Plants as alternative hosts for human and animal pathogens

• Main Author: Robert W Jackson (auth)
• Other Authors: Adam Schikora (auth), Nicola J Holden (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); Salmonella enterica; Escherichia coli; fresh produce; Effectors; Plant hosts; PAMP triggered immunity; Organic vegetable; microbiome; Arabidposis thaliana; mRNA extraction
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Many of the most prevalent and devastating human and animal pathogens have part of their lifecycle out-with the animal host. These pathogens have a remarkably wide capacity to adapt to a range of quite different environments: physical, chemical and biological, which is part of the key to their succe...