The insect's microbiota is well acknowledged as a “hidden” player influencing essential
insect traits. The gut microbiome of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) has been shown to …

Recent genetic and molecular analyses have revealed how several strategies enable
bacteria to persist and overcome insect immune defences. Genetic and genomic tools that …

Background Recent genomic analyses of arthropod defense mechanisms suggest
conservation of key elements underlying responses to pathogens, parasites and stresses. At …

Soft-rot Enterobacteriaceae (SRE), which belong to the genera Pectobacterium and
Dickeya, consist mainly of broad host-range pathogens that cause wilt, rot, and blackleg …

Rhizoctonia solani is a soil-borne basidiomycete fungus with a necrotrophic lifestyle which is
classified into fourteen reproductively incompatible anastomosis groups (AGs). One of these …

The soft rot Pectobacteriaceae (SRP) infect a wide range of plants worldwide and cause
economic damage to crops and ornamentals but can also colonize other plants as part of …

It is common knowledge that pathogenic viruses can change hosts, with avian influenza, the
HIV, and the causal agent of variant Creutzfeldt–Jacob encephalitis as well-known …

Genome reduction is typical of obligate symbionts. In cellular organelles, this reduction
partly reflects transfer of ancestral bacterial genes to the host genome, but little is known …

The pectinolytic D ickeya spp. are soft‐rot G ram‐negative bacteria that cause severe
disease in a wide range of plant species. In recent years, there has been an increase in the …

Members of the Enterobacteriaceae have the capacity to adapt to a wide variety of
environments and can be isolated from a range of host species across biological kingdoms …