Borruso L, Salomone-Stagni M, Polsinelli I, Schmitt AO, Benini S. Conservation of Erwinia amylovora pathogenicity-relevant genes among Erwinia genomes.
Arch Microbiol 2017;
199:1335-1344. [PMID:
28695265 PMCID:
PMC5663808 DOI:
10.1007/s00203-017-1409-7]
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Abstract
The Erwinia genus comprises species that are plant pathogens, non-pathogen, epiphytes, and opportunistic human pathogens. Within the genus, Erwinia amylovora ranks among the top 10 plant pathogenic bacteria. It causes the fire blight disease and is a global threat to commercial apple and pear production. We analyzed the presence/absence of the E. amylovora genes reported to be important for pathogenicity towards Rosaceae within various Erwinia strains genomes. This simple bottom-up approach, allowed us to correlate the analyzed genes to pathogenicity, host specificity, and make useful considerations to drive targeted studies.
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