A meeting review article for Phyllosphere 2022 was just published in Phytobiomes. Megan’s research on the ability of the phytopathogen Xanthomonas gardneri to induce water soaking of the apoplast which leads to entry, survival, and proliferation of unwanted (from the human perspective) bacteria such as Salmonella enterica in the leaf apoplast. A model supported by Megan’s research is shown below.