@article{5fda2dcace4f446499ce0dea3e63ca66,
title = "Erwinia amylovora in the genomics era: From genomes to pathogen virulence, regulation, and disease control strategies",
abstract = "The publication of the first Erwinia amylovora genome has greatly accelerated and advanced our understanding of the fire blight organism. With the availability of multiple genomes, it quickly became clear that chromosomal diversity is relatively small, and that most of the pan-genome variance is attributable to plasmids. In addition to gaining a more detailed view of the known virulence factors, genomics has enabled new breakthrough studies of virulence regulation mechanisms. Furthermore, several niche adaptation and ecological fitness factors, though not directly influencing virulence, have been studied in greater detail, providing novel insights into the physiology and ecology of the bacterium. Additionally, application of genome data has yielded improved diagnostics and enabled population studies at different geographic scales.",
keywords = "Diagnostics, Intraspecies diversity, Niche adaptation, Type III secretion system",
author = "Smits, {T. H.M.} and B. Duffy and Sundin, {G. W.} and Zhao, {Y. F.} and F. Rezzonico",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the EU FP7 ERA-Net EUPHRESCO project {\textquoteleft}PhytFire{\textquoteright} (FR), the Swiss Federal Office of Agriculture project {\textquoteleft}Achilles{\textquoteright} within the frame-work of the Swiss ProfiCrops Integrated Project Feuer-brand (THMS), the department of Life Sciences and Facility Management of ZHAW W{\"a}denswil (BD), the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Grants no. 2016-67013-24812 (YFZ) and 2015-67013-23068 (GWS) from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and Michigan State University AgBioResearch. Funding Information: This work was supported by the EU FP7 ERA-Net EUPHRESCO project {\textquoteleft}PhytFire{\textquoteright} (FR), the Swiss Federal Office of Agriculture project {\textquoteleft}Achilles{\textquoteright} within the framework of the Swiss ProfiCrops Integrated Project Feuerbrand (THMS), the department of Life Sciences and Facility Management of ZHAW W{\"a}denswil (BD), the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Grants no. 2016-67013-24812 (YFZ) and 2015-67013-23068 (GWS) from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and Michigan State University AgBioResearch. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017, Edizioni ETS. All rights reserved.",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.4454/jpp.v99i0.3917",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "99",
pages = "7--23",
journal = "Journal of Plant Pathology",
issn = "1125-4653",
publisher = "Edizioni E.T.S.",
number = "Special Issue",
}