Bacterial diseases are one of the most important biotic constraints of potato production,
especially in tropical and subtropical regions, and in some warm temperate regions of the …

Conjugation is a key mechanism of bacterial evolution that involves mobile genetic
elements. Recent findings indicated that the main actors of conjugative transfer are not the …

Gram-positive bacteria are prominent members of plant-associated microbial communities.
Although many are hypothesized to be beneficial, some are causative agents of …

Potato common scab in an important disease caused by several Streptomyces species that
reduces potato tuber quality and market value. Management of common scab is difficult, and …

Simple Summary The bacterium Streptomyces scabiei is the main causative agent of
common scab disease on economically important root and tuber crops. Our work …

Common scab of potato causes important economic losses worldwide following the
development of necrotic lesions on tubers. In this study, the genomes of 14 prevalent scab …

The sweet potato soil rot pathogen Streptomyces ipomoeae differs in disease pathology,
host range, and virulence factor production from Streptomyces species that cause scab …

Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) is a powerful force generating genomic diversity in bacterial
populations. HGT in Streptomyces is in large part driven by conjugation thanks to plasmids …

Mobile genetic elements can innovate bacteria with new traits. In plant pathogenic
Streptomyces, frequent and recent acquisition of integrative and conjugative or mobilizable …

Potato crop, currently, is the staple food crop of about 1.3 billion global population. Potato is
attaining even more admiration globally day by day owing to its public acceptability …