Microbe Profile: Plasmodiophora brassicae, the gall-forming protist behind clubroot disease
revealed a compact genome structure encoding a complex secretome. Despite its agronomic relevance, key aspects of its biology, including the existence of sexual reproduction, host specificity determinants and effector biology, remain poorly understood, due to its unculturable nature and limited genomic resources.
Authors
- Muhammad Asim Javed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1658-3565)
- Edel Pérez‐López (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3708-8558)
- Jose Luis Valdez-Lopez
- Marcos Calcaterra
Institutions
- Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation (CA)
- Université Laval (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microbiology
- Published
- 2026-09-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001774
- Primary Topic
- Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00