Fastidious Prokaryotes and Their Insect Vectors on Diseases of Important Crops-A Review

Abstract

The prokaryotes were the earliest organisms on earth. They are still dominant the biosphere today because their collective biomass outweights all eukaryotes combined at least tenfold and there are more prokaryotes inhabiting a handful of fertile soil or the mouth or skin of a human than the total number of people who have ever lived. They thrive in habitats that are too cold, too hot, too salty, too acidic, or too alkaline for any eukaryote because of their genetic diversity that allow them to inhabit many environments.