title: Pathogenomics of Xanthomonas: understanding bacterium-plant interactions.
abstract: Xanthomonas is a large genus of Gram-negative bacteria that cause disease in hundreds of plant hosts, including many economically important crops. Pathogenic species and pathovars within species show a high degree of host plant specificity and many exhibit tissue specificity, invading either the vascular system or the mesophyll tissue of the host. In this Review, we discuss the insights that functional and comparative genomic studies are providing into the adaptation of this group of bacteria to exploit the extraordinary diversity of plant hosts and different host tissues.
authors.affiliation: BIOMERIT Research Centre, Department of Microbiology, BioSciences Institute, University College Cork, Ireland.
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: Frank-Jörg
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Vorhölter
authors.forename: Neha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Potnis
authors.forename: Jeffrey B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Marie-Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Van Sluys
authors.forename: Adam J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bogdanove
authors.forename: J Maxwell
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dow
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics; D014974:Xanthomonas / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D037521:Virulence Factors