Insights into the methodological, biotic and abiotic factors influencing the characterization of xylem-inhabiting microbial communities of olive trees

M Anguita-Maeso, JA Navas-Cortés, BB Landa - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Vascular pathogens are the causal agents of some of the most devastating plant diseases in
the world, which can cause, under specific conditions, the destruction of entire crops. These …

Two species with a peculiar evolution within the genus Pectobacterium suggest adaptation to a new environmental niche

H Ben Moussa, J Pédron… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Historically, research on Soft Rot Pectobacteriacea (SRP) has focused on
economically important crops and ornamentals and knowledge of these bacteria outside the …

Change of wind: MKP1 positively regulates vascular immunity

L Jiang, Q Ji, Y Liu - Trends in Plant Science, 2022 - cell.com
Plants lack immunocytes but possess tissue-specific immune responses. Recent studies by
Lin et al. demonstrate that mitogen-activated protein kinase (MPK) phosphatase 1 (MKP1), a …

The Exometabolome of Xylella fastidiosa in Contact with Paraburkholderia phytofirmans Supernatant Reveals Changes in Nicotinamide, Amino Acids, Biotin, and …

OR Feitosa-Junior, A Lubbe, SM Kosina… - Metabolites, 2024 - mdpi.com
Microbial competition within plant tissues affects invading pathogens' fitness. Metabolomics
is a great tool for studying their biochemical interactions by identifying accumulated …

Ten challenges to understand and manage the insect-transmitted, xylem-limited bacterial pathogen Xylella fastidiosa

L De La Fuente, JA Navas-Cortés… - Phytopathology, 2024 - Am Phytopath Society
An unprecedented plant health emergency in olives has been registered over the last
decade in Italy, arguably more severe than what occurred repeatedly in grapes in the US in …

Complete functional analysis of type IV pilus components of a reemergent plant pathogen reveals neofunctionalization of paralog genes

MV Merfa, X Zhu, D Shantharaj, LM Gomez… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Type IV pilus (TFP) is a multifunctional bacterial structure involved in twitching motility,
adhesion, biofilm formation, as well as natural competence. Here, by site-directed …

Insights into the metabolic specificities of pathogenic strains from the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex

C Baroukh, L Cottret, E Pires, R Peyraud, A Guidot… - Msystems, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
All the strains grouped under the species Ralstonia solanacearum represent a species
complex responsible for many diseases on agricultural crops throughout the world. The …

The olive microbiome and its role in modulating host response to Verticillium dahliae: unraveling the determining and modifying factors

M Anguita Maeso - 2023 - helvia.uco.es
Olive tree (Olea europaea subsp. europaea) is one of the oldest cultivated trees in the world
and plays a critical role in the sustainability of Mediterranean ecosystems. As an agricultural …