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Overview

Ian K. Toth is affiliated with the James Hutton Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on plant-related studies.

The scientist's work is concentrated mainly in the subfields of Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Biomedical Engineering. The research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls

Ian K. Toth has frequently published in several journals, including:

  • Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Phytopathology
  • Microbiome

The scientist's recent notable papers include:

  • "Expansin-like Exl1 from Pectobacterium is a virulence factor required for host infection, and induces a defence plant response involving ROS, and jasmonate, ethylene and salicylic acid signalling pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana" (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • "The role of l-arabinose metabolism for Escherichia coli O157:H7 in edible plants" (2021) published in Microbiology
  • "Microbe Profile: Pectobacterium atrosepticum: an enemy at the door" (2022) published in Microbiology
  • "Pectobacterium atrosepticum KDPG aldolase, Eda, participates in the Entner-Doudoroff pathway and independently inhibits expression of virulence determinants" (2020) published in Molecular Plant Pathology
  • "T6SS and T4SS Redundantly Secrete Effectors to Govern the Virulence and Bacterial Competition in Pectobacterium PccS1" (2024) published in Phytopathology

Among frequent co-authors collaborating with Ian K. Toth are Sonia Humphris, J. Marshall, Ashleigh Holmes, Yannick Rossez, and Nicola Holden.

Best Publications

  • Top 10 plant pathogenic bacteria in molecular plant pathology

    John Mansfield;Stephane Genin;Shimpei Magori;Vitaly Citovsky

  • Genomics and taxonomy in diagnostics for food security: soft-rotting enterobacterial plant pathogens

    Leighton Pritchard;Rachel H. Glover;Sonia Humphris;John G. Elphinstone

  • A translocation signal for delivery of oomycete effector proteins into host plant cells

    Stephen C. Whisson;Petra C. Boevink;Lucy Moleleki;Anna O. Avrova

  • Soft rot erwiniae: from genes to genomes

    Ian K. Toth;Kenneth S. Bell;Maria C. Holeva;Paul R. J. Birch

  • Dickeya species: an emerging problem for potato production in Europe

    I. K. Toth;J. M. van der Wolf;G. Saddler;E. Lojkowska

  • Crops that feed the world 8: Potato: are the trends of increased global production sustainable?

    Paul R. J. Birch;Paul R. J. Birch;Glenn Bryan;Brian Fenton;Eleanor M. Gilroy

  • Genome sequence of the enterobacterial phytopathogen Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica and characterization of virulence factors

    K. S. Bell;M. Sebaihia;L. Pritchard;L. Pritchard;M. T. G. Holden

  • Quorum sensing coordinates brute force and stealth modes of infection in the plant pathogen Pectobacterium atrosepticum

    Hui Liu;Sarah J. Coulthurst;Leighton Pritchard;Peter E. Hedley

  • The Role of Secretion Systems and Small Molecules in Soft-Rot Enterobacteriaceae Pathogenicity

    Amy Charkowski;Carlos Blanco;Guy Condemine;Dominique Expert

  • Dickeya solani sp. nov., a pectinolytic plant pathogenic bacterium isolated from potato (Solanum tuberosum)

    Jan M. van der Wolf;Els H. Nijhuis;Malgorzata J. Kowalewska;Gerry S. Saddler

  • Detection of Colletotrichum coccodes from soil and potato tubers by conventional and quantitative real-time PCR

    D. W. Cullen;A. K. Lees;I. K. Toth;J. M. Duncan

  • A potato gene encoding a WRKY-like transcription factor is induced in interactions with Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica and Phytophthora infestans and is coregulated with class I endochitinase expression.

    Alia Dellagi;Jacqueline Heilbronn;Anna O. Avrova;Marcos Montesano

  • Comparative genomics reveals what makes an enterobacterial plant pathogen.

    Ian K Toth;Leighton Pritchard;Leighton Pritchard;Paul R J Birch

  • Colonization outwith the colon: plants as an alternative environmental reservoir for human pathogenic enterobacteria.

    Nicola Holden;Leighton Pritchard;Ian Toth

  • Conventional PCR and Real-time Quantitative PCR Detection of Helminthosporium Solani in Soil and on Potato Tubers

    Danny W. Cullen;Alison K. Lees;Ian K. Toth;James M. Duncan

  • Rotting softly and stealthily.

    Ian K Toth;Paul R J Birch

  • Rapid Identification and Differentiation of the Soft Rot Erwinias by 16S-23S Intergenic Transcribed Spacer-PCR and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analyses

    I. K. Toth;A. O. Avrova;L. J. Hyman

  • Genome sequence of the plant pathogenic bacterium Dickeya dadantii 3937

    Jeremy D. Glasner;Ching Hong Yang;Sylvie Reverchon;Nicole Hugouvieux-Cotte-Pattat

  • Application of Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Fingerprinting for Taxonomy and Identification of the Soft Rot Bacteria Erwinia carotovora and Erwinia chrysanthemi

    Anna O. Avrova;Lizbeth J. Hyman;Rachel L. Toth;Ian K. Toth

  • Analysis of the Pantoea ananatis pan-genome reveals factors underlying its ability to colonize and interact with plant, insect and vertebrate hosts

    Pieter De Maayer;Wai Yin Chan;Enrico Rubagotti;Stephanus N Venter

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul R. J. Birch
Paul R. J. Birch James Hutton Institute
George P. C. Salmond
George P. C. Salmond University of Cambridge
Pete E. Hedley
Pete E. Hedley James Hutton Institute
Anna O. Avrova
Anna O. Avrova James Hutton Institute
Teresa A. Coutinho
Teresa A. Coutinho University of Pretoria
Youfu Zhao
Youfu Zhao Washington State University
George W. Sundin
George W. Sundin Michigan State University
Adrian C. Newton
Adrian C. Newton James Hutton Institute
Leah Tsror
Leah Tsror Agricultural Research Organization
Glenn J. Bryan
Glenn J. Bryan James Hutton Institute

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