Plasticity in Plant-Growth-Promoting and Phytopathogenic Bacteria, 2014

Plasticity in Plant-Growth-Promoting and Phytopathogenic Bacteria brings together the expertise of a panel of researchers from around the world to provide comprehensive up-to-date reviews on the most interesting aspects of genomic and phenotypic plasticity in plant-beneficial and phytopathogenic bacteria.

The book covers various topics, including common and specific features in the genomes of symbiotic, plant-growth-promoting, and phytopathogenic bacteria; regulation of conjugative plasmid transfer in rhizobia; genetic and phenotypic variability in plant-beneficial pseudomonads and azospirilla; genomic fluxes in phytopathogenic xanthomonads and pseudomonads; genome plasticity in obligate parasitic Phytoplasmas; comparative genomics of plant-growth-promoting and phytopathogenic Herbaspirillum species; horizontal gene transfer in planta and microevolution of plant-associated bacteria in the phytosphere.

Plasticity in Plant-Growth-Promoting and Phytopathogenic Bacteria is recommended for all microbiology and plant biology laboratories.

1. Common Themes and Specific Features in the Genomes of Phytopathogenic and Plant-Beneficial Bacteria Marco Scortichini and Elena Katsy

2. Ecology and Physiology of Non-Frankia Actinobacteria Associated with Actinorhizal Plants
Faten Ghodhbane-Gtari and Louis S. Tisa

3. Boundaries for Conjugative Transfer of Rhizobial Plasmids: Restraining and Releasing Factors
Susana Brom, Mariano Pistorio, David Romero and Gonzalo Torres-Tejerizo

4. Phase Variation in Plant-Associated Pseudomonads
Francisco Martínez-Granero, Miguel Redondo-Nieto, Marta Martín and Rafael Rivilla

5. Plasmid Rearrangements and Changes in Cell-Surface Architecture and Social Behavior of Azospirillum brasilense
Elena I. Katsy

6. Genome Plasticity and Dynamic Evolution of Phytopathogenic Pseudomonads and Related Bacteria
Marco Scortichini, Simone Marcelletti, Milena Petriccione, Patrizia Ferrante, Emanuela Torelli and Giuseppe Firrao

7. Genomic Flux in Xanthomonas Group of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria
Samriti Midha and Prabhu B. Patil

8. Genome Plasticity in Obligate Parasitic Phytoplasmas
Naghmeh Nejat and Yee-How Tan

9. Comparative Genomics of Herbaspirillum Species
Rose Adele Monteiro, Leonardo Magalhães Cruz, Roseli Wassem, Marcelo Muller, Rodrigo Cardoso, Fábio de Oliveira Pedrosa, Leda Satie Chubatsu, Euan K. James and Emanuel Maltempi de Souza

Chapters written by a team of international experts?

Consists of comprehensive up-to-date reviews on the most interesting aspects of genomic and phenotypic plasticity in plant-beneficial and phytopathogenic bacteria?

Features lavish illustrations and color images

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras