Genomic Perspectives on the Ecology and Evolution of Bacterial Plant Pathogens and Symbionts
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Microbe Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 August 2026 | Viewed by 43
Special Issue Editors
Interests: molecular plant–microbe interactions; comparative genomics; protein secretion; type III effector; Xanthomonas
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: plant bacteriology; evolution; pathogen emergence
Interests: plant–microbe interactions; metabolomics; plant microbiome as a diagnostics tool; molecular epidemiology; bacterial and fungal genetics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the last 25 years, revolutionary improvements in DNA sequencing technologies and bioinformatics have accelerated the study of the biology and evolution of bacteria that interact with plants. Single-genome approaches have provided information on the repertoire of virulence determinants and host interaction factors, while population genomics has uncovered the mechanisms of the emergence and spread of epidemic lineages. Alongside comparative analyses, these approaches have enabled the formulation of hypotheses that explain the evolutionary forces driving these adaptations, as well as revealing the genetic determinants of traits that were previously unknown. In this collection, we aim to bring together manuscripts that shed new light on the genetic determinants of virulence, host adaptation, tissue tropism, niche occupation, emergence, competition, synergism and transmission, both in bacterial plant pathogens and in plant symbionts.
Dr. Ralf Koebnik
Dr. Jonathan Jacobs
Dr. Veronica Roman-Reyna
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant pathogen
- plant symbiont
- virulence: host adaptation
- tissue tropism
- niche occupation
- emergence
- competition
- synergism
- transmission
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