Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii Exhibits Surface Motility, Which is a Critical Aspect of Stewart's Wilt Disease Development on Maize

Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii is a plant-pathogenic bacterium that causes Stewart's vascular wilt in maize. The organism is taxonomically described as aflagellated and nonmotile. We recently showed that P. stewartii colonizes the xylem of maize as sessile, cell-wall-adherent biofilms. Biof...

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Main Authors: Carmen M. Herrera, Maria D. Koutsoudis, Xiaolei Wang, Susanne B. von Bodman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2008-10-01
Series:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
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Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-21-10-1359