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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2015

Plant pathogen-induced water-soaking promotes Salmonella enterica growth on tomato leaves.

Neha Potnis, James Colee, Jeffrey B Jones, Jeri D Barak

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Neha PotnisDepartment of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
James ColeeDepartment of Statistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Jeffrey B JonesDepartment of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Jeri D BarakDepartment of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA barak@plantpath.wisc.edu.
University of Florida · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant pathogen infection is a critical factor for the persistence of Salmonella enterica on plants. We investigated the mechanisms responsible for the persistence of S. enterica on diseased tomato plants by using four diverse bacterial spot Xanthomonas species that differ in disease severities. Xanthomonas euvesicatoria and X. gardneri infection fostered S. enterica growth, while X. perforans infection did not induce growth but supported the persistence of S. enterica. X. vesicatoria-infected leaves harbored S. enterica populations similar to those on healthy leaves. Growth of S. enterica was associated with extensive water-soaking and necrosis in X. euvesicatoria- and X. gardneri-infected plants. The contribution of water-soaking to the growth of S. enterica was corroborated by an increased growth of populations on water-saturated leaves in the absence of a plant pathogen. S. enterica aggregates were observed with bacterial spot lesions caused by either X. euvesicatoria or X. vesicatoria; however, more S. enterica aggregates formed on X. euvesicatoria-infected leaves as a result of larger lesion sizes per leaf area and extensive water-soaking. Sparsely distributed lesions caused by X. vesicatoria infection do not support the overall growth of S. enterica or aggregates in areas without lesions or water-soaking; S. enterica was observed as single cells and not aggregates. Thus, pathogen-induced water-soaking and necrosis allow S. enterica to replicate and proliferate on tomato leaves. The finding that the pathogen-induced virulence phenotype affects the fate of S. enterica populations in diseased plants suggests that targeting of plant pathogen disease is important in controlling S. enterica populations on plants.

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Disease SusceptibilityHost-Pathogen InteractionsPlant DiseasesPlant LeavesSalmonella entericaSolanum lycopersicumWaterXanthomonasWater

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PMID26386057
PMCPMC4651078
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