Phosphonates of <i>Pectobacterium atrosepticum</i>: Discovery and Role in Plant-Pathogen Interactions.

ABSTRACT: Many phytopathogens' gene products that contribute to plant-pathogen interactions remain unexplored. In one of the most harmful phytopathogenic bacterium Pectobacterium atrosepticum (Pba), phosphonate-related genes have been previously shown to be among the most upregulated following host plant colonization. However, phosphonates, compounds characterized by a carbon-phosphorus bond in their composition, have not been described in Pectobacterium species and other phytopathogenic bacteria, with the exception of Pseudomonas syringae and Pantoea ananatis. Our study aimed to determine whether Pba synthesizes extracellular phosphonates and, if so, to analyze their physiological functions. We demonstrated that Pba produces two types of extracellula

SUBMITTER: Parfirova O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11546328 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature