Publications by authors named "Tiffany M Lowe"
Ralstonia solanacearum is a globally distributed soil-borne plant pathogenic bacterium, which shares a broad ecological range with many plant- and soil-associated fungi. We sought to determine if R. solanacearum chemical communication directs symbiotic development of polymicrobial consortia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground. Ralstonia solanacearum is an economically important plant pathogen with an unusually large host range. The Moko (banana) and NPB (not pathogenic to banana) strain groups are closely related but are adapted to distinct hosts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVibrio parahaemolyticus is an aquatic halophilic bacterium that occupies estuarine and coastal marine environments, and is a leading cause of seafood-borne food poisoning cases. To investigate the environmental reservoir and potential gene flow that occurs among V. parahaemolyticus isolates, the virulence-associated gene content and genome diversity of a collection of 133 V.
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- Plants use hydroxycinnamic acid (HCA) as a defense against pathogens like Ralstonia solanacearum, which has a conserved HCA degradation pathway across different strains.
- The study revealed that a mutant strain unable to degrade HCA was less virulent in tomato plants, indicating HCA degradation aids in pathogen growth and survival.
- Overall, the ability to degrade HCA enhances the pathogen's virulence by helping it enter roots and shielding it from HCA toxicity, although HCA does not significantly contribute as a nutrient source in plant environments.