Andrade, Maxuel O.


Publications
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Candidatus Liberibacter: From Movement, Host Responses, to Symptom Development of Citrus Huanglongbing

Citation
Pandey et al. (2022). Phytopathology® 112 (1)
Names
Liberibacter
Abstract
Candidatus Liberibacter spp. are fastidious α-proteobacteria that cause multiple diseases on plant hosts of economic importance, including the most devastating citrus disease: Huanglongbing (HLB). HLB was reported in Asia a century ago but has since spread worldwide. Understanding the pathogenesis of Candidatus Liberibacter spp. remains challenging as they are yet to be cultured in artificial media and infect the phloem, a sophisticated environment that is difficult to manipulate. Despite those

The Tad Pilus Apparatus of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ and Its Regulation by VisNR

Citation
Andrade et al. (2019). Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® 32 (9)
Names
Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
Citrus huanglongbing (HLB) is one of the most destructive diseases affecting citrus plants. ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’, an uncultivated α-proteobacteria, is the most widely spread causal agent of HLB and is transmitted by the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri. ‘Ca. L. asiaticus’ attachment to the psyllid midgut is believed to be critical to further infect other organs, including the salivary gland. In this study, the type IVc tight adherence (Tad) pilus locus encoded by ‘Ca. L. asi