ArticlePLoS computational biology2020
Mechanistic modeling of light-induced chemotactic infiltration of bacteria into leaf stomata.
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- Exometabolomic-enabled discovery of compounds associated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 population dynamics in the lettuce phyllosphere.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Targeting motility and chemotaxis as a strategy to combat bacterial pathogens.Microbial biotechnology · 2023Article
- Leaf infiltration in plant science: old method, new possibilities.Plant methods · 2021Review
- Blue-light perception by epiphytic Pseudomonas syringae drives chemoreceptor expression, enabling efficient plant infection.Molecular plant pathology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Light is one of the factors that can play a role in bacterial infiltration into leafy greens by keeping stomata open and providing photosynthetic products for microorganisms. We model chemotactic transport of bacteria within a leaf tissue in response to photosynthesis occurring within plant mesophyll. The model includes transport of carbon dioxide, oxygen, bicarbonate, sucrose/glucose, bacteria, and autoinducer-2 within the leaf tissue. Biological processes of carbon fixation in chloroplasts, and respiration in mitochondria of the plant cells, as well as motility, chemotaxis, nutrient consumption and communication in the bacterial community are considered. We show that presence of light is enough to boost bacterial chemotaxis through the stomatal opening and toward photosynthetic products within the leaf tissue. Bacterial chemotactic ability is a major player in infiltration, and plant stomatal defense in closing the stomata as a perception of microbe-associated molecular patterns is an effective way to inhibit the infiltration.
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