Mechanistic Insights into Host Adaptation, Virulence and Epidemiology of the Phytopathogen Xanthomonas

Overview

Journal FEMS Microbiol Rev

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2019 Oct 4

PMID 31578554

Citations 89

Authors

Shi-Qi An

Neha Potnis

Max Dow

Frank-Jorg Vorholter

Yong-Qiang He

Anke Becker

Doron Teper

Yi Li

Nian Wang

Leonidas Bleris

Ji-Liang Tang

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Abstract

Xanthomonas is a well-studied genus of bacterial plant pathogens whose members cause a variety of diseases in economically important crops worldwide. Genomic and functional studies of these phytopathogens have provided significant understanding of microbial-host interactions, bacterial virulence and host adaptation mechanisms including microbial ecology and epidemiology. In addition, several strains of Xanthomonas are important as producers of the extracellular polysaccharide, xanthan, used in the food and pharmaceutical industries. This polymer has also been implicated in several phases of the bacterial disease cycle. In this review, we summarise the current knowledge on the infection strategies and regulatory networks controlling virulence and adaptation mechanisms from Xanthomonas species and discuss the novel opportunities that this body of work has provided for disease control and plant health.

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