Want to know more about the bacterial leaf streak pathogen #Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola and the role of rice seed trade in the pathogen's spread in West Africa? Using genome sequencing and satellite markers, we describe its population structure and molecular epidemiology doi.org/10.1128/aem....

Amazing science at the 2nd edition of the Secretion Days in Marseille 🌞 ! Huge thanks to all participants and to @archaellum.bsky.social for an outstanding opening talk. Looking forward to the next edition!

Very happy to announce our paper @natecoevo.nature.com on the functional replacement of ancestral antibacterial secretion system ( #T4SS #T6SS ) in a bacterial plant pathogen ( #Xanthomonas ). Enjoy reading! rdcu.be/euNrM Special thanks to @costprogramme.bsky.social !

3rd Training School of the MiCropBiomes #COST Action on “Metabarcoding of Plant #Microbiomes II: #Rhizosphere Analysis: #Metabarcoding with ONT and Culturomics” in Nitra, Slovakia, from July 14 to 18, 2025. More information can be found at micropbiomes.eu/events/train.... @costprogramme.bsky.social

Happy to announce #Effectidor II, which uses #machine_learning to predict #T3SS #effectors in #pan_genomes. Thanks a lot to Naama Wagner, Tal Pupko & all the other collaborators! We hope you will find it useful for your research. Web server: effectidor.tau.ac.il Publication: doi.org/10.1093/bioi...

We welcome you at the Second Annual Conference of the MiCropBiomes COST Action at Lemesos (Cyprus) on June 17 to 19. Are you working on plant-microbe interactions, biotic or abiotic stress and/or synthetic communities? Submit an abstract using this link before April 18: lnkd.in/gDUnU4pC. #microbiome

We started a Starter Pack at the #RPB2025 meeting on Plant-Bacteria Interaction Research in Aussois, France 🗻. Let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/MgodMB4

The second edition of the 'Secretion Days' in Marseille will take place on October 2 and 3, 2025. Please spread the word! Registration works via a Google form: forms.gle/CCyC4UXEBC55... #Secretion | #T1SS #T2SS #T3SS #T4SS #T5SS #T6SS #T7SS

In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance. #CanadaStandsWithUkraine #SlavaUkraini

Nice to see: This word cloud generated from the titles of 144 peer-reviewed publications provides a nice overview of my work over the last 35 years.

Starting my BlueSky experience with last week's poster about our community-curated #DokuWiki resource on #diagnostics, #diversity, #pathogenicity and genetic control of #xanthomonads: www.researchgate.net/publication/... #T3SS | #effector | #resistance | #xanthomonas