Bacteriophages and Prophages of Plant-Associated Bacteria
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 5955
Special Issue Editor
Interests: Bacteriophages; prophages; bacterial pathogens; plant pathology; phytopathology; plant–microbe interactions; Pectobacterium; Dickeya; microbial ecology; biological control; alternative hosts; bacteria–phage–plant interactions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses that infect bacteria. Phages (both lytic and lysogenic) remain the driving force of bacterial adaptation and evolution in natural and agricultural environments. Despite the fact that phage–bacterial interactions have been studied for more than a century since the first discovery of bacterial viruses, still relatively little is known about the interactions of bacterial viruses and plant-associated (pathogenic and beneficial) bacteria. This Special Issue will consider all topics related to bacterial viruses in the context of the bacteria present in natural and agricultural environments. We welcome manuscripts that target the (molecular) interactions of phages and prophages with plant-associated bacteria as well as the biological control of agriculturally relevant plant pathogens with the use of bacterial viruses.
Dr. Robert Czajkowski
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- lysogeny
- bacterial viruses
- agriculture
- adaptation
- evolution
- environment
- biotic stress
- phage–host interactions
- phage receptors
- biological control
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