Table 1. Recent epidemiological studies on bacterial pathogens of plants, carried out by MLVA.

Authors	Year	N° of VNTR loci	Pathogen Species	Host plant species
Della Coletta-Filho et al. [52]	2001	8	Xylella fastidiosa	Citrus sinensis;Coffea arabica
Ngoc et al. [53]	2009	14	Xanthomonas citri pv. citri	Citrus spp.
Bergsma-Vlami et al. [54]	2012	6	Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni	Prunus laurocerasus
Gironde and Manceau [55]	2012	8	Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola;Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato	Brassicaceae fam.; Lycopersicon esculentum
Zhao et al. [56]	2012	25	Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola	Oryza sativa
N’Guessan et al. [57]	2013	26	Ralstonia solanacearum	Solanaceae fam.
Zaluga et al. [58]	2013	8	Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis	Lycopersicon esculentum
Pruvost et al. [59]	2014	31	Xanthomonas citri pv. citri	Citrus spp.
Vernière et al. [60]	2014	14	Xanthomonas citri pv. citri	Citrus spp.
Bühlmann et al. [61]	2014	6	Erwinia amylovora	Pomaceae fam.