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Ralstonia solanacearum, a widespread bacterial plant pathogen in the post-genomic era
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Ralstonia solanacearum is a soil-borne bacterium causing the widespread disease known as bacterial wilt. Ralstonia solanacearum is also the causal agent of Moko disease of banana and brown rot of potato. Since the last R. solanacearum pathogen profile was published 10 years ago, studies concerning this plant pathogen have taken a genomic and post-genomic direction. This was pioneered by the first sequenced and annotated genome for a major plant bacterial pathogen and followed by many more genomes in subsequent years. All molecular features studied now have a genomic flavour. In the future, this will help in connecting the classical field of pathology and diversity studies with the gene content of specific strains. In this review, we summarize the recent research on this bacterial pathogen, including strain classification, host range, pathogenicity determinants, regulation of virulence genes, type III effector repertoire, effector-triggered immunity, plant signalling in response to R. solanacearum, as well as a review of different new pathosystems.
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PEETERS, Nemo, et al. Ralstonia solanacearum, a widespread bacterial plant pathogen in the post-genomic era. Molecular Plant Pathology. 2013. Vol. 14, num. 7, pags. 651-662. ISSN 1464-6722. [consulted: 9 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/65116