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 …

Background The uptake of nutrients, expulsion of metabolic wastes and maintenance of ion
homeostasis by the intraerythrocytic malaria parasite is mediated by membrane transport …

Leptospira species colonize a significant proportion of rodent populations worldwide and
produce life-threatening infections in accidental hosts, including humans. Complete genome …

Abstract Background The genome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis harbors four copies of a
cluster of genes termed mce operons. Despite extensive research that has demonstrated the …

We report novel features of the genome sequence of Leptospira interrogans serovar
Copenhageni, a highly invasive spirochete. Leptospira species colonize a significant …

Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis is a plant-pathogenic actinomycete that
causes bacterial wilt and canker of tomato. The nucleotide sequence of the genome of strain …

The current taxonomy of the order Xanthomonadales is highly problematic and no
comprehensive phylogenomic studies have been completed that include the most divergent …

Background Burkholderia rhizoxinica is an intracellular symbiont of the phytopathogenic
zygomycete Rhizopus microsporus, the causative agent of rice seedling blight. The …

Host-pathogen interactions are complex relationships, and a central challenge is to reveal
the interactions between pathogens and their hosts. Bacillus bombysepticus (Bb) which can …

Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) causes wilt disease in plants and is responsible for major economic
and crop losses globally. Owing to the public importance of this phytopathogen we …