Agrobacterium tumefaciens: a Transformative Agent for Fundamental Insights into Host-Microbe Interactions, Genome Biology, Chemical Signaling, and Cell Biology

Modular evolution of secretion systems and virulence plasmids in a bacterial species complex

(2022) Lin Chou et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Dual Adhesive Unipolar Polysaccharides Synthesized by Overlapping Biosynthetic Pathways in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2022) Maureen C. Onyeziri et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Conformation and dynamic interactions of the multipartite genome in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2022) Zhongqing Ren et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Centromere Interactions Promote the Maintenance of the Multipartite Genome in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2022) Zhongqing Ren et al.   mBio

Co-dependent and Interdigitated: Dual Quorum Sensing Systems Regulate Conjugative Transfer of the Ti Plasmid and the At Megaplasmid in Agrobacterium tumefaciens 15955

(2021) Ian S. Barton et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Agrobacterium tumefaciens Growth Pole Ring Protein: C Terminus and Internal Apolipoprotein Homologous Domains Are Essential for Function and Subcellular Localization

(2021) John Zupan et al.   mBio

Diversification of the Type VI Secretion System in Agrobacteria

(2021) Chih-Feng Wu et al.   mBio

Unipolar Peptidoglycan Synthesis in the Rhizobiales Requires an Essential Class A Penicillin-Binding Protein

(2021) Michelle A. Williams et al.   mBio

Diversification of LytM Protein Functions in Polar Elongation and Cell Division of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2021) Wanda M. Figueroa-Cuilan et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Diversification of plasmids in a genus of pathogenic and nitrogen-fixing bacteria

(2021) Alexandra J. Weisberg et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ecological and evolutionary solutions to the plasmid paradox

(2021) Michael A. Brockhurst et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Unexpected conservation and global transmission of agrobacterial virulence plasmids

(2020) Alexandra J. Weisberg et al.   SCIENCE

Biocontrol of Crown Gall by Rhizobium rhizogenes: Challenges in Biopesticide Commercialisation

(2020) Allen Kerr et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Complete Genome Sequence Data of Nonpathogenic Strain Rhizobium vitis VAR03-1, a Biological Control Agent for Grapevine Crown Gall Disease

(2020) Yoshiteru Noutoshi et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Segregation of fourAgrobacterium tumefaciensreplicons during polar growth: PopZ and PodJ control segregation of essential replicons

(2020) J. S. Robalino-Espinosa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plant pathogenic Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains have diverse type VI effector-immunity pairs and vary in in planta competitiveness

(2019) Chih-Feng Wu et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

GROWTH POLE RING protein forms a 200-nm-diameter ring structure essential for polar growth and rod shape in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2019) J. R. Zupan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Destabilization of the Tumor-Inducing Plasmid from an Octopine-Type Agrobacterium tumefaciens Lineage Drives a Large Deletion in the Co-resident At Megaplasmid

(2019) Ian S. Barton et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

History and current taxonomic status of genus Agrobacterium

(2019) José David Flores-Félix et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Effector loading onto the VgrG carrier activates type VI secretion system assembly

(2019) Chih‐Feng Wu et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Multiple Flagellin Proteins Have Distinct and Synergistic Roles in Agrobacterium tumefaciens Motility

(2018) Bitan Mohari et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Maintenance of multipartite genome system and its functional significance in bacteria

(2018) Hari Sharan Misra et al.   JOURNAL OF GENETICS

Polar Organizing Protein PopZ Is Required for Chromosome Segregation in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2017) Haley M. Ehrle et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Absence of the Polar Organizing Protein PopZ Results in Reduced and Asymmetric Cell Division in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2017) Matthew Howell et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Divided Bacterial Genome: Structure, Function, and Evolution

(2017) George C. diCenzo et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Horizontal Gene Transfer of Functional Type VI Killing Genes by Natural Transformation

(2017) Jacob Thomas et al.   mBio

Loss of PopZ At activity in Agrobacterium tumefaciens by Deletion or Depletion Leads to Multiple Growth Poles, Minicells, and Growth Defects

(2017) Romain Grangeon et al.   mBio

Type VI Secretion Effectors: Methodologies and Biology

(2017) Yun-Wei Lien et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Plasmid Classification in an Era of Whole-Genome Sequencing: Application in Studies of Antibiotic Resistance Epidemiology

(2017) Alex Orlek et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Natural Agrobacterium Transformants: Recent Results and Some Theoretical Considerations

(2017) Ke Chen et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Inhibition of Grape Crown Gall by Agrobacterium vitis F2/5 Requires Two Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases and One Polyketide Synthase

(2016) Desen Zheng et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

VgrG C terminus confers the type VI effector transport specificity and is required for binding with PAAR and adaptor–effector complex

(2016) Devanand D. Bondage et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Divorcing Strain Classification from Species Names

(2016) David A. Baltrus   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Structural characterization of antibiotic self-immunity tRNA synthetase in plant tumour biocontrol agent

(2016) Shaileja Chopra et al.   Nature Communications

PopZ identifies the new pole, and PodJ identifies the old pole during polar growth inAgrobacterium tumefaciens

(2015) Romain Grangeon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Pyranose-2-Phosphate Motif Is Responsible for Both Antibiotic Import and Quorum-Sensing Regulation in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2015) Abbas El Sahili et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Agrobacterium: nature’s genetic engineer

(2015) Eugene W. Nester   Frontiers in Plant Science

Agrobacterium tumefaciens Deploys a Superfamily of Type VI Secretion DNase Effectors as Weapons for Interbacterial Competition In Planta

(2014) Lay-Sun Ma et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

The VgrG Proteins Are “à la Carte” Delivery Systems for Bacterial Type VI Effectors

(2014) Abderrahman Hachani et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Genetically distinct pathways guide effector export through the type VI secretion system

(2014) John C. Whitney et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Peptidoglycan Synthesis Machinery in Agrobacterium tumefaciens During Unipolar Growth and Cell Division

(2014) T. A. Cameron et al.   mBio

Historical account on gaining insights on the mechanism of crown gall tumorigenesis induced by Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2014) Clarence I. Kado   Frontiers in Microbiology

Fundamental discoveries and simple recombination between circular plasmid DNAs led to widespread use of Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a generalized vector for plant genetic engineering

(2013) Patricia Zambryski   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Systematic Dissection of the Agrobacterium Type VI Secretion System Reveals Machinery and Secreted Components for Subcomplex Formation

(2013) Jer-Sheng Lin et al.   PLoS One

Plant tumour biocontrol agent employs a tRNA-dependent mechanism to inhibit leucyl-tRNA synthetase

(2013) Shaileja Chopra et al.   Nature Communications

In Situ Probing of Newly Synthesized Peptidoglycan in Live Bacteria with FluorescentD-Amino Acids

(2012) Erkin Kuru et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

RESOURCE AND COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS SHAPE THE BENEFITS OF PUBLIC GOODS COOPERATION IN A PLANT PATHOGEN

(2012) Thomas G. Platt et al.   EVOLUTION

Polar growth in the Alphaproteobacterial order Rhizobiales

(2012) P. J. B. Brown et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Acid-Induced Type VI Secretion System Is Regulated by ExoR-ChvG/ChvI Signaling Cascade in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2012) Chih-Feng Wu et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Type VI secretion delivers bacteriolytic effectors to target cells

(2011) Alistair B. Russell et al.   NATURE

A cooperative virulence plasmid imposes a high fitness cost under conditions that induce pathogenesis

(2011) T. G. Platt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sculpting the Bacterial Cell

(2009) William Margolin   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Genome Sequences of Three Agrobacterium Biovars Help Elucidate the Evolution of Multichromosome Genomes in Bacteria

(2009) S. C. Slater et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Secretome Analysis Uncovers an Hcp-Family Protein Secreted via a Type VI Secretion System in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

(2008) H.-Y. Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY