Clarifying the taxonomy of the causal agent of bacterial leaf spot of lettuce through a polyphasic approach reveals that Xanthomonas cynarae trébaol et al. 2000 emend. timilsina et al. 2019 is a later heterotypic synonym of Xanthomonas hortorum vauterin et al. 1995.

Morinière, L., Burlet, A., Rosenthal, E. R., Nesme, X., Portier, P., Bull, C. T., Lavire, C., Fischer-Le Saux, M., Bertolla, F., (2020). Systematic and Applied Microbiology 43(4) Elsevier GmbH, Munich, Germany. English language

Genetic diversity of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens revealed by multilocus sequence analysis.

Gonçalves, R. M., Balbi-Peña, M. I., Soman, J. M., Maringoni, A. C., Taghouti, G., Fischer-le Saux, M., Portier, P., (2019). European Journal of Plant Pathology 154(2), 189-202. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. English language

Reclassification of Xanthomonas gardneri (ex Šutič 1957) Jones et al. 2006 as a later heterotypic synonym of Xanthomonas cynarae Trébaol et al. 2000 and description of X. cynarae pv. cynarae and X. cynarae pv. gardneri based on whole genome analyses.

Timilsina, S., Kara, S., Jacques, M. A., Potnis, N., Minsavage, G. V., Vallad, G. E., Jones, J. B., Fischer-le Saux, M., (2019). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 69(2), 343-349. Microbiology Society, London, UK. English language

Xanthomonas cynarae shares its host range with a closely related species, Xanthomonas gardneri.

Kara, S., Tilimisina, S., Jacques, M. A., Potnis, N., Minsavage, G. V., Vallad, G. E., Jones, J., Fischer-Le Saux, M., (2018). Acta Horticulturae(No.1207), 255-260. International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), Leuven, Belgium. English language

High-quality draft genome sequence of the Xanthomonas translucens pv. cerealis pathotype strain CFBP 2541.

Pesce, C., Bolot, S., Cunnac, S., Portier, P., Fischer-Le Saux, M., Jacques, M. A., Gagnevin, L., Arlat, M., Noël, L. D., Carrère, S., Bragard, C., Koebnik, R., (2015). Genome Announcements 3(1), e01574-14. American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Washington, USA. English language

A multilocus sequence analysis of Xanthomonas campestris reveals a complex structure within crucifer-attacking pathovars of this species.

Fargier, E., Fischer-le Saux, M., Manceau, C., (2011). Systematic and Applied Microbiology 34(2), 156-165. Elsevier GmbH, München, Germany. English language

Pseudomonas cannabina pv. cannabina pv. nov., and Pseudomonas cannabina pv. alisalensis (Cintas Koike and Bull, 2000) comb. nov., are members of the emended species Pseudomonas cannabina (ex Šutič & Dowson 1959) Gardan, Shafik, Belouin, Brosch, Grimont & Grimont 1999.

Bull, C. T., Manceau, C., Lydon, J., Kong, H. S., Vinatzer, B. A., Fischer-le Saux, M., (2010). Systematic and Applied Microbiology 33(3), 105-115. Elsevier GmbH, München, Germany. English language

Transfer of Pectobacterium chrysanthemi (Burkholder et al. 1953) Brenner et al. 1973 and Brenneria paradisiaca to the genus Dickeya gen. nov. as Dickeya chrysanthemi comb. nov. and Dickeya paradisiaca comb. nov. and delineation of four novel species, Dickeya dadantii sp. nov., Dickeya dianthicola sp. nov., Dickeya dieffenbachiae sp. nov. and Dickeya zeae sp. nov.

Samson, R., Legendre, J. B., Christen, R., Fischer-le Saux, M., Achouak, W., Gardan, L., (2005). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 55(4), 1415-1427. Society for General Microbiology, Reading, UK. English language