Background: Xanthomonas is a large genus of plant-associated and plant-pathogenic bacteria. Collectively, members cause diseases on over 392 plant species. Individually, they exhibit marked host- a...

Despite rapid advances on certain aspects of plant pathogenic bacteria, many economically important pathosystems are largely unexplored and biologically relevant life stages of even familiar system...

Despite the global importance of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, there is limited understanding of what determines its host specificity, and how this pathogen adapts to new host plant species. An...