ISPP Subject Matter Committee: Taxonomy of plant pathogenic bacteria

 

Chair Address, Phone/Mobile, Email	Marion Fischer-le Saux INRAE centre Pays de la Loire – IRHS -  Building. C, team EmerSys 42, rue Georges Morel - CS 60057 - 49071 BEAUCOUZE Cedex  - FRANCE +33 (0)2 41 22 57 19 marion.le-saux@inra.fr
Co-chair Address, Phone/Mobile, Email	Teresa Coutinho Dept of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa +27 (0) 82 750 5444 teresa.coutinho@up.ac.za
Established	1978
Objectives/Focus issues of the SMC	To compile and publish a list on plant pathogenic bacteria with a standing in nomenclature. Resolve taxonomic issues related to plant pathogenic bacteria.
About the SMC	https://www.isppweb.org/about_tppb_history.asp see former reports and members: https://www.isppweb.org/about_tppb_business.asp
Coming events (next workshops/meetings)
Past events	We had a very well attended session at the last international conference
Committee Activities	Publish an updated list of the names of plant pathogenic bacteria (1980-2024)
Reports	Report 2003-2008 Report 2008-2013 Report 2018-2023
CURRENT Committee Members	CT Bull, USA G Firrao, Italy M Scortichini, Italy S Li, Canada CL Brady, UK BS Weir, New Zealand B Dutta, USA E Osdaghi, Iran Tiayanli, China
Publications	Publications Young, J.M., Bradbury, J.F., Davis, R.E., Dickey, R.S., Ercolani, G.L., Hayward, A.C. and Vidaver, A.K., 1991. Nomenclatural revisions of plant pathogenic bacteria and list of names 1980-1988. Bull, C.T., De Boer, S.H., Denny, T.P., Firrao, G., Saux, M.F.L., Saddler, G.S., Scortichini, M., Stead, D.E. and Takikawa, Y., 2008. Demystifying the nomenclature of bacterial plant pathogens. Journal of Plant Pathology, pp.403-417. Bull, C.T., De Boer, S.H., Denny, T.P., Firrao, G., Saux, M.F.L., Saddler, G.S., Scortichini, M., Stead, D.E. and Takikawa, Y., 2010. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology, pp.551-592. Bull, C.T., De Boer, S.H., Denny, T.P., Firrao, G., Fischer-Le Saux, M., Saddler, G.S., Scortichini, M., Stead, D.E. and Takikawa, Y., 2012. List of new names of plant pathogenic bacteria (2008-2010) prepared by the international society of plant pathology committee on the taxonomy of plant pathogenic bacteria (ISPP-CTPPB). Journal of Plant Pathology, pp.21-27. Bull, C.T., Coutinho, T.A., Denny, T.P., Firrao, G., Le Saux, M., Li, X., Saddler, G.S., Scortichini, M., Stead, D.E. and Takikawa, Y., 2014. List of new names of plant pathogenic bacteria (2011-2012). Journal of Plant Pathology, 96(2), pp.223-226.
	Scortichini, Fisher-LaSaux, Firrao, and Bull  Assisi Italy, 2022 (ICPPB)