoms of grapevine crown gall disease include tumor formation on the aerial plant parts …

The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is used by gram-negative bacteria to translocate
effectors that can antagonize other bacterial cells. Models predict the variation in collections …