Modulation of the root microbiome by plant molecules: the basis for targeted disease suppression and plant growth promotion

A Pascale, S Proietti, IS Pantelides… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Plants host a mesmerizing diversity of microbes inside and around their roots, known as the
microbiome. The microbiome is composed mostly of fungi, bacteria, oomycetes, and …

Pseudomonas syringae: what it takes to be a pathogen

XF Xin, B Kvitko, SY He - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
Pseudomonas syringae is one of the most common plant pathogens that infect the
phyllosphere. P. syringae can live on the plant surface as an epiphyte. To cause disease, it …

Akkermansia muciniphila-derived extracellular vesicles influence gut permeability through the regulation of tight junctions

C Chelakkot, Y Choi, DK Kim, HT Park, J Ghim… - … & molecular medicine, 2018 - nature.com
The gut microbiota has an important role in the gut barrier, inflammation and metabolic
functions. Studies have identified a close association between the intestinal barrier and …

Colonic bacterial composition in Parkinson's disease

A Keshavarzian, SJ Green, PA Engen… - Movement …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction We showed that Parkinson's disease (PD) patients have alpha‐
synuclein (α‐Syn) aggregation in their colon with evidence of colonic inflammation. If PD …

Bacterial pathogens deliver water-and solute-permeable channels to plant cells

K Nomura, F Andreazza, J Cheng, K Dong, P Zhou… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Many animal-and plant-pathogenic bacteria use a type III secretion system to deliver effector
proteins into host cells,. Elucidation of how these effector proteins function in host cells is …

Bacteria establish an aqueous living space in plants crucial for virulence

XF Xin, K Nomura, K Aung, AC Velásquez, J Yao… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
High humidity has a strong influence on the development of numerous diseases affecting
the above-ground parts of plants (the phyllosphere) in crop fields and natural ecosystems …

Pantoea: insights into a highly versatile and diverse genus within the Enterobacteriaceae

AM Walterson, J Stavrinides - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2015 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Type IV pili mechanochemically regulate virulence factors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

A Persat, YF Inclan, JN Engel… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Bacteria have evolved a wide range of sensing systems to appropriately respond to
environmental signals. Here we demonstrate that the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas …

PathogenFinder-distinguishing friend from foe using bacterial whole genome sequence data

S Cosentino, M Voldby Larsen, F Møller Aarestrup… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Although the majority of bacteria are harmless or even beneficial to their host, others are
highly virulent and can cause serious diseases, and even death. Due to the constantly …

Virulence Factors of Aeromonas hydrophila: In the Wake of Reclassification

CR Rasmussen-Ivey, MJ Figueras, D McGarey… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The ubiquitous “jack-of-all-trades,” Aeromonas hydrophila, is a freshwater, Gram-negative
bacterial pathogen under revision in regard to its phylogenetic and functional affiliation with …