Mei Zhao

This study analyzes 38 Pantoea allii strains from plants and water across three continents to identify lineage-specific virulence genes and conserved competitive traits.

This study identifies distinct virulence mechanisms of Burkholderia gladioli in onion foliar and bulb scale tissues, showing different factors contribute to tissue-specific symptoms.

This study identifies plasmids encoding pathogenicity factors in Pantoea agglomerans, showing they can transform non-pathogenic strains into onion pathogens.

This study identifies thiosulfinate tolerance gene clusters in onion-associated Burkholderia species and shows their role in allicin tolerance and growth in onion extracts.

The paper constructs a synthetic promoter library in E. coli and uses machine learning to predict promoter strength, finding that an XgBoost model achieves optimal performance.