| Persistence in phytopathogenic bacteria: do we know enough? PMM Martins, MV Merfa, MA Takita, AA De Souza Frontiers in microbiology 9, 369154, 2018 | 137 | 2018 |
| Progress and Obstacles in Culturing ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’, the Bacterium Associated with Huanglongbing MV Merfa, E Pérez-López, E Naranjo, M Jain, DW Gabriel, ... Phytopathology 109 (7), 1092-1101, 2019 | 73 | 2019 |
| Nanowire arrays as cell force sensors to investigate adhesin-enhanced holdfast of single cell bacteria and biofilm stability PK Sahoo, R Janissen, MP Monteiro, A Cavalli, DM Murillo, MV Merfa, ... Nano letters 16 (7), 4656-4664, 2016 | 72 | 2016 |
| Repeated gain and loss of a single gene modulates the evolution of vascular plant pathogen lifestyles E Gluck-Thaler, A Cerutti, AL Perez-Quintero, J Butchacas, ... Science advances 6 (46), eabc4516, 2020 | 58 | 2020 |
| The MqsRA toxin-antitoxin system from Xylella fastidiosa plays a key role in bacterial fitness, pathogenicity, and persister cell formation MV Merfa, B Niza, MA Takita, AA De Souza Frontiers in microbiology 7, 202347, 2016 | 57 | 2016 |
| Patterns of inter- and intrasubspecific homologous recombination inform eco-evolutionary dynamics of Xylella fastidiosa N Potnis, PP Kandel, MV Merfa, AC Retchless, JK Parker, DC Stenger, ... The ISME journal 13 (9), 2319-2333, 2019 | 44 | 2019 |
| Differential colonization patterns of Xylella fastidiosa infecting citrus genotypes B Niza, HD Coletta‐Filho, MV Merfa, MA Takita, AA De Souza Plant Pathology 64 (6), 1259-1269, 2015 | 42 | 2015 |
| Hypersensitive response: From NLR pathogen recognition to cell death response RJD Dalio, D Paschoal, GD Arena, DM Magalhães, TS Oliveira, MV Merfa, ... Annals of Applied Biology 178 (2), 268-280, 2021 | 36 | 2021 |
| Avaliação microbiológica e físico-química de açúcares mascavo comerciais. WC Generoso, MTMR Borges, SR Ceccato-Antonini, AF Marino, ... Revista do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, v. 68, n. 2, p. 259-68, 2009, 2009 | 27 | 2009 |
| Liberibacter crescens biofilm formation in vitro: establishment of a model system for pathogenic ‘Candidatus Liberibacter spp.’ E Naranjo, MV Merfa, V Ferreira, M Jain, MJ Davis, O Bahar, DW Gabriel, ... Scientific Reports 9 (1), 5150, 2019 | 26 | 2019 |
| Zinkicide is a ZnO-based nanoformulation with bactericidal activity against Liberibacter crescens in batch cultures and in microfluidic chambers simulating plant vascular systems E Naranjo, MV Merfa, S Santra, A Ozcan, E Johnson, PA Cobine, ... Applied and environmental microbiology 86 (16), e00788-20, 2020 | 24 | 2020 |
| Discriminating between viable and membrane-damaged cells of the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa A Sicard, MV Merfa, M Voeltz, AR Zeilinger, L De La Fuente, RPP Almeida PLoS One 14 (8), e0221119, 2019 | 19 | 2019 |
| QTLs and eQTLs mapping related to citrandarins’ resistance to citrus gummosis disease RPM Lima, M Curtolo, MV Merfa, M Cristofani-Yaly, MA Machado BMC genomics 19, 1-17, 2018 | 16 | 2018 |
| Draft genome sequence of 11399, a transformable citrus-pathogenic strain of Xylella fastidiosa B Niza, MV Merfa, VC Alencar, FB Menegidio, LR Nunes, MA Machado, ... Genome announcements 4 (5), 10.1128/genomea. 01124-16, 2016 | 15 | 2016 |
| Repeated gain and loss of a single gene modulates the evolution of vascular plant pathogen lifestyles. Sci. Adv. 6: eabc4516 E Gluck-Thaler, A Cerutti, AL Perez-Quintero, J Butchacas, ... | 14 | 2020 |
| A Simple Defined Medium for the Production of True Diketopiperazines in Xylella fastidiosa and Their Identification by Ultra-Fast Liquid Chromatography … MM Silva, MS Andrade, A Bauermeister, MV Merfa, MR Forim, ... Molecules 22 (6), 985, 2017 | 13 | 2017 |
| Persistence in phytopathogenic bacteria: do we know enough? Front Microbiol 9: 1099 PMM Martins, MV Merfa, MA Takita, AA De Souza | 11 | 2018 |
| Genetic tools and strategies for citrus breeding aiming at resistant rootstocks to gummosis disease RPM Lima, HJ Máximo, MV Merfa, RJD Dalio, M Cristofani-Yaly, ... Tropical plant pathology 43, 279-288, 2018 | 8 | 2018 |
| Physical-chemical and microbiological evaluation of commercial brown sugar. WC Generoso, M Borges, SR Ceccato-Antonini, AF Marino, ... Revista do Instituto Adolfo Lutz 68 (2), 259-268, 2009 | 8 | 2009 |
| Pathogen adaptation to the xylem environment L De La Fuente, MV Merfa, PA Cobine, JJ Coleman Annual Review of Phytopathology 60, 163-186, 2022 | 7 | 2022 |
Leonardo De La FuenteProfessor Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn UniversityVerified email at auburn.edu
