Pierce's Disease
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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.

glassy-winged sharpshooter

Author Detail

  • Name:
    Souza, A.
Published DateTitlePublicationAuthor List
April 01, 2006 In situ probing of Xylella fastidiosa in honeydew of a xylem sap-feeding insect using 16S rRNA-targeted fluorescent oligonucleotides Environmental microbiology Lopes, Joao; Tsai, S.; Rodrigues, J.; Silva-Stenico, M.; Souza, A.;
September 01, 2001 Differentiation of strains of Xylella fastidiosa by a variable number of tandem repeat analysis Applied and environmental microbiology Machado, Marcos; Takita, M.; Souza, A.; Coletta, H.; Aguilar-Vildoso, C.;
April 01, 2005 Expression of pathogenicity-related genes of Xylella fastidiosa in vitro and in planta Current microbiology Pereira, E.; Machado, Marcos; Takita, M.; Souza, A.; Coletta, H.;
April 01, 2006 In situ probing of Xylella fastidiosa in honeydew of a xylem sap-feeding insect using 16S rRNA-targeted fluorescent oligonucleotides Environ microbiol Lopes, Joao; Tsai, S.; Rodrigues, J.; Silva-Stenico, M.; Souza, A.;
October 01, 2002 Competitive hybridization on spotted microarrays as a tool to conduct comparative genomic analyses of Xylella fastidiosa strains Fems microbiology letters Machado, Marcos; Souza, A.; Coletta, H.; Oliveira, Regina; Nunes, Luiz; Muto, N.; Yanai, G.; Leite, Daniela;
August 01, 2004 Gene expression profile of the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa during biofilm formation in vitro Fems microbiology letters Machado, Marcos; Takita, M.; Souza, A.; Coletta, H.; Oliveira, Regina; Nunes, Luiz; Muto, N.; Yanai, G.; Caldana, C.;
July 01, 2004 A kinetic model for Xylella fastidiosa adhesion, biofilm formation, and virulence Fems microbiology letters Machado, Marcos; Lemos, E.; Souza, A.; Coletta, H.; Osiro, Denise; Colnago, Luiz; Otoboni, Ammb;
October 01, 2003 Analysis of gene expression in two growth states of Xylella fastidiosa and its relationship with pathogenicity Molecular plant-microbe interactions Machado, Marcos; Goldman, Gustavo; Takita, M.; Souza, A.; Coletta, H.; Oliveira, Regina; Nunes, Luiz; Muto, N.; Yanai, G.; Caldana, C.;
August 01, 2000 Mapping analysis of the Xylella fastidiosa genome Nucleic acids research Simpson, A.; Souza, A.; Frohme, Marcus; Camargo, AnaMaria; Czink, Claudia; Hoheisel, Joerg; Heber, Steffen;
February 01, 2004 Expression and purification of a small heat shock protein from the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa Protein expression and purification Souza, A.; Medrano, F.; Guimar?es, B.; Sabino, A.; Barbosa, Jarg; Eberlin, M.; Tada, S.; Paula, Debora; Azzoni, A.; Catani, Cleide; Rosselli, L.;
October 01, 2004 Cloning, expression, and purification of the virulence-associated protein D from Xylella fastidiosa Protein expression and purification Souza, A.; Tada, S.; Paula, Debora; Azzoni, A.; Catani, Cleide; Rosselli, L.; Yano, T.;