Soft rot disease is economically one of the most devastating bacterial diseases affecting plants worldwide. In this study, we present novel insights into the phylogeny and virulence of the soft rot model Pectobacterium sp. SCC3193, which was isolated from a diseased potato stem in Finland in the early 1980s. Genomic approaches, including proteome and genome comparisons of all sequenced soft rot...

Agricultural antibiotics are widely used to inhibit the growth of phytopathogenic bacteria involved in plant diseases. However, continuous antibiotic overuse crop production may lead development resistance bacteria. This study was conducted evaluate three different agricultural (oxytetracycline+streptomycin, streptomycin, and validamycin A) 91 strains including <i>Pectobacterium carotovor...