Open AccessPseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola : from ‘has bean’ to supermodel
Author(s) -
ARNOLD DAWN L.,
LOVELL HELEN C.,
JACKSON ROBERT W.,
MANSFIELD JOHN W.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
molecular plant pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.945
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1364-3703
pISSN - 1464-6722
DOI - 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00697.x
Subject(s) - pseudomonas syringae , biology , phaseolus , pisum , botany , pinto bean , pathovar , pathogen , pseudomonas , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , pseudomonadaceae , genetics
Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola causes halo blight of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, worldwide and remains difficult to control. Races of the pathogen cause either disease symptoms or a resistant hypersensitive response on a series of differentially reacting bean cultivars. The molecular genetics of the interaction between P. syringae pv. phaseolicola and bean, and the evolution of bacterial virulence, have been investigated in depth and this research has led to important discoveries in the field of plant-microbe interactions. In this review, we discuss several of the areas of study that chart the rise of P. syringae pv. phaseolicola from a common pathogen of bean plants to a molecular plant-pathogen supermodel bacterium.