Virulence articles within Nature

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• Article | 23 November 2016

  Bacteria establish an aqueous living space in plants crucial for virulence

  A combination of high humidity and bacterial effectors, such as Pseudomonas syringae HopM1, creates an aqueous environment in the apoplast of immunodeficient Arabidopsis thaliana that allows non-pathogenic P. syringae strains to become virulent pathogens.

  • Xiu-Fang Xin
  • , Kinya Nomura
  •  & Sheng Yang He

• News | 26 May 2010

  Virulent wheat fungus invades South Africa

  Mutating and migrating stem rust pathogen could soon spread across the world.

  • Natasha Gilbert