What is Pierce's Disease?

Pierce’s Disease is a bacterial infection, which is spread by bugs that feed on grapevines, particularly the "glassy winged sharpshooter." Grapevines that become infected with PD can quickly become sick and die.

Author Detail

  • Name:
    De La Fuente, L
Published Date Title Publication Author List
Sept. 1, 2008 Autoaggregation of xylella fastidiosa cells is influenced by type i and type iv pili Applied and environmental microbiology De La Fuente, L; Burr, TJ; Hoch, HC;
June 1, 2008 Identification of a chemosensory signal transduction system in xylella fastidiosa associated with twitching motility and biofilm formation Phytopathology Cursino, L; Li, Y; De La Fuente, L; Galvani, C; Zaini, PA; Mowery, P; Hoch, HC; Burr, TJ;
Oct. 1, 2007 Mutations in type i and type iv pilus biosynthetic genes affect twitching motility rates in xylella fastidiosa Journal of bacteriology De La Fuente, L; Burr, TJ; Hoch, HC;
Feb. 17, 2010 Effect of minerals on biofilm formation by xylella fastidiosa Phytopathology De La Fuente, L; Cobine, P;
Feb. 17, 2010 Twitching motility and biofilm formation are associated with tonb1 in xylella fastidiosa Fems microbiology letters Cursino, L; Li, YX; Zaini, PA; De La Fuente, L; Hoch, HC; Burr, TJ;
March 1, 2012 Calcium increases xylella fastidiosa surface attachment, biofilm formation, and twitching motility Applied and environmental microbiology Cruz, LF; Cobine, PA; De La Fuente, L;
March 1, 2012 Differentiation of xylella fastidiosa strains via multilocus sequence analysis of environmentally mediated genes (mlsa-e) Applied and environmental microbiology Parker, JK; Havird, JC; De La Fuente, L;
Oct. 1, 2011 Identification of an operon, pil-chp, that controls twitching motility and virulence in xylella fastidiosa Molecular plant-microbe interactions Cursino, L; Galvani, CD; Athinuwat, D; Zaini, PA; Li, YX; De La Fuente, L; Hoch, HC; Burr, TJ; Mowery, P;