Top 10 plant pathogenic bacteria in molecular plant pathology

Mansfield, J. and Genin, S. and Magori, S. and et al, . (2012) Top 10 plant pathogenic bacteria in molecular plant pathology. Molecular Plant Pathology. 16 p..

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Abstract

Many plant bacteriologists, if not all, feel that their particular microbe should appear in any list of the most important bacterial plant pathogens. However, to our knowledge, no such list exists. The aim of this review was to survey all bacterial pathologists with an association with the journal Molecular Plant Pathology and ask them to nominate the bacterial pathogens they would place in a ‘Top 10’ based on scientific/economic importance. The survey generated 458 votes from the international community, and allowed the construction of a Top 10 bacterial plant pathogen list. The list includes, in rank order: (1) Pseudomonas syringae pathovars; (2) Ralstonia solanacearum; (3) Agrobacterium tumefaciens; (4) Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae; (5) Xanthomonas campestris pathovars; (6) Xanthomonas axonopodis pathovars; (7) Erwinia amylovora; (8) Xylella fastidiosa; (9) Dickeya (dadantii and solani); (10) Pectobacterium carotovorum (and Pectobacterium atrosepticum). Bacteria garnering honourable mentions for just missing out on the Top 10 include Clavibacter michiganensis (michiganensis and sepedonicus), Pseudomonas savastanoi and Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus. This review article presents a short section on each bacterium in the Top 10 list and its importance, with the intention of initiating discussion and debate amongst the plant bacteriology community, as well as laying down a benchmark.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: The authors would like to thank Dr Diane Hird for the distribution of voting information and the collation of voting results.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Pathogenic Bacteria
Author Affiliation: Division of Biology, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Subjects: Crop Improvement > Biotechnology
Divisions: General
Depositing User: Mr Siva Shankar
Date Deposited: 20 Jun 2012 06:07
Last Modified: 20 Jun 2012 06:08
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/6116

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