1. Common Themes and Specific Features in the Genomes of Phytopathogenic and Plant-Beneficial Bacteria Marco Scortichini and Elena Katsy
2. Ecology and Physiology of Non-Frankia Actinobacteria Associated with Actinorhizal Plants
Faten Ghodhbane-Gtari and Louis S. Tisa
3. Boundaries for Conjugative Transfer of Rhizobial Plasmids: Restraining and Releasing Factors
Susana Brom, Mariano Pistorio, David Romero and Gonzalo Torres-Tejerizo
4. Phase Variation in Plant-Associated Pseudomonads
Francisco Martínez-Granero, Miguel Redondo-Nieto, Marta Martín and Rafael Rivilla
5. Plasmid Rearrangements and Changes in Cell-Surface Architecture and Social Behavior of Azospirillum brasilense
Elena I. Katsy
6. Genome Plasticity and Dynamic Evolution of Phytopathogenic Pseudomonads and Related Bacteria
Marco Scortichini, Simone Marcelletti, Milena Petriccione, Patrizia Ferrante, Emanuela Torelli and Giuseppe Firrao
7. Genomic Flux in Xanthomonas Group of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria
Samriti Midha and Prabhu B. Patil
8. Genome Plasticity in Obligate Parasitic Phytoplasmas
Naghmeh Nejat and Yee-How Tan
9. Comparative Genomics of Herbaspirillum Species
Rose Adele Monteiro, Leonardo Magalhães Cruz, Roseli Wassem, Marcelo Muller, Rodrigo Cardoso, Fábio de Oliveira Pedrosa, Leda Satie Chubatsu, Euan K. James and Emanuel Maltempi de Souza
About the Author: Prof. Dr. Elena I. Katsy
Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov, Russia