Education

Ph.D, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, India, 2004

Current position

Scientist Group Leader, Plant MIcrobe Interaction, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, India

Publications

1. Pandey, S. S., Patnana, P. K., Lomada, S. K., Tomar, A. and Chatterjee, S. (2016). Co-regulation of Iron Metabolism and Virulence Associated Functions by Iron and XibR, a Novel Iron Binding Transcription Factor, in the Plant Pathogen Xanthomonas. PLoS Pathog 12(11): e1006019.
2. Pandey, S. S., Patnana, P. K., Rai, R. and Chatterjee, S. (2016). Xanthoferrin, the alpha-hydroxycarboxylate-type siderophore of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris, is required for optimum virulence and growth inside cabbage. Mol Plant Pathol.
3. Kakkar, A., Nizampatnam, N. R., Kondreddy, A., Pradhan, B. B. and Chatterjee, S. (2015). Xanthomonas campestris cell-cell signalling molecule DSF (diffusible signal factor) elicits innate immunity in plants and is suppressed by the exopolysaccharide xanthan. J Exp Bot 66(21): 6697-6714.
4. Rai, R., Javvadi, S. and Chatterjee, S. (2015). Cell-cell signalling promotes ferric iron uptake in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola that contribute to its virulence and growth inside rice. Mol Microbiol 96(4): 708-727.
5. Pradhan, B. B. and Chatterjee, S. (2014). Reversible non-genetic phenotypic heterogeneity in bacterial quorum sensing. Mol Microbiol 92(3): 557-569.
6. Sundaram, R. M., Chatterjee, S., Oliva, R., Laha, G. S., Cruz, C. V., Leach, J. E. and Sonti, R. V. (2014). Update on Bacterial Blight of Rice: Fourth International Conference on Bacterial Blight. Rice (N Y) 7(1): 12.
7. Lindow, S., Newman, K., Chatterjee, S., Baccari, C., Lavarone, A. T. and Ionescu, M. (2014). Production of Xylella fastidiosa diffusible signal factor in transgenic grape causes pathogen confusion and reduction in severity of Pierce's disease. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 27(3): 244-254.
8. Beaulieu, E. D., Ionescu, M., Chatterjee, S., Yokota, K., Trauner, D. and Lindow, S. (2013). Characterization of a diffusible signaling factor from Xylella fastidiosa. MBio 4(1): e00539-00512.
9. Chatterjee, S. and Pandey, A. (2013). Signaling in plant-microbe interactions. Plant stress 7: 52-59.
10. Pradhan, B. B., Ranjan, M. and Chatterjee, S. (2012). XadM, a novel adhesin of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, exhibits similarity to Rhs family proteins and is required for optimum attachment, biofilm formation, and virulence. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 25(9): 1157-1170.
11. Rai, R., Ranjan, M., Pradhan, B. B. and Chatterjee, S. (2012). Atypical regulation of virulence-associated functions by a diffusible signal factor in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 25(6): 789-801.
12. Almeida, R. P., Killiny, N., Newman, K. L., Chatterjee, S., Ionescu, M. and Lindow, S. E. (2012). Contribution of rpfB to cell-to-cell signal synthesis, virulence, and vector transmission of Xylella fastidiosa. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 25(4): 453-462.
13. Li, Y. R., Zou, H. S., Che, Y. Z., Cui, Y. P., Guo, W., Zou, L. F., Chatterjee, S., Biddle, E. M., Yang, C. H. and Chen, G. Y. (2011). A novel regulatory role of HrpD6 in regulating hrp-hrc-hpa genes in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 24(9): 1086-1101.
14. Book review on Annual Review of Microbiology. (2011). Susan Gottesman and Caroline S. Harwood (Eds). Annual Reviews. Current Science 104: 653-654.
15. Chatterjee, S. (2010). Fatal attraction: bacteria exploit fungal heterokaryon incompatibility to obtain nutrients. J Biosci 35(3): 329-330.
16. Chatterjee, S., Killiny, N., Almeida, R. P. and Lindow, S. E. (2010). Role of cyclic di-GMP in Xylella fastidiosa biofilm formation, plant virulence, and insect transmission. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 23(10): 1356-1363.
17. Chatterjee, S., Newman, K. L. and Lindow, S. E. (2008). Cell-cell signaling in Xylella fastidiosa suppresses movement and xylem vessel colonization in grape. Mol Plant-Microbe Interact 21(10): 1309-1315.
18. Chatterjee, S., Almeida, R. P. and Lindow, S. (2008). Living in two worlds: the plant and insect lifestyles of Xylella fastidiosa. Annu Rev Phytopathol 46: 243-271.
19. Chatterjee, S., Wistrom, C. and Lindow, S. E. (2008). A cell-cell signaling sensor is required for virulence and insect transmission of Xylella fastidiosa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105(7): 2670-2675.
20. Newman, K. L., Chatterjee, S., Ho, K. A. and Lindow, S. E. (2008). Virulence of plant pathogenic bacteria attenuated by degradation of fatty acid cell-to-cell signaling factors. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 21(3): 326-334.
21. Chatterjee, S. (2006). Tools and techniques in Biotechnology. In: Biodiversity and Biotechnology, New Central Book Agency, Kolkata, India, pp.119-128.
22. Chatterjee, S. and Sonti, R. V. (2005). Virulence deficiency caused by a transposon insertion in the purH gene of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Can J Microbiol 51(7): 575-581.
23. Chatterjee, S., Sakaranarayan, R. and Sonti, R. V. (2003). PhyA, a secreted protein of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, is required for optimum virulence and growth under phytic acid as a sole phosphate source. Mol Plant-Microbe Interact 16(11): 973-982.
24. Chatterjee, S. and Sonti, R. V. (2002). rpfF mutants of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae are deficient for virulence and growth under low iron conditions. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 15(5): 463-471.
25. Singh, P., Chatterjee, S., Pathania, R. and Bhullar, S. S. (1999). Enhanced wheat germ agglutinin accumulation in the germinating embryos of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) appears to be a general stress response. Current Science 76(8): 1140-1142.