Xanthomonads are bacterial plant pathogens that cause diseases on many plant species,
including important crops. Key to pathogenicity of most Xanthomonas pathovars is a Hrp …

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

Summary Taxonomic status: Bacteria; Phylum Proteobacteria; Class Gammaproteobacteria;
Order Xanthomonadales; Family Xanthomonadaceae; Genus Xanthomonas; Species …

Pathogenicity of Xanthomonas and most other Gram-negative phytopathogenic bacteria
depends on a conserved type III secretion (T3S) system which injects more than 25 different …

Bacteria of the Xanthomonas genus are mainly phytopathogens of a large variety of crops of
economic importance worldwide. Xanthomonas spp. rely on an arsenal of protein effectors …

Bacterial type IV secretion systems (T4SS) are a highly diversified but evolutionarily related
family of macromolecule transporters that can secrete proteins and DNA into the …

Abstract Background The Ralstonia solanacearum species complex includes thousands of
strains pathogenic to an unusually wide range of plant species. These globally dispersed …

The bacterial wilt pathogen, first known as Bacillus solanacearum, has undergone
numerous taxonomic changes since its first description in 1896. The history and significance …

With the advent of recombinant DNA techniques, the field of molecular plant pathology
witnessed dramatic shifts in the 1970s and 1980s. The new and conventional …

Background Citrus canker is a disease that has severe economic impact on the citrus
industry worldwide. There are three types of canker, called A, B, and C. The three types have …