Jonathan Jacobs

About

Jonathan Jacobs is an Associate Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on emerging infectious diseases, bacteriology, plant-microbe interactions, and international agriculture. He is based in 477B Kottman Hall, Columbus, and can be contacted via jacobs.1080@osu.edu. The information provided highlights his involvement in key areas of plant pathology, particularly in understanding and addressing new and evolving plant diseases through the study of bacterial pathogens and their interactions with plants, as well as his engagement with global agricultural challenges.

Research topics

• Biology
• Genetics
• Botany
• Ecology
• Evolutionary biology
• Immunology
• Computational biology

Selected publications

• Repeated gain and loss of a single gene modulates the evolution of vascular plant pathogen lifestyles

  Science Advances · 2020 · 84 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  was lost in multiple nonvascular lineages and more recently gained by some vascular subgroups, suggesting that vascular pathogenesis is ancestral. Our results overall demonstrate how the gain and loss of single loci can facilitate the evolution of complex ecological traits.

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• <i>Xanthomonas hortorum</i> – beyond gardens: Current taxonomy, genomics, and virulence repertoires

  Molecular Plant Pathology · 2022 · 40 citations

  TAXONOMY: Bacteria; Phylum Proteobacteria; Class Gammaproteobacteria; Order Lysobacterales (earlier synonym of Xanthomonadales); Family Lysobacteraceae (earlier synonym of Xanthomonadaceae); Genus Xanthomonas; Species X. hortorum; Pathovars: pv. carotae, pv. vitians, pv. hederae, pv. pelargonii, pv. taraxaci, pv. cynarae, and pv. gardneri. HOST RANGE: Xanthomonas hortorum affects agricultural crops, and horticultural and wild plants. Tomato, carrot, artichoke, lettuce, pelargonium, ivy, and dand…

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• Complete Genome Assemblies of All Xanthomonas translucens Pathotype Strains Reveal Three Genetically Distinct Clades

  Frontiers in Microbiology · 2022 · 31 citations

  genes, a total of 190, 588, and 168 genes were found to be exclusive to each clade, respectively. Moreover, 29 non-transcription activator-like effector (TALE) and 21 TALE type III effector classes were found, and clade- or strain-specific effectors were identified. Further investigation of these genes could help to identify genes that are critically involved in pathogenicity and/or host adaptation, setting the grounds for the development of new resistant cultivars.

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• Metagenomic Sequencing for Identification of Xylella fastidiosa from Leaf Samples

  mSystems · 2021 · 19 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  Destructive Xylella fastidiosa ( Xf ) outbreaks in Europe highlight this pathogen’s capacity to expand its host range and geographical distribution. The current disease diagnostic approaches are limited by a multiple-step process, biases to known sequences, and detection limits.

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• A Ralstonia solanacearum type III effector alters the actin and microtubule cytoskeleton to promote bacterial virulence in plants

  PLoS Pathogens · 2024-12-26 · 7 citations

  articleOpen accessCorresponding

  Cellular responses to biotic stress frequently involve signaling pathways that are conserved across eukaryotes. These pathways include the cytoskeleton, a proteinaceous network that senses external cues at the cell surface and signals to interior cellular components. During biotic stress, dynamic cytoskeletal rearrangements serve as a platform from which early immune-associated processes are organized and activated. Bacterial pathogens of plants and animals use proteins called type III effectors…

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Recent grants

• NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology FY 2013

  NSF · $162k · 2013–2015

Frequent coauthors

• Ralf Koebnik

  Plant Health Institute de Montpellier

  185 shared

• Boris Szurek

  130 shared

• Álvaro L. Pérez‐Quintero

  129 shared

• Sébastien Cunnac

  Centre Occitanie-Montpellier

  116 shared

• Emilie Thomas

  Centre Léon Bérard

  98 shared

• Séverine Lacombe

  Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo

  97 shared

• Christophe Brugidou

  Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo

  97 shared

• Aurore Comte

  85 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Plant Pathology

  The Ohio State University

  1992

• M.S., Plant Pathology

  The Ohio State University

  1988

• B.S., Botany

  The Ohio State University

  1986

Awards & honors

• A. J. Hoffmann Award
• CC Allison Award
• 2022 Complete Genome Sequence Resource for Xanthomonas trans…

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