Common mechanisms for pathogens of plants and animals

被引:90
作者
Cao, H
Baldini, RL
Rahme, LG [1 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Sch Med, Dept Surg, Boston, MA 02114 USA
[2] Shriners Burn Hosp, Boston, MA 02114 USA
关键词
microbial pathogenesis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Bulkholderia cepacia; Erwinia spp; common virulence factors;
D O I
10.1146/annurev.phyto.39.1.259
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
The vast evolutionary gulf between plants and animals-in terms of structure, composition, and many environmental factors-would seem to preclude the possibility that these organisms could act as receptive hosts to the same microorganism. However, some pathogens are capable of establishing themselves and thriving in members of both the plant and animal kingdoms. The identification of functionally conserved virulence mechanisms required to infect hosts of divergent evolutionary origins demonstrates the remarkable conservation in some of the underlying virulence mechanisms of pathogenesis and is changing researchers' thinking about the evolution of microbial pathogenesis.
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