Marcus V. Merfa
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University
Publications
39
Citations
902
Est. group size
~3
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
12
Publishing since 2015
- A genomic locus uniquely encoded by blueberry-infecting Xylella fastidiosa strains affects motility and biofilm formation in vitro, and virulence in planta
PLoS ONE · 2026
- XadA-like adhesin XADA2 regulates biofilm formation in X. fastidiosa subsp. fastidiosa putatively by engaging oleic-acid derived oxylipins
Molecular Biology Reports · 2025
- Complete functional analysis of type IV pilus components of a reemergent plant pathogen reveals neofunctionalization of paralog genes
PLoS Pathogens · 2023
- Pathogen Adaptation to the Xylem Environment
Annual Review of Phytopathology · 2022
- Zinc Oxide-Based Nanoformulation Zinkicide Mitigates the Xylem-Limited Pathogen <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i> in Tobacco and Southern Highbush Blueberry
Plant Disease · 2022
- Complete functional analysis of type IV pilus components of a reemergent plant pathogen reveals neofunctionalization of paralog genes
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2022
- Overexpression of mqsR in Xylella fastidiosa Leads to a Priming Effect of Cells to Copper Stress Tolerance
Frontiers in Microbiology · 2021
- Growth of ‘<i>Candidatus</i>Liberibacter asiaticus’ in Commercial Grapefruit Juice-Based Media Formulations Reveals Common Cell Density-Dependent Transient Behaviors
Phytopathology · 2021
- Hypersensitive response: From <scp>NLR</scp> pathogen recognition to cell death response
Annals of Applied Biology · 2020
- Zinkicide Is a ZnO-Based Nanoformulation with Bactericidal Activity against Liberibacter crescens in Batch Cultures and in Microfluidic Chambers Simulating Plant Vascular Systems
Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2020
- Why we should care about culturing the Huanglongbing associated bacterium ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’: the importance of terms and interpretations
Journal of Citrus Pathology · 2020
- Progress and Obstacles in Culturing ‘<i>Candidatus</i> Liberibacter asiaticus’, the Bacterium Associated with Huanglongbing
Phytopathology · 2019
- Patterns of inter- and intrasubspecific homologous recombination inform eco-evolutionary dynamics of <i>Xylella fastidiosa</i>
The ISME Journal · 2019
- Liberibacter crescens biofilm formation in vitro: establishment of a model system for pathogenic ‘Candidatus Liberibacter spp.’
Scientific Reports · 2019
- Discriminating between viable and membrane-damaged cells of the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa
PLoS ONE · 2019
- Figshare×6
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×5
- Frontiers in Microbiology×3
- Phytopathology×2
- PLoS Pathogens×2
- Jonathan M. Jacobs
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University
- Denise Caldwell
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
- David M. Francis
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University
- Eduardo Bernal
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University
- Jules Butchacas
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.
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