Table 3.
Details of top ten phytopathogenic bacteria and their associated filamentous phages
| Bacterial genus | Species | Pathogenic traits | Filamentous phage | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrobacterium | tumefaciens | Crown gall disease in over 140 species of eudicots | Needs investigation | |
| Dickeya | dadantii solani | Soft rot disease | Known from other members of family Enterobacteriaceae (Escherichia: M13ϕ, X‐2ϕ, Xϕ, f1ϕ, Ikeϕ, PR6FSϕ, C‐2ϕ, SFϕ, tf‐1ϕ, fdϕ, I2–2ϕ, If1ϕ, AE2ϕ, Ec9ϕ, HRϕ, ZJ/2ϕ, CUS1ϕ ; Yersinia:Ypfϕ; CUS2ϕ;Shigella:SfXϕ) | Vrancken, Holtappels, Schoofs, Deckers, and Valcke (2013), Starr and Chatterjee (1972) |
| Erwinia | amylovora | Fire blight, bacterial wilt; necrosis of tissue | ||
| tracheiphila | ||||
| Pectobacterium | carotovorum atrosepticum | Soft rot and blackleg disease | ||
| Pseudomonas | aeruginosaPAO1 and PA14 | Root infection and plant mortality; | Pf1ϕ; Pf2ϕ; Pf3ϕ; Pf4ϕ; Pf5ϕ; Pf7ϕ; Pf‐LESB58ϕ | Walker et al. (2004) |
| putidaKT2440 | Phage reduces bacterial fitness in rhizosphere | Pspu28 | Quesada, Soriano, and Espinosa‐Urgel (2012) | |
| syringae | Phytopathogen | Known from P. aeruginoasa | Marcelletti and Scortichini (2014) | |
| Ralstonia | solanacearum | Pathogen: bacterial wilt | PE226ϕ; RSM1ϕ; RSS1ϕ; RSM3ϕ; RSS0ϕ; p12Jϕ | Peeters, Guidot, Vailleau, and Valls (2013) |
| Xanthomonas | campestris pv. citri | Citrus canker, bacterial leaf spot | Cf16ϕ; Cf1cϕ; Cf1tϕ; Cf1tvϕ; Lfϕ; Xfϕ; Xfoϕ; Xfvϕ; Cfϕ; Lfϕ; Xoϕ; Xvϕ; Xf2ϕ | Rodriguez et al. (2012), Potnis et al. (2015), Thieme et al. (2005) |
| campestris pv. vesicatoria | Foliage and fruit spot disease | ϕXv | Lin et al., (1994) | |
| oryzaepv. oryzae | Bacterial leaf blight in rice | ϕXo | ||
| Xylella | Fastidiosa | Phytopathogen: Olive quick decline syndrome, bacterial leaf scorch, oleander leaf scorch, coffee leaf scorch, alfalfa dwarf, phony peach disease, Pierce's disease of grapes and citrus variegated chlorosis | Xff1ϕ | Hopkins and Purcell (2002) |
| Yersinia | pseudotuberculosisand enterocolitica | Infect plants: Affect quality of pasture land and crop plants; cause human disease | Known only from Y. pestis: Ypfϕ; CUS2ϕ | Fukushima, Shimizu, and Inatsu (2011) |
| Fetherston, Lillard, and Perry (1995) |