news and research about Pierce's Disease

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.

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    Souza, A.
Published Date Title Publication Author List
April 1, 2006 In situ probing of xylella fastidiosa in honeydew of a xylem sap-feeding insect using 16s rrna-targeted fluorescent oligonucleotides Environmental microbiology Tsai, S.; Rodrigues, J.; Lopes, Joao; Souza, A.; Silva-Stenico, M.;
Sept. 1, 2001 Differentiation of strains of xylella fastidiosa by a variable number of tandem repeat analysis Applied and environmental microbiology Coletta, H.; Souza, A.; Aguilar-Vildoso, C.; Machado, Marcos; Takita, M.;
April 1, 2005 Expression of pathogenicity-related genes of xylella fastidiosa in vitro and in planta Current microbiology Pereira, E.; Coletta, H.; Souza, A.; Machado, Marcos; Takita, M.;
April 1, 2006 In situ probing of xylella fastidiosa in honeydew of a xylem sap-feeding insect using 16s rrna-targeted fluorescent oligonucleotides Environ microbiol Tsai, S.; Rodrigues, J.; Lopes, Joao; Souza, A.; Silva-Stenico, M.;
Oct. 1, 2002 Competitive hybridization on spotted microarrays as a tool to conduct comparative genomic analyses of xylella fastidiosa strains Fems microbiology letters Coletta, H.; Souza, A.; Machado, Marcos; Nunes, Luiz; Muto, N.; Yanai, G.; Leite, Daniela; Oliveira, Regina;
Aug. 1, 2004 Gene expression profile of the plant pathogen xylella fastidiosa during biofilm formation in vitro Fems microbiology letters Coletta, H.; Souza, A.; Machado, Marcos; Caldana, C.; Nunes, Luiz; Muto, N.; Yanai, G.; Oliveira, Regina; Takita, M.;
July 1, 2004 A kinetic model for xylella fastidiosa adhesion, biofilm formation, and virulence Fems microbiology letters Coletta, H.; Souza, A.; Osiro, Denise; Colnago, Luiz; Machado, Marcos; Lemos, E.; Otoboni, Ammb;
Oct. 1, 2003 Analysis of gene expression in two growth states of xylella fastidiosa and its relationship with pathogenicity Molecular plant-microbe interactions Coletta, H.; Souza, A.; Machado, Marcos; Goldman, Gustavo; Caldana, C.; Nunes, Luiz; Muto, N.; Yanai, G.; Oliveira, Regina; Takita, M.;
Aug. 1, 2000 Mapping analysis of the xylella fastidiosa genome Nucleic acids research Souza, A.; Frohme, Marcus; Camargo, AnaMaria; Czink, Claudia; Simpson, A.; Heber, Steffen; Hoheisel, Joerg;
Feb. 1, 2004 Expression and purification of a small heat shock protein from the plant pathogen xylella fastidiosa Protein expression and purification Medrano, F.; Souza, A.; Sabino, A.; Barbosa, Jarg; Eberlin, M.; Tada, S.; Paula, Debora; Azzoni, A.; Catani, Cleide; Rosselli, L.; Guimares, B.;
Oct. 1, 2004 Cloning, expression, and purification of the virulence-associated protein d from xylella fastidiosa Protein expression and purification Souza, A.; Tada, S.; Yano, T.; Paula, Debora; Azzoni, A.; Catani, Cleide; Rosselli, L.;