Comparative genomics to untangle insect pathogenicity in plant-associated pseudomonads
At a glance
- Project leader : Dr. Christoph Keel, Dr. Monika Maurhofer, Dr. Theo Smits
- Project team : Dr. Pascale Flury, Dr. Joël Pothier, Dr. Fabio Rezzonico
- Project status : completed
- Funding partner : Internal
- Project partner : Université de Lausanne / Keel Lab, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich ETH / Institute of Integrative Biology
- Contact person : Theo Smits
Description
We study the genomes of an array of plant-beneficial pseudomonads using a comparative genomics approach. The aim is to define the potential of the different isolates as insect pathogens and as plant beneficials.
Publications
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Smits, Theo H.M.; Rezzonico, Fabio; Frasson, David; Vesga, Pilar; Vacheron, Jordan; Blom, Jochen; Pothier, Joël F.; Keel, Christoph; Maurhofer, Monika; Sievers, Martin,
2019.
Updated genome sequence and annotation for the full genome of Pseudomonas protegens CHA0.
Microbiology Resource Announcements.
8(39).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01002-19
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Dennert, Francesca; Imperiali, Nicola; Staub, Cornelia; Schneider, Jana; Laessle, Titouan; Zhang, Tao; Wittwer, Raphaël; van der Heijden, Marcel G A; Smits, Theo H M; Schlaeppi, Klaus; Keel, Christoph; Maurhofer, Monika,
2018.
FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
94(8), pp. fiy075.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiy075
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Kupferschmied, Peter; Chai, Tiancong; Flury, Pascale; Blom, Jochen; Smits, Theo; Maurhofer, Monika; Keel, Christoph,
2016.
Environmental Microbiology.
18(11), pp. 4265-4281.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13571
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Flury, Pascale; Aellen, Nora; Ruffner, Beat; Péchy-Tarr, Maria; Fataar, Shakira; Metla, Zane; Dominguez-Ferreras, Ana; Bloemberg, Guido; Frey, Joachim; Goesmann, Alexander; Raaijmakers, Jos M; Duffy, Brion; Höfte, Monica; Blom, Jochen; Smits, Theo; Keel, Christoph; Maurhofer, Monika,
2016.
ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology.
10, pp. 2527-2542.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2016.5