Complete Genome Sequence of Citrus Huanglongbing Bacterium, ‘<i>Candidatus</i>Liberibacter asiaticus’ Obtained Through Metagenomics

Yongping Duan, Lijuan Zhou, David G. Hall, +10

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Callose deposition in the phloem plasmodesmata and inhibition of phloem transport in citrus leaves infected with “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus”

Eun-Ji Koh, Lijuan Zhou, Donna S. Williams, +4

PROTOPLASMA

BiologyEngineeringPlant-microbe InteractionPlant PathologyMicrobiology +5

The Complete Genome Sequence of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’, the Bacterium Associated with Potato Zebra Chip Disease

Hong Lin, Binghai Lou, Jonathan M. Glynn, +6

PLoS ONE

GeneticsPlant PathologyGenomicsBacterial PathogensPlant Genomics +16

Transcriptome Profiling of Huanglongbing (HLB) Tolerant and Susceptible Citrus Plants Reveals the Role of Basal Resistance in HLB Tolerance

Yunsheng Wang, Lijuan Zhou, Xiaoyue Yu, +3

Frontiers in Plant Science

‘<i>Ca.</i> Liberibacter asiaticus’ Carries an Excision Plasmid Prophage and a Chromosomally Integrated Prophage That Becomes Lytic in Plant Infections

Shujian Zhang, Zomary Flores-Cruz, Lijuan Zhou, +7

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Comparative GenomicsGeneticsBacteriologyPlant PathologyGenomics +21

Chemical Compounds Effective Against the Citrus Huanglongbing Bacterium ‘<i>Candidatus</i> Liberibacter asiaticus’ In Planta

Muqing Zhang, Charles A. Powell, Lijuan Zhou, +3

Phytopathology

PhytoalexinPhysiological Plant PathologyPhytotoxicityMedicineCitrus Huanglongbing +12

Improved real-time PCR detection of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ from citrus and psyllid hosts by targeting the intragenic tandem-repeats of its prophage genes

J. Kent Morgan, Lijuan Zhou, Wenbin Li, +3

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Prophage GenesPathogen DetectionPsyllid HostsMedicineGenetics +6

Diversity and Plasticity of the Intracellular Plant Pathogen and Insect Symbiont “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” as Revealed by Hypervariable Prophage Genes with Intragenic Tandem Repeats

Lijuan Zhou, Charles A. Powell, Michele T. Hoffman, +5

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Comparative GenomicsGeneticsHypervariable Prophage GenesPlant PathologyMolecular Genetics +14

The Destructive Citrus Pathogen, ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ Encodes a Functional Flagellin Characteristic of a Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern

Huasong Zou, Siddarame Gowda, Lijuan Zhou, +3

PLoS ONE

Screening Molecules for Control of Citrus Huanglongbing Using an Optimized Regeneration System for ‘<i>Candidatus</i> Liberibacter asiaticus’-Infected Periwinkle (<i>Catharanthus roseus</i>) Cuttings

Muqing Zhang, Yongping Duan, Lijuan Zhou, +3

Phytopathology