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Phytobiomes Journal @phytobiomesjournal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

“Diverse Pseudomonas Species Engage in Beneficial and Suppressive Interactions with the Kiwifruit Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae Across Actinidia Germplasm,” by Haileigh R. Patterson et al. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-08-25-0071-R #microbiome #Pseudomonas

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Results of real-time qPCR analysis of the virulence of germplasm isolates in competition with Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) on Actinidia arguta at 7 days postinoculation (dpi). Plantlets were flooded with 106 CFU/ml of each bacterial isolate. Bacterial growth was quantified by real-time qPCR using isolate-specific primers and normalizing the cycle threshold (Ct) to a plant housekeeping gene, EF1α, to get a ΔCt value.

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Gozde Demirer @prof-gozde.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

We're hiring a postdoctoral researcher in plant genome engineering with expertise in synthetic biology, gene editing, and omics, with an interest in developing next-generation technologies for plants.🪴🧬 Available immediately. If interested, send your CV! Feel free to share with your networks.

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Lauren Hemara @hemara.nz · 06/01/2026

Delighted to see this published in ISMEJ at the end of 2025!! Building on our previous work with the Psa-kiwifruit pathosystem, we competed Psa effector knockout strains against one another, across hosts, to more sensitively identify effector requirements. 🥝🌿 academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

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Individually redundant effectors are collectively required for bacterial pathogen virulence

Abstract. Host specificity of a plant pathogen is defined by its effector complement. However, it remains unclear whether the full complement is required f

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Environmental Genomics Lab @envgenlab.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

To wrap up…! Why keep an effector the plant can recognize? Our postdoc Liz Florez shows Z. tritici’s effector AvrStb6 shapes the wheat microbiome, esp. Pseudomonas spp., in susceptible cultivars. A hidden microbial modulation role beyond host recognition? 🗓️ Poster P-166 🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

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Haileigh Patterson @haileighpatterson.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Extremely honoured to be a #2025ISMPMI travel awardee this year, and to be able to present the results of my masters degree all the way from NZ! Come and see me at P-319 to learn about the bacterial microbiome of Actinidia (kiwifruit).

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