The xylem as battleground for plant hosts and vascular wilt pathogens

KA Yadeta, BPH J. Thomma - Frontiers in plant science, 2013 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Regulation and secretion of Xanthomonas virulence factors

D Büttner, U Bonas - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Plant pathogenic bacteria of the genus Xanthomonas cause a variety of diseases in
economically important monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous crop plants worldwide …

Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (cause of black rot of crucifers) in the genomic era is still a worldwide threat to brassica crops

JG Vicente, EB Holub - Molecular plant pathology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background X anthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc)(P ammel) D owson is a G ram‐
negative bacterium that causes black rot, the most important disease of vegetable brassica …

The rice immune receptor XA21 recognizes a tyrosine-sulfated protein from a Gram-negative bacterium

RN Pruitt, B Schwessinger, A Joe, N Thomas, F Liu… - Science …, 2015 - science.org
Surveillance of the extracellular environment by immune receptors is of central importance
to eukaryotic survival. The rice receptor kinase XA21, which confers robust resistance to …

The type III effectors of Xanthomonas

FF White, N Potnis, JB Jones… - Molecular plant …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
SUMMARY A review of type III effectors (T3 effectors) from strains of Xanthomonas reveals a
growing list of candidate and known effectors based on functional assays and sequence and …

Metabolomics of tomato xylem sap during bacterial wilt reveals Ralstonia solanacearum produces abundant putrescine, a metabolite that accelerates wilt disease

TM Lowe‐Power, CG Hendrich… - Environmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Ralstonia solanacearum thrives in plant xylem vessels and causes bacterial wilt disease
despite the low nutrient content of xylem sap. We found that R. solanacearum manipulates …

A Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 mutant lacking the type III effector HopQ1‐1 is able to cause disease in the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana

CF Wei, BH Kvitko, R Shimizu, E Crabill… - The Plant …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The model pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 causes bacterial speck in
tomato and Arabidopsis, but Nicotiana benthamiana, an important model plant, is …

A «Repertoire for Repertoire» Hypothesis: Repertoires of Type Three Effectors are Candidate Determinants of Host Specificity in Xanthomonas

A Hajri, C Brin, G Hunault, F Lardeux, C Lemaire… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background The genetic basis of host specificity for animal and plant pathogenic bacteria
remains poorly understood. For plant pathogenic bacteria, host range is restricted to one or …

Prophage-Encoded Peroxidase in 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' Is a Secreted Effector That Suppresses Plant Defenses

M Jain, LA Fleites, DW Gabriel - Molecular Plant-Microbe …, 2015 - Am Phytopath Society
'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' is transmitted by psyllids and causes huanglongbing
(HLB), a lethal disease of citrus. Most pathogenic 'Ca. L. asiaticus' strains carry two nearly …

Pathogenicity assays restrict the species Xanthomonas campestris into three pathovars and reveal nine races within X. campestris pv. campestris

E Fargier, C Manceau - Plant Pathology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The species Xanthomonas campestris (Vauterin) groups bacteria associated with
cruciferous plants. In order to clarify and refine the pathovar and race structures within X …