The bacterial genus Pantoea comprises many versatile species that have been isolated from
a multitude of environments. Pantoea was delineated as a genus approximately 25 years …

One of the most exciting developments in the field of bacterial pathogenesis in recent years
is the discovery that many pathogens utilize complex nanomachines to deliver bacterially …

Pantoea agglomerans, a bacterium associated with plants, is not an obligate infectious
agent in humans. However, it could be a cause of opportunistic human infections, mostly by …

Insects are associated with a plethora of different microbes of which we are only starting to
understand their role in shaping insect–plant interactions. Besides directly benefitting from …

Bacterial colonization of biotic or abiotic surfaces results from two quite distinct physiological
processes, namely bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation. Broadly speaking, a biofilm is …

Pectobacterium strains isolated from potato stems in Finland, Poland and the Netherlands
were subjected to polyphasic analyses to characterize their genomic and phenotypic …

Plant pathogenic bacteria and rhizobia infect higher plants albeit the interactions with their
hosts are principally distinct and lead to completely different phenotypic outcomes, either …

Human enteric pathogens, such as Salmonella spp. and verotoxigenic Escherichia coli, are
increasingly recognized as causes of gastroenteritis outbreaks associated with the …

Highlights•Insect transmission of phytopathogenic bacteria evolved multiple times.•
Phytopathogenic bacteria can physically associate with insect guts or whole …

Pantoea species are gram-negative bacteria from the Enterobacteriaceae family, generally
associated with plants, either as epiphytes or as pathogens. In the last decade, Pantoea …