Plants are colonized on their surfaces and in the rhizosphere and phyllosphere by a
multitude of different microorganisms and are inhabited internally by endophytes. Most …

The success of sustainable agricultural practices has now become heavily dependent on the
interactions between crop plants and their associated microbiome. Continuous …

Transposable elements (TEs) are responsible for significant genomic variation in plants. Our
understanding of the evolutionary forces sha** TE polymorphism has lagged behind other …

Recurring epidemics of kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) bleeding canker disease are caused by
Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa). In order to strengthen understanding of …

Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus are the main probiotic genera. Collectively, these two
genera harbor over 200 species among which are many strains have been introduced as …

Life on Earth comprises prokaryotes and a broad assemblage of endosymbioses. The pages
of Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution have provided an …

Understanding the ecological and evolutionary processes underlying the emergence of
infectious disease is critically important in guiding prevention, management and breeding …

Erwinia tracheiphila is the causal agent of bacterial wilt of cucurbits, an economically
important phytopathogen affecting few cultivated Cucurbitaceae host plant species in …

Plants must rearrange the network of complex carbohydrates in their cell walls during
normal growth and development. To accomplish this, all plants depend on proteins called …

The microbiome of tardigrades, a phylum of microscopic animals best known for their ability
to survive extreme conditions, is poorly studied worldwide and completely unknown in North …