Veronica Roman-Reyna

Complete genome sequence of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni strain xap_25-1136 isolated from cherry laurel in Pennsylvania, USA
Sara R. May, Luis Fernando Flores-Lopez, Lauren E. Carneal, Joshua J. Giesler, Richard S. Gonzalez Aquino, Damiana S. Rojas, Sharifa G. Crandall, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Jul 2026, In: Microbiology Resource Announcements
Date: Jul 2026

Tissue-specific experimental evolution reveals adaptive trade-offs in the plant vascular pathogen Clavibacter michiganensis
Raj Kumar Verma, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Nathan Benmoche, Evanson Ngugi, Eduard Belausov, Noa Sela, Maya Bar, Jonathan M. Jacobs, Doron Teper, Jan 2026, In: ISME Journal
Date: Jan 2026

Metagenomic and Culture-Based Detection of Pectobacterium spp.
Sadie M. Seaman, Amanda Mainello-Land, Beth K. Gugino, Carolee T. Bull, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Nov 6 2025, In: Phytobiomes Journal
Date: Nov 6 2025

Infecting Micropropagated Potato Plants with the Natural Potato Endophyte Arthrobacter sp. UW852 Increases Seed Tuber Productivity
José A. Sánchez-Gallego, Verónica Román-Reyna, Lilly Pollasky, Renée A. Rioux, Jonathan M. Jacobs, Caitilyn Allen, Nov 6 2025, In: Phytobiomes Journal
Date: Nov 6 2025

Emerging Xanthomonas prunicola Strains Cause Bacterial Leaf Necrosis of Wheat
Felipe Clavijo, Verónica Román-Reyna, Rebecca D. Curland, Ruth Dill-Macky, Jonathan M. Jacobs, Carolina Leoni, Lucía Coimbra, Silvia Pereyra, María I. Siri, Sep 2025, In: PHYTOPATHOLOGY
Date: Sep 2025

Identification of a Burkholderia Species Causing Onion Bulb Rot Disease
Ram Neupane, Beth Gugino, Ver´onica Rom´an-Reyna, 2025, In: Plant disease
Date: 2025

Functional replacement of ancestral antibacterial secretion system in a bacterial plant pathogen
Chloé Peduzzi, Jules Butchacas, François Nikis, Nathaniel Heiden, Marcus V. Merfa, Manon Martin, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Jonathan M. Jacobs, Ralf Koebnik, Claude Bragard, 2025, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution
Date: 2025

Allelic variations in the chpG effector gene within Clavibacter michiganensis populations determine pathogen host range
Raj Kumar Verma, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Hagai Raanan, Gitta Coaker, Jonathan M. Jacobs, Doron Teper, Jul 2024, In: PLoS pathogens
Date: Jul 2024

The timing of bacterial mesophyll infection shapes the leaf chemical landscape
Veronica Roman-Reyna, Nathaniel Heiden, Jules Butchacas, Hannah Toth, Jessica L. Cooperstone, Jonathan M. Jacobs, Apr 2024, In: Microbiology Spectrum
Date: Apr 2024

Live tracking of a plant pathogen outbreak reveals rapid and successive, multidecade plasmid reduction
Veronica Roman-Reyna, Anuj Sharma, Hannah Toth, Zachary Konkel, Nicolle Omiotek, Shashanka Murthy, Seth Faith, Jason Slot, Francesca Peduto Hand, Erica M. Goss, Jonathan M. Jacobs, Feb 2024, In: mSystems
Date: Feb 2024

Repeated gain and loss of a single gene modulates the evolution of vascular plant pathogen lifestyles
Emile Gluck-Thaler, Aude Cerutti, Alvaro L. Perez-Quintero, Jules Butchacas, Verónica Roman-Reyna, Vishnu Narayanan Madhavan, Deepak Shantharaj, Marcus V. Merfa, Céline Pesce, Alain Jauneau, Taca Vancheva, Jillian M. Lang, Caitilyn Allen, Valerie Verdier, Lionel Gagnevin, Boris Szurek, Gregg T. Be..., Nov 13 2020, In: Science Advances
Citations: 65

The Green Revolution shaped the population structure of the rice pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
Ian Lorenzo Quibod, Genelou Atieza-Grande, Eula Gems Oreiro, Denice Palmos, Marian Hanna Nguyen, Sapphire Thea Coronejo, Ei Ei Aung, Cipto Nugroho, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Maria Ruby Burgos, Pauline Capistrano, Sylvestre G. Dossa, Geoffrey Onaga, Cynthia Saloma, Casiana Vera Cruz, Ricardo Oliva, Feb 1 2020, In: ISME Journal
Citations: 51

Characterization of the Leaf Microbiome from Whole-Genome Sequencing Data of the 3000 Rice Genomes Project
Veronica Roman-Reyna, Dale Pinili, Frances N. Borja, Ian L. Quibod, Simon C. Groen, Nickolai Alexandrov, Ramil Mauleon, Ricardo Oliva, Dec 1 2020, In: Rice
Citations: 41

Genome-wide associations and transcriptional profiling reveal ROS regulation as one underlying mechanism of sheath blight resistance in rice
Eula Gems Oreiro, Earlyn Kate Grimares, Genelou Atienza-Grande, Ian Lorenzo Quibod, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Ricardo Oliva, 2020, In: Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Citations: 37

Complete Genome Assemblies of All Xanthomonas translucens Pathotype Strains Reveal Three Genetically Distinct Clades
Florian Goettelmann, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Sébastien Cunnac, Jonathan M. Jacobs, Claude Bragard, Bruno Studer, Ralf Koebnik, Roland Kölliker, Mar 2 2022, In: Frontiers in Microbiology
Citations: 24

Metagenomic Sequencing for Identification of Xylella fastidiosa from Leaf Samples
Verónica Román-Reyna, Enora Dupas, Sophie Cesbron, Guido Marchi, Sara Campigli, Mary Ann Hansen, Elizabeth Bush, Melanie Prarat, Katherine Shiplett, Melanie L. Lewis Ivey, Joy Pierzynski, Sally A. Miller, Francesca Peduto Hand, Marie Agnes Jacques, Jonathan M. Jacobs, Oct 2021, In: mSystems
Citations: 17

Comparative Genomic Understanding of Gram-Positive Plant Growth-Promoting Leifsonia
Nathan P. Nordstedt, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Jonathan M. Jacobs, Michelle L. Jones, 2021, In: Phytobiomes Journal
Citations: 14

Comparative Genomics of Barley-Infecting Xanthomonas translucens Shows Overall Genetic Similarity but Globally Distributed Virulence Factor Diversity
Nathaniel Heiden, Veronica Roman-Reyna, Rebecca D. Curland, Ruth Dill-Macky, Jonathan M. Jacobs, Nov 2023, In: PHYTOPATHOLOGY
Citations: 13

Apoplastic sugar extraction and quantification from wheat leaves infected with biotrophic fungi
Veronica Roman-Reyna, John P. Rathjen, 2017, In: Methods in Molecular Biology
Citations: 12

Seeing in the dark
Veronica Roman-Reyna, Sharifa G. Crandall, 2024, In: Frontiers in Plant Science
Citations: 10

Centers & Institutes

• One Health Microbiome Center
• Center for Root and Rhizosphere Biology

• Ecology IGDP

• Elsevier Pure Profile