An Introduced Crop Plant Is Driving Diversification of the Virulent Bacterial Pathogen Erwinia tracheiphila

An Introduced Crop Plant Is Driving Diversification of the Virulent Bacterial Pathogen Erwinia tracheiphila

Erwinia tracheiphila is a virulent phytopathogen that infects two genera of cucurbit crop plants, Cucurbita spp. (pumpkin and squash) and Cucumis spp. (muskmelon and cucumber). One of the unusual ecological traits of this pathogen is that it is limited to temperate eastern North America. Here, we co...

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Main Authors: Lori R. Shapiro, Joseph N. Paulson, Brian J. Arnold, Erin D. Scully, Olga Zhaxybayeva, Naomi E. Pierce, Jorge Rocha, Vanja Klepac-Ceraj, Kristina Holton, Roberto Kolter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-10-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
Erwinia
agriculture
cucurbit
disease ecology
host jump
monoculture
pathogen emergence
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01307-18

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01307-18

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