Xanthomonas is a well-studied genus of bacterial plant pathogens whose members cause a variety of diseases in economically important crops worldwide. Genomic and functional studies of these phytopathogens have provided significant understanding of microbial-host interactions, bacterial virulence and host adaptation mechanisms including microbial ecology and epidemiology. In addition, several strains of Xanthomonas are important as producers of the extracellular polysaccharide, xanthan, used in the food and pharmaceutical industries. This polymer has also been implicated in several phases of the bacterial disease cycle. In this review, we summarise the current knowledge on the infection strategies and regulatory networks controlling virulence and adaptation mechanisms from Xanthomonas species and discuss the novel opportunities that this body of work has provided for disease control and plant health.

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对植物病原体黄单胞菌的宿主适应性，毒力和流行病学的机理见解。

Xanthomonas是细菌植物病原体的一个经过充分研究的属，其成员在世界范围内具有重要经济意义的农作物中引起多种疾病。这些植物病原体的基因组和功能研究提供了对微生物-宿主相互作用，细菌毒力和宿主适应机制（包括微生物生态学和流行病学）的重要理解。另外，作为食品和制药工业中使用的细胞外多糖黄原的生产者，黄单胞菌的几种菌株也很重要。该聚合物还涉及细菌疾病周期的几个阶段。在这篇评论中，