AUTHOR=Melotto Maeli , Panchal Shweta , Roy Debanjana 

TITLE=Plant innate immunity against human bacterial pathogens

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology

VOLUME=5

YEAR=2014

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00411

DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2014.00411

ISSN=1664-302X

ABSTRACT=<p>Certain human bacterial pathogens such as the enterohemorrhagic <italic>Escherichia coli</italic> and <italic>Salmonella enterica</italic> are not proven to be plant pathogens yet. Nonetheless, under certain conditions they can survive on, penetrate into, and colonize internal plant tissues causing serious food borne disease outbreaks. In this review, we highlight current understanding on the molecular mechanisms of plant responses against human bacterial pathogens and discuss salient common and contrasting themes of plant interactions with phytopathogens or human pathogens.</p>