OhrR is a central transcriptional regulator of virulence in Dickeya zeae

M Lv, Y Chen, M Hu, Q Yu, C Duan, S Ye… - Molecular Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dickeya zeae is the causal agent of rice foot rot disease. The pathogen is known to rely on a
range of virulence factors, including phytotoxin zeamines, extracellular enzymes, cell …

SlyA regulates phytotoxin production and virulence in Dickeya zeae EC1

JN Zhou, HB Zhang, MF Lv, YF Chen… - Molecular Plant …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Dickeya zeae is a causal agent of rice root rot disease. The pathogen is known to produce a
range of virulence factors, including phytotoxic zeamines and extracellular enzymes, but the …

[HTML][HTML] Fis is a global regulator critical for modulation of virulence factor production and pathogenicity of Dickeya zeae

M Lv, Y Chen, L Liao, Z Liang, Z Shi, Y Tang, S Ye… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Dickeya zeae is the causal agent of rice foot rot disease, which has recently become a great
threat to rice planting countries and regions. The pathogen produces a family of phytotoxins …

A two‐component regulatory system VfmIH modulates multiple virulence traits in Dickeya zeae

M Lv, M Hu, P Li, Z Jiang, LH Zhang… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial pathogen Dickeya zeae strain EC1 produces antibiotics‐like phytotoxins called
zeamines, which are major virulence determinants encoded by the zms gene cluster. In this …

Two-component system ArcBA modulates cell motility and biofilm formation in Dickeya oryzae

M Lv, S Ye, M Hu, Y Xue, Z Liang, X Zhou… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Phytopathogen Dickeya oryzae is a causal agent of rice foot rot disease and the pathogen
has an array of virulence factors, such as phytotoxin zeamines, plant cell wall degrading …

Genomic and phenotypic biology of a novel Dickeya zeae WH1 isolated from rice in China: Insights into pathogenicity and virulence factors

XJ Tan, ZW Zhang, JJ Xiao, W Wang, F He… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Soft rot caused by Dickeya zeae is an important bacterial disease affecting rice and other
plants worldwide. In this study, Nanopore and Illumina sequencing platforms were used to …

Integration Host Factor Is Essential for Biofilm Formation, Extracellular Enzyme, Zeamine Production, and Virulence in Dickeya zeae

X Chen, C Yu, S Li, X Li, Q Liu - Molecular plant-microbe …, 2019 - Am Phytopath Society
Dickeya zeae is a globally important pathogenic bacterium that infects many crops, including
rice, maize, potato, and banana. Bacterial foot rot of rice caused by D. zeae is one of the …

Characterization of the Arn lipopolysaccharide modification system essential for zeamine resistance unveils its new roles in Dickeya oryzae physiology and virulence

Z Liang, L Huang, H Liu, Y Zheng, J Feng… - Molecular Plant …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The zeamines produced by Dickeya oryzae are potent polyamine antibiotics and phytotoxins
that are essential for bacterial virulence. We recently showed that the RND efflux pump …

Genomic and functional dissections of Dickeya zeae shed light on the role of type III secretion system and cell wall-degrading enzymes to host range and virulence

M Hu, Y Xue, C Li, M Lv, L Zhang… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Dickeya zeae is a worldwide destructive pathogen that causes soft rot diseases on various
hosts such as rice, maize, banana, and potato. The strain JZL7 we recently isolated from …

The integration host factor regulates multiple virulence pathways in bacterial pathogen Dickeya zeae MS2

S Chen, M Hu, A Hu, Y Xue, S Wang… - Molecular Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dickeya zeae is an aggressive bacterial phytopathogen that infects a wide range of host
plants. It has been reported that integration host factor (IHF), a nucleoid‐associated protein …