Xanthomonas is a large genus of Gram-negative bacteria that cause disease in hundreds of
plant hosts, including many economically important crops. Pathogenic species and …

Plant pathogenic bacteria of the genus Xanthomonas cause a variety of diseases in
economically important monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous crop plants worldwide …

Xanthan gum is a complex exopolysaccharide produced by the plant-pathogenic bacterium
Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. It consists of D-glucosyl, D-mannosyl, and D …

Bacteria associated with plant leaves, or phyllobacteria, probably employ a range of
colonization strategies. Steps in these colonization strategies include modification of the leaf …

SUMMARY Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria; Xanthomonadales;
Xanthomonadaceae, Xanthomonas. Microbiological properties: Gram‐negative, obligately …

How pathogens coevolve with and adapt to their hosts are critical to understanding how host
jumps and/or acquisition of novel traits can lead to new disease emergences. The …

Virulence of phytopathogenic bacteria is often correlated with their ability to produce
extraceUular polysaccharides (EPSs). The composition and amount of lipopolysaccharide O …

Lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) are ubiquitous, indispensable components of the cell surface of
Gram-negative bacteria that apparently have diverse roles in bacterial pathogenesis of …

Ralstonia solanacearum is a soilborne plant pathogen that normally invades hosts through
their roots and then systemically colonizes aerial tissues. Previous research using wounded …

Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri, a causative agent of the citrus canker (CC) disease, belongs
to one of the essential groups of the bacterial phytopathogen family, Xanthomonadaceae. It …