Non-model organisms are always fun and full of surprises: Identification of protein secretion systems and type III effectors in wood-associated bacteria of the genus #Xylophilus | #taxonomy #flagellum #T3SS #effector #grapevine #rhododendron | Microbiology Spectrum journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Identification of protein secretion systems and type III effectors in wood-associated bacteria of the genus Xylophilus | Microbiology Spectrum

Xylophilus species include poorly characterized plant-associated bacteria, among them the grapevine pathogen Xylophilus ampelinus, yet their molecular mechanisms of host interaction have remained larg...

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Highly recommended “Secretion Days”, to be held in Marseille, France, on October 8 and 9, 2026. This year's keynote speaker is Wilbert Bitter: orcid.org/0000-0001-83...

The Leibniz University Hannover/Germany is advertising a Professorship for Molecular Phytopathology (W2 with tenure to W3): www.uni-hannover.de/en/jobs/8410/ The application is open until April 27th, 2026. For more information, please contact Prof. Jens Boch (www.genetik.uni-hannover.de/boch)

We are editing a Special Issue on "Genomic Perspectives on the #Ecology and #Evolution of Bacterial #Plant #Pathogens and #Symbionts". #Genomics #Pathogenicity #Virulence #Acidovorax #Clavibacter #Curtobacterium #Erwinia #Pantoea #Pseudomonas #Ralstonia #Xanthomonas www.mdpi.com/journal/micr...

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Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) of the #citrus canker pathogen, #Xanthomonas citri, suggests a shift in population structure of the pathogen over the past two decades in #Iran. apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...

Population Structure of Xanthomonas citri pv. citri in Iran: 1991 - 2022 | Phytopathology®

Citrus canker, caused by Xanthomonas citri pv. citri, is one of the most devastating bacterial diseases of citrus species. The global population of Xanthomonas citri pv. citri includes three lineages ...

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Want to know more about the bacterial leaf streak pathogen #Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola and the role of rice seed trade in the pathogen's spread in West Africa? Using genome sequencing and satellite markers, we describe its population structure and molecular epidemiology doi.org/10.1128/aem....

Large- and small-scale population structure of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola, a bacterial pathogen of rice | Applied and Environmental Microbiology

West Africa has faced a rapid expansion of rice cultivation with importation of rice varieties mostly from Asia, and rice now constitutes 37% of the cereal consumed in the region. The bacterial pathog...

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Amazing science at the 2nd edition of the Secretion Days in Marseille 🌞 ! Huge thanks to all participants and to @archaellum.bsky.social for an outstanding opening talk. Looking forward to the next edition!

Very happy to announce our paper @natecoevo.nature.com on the functional replacement of ancestral antibacterial secretion system ( #T4SS #T6SS ) in a bacterial plant pathogen ( #Xanthomonas ). Enjoy reading! rdcu.be/euNrM Special thanks to @costprogramme.bsky.social !

Functional replacement of ancestral antibacterial secretion system in a bacterial plant pathogen

Nature Ecology & Evolution - The bacterial plant pathogen genus Xanthomonas uses two distinct secretion systems for antibacterial competition. Here the authors show that some Xanthomonas...

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3rd Training School of the MiCropBiomes #COST Action on “Metabarcoding of Plant #Microbiomes II: #Rhizosphere Analysis: #Metabarcoding with ONT and Culturomics” in Nitra, Slovakia, from July 14 to 18, 2025. More information can be found at micropbiomes.eu/events/train.... @costprogramme.bsky.social

Happy to announce #Effectidor II, which uses #machine_learning to predict #T3SS #effectors in #pan_genomes. Thanks a lot to Naama Wagner, Tal Pupko & all the other collaborators! We hope you will find it useful for your research. Web server: effectidor.tau.ac.il Publication: doi.org/10.1093/bioi...

We welcome you at the Second Annual Conference of the MiCropBiomes COST Action at Lemesos (Cyprus) on June 17 to 19. Are you working on plant-microbe interactions, biotic or abiotic stress and/or synthetic communities? Submit an abstract using this link before April 18: lnkd.in/gDUnU4pC. #microbiome

We started a Starter Pack at the #RPB2025 meeting on Plant-Bacteria Interaction Research in Aussois, France 🗻. Let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/MgodMB4

The second edition of the 'Secretion Days' in Marseille will take place on October 2 and 3, 2025. Please spread the word! Registration works via a Google form: forms.gle/CCyC4UXEBC55... #Secretion | #T1SS #T2SS #T3SS #T4SS #T5SS #T6SS #T7SS

Journées Sécrétion 2025

Contact: secretion@imm.cnrs.fr

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In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance. #CanadaStandsWithUkraine #SlavaUkraini

Nice to see: This word cloud generated from the titles of 144 peer-reviewed publications provides a nice overview of my work over the last 35 years.

Starting my BlueSky experience with last week's poster about our community-curated #DokuWiki resource on #diagnostics, #diversity, #pathogenicity and genetic control of #xanthomonads: www.researchgate.net/publication/... #T3SS | #effector | #resistance | #xanthomonas