Plant Pathogenic Bacteria : Genomics and Molecular Biology

by Jackson, Robert W.

• ISBN13: 9781904455370
• ISBN10: 1904455379
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Intl Specialized Book Service Inc

Summary

The most important developments in the field. An invaluable, up-to-date summary of the molecular biology and genomics of plant pathogenic bacteria. A timely review of the current and most topical areas of research.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. v
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Origin and Evolution of Phytopathogenic Bacteria	p. 1
The Impact of Genomic Approaches on our Understanding of Diversity and Taxonomy of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria	p. 37
Adaptation to the Plant Apoplast by Plant Pathogenic Bacteria	p. 63
The Genomics of Agrobacterium: Insights into its Pathogenicity, Biocontrol and Evolution	p. 91
Common Genes and Genomic Breaks: a Detailed Case Study of the Xylella fastidiosa Genome Backbone and Evolutionary Insights	p. 113
Genome Sequence-based Insights into the Biology of the Sugarcane Pathogen Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli	p. 135
Genomics-driven Advances in Xanthomonas biology	p. 147
Genomics of the Enterobacterial Plant Pathogens	p. 163
Ralstonia solanacearum and Bacterial Wilt in the Post-genomics Era	p. 175
Pseudomonas syringae Genomics Provides Important Insights to Secretion Systems, Effector Genes and the Evolution of Virulence	p. 203
MAMPs/PAMPs - Elicitors of Innate Immunity in Plants	p. 227
The Art of Manipulation: Bacterial Type III Effectors and their Plant Targets	p. 241
Cyclic Di-GMP Signalling and the Regulation of Virulence in Bacterial Plant Pathogens	p. 273
Gene traders: Characteristics of Native Plasmids from Plant Pathogenic Bacteria	p. 295
Bioinformatics Aspects of High-throughput Sequencing Technology	p. 311
Index	p. 327
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