During the past few decades Acinetobacter baumannii has evolved from being a commensal
dweller of health-care facilities to constitute one of the most annoying pathogens …

Due to their small size and unique physico-chemical characteristics, nanomaterials have
gained importance in the agri-food sector, notably in preservation and packaging. Future …

Diseases caused by Xylella fastidiosa have attained great importance worldwide as the
pathogen and its insect vectors have been disseminated. Since this is the first plant …

Plant susceptibility to pathogens is usually considered from the perspective of the loss of
resistance. However, susceptibility cannot be equated with plant passivity since active host …

Xylella fastidiosa is a Gram‐negative bacterial plant pathogen with an extremely wide host
range. This species has recently been resolved into subspecies that correlate with host …

The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa re-emerged as a plant pathogen of global importance in
2013 when it was first associated with an olive tree disease epidemic in Italy. The current …

Acinetobacter baumannii continues to be a major health problem especially in hospital
settings. Herein, features that may play a role in persistence and disease potential were …

Xylella fastidiosa is a plant-pathogenic bacterium that forms biofilms inside xylem vessels, a
process thought to be influenced by the chemical composition of xylem sap. In this work, the …

Vascular occlusions are common structural modifications made by many plant species in
response to pathogen infection. However, the functional role (s) of occlusions in host plant …

Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli is the causal agent of bacterial fruit blotch (BFB), a
threatening disease of watermelon, melon, and other cucurbits. Despite the economic …