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bacterial speck

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bacterial speck [bak′tir·ē·əl ′spek]
(plant pathology)
A bacterial disease of plants characterized by small lesions on plant parts.


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a BTI scientist and professor of plant pathology at Cornell, report for the first time that two very different effector proteins (AvrPto and AvrPtoB) produced by the same Pseudomonas syringae bacterium bind to a single plant resistance protein (Pto) in tomato leaf cells - an event that activates the plant's immunity to bacterial speck disease.
 
 
 
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