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Volume 168, Issue 8

Microbe Profile: : an enemy at the door Open Access

Abstract

is part of a larger family of soft rot bacteria () that cause disease on a wide range of crops worldwide. They are closely related to members of the and, as the plant pathogens and plant associated members of the group, form part of a continuum towards opportunistic and more devastating animal and human pathogens. Many of the horizontally acquired islands present in the genome of are directly responsible for life on plants. These include genes for a plethora of plant cell wall degrading enzymes, plant toxins, siderophores etc., which are exported by multiple secretion systems under a highly coordinated regulation system.

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Keyword(s): Pectobacterium atrosepticum
Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Award BB/T010657/1)
    • Principle Award Recipient: TothIan
  • Scottish Government (Award CR/2016/01)
    • Principle Award Recipient: TothIan
  • Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Award 11120031)
    • Principle Award Recipient: TothIan
© 2022 The Authors
  • This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. This article was made open access via a Publish and Read agreement between the Microbiology Society and the corresponding author’s institution.
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