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Markey E, Hourihane Clancy J, Martínez-Bracero M, Sarda-Estève R, Baisnée D, McGillicuddy EJ, Sewell G, Skjøth CA, O'Connor DJ. Spectroscopic detection of bioaerosols with the wibs-4+: Anthropogenic and meteorological impacts. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 943:173649. [PMID: 38852865 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2024] [Revised: 04/24/2024] [Accepted: 05/28/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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This research builds upon a previous study that explored the potential of the modified WIBS-4+ to selectively differentiate and detect different bioaerosol classes. The current work evaluates the influence of meteorological and air quality parameters on bioaerosol concentrations, specifically pollen and fungal spore dynamics. Temperature was found to be the most influential parameter in terms of pollen production and release, showing a strong positive correlation. Wind data analysis provided insights into the potential geographic origins of pollen and fungal spore concentrations. Fungal spores were primarily shown to originate from a westerly direction, corresponding to agricultural land use, whereas pollen largely originated from a North-easterly direction, corresponding to several forests. The influence of air quality was also analysed to understand its potential impact on the WIBS fluorescent parameters investigated. Most parameters had a negative association with fungal spore concentrations, whereas several anthropogenic influences showed notable positive correlations with daily pollen concentrations. This is attributed to similar driving forces (meteorological parameters) and geographical origins. In addition, the WIBS showed a significant correlation with anthropogenic pollutants originating from combustion sources, suggesting the potential for such modified spectroscopic instruments to be utilized as air quality monitors. By combining all meteorological and pollution data along with WIBS-4+ channel data, a set of Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) analyses were completed. Successful results with R2 values ranging from 0.6 to 0.8 were recorded. The inclusion of meteorological parameters was dependent on the spore or pollen type being examined.
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- Emma Markey
- School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University, D09 E432 Dublin, Ireland
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), CNRS-CEA-UVSQ, 91191 Saint-Aubin, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), CNRS-CEA-UVSQ, 91191 Saint-Aubin, France
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- School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Technological University Dublin, D07 H6K8 Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Technological University Dublin, D07 H6K8 Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, P.O. Box 358, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University, D09 E432 Dublin, Ireland
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Mhlanga NM, Pate AE, Arinaitwe W, Carr JP, Murphy AM. Reduction in vertical transmission rate of bean common mosaic virus in bee-pollinated common bean plants. Virol J 2024; 21:147. [PMID: 38943139 PMCID: PMC11214251 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-024-02407-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 07/01/2024] Open
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Vertical transmission, the transfer of pathogens across generations, is a critical mechanism for the persistence of plant viruses. The transmission mechanisms are diverse, involving direct invasion through the suspensor and virus entry into developing gametes before achieving symplastic isolation. Despite the progress in understanding vertical virus transmission, the environmental factors influencing this process remain largely unexplored. We investigated the complex interplay between vertical transmission of plant viruses and pollination dynamics, focusing on common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). The intricate relationship between plants and pollinators, especially bees, is essential for global ecosystems and crop productivity. We explored the impact of virus infection on seed transmission rates, with a particular emphasis on bean common mosaic virus (BCMV), bean common mosaic necrosis virus (BCMNV), and cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). Under controlled growth conditions, BCMNV exhibited the highest seed transmission rate, followed by BCMV and CMV. Notably, in the field, bee-pollinated BCMV-infected plants showed a reduced transmission rate compared to self-pollinated plants. This highlights the influence of pollinators on virus transmission dynamics. The findings demonstrate the virus-specific nature of seed transmission and underscore the importance of considering environmental factors, such as pollination, in understanding and managing plant virus spread.
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- Netsai M Mhlanga
- National Institute of Agricultural Botany, New Rd, East Malling, West Malling, ME19 6BJ, UK
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
- International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Dong Dok, Ban Nongviengkham, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK.
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Rivest S, Lee ST, Cook D, Forrest JRK. Consequences of pollen defense compounds for pollinators and antagonists in a pollen-rewarding plant. Ecology 2024; 105:e4306. [PMID: 38590050 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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Plants produce an array of defensive compounds with toxic or deterrent effects on insect herbivores. Pollen can contain relatively high concentrations of such defense compounds, but the causes and consequences of this enigmatic phenomenon remain mostly unknown. These compounds could potentially protect pollen against antagonists but could also reduce flower attractiveness to pollinators. We combined field observations of the pollen-rewarding Lupinus argenteus with chemical analysis and laboratory assays to test three hypotheses for the presence of pollen defense compounds: (1) these compounds are the result of spillover from adjacent tissues, (2) they protect against pollen thieves, and (3) they act as antimicrobial compounds. We also tested whether pollen defense compounds affect pollinator behavior. We found a positive relationship between alkaloid concentrations in pollen and petals, supporting the idea that pollen defense compounds partly originate from spillover. However, pollen and petals exhibited quantitatively (but not qualitatively) distinct alkaloid profiles, suggesting that plants can adjust pollen alkaloid composition independently from that of adjacent tissues. We found no relationship between pollen alkaloid concentration and the abundance of pollen thieves in Lupinus flowers. However, pollen alkaloids were negatively associated with bacterial abundance. Finally, plants with more alkaloids in their pollen received more pollinator visits, but these visits were shorter, resulting in no change in the overall number of flowers visited. We propose that pollen defense compounds are partly the result of spillover from other tissues, while they also play an antimicrobial role. The absence of negative effects of these compounds on pollinator visitation likely allows their maintenance in pollen at relatively high concentrations. Taken together, our results suggest that pollen alkaloids affect and are mediated by the interplay of multiple interactions.
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- Sébastien Rivest
- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, Colorado, USA
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- USDA ARS Poisonous Plant Research Laboratory, Logan, Utah, USA
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- USDA ARS Poisonous Plant Research Laboratory, Logan, Utah, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, Colorado, USA
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Bandoo RA, Kraberger S, Varsani A. Two Novel Geminiviruses Identified in Bees ( Apis mellifera and Nomia sp.). Viruses 2024; 16:602. [PMID: 38675943 PMCID: PMC11053556 DOI: 10.3390/v16040602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2024] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Members of the Geminviridae family are circular single-stranded DNA plant-infecting viruses, some of which impact global food production. Geminiviruses are vectored by sap-feeding insects such as leafhoppers, treehoppers, aphids, and whiteflies. Additionally, geminivirus sequences have also been identified in other insects such as dragonflies, mosquitoes, and stingless bees. As part of a viral metagenomics study on honeybees and solitary bees (Nomia sp.), two geminivirus genomes were identified. These represent a novel citlodavirus (from honeybees collected from Westmoreland, Jamaica) and a mastrevirus-like genome (from a solitary bee collected from Tempe, Arizona, USA). The novel honeybee-derived citlodavirus genome shares ~61 to 69% genome-wide nucleotide pairwise identity with other citlodavirus genome sequences and is most closely related to the passion fruit chlorotic mottle virus identified in Brazil. Whereas the novel solitary bee-derived mastrevirus-like genome shares ~55 to 61% genome-wide nucleotide identity with other mastreviruses and is most closely related to tobacco yellow dwarf virus identified in Australia, based on pairwise identity scores of the full genome, replication-associated protein, and capsid protein sequences. Previously, two geminiviruses in the Begomovirus genus were identified in samples of stingless bee (Trigona spp.) samples. Here, we identify viruses that represent two new species of geminiviruses from a honeybee and a solitary bee, which continues to demonstrate that plant pollinators can be utilized for the identification of plant-infecting DNA viruses in ecosystems.
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- Rohan Antonio Bandoo
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
- The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
- The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
- Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
- Structural Biology Research Unit, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7700, South Africa
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Smadi M, Lee E, Phelan J, Wang A, Bilodeau GJ, Pernal SF, Guarna MM, Rott M, Griffiths JS. Plant virus diversity in bee and pollen samples from apple ( Malus domestica) and sweet cherry ( Prunus avium) agroecosystems. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1335281. [PMID: 38444533 PMCID: PMC10913894 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1335281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
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Introduction Honey bee (Apis mellifera) pollination is widely used in tree fruit production systems to improve fruit set and yield. Many plant viruses can be associated with pollen or transmitted through pollination, and can be detected through bee pollination activities. Honey bees visit multiple plants and flowers in one foraging trip, essentially sampling small amounts of pollen from a wide area. Here we report metagenomics-based area-wide monitoring of plant viruses in cherry (Prunus avium) and apple (Malus domestica) orchards in Creston Valley, British Columbia, Canada, through bee-mediated pollen sampling. Methods Plant viruses were identified in total RNA extracted from bee and pollen samples, and compared with profiles from double stranded RNA extracted from leaf and flower tissues. CVA, PDV, PNRSV, and PVF coat protein nucleotide sequences were aligned and compared for phylogenetic analysis. Results A wide array of plant viruses were identified in both systems, with cherry virus A (CVA), prune dwarf virus (PDV), prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV), and prunus virus F (PVF) most commonly detected. Citrus concave gum associated virus and apple stem grooving virus were only identified in samples collected during apple bloom, demonstrating changing viral profiles from the same site over time. Different profiles of viruses were identified in bee and pollen samples compared to leaf and flower samples reflective of pollen transmission affinity of individual viruses. Phylogenetic and pairwise analysis of the coat protein regions of the four most commonly detected viruses showed unique patterns of nucleotide sequence diversity, which could have implications in their evolution and management approaches. Coat protein sequences of CVA and PVF were broadly diverse with multiple distinct phylogroups identified, while PNRSV and PDV were more conserved. Conclusion The pollen virome in fruit production systems is incredibly diverse, with CVA, PDV, PNRSV, and PVF widely prevalent in this region. Bee-mediated monitoring in agricultural systems is a powerful approach to study viral diversity and can be used to guide more targeted management approaches.
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- Malek Smadi
- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, ON, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, ON, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, North Saanich, BC, Canada
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- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, ON, Canada
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- Beaverlodge Research Farm, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Beaverlodge, AB, Canada
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- Beaverlodge Research Farm, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Beaverlodge, AB, Canada
- Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Centre for Plant Health, Sidney Laboratory, North Saanich, BC, Canada
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- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, ON, Canada
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Shrestha A, Limay-Rios V, Brettingham DJL, Raizada MN. Maize pollen carry bacteria that suppress a fungal pathogen that enters through the male gamete fertilization route. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 14:1286199. [PMID: 38269134 PMCID: PMC10806238 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1286199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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In flowering plants, after being released from pollen grains, the male gametes use the style channel to migrate towards the ovary where they fertilize awaiting eggs. Environmental pathogens exploit the style passage, resulting in diseased progeny seed. The belief is that pollen also transmits pathogens into the style. By contrast, we hypothesized that pollen carries beneficial microbes that suppress environmental pathogens on the style passage. No prior studies have reported pollen-associated bacterial functions in any plant species. Here, bacteria were cultured from maize (corn) pollen encompassing wild ancestors and farmer-selected landraces from across the Americas, grown in a common field in Canada for one season. In total, 298 bacterial isolates were cultured, spanning 45 genera, 103 species, and 88 OTUs, dominated by Pantoea, Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Erwinia, and Microbacterium. Full-length 16S DNA-based taxonomic profiling showed that 78% of bacterial taxa from the major wild ancestor of maize (Parviglumis teosinte) were present in at least one cultivated landrace. The species names of the bacterial isolates were used to search the pathogen literature systematically; this preliminary evidence predicted that the vast majority of the pollen-associated bacteria analyzed are not maize pathogens. The pollen-associated bacteria were tested in vitro against a style-invading Fusarium pathogen shown to cause Gibberella ear rot (GER): 14 isolates inhibited this pathogen. Genome mining showed that all the anti-Fusarium bacterial species encode phzF, associated with biosynthesis of the natural fungicide, phenazine. To mimic the male gamete migration route, three pollen-associated bacterial strains were sprayed onto styles (silks), followed by Fusarium inoculation; these bacteria reduced GER symptoms and mycotoxin accumulation in progeny seed. Confocal microscopy was used to search for direct evidence that pollen-associated bacteria can defend living silks against Fusarium graminearum (Fg); bacterial strain AS541 (Kluyvera intermedia), isolated from pollen of ancestral Parviglumis, was observed to colonize the susceptible style/silk entry points of Fg (silk epidermis, trichomes, wounds). Furthermore, on style/silk tissue, AS541 colonized/aggregated on Fg hyphae, and was associated with Fg hyphal breaks. These results suggest that pollen has the potential to carry bacteria that can defend the style/silk passage against an environmental pathogen - a novel observation.
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- Anuja Shrestha
- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Ridgetown, ON, Canada
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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Mahillon M, Brodard J, Dubuis N, Gugerli P, Blouin AG, Schumpp O. Mixed infection of ITPase-encoding potyvirid and secovirid in Mercurialis perennis: evidences for a convergent euphorbia-specific viral counterstrike. Virol J 2024; 21:6. [PMID: 38178191 PMCID: PMC10768138 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-023-02257-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND In cellular organisms, inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatases (ITPases) prevent the incorporation of mutagenic deaminated purines into nucleic acids. These enzymes have also been detected in the genomes of several plant RNA viruses infecting two euphorbia species. In particular, two ipomoviruses produce replicase-associated ITPases to cope with high concentration of non-canonical nucleotides found in cassava tissues. METHOD Using high-throughput RNA sequencing on the wild euphorbia species Mercurialis perennis, two new members of the families Potyviridae and Secoviridae were identified. Both viruses encode for a putative ITPase, and were found in mixed infection with a new partitivirid. Following biological and genomic characterization of these viruses, the origin and function of the phytoviral ITPases were investigated. RESULTS While the potyvirid was shown to be pathogenic, the secovirid and partitivirid could not be transmitted. The secovirid was found belonging to a proposed new Comovirinae genus tentatively named "Mercomovirus", which also accommodates other viruses identified through transcriptome mining, and for which an asymptomatic pollen-associated lifestyle is suspected. Homology and phylogenetic analyses inferred that the ITPases encoded by the potyvirid and secovirid were likely acquired through independent horizontal gene transfer events, forming lineages distinct from the enzymes found in cassava ipomoviruses. Possible origins from cellular organisms are discussed for these proteins. In parallel, the endogenous ITPase of M. perennis was predicted to encode for a C-terminal nuclear localization signal, which appears to be conserved among the ITPases of euphorbias but absent in other plant families. This subcellular localization is in line with the idea that nucleic acids remain protected in the nucleus, while deaminated nucleotides accumulate in the cytoplasm where they act as antiviral molecules. CONCLUSION Three new RNA viruses infecting M. perennis are described, two of which encoding for ITPases. These enzymes have distinct origins, and are likely required by viruses to circumvent high level of cytoplasmic non-canonical nucleotides. This putative plant defense mechanism has emerged early in the evolution of euphorbias, and seems to specifically target certain groups of RNA viruses infecting perennial hosts.
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- Mathieu Mahillon
- Research Group Virology, Bacteriology and Phytoplasmology, Plant Protection Department, Agroscope, Nyon, Switzerland
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- Research Group Virology, Bacteriology and Phytoplasmology, Plant Protection Department, Agroscope, Nyon, Switzerland
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- Research Group Virology, Bacteriology and Phytoplasmology, Plant Protection Department, Agroscope, Nyon, Switzerland
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- Research Group Virology, Bacteriology and Phytoplasmology, Plant Protection Department, Agroscope, Nyon, Switzerland
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- Research Group Virology, Bacteriology and Phytoplasmology, Plant Protection Department, Agroscope, Nyon, Switzerland
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- Research Group Virology, Bacteriology and Phytoplasmology, Plant Protection Department, Agroscope, Nyon, Switzerland.
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Rivarez MPS, Faure C, Svanella-Dumas L, Pecman A, Tušek-Žnidaric M, Schönegger D, De Jonghe K, Blouin A, Rasmussen DA, Massart S, Ravnikar M, Kutnjak D, Marais A, Candresse T. Diversity and Pathobiology of an Ilarvirus Unexpectedly Detected in Diverse Plants and Global Sequencing Data. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2023; 113:1729-1744. [PMID: 37399026 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-12-22-0465-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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High-throughput sequencing (HTS) and sequence mining tools revolutionized virus detection and discovery in recent years, and implementing them with classical plant virology techniques results in a powerful approach to characterize viruses. An example of a virus discovered through HTS is Solanum nigrum ilarvirus 1 (SnIV1) (Bromoviridae), which was recently reported in various solanaceous plants from France, Slovenia, Greece, and South Africa. It was likewise detected in grapevines (Vitaceae) and several Fabaceae and Rosaceae plant species. Such a diverse set of source organisms is atypical for ilarviruses, thus warranting further investigation. In this study, modern and classical virological tools were combined to accelerate the characterization of SnIV1. Through HTS-based virome surveys, mining of sequence read archive datasets, and a literature search, SnIV1 was further identified from diverse plant and non-plant sources globally. SnIV1 isolates showed relatively low variability compared with other phylogenetically related ilarviruses. Phylogenetic analyses showed a distinct basal clade of isolates from Europe, whereas the rest formed clades of mixed geographic origin. Furthermore, systemic infection of SnIV1 in Solanum villosum and its mechanical and graft transmissibility to solanaceous species were demonstrated. Near-identical SnIV1 genomes from the inoculum (S. villosum) and inoculated Nicotiana benthamiana were sequenced, thus partially fulfilling Koch's postulates. SnIV1 was shown to be seed-transmitted and potentially pollen-borne, has spherical virions, and possibly induces histopathological changes in infected N. benthamiana leaf tissues. Overall, this study provides information to better understand the diversity, global presence, and pathobiology of SnIV1; however, its possible emergence as a destructive pathogen remains uncertain. [Formula: see text] Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY 4.0 International license.
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- Mark Paul Selda Rivarez
- Department of Biotechnology and Systems Biology, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
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- University of Bordeaux, INRAE, UMR 1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, Villenave d'Ornon, 33882, France
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- University of Bordeaux, INRAE, UMR 1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, Villenave d'Ornon, 33882, France
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- Department of Biotechnology and Systems Biology, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
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- Department of Biotechnology and Systems Biology, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
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- University of Bordeaux, INRAE, UMR 1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, Villenave d'Ornon, 33882, France
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- Plant Sciences Unit, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Merelbeke, 9820, Belgium
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- Plant Pathology Laboratory, TERRA-Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, 5030, Belgium
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 27606, U.S.A
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- Plant Pathology Laboratory, TERRA-Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, 5030, Belgium
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- Department of Biotechnology and Systems Biology, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
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- Department of Biotechnology and Systems Biology, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
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- University of Bordeaux, INRAE, UMR 1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, Villenave d'Ornon, 33882, France
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- University of Bordeaux, INRAE, UMR 1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, Villenave d'Ornon, 33882, France
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Guo G, Wang M, Zhou D, He X, Han P, Chen G, Zeng J, Liu Z, Wu Y, Weng S, He J. Virome Analysis Provides an Insight into the Viral Community of Chinese Mitten Crab Eriocheir sinensis. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0143923. [PMID: 37358426 PMCID: PMC10433957 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01439-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023] Open
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Recent advances in viromics have led to the discovery of a great diversity of RNA viruses and the identification of a large number of viral pathogens. A systematic exploration of viruses in Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis), one of the most important aquatic commercial species, is still lacking. Here, we characterized the RNA viromes of asymptomatic, milky disease (MD)-affected, and hepatopancreatic necrosis syndrome (HPNS)-affected Chinese mitten crabs collected from 3 regions in China. In total, we identified 31 RNA viruses belonging to 11 orders, 22 of which were first reported here. By comparing viral composition between samples, we observed high variation in viral communities across regions, with most of the viral species being region-specific. We proposed to establish several novel viral families or genera based on the phylogenetic relationships and genome structures of viruses discovered in this study, expanding our knowledge of viral diversity in brachyuran crustaceans. IMPORTANCE High-throughput sequencing and meta-transcriptomic analysis provide us with an efficient tool to discover unknown viruses and explore the composition of viral communities in specific species. In this study, we investigated viromes in asymptomatic and diseased Chinese mitten crabs collected from three distant locations. We observed high regional variation in the composition of viral species, highlighting the importance of multi-location sampling. In addition, we classified several novel and ICTV-unclassified viruses based on their genome structures and phylogenetic relationships, providing a new perspective on current viral taxa.
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- Guangyu Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
- China-ASEAN Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Mariculture Technology, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
- China-ASEAN Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Mariculture Technology, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
- China-ASEAN Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Mariculture Technology, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- China-ASEAN Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Mariculture Technology, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
- China-ASEAN Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Mariculture Technology, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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DeLong JP, Van Etten JL, Dunigan DD. Lessons from Chloroviruses: the Complex and Diverse Roles of Viruses in Food Webs. J Virol 2023; 97:e0027523. [PMID: 37133447 PMCID: PMC10231191 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00275-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Viruses can have large effects on the ecological communities in which they occur. Much of this impact comes from the mortality of host cells, which simultaneously alters microbial community composition and causes the release of matter that can be used by other organisms. However, recent studies indicate that viruses may be even more deeply integrated into the functioning of ecological communities than their effect on nutrient cycling suggests. In particular, chloroviruses, which infect chlorella-like green algae that typically occur as endosymbionts, participate in three types of interactions with other species. Chlororviruses (i) can lure ciliates from a distance, using them as a vector; (ii) depend on predators for access to their hosts; and (iii) get consumed as a food source by, at least, a variety of protists. Therefore, chloroviruses both depend on and influence the spatial structures of communities as well as the flows of energy through those communities, driven by predator-prey interactions. The emergence of these interactions are an eco-evolutionary puzzle, given the interdependence of these species and the many costs and benefits that these interactions generate.
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- John P. DeLong
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln Nebraska, USA
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- Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln Nebraska, USA
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Lee E, Vansia R, Phelan J, Lofano A, Smith A, Wang A, Bilodeau GJ, Pernal SF, Guarna MM, Rott M, Griffiths JS. Area Wide Monitoring of Plant and Honey Bee ( Apis mellifera) Viruses in Blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum) Agroecosystems Facilitated by Honey Bee Pollination. Viruses 2023; 15:v15051209. [PMID: 37243295 DOI: 10.3390/v15051209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Healthy agroecosystems are dependent on a complex web of factors and inter-species interactions. Flowers are hubs for pathogen transmission, including the horizontal or vertical transmission of plant-viruses and the horizontal transmission of bee-viruses. Pollination by the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is critical for industrial fruit production, but bees can also vector viruses and other pathogens between individuals. Here, we utilized commercial honey bee pollination services in blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) farms for a metagenomics-based bee and plant virus monitoring system. Following RNA sequencing, viruses were identified by mapping reads to a reference sequence database through the bioinformatics portal Virtool. In total, 29 unique plant viral species were found at two blueberry farms in British Columbia (BC). Nine viruses were identified at one site in Ontario (ON), five of which were not identified in BC. Ilarviruses blueberry shock virus (BlShV) and prune dwarf virus (PDV) were the most frequently detected viruses in BC but absent in ON, while nepoviruses tomato ringspot virus and tobacco ringspot virus were common in ON but absent in BC. BlShV coat protein (CP) nucleotide sequences were nearly identical in all samples, while PDV CP sequences were more diverse, suggesting multiple strains of PDV circulating at this site. Ten bee-infecting viruses were identified, with black queen cell virus frequently detected in ON and BC. Area-wide bee-mediated pathogen monitoring can provide new insights into the diversity of viruses present in, and the health of, bee-pollination ecosystems. This approach can be limited by a short sampling season, biased towards pollen-transmitted viruses, and the plant material collected by bees can be very diverse. This can obscure the origin of some viruses, but bee-mediated virus monitoring can be an effective preliminary monitoring approach.
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- Eunseo Lee
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4902 Victoria Ave N, Vineland Station, ON L0R 2E0, Canada
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- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4902 Victoria Ave N, Vineland Station, ON L0R 2E0, Canada
- Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Sidney Laboratory, Centre for Plant Health, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 8801 East Saanich Rd., North Saanich, BC V8L 1H3, Canada
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- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4902 Victoria Ave N, Vineland Station, ON L0R 2E0, Canada
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- Sidney Laboratory, Centre for Plant Health, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 8801 East Saanich Rd., North Saanich, BC V8L 1H3, Canada
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- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 1391 Sandford Street, London, ON N5V 4T3, Canada
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- Ottawa Plant Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 3851 Fallowfield Rd., Ottawa, ON K2J 4S1, Canada
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- Beaverlodge Research Farm, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 29, Beaverlodge, AB T0H 0C0, Canada
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- Beaverlodge Research Farm, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 29, Beaverlodge, AB T0H 0C0, Canada
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- Sidney Laboratory, Centre for Plant Health, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 8801 East Saanich Rd., North Saanich, BC V8L 1H3, Canada
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- London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4902 Victoria Ave N, Vineland Station, ON L0R 2E0, Canada
- Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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Malfi RL, McFrederick QS, Lozano G, Irwin RE, Adler LS. Sunflower plantings reduce a common gut pathogen and increase queen production in common eastern bumblebee colonies. Proc Biol Sci 2023; 290:20230055. [PMID: 37015273 PMCID: PMC10072944 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/06/2023] Open
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Community diversity can reduce the prevalence and spread of disease, but certain species may play a disproportionate role in diluting or amplifying pathogens. Flowers act as both sources of nutrition and sites of pathogen transmission, but the effects of specific plant species in shaping bee disease dynamics are not well understood. We evaluated whether plantings of sunflower (Helianthus annuus), whose pollen reduces infection by some pathogens when fed to bees in captivity, lowered pathogen levels and increased reproduction in free-foraging bumblebee colonies (Bombus impatiens). Sunflower abundance reduced the prevalence of a common gut pathogen, Crithidia bombi, and reduced infection intensity, with an order of magnitude lower infection intensity at high sunflower sites compared with sites with little to no sunflower. Sunflower abundance was also positively associated with greater queen production in colonies. Sunflower did not affect prevalence of other detected pathogens. This work demonstrates that a single plant species can drive disease dynamics in foraging B. impatiens, and that sunflower plantings can be used as a tool for mitigating a prevalent pathogen while also increasing reproduction of an agriculturally important bee species.
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- Rosemary L. Malfi
- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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Debat H, Garcia ML, Bejerman N. Expanding the Repertoire of the Plant-Infecting Ophioviruses through Metatranscriptomics Data. Viruses 2023; 15:v15040840. [PMID: 37112821 PMCID: PMC10144540 DOI: 10.3390/v15040840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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Ophioviruses (genus Ophiovirus, family Aspiviridae) are plant-infecting viruses with non-enveloped, filamentous, naked nucleocapsid virions. Members of the genus Ophiovirus have a segmented single-stranded negative-sense RNA genome (ca. 11.3–12.5 kb), encompassing three or four linear segments. In total, these segments encode four to seven proteins in the sense and antisense orientation, both in the viral and complementary strands. The genus Ophiovirus includes seven species with viruses infecting both monocots and dicots, mostly trees, shrubs and some ornamentals. From a genomic perspective, as of today, there are complete genomes available for only four species. Here, by exploring large publicly available metatranscriptomics datasets, we report the identification and molecular characterization of 33 novel viruses with genetic and evolutionary cues of ophioviruses. Genetic distance and evolutionary insights suggest that all the detected viruses could correspond to members of novel species, which expand the current diversity of ophioviruses ca. 4.5-fold. The detected viruses increase the tentative host range of ophioviruses for the first time to mosses, liverwort and ferns. In addition, the viruses were linked to several Asteraceae, Orchidaceae and Poaceae crops/ornamental plants. Phylogenetic analyses showed a novel clade of mosses, liverworts and fern ophioviruses, characterized by long branches, suggesting that there is still plenty of unsampled hidden diversity within the genus. This study represents a significant expansion of the genomics of ophioviruses, opening the door to future works on the molecular and evolutionary peculiarity of this virus genus.
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- Humberto Debat
- Instituto de Patología Vegetal, Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (IPAVE-CIAP-INTA), Camino 60 Cuadras Km 5,5, Córdoba X5020ICA, Argentina
- Unidad de Fitopatología y Modelización Agrícola, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Camino 60 Cuadras Km 5,5, Córdoba X5020ICA, Argentina
- Correspondence: (H.D.); (N.B.)
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- Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular (IBBM-CONICET-UNLP), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calle 50 y 115, La Plata 1900, Argentina
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- Instituto de Patología Vegetal, Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (IPAVE-CIAP-INTA), Camino 60 Cuadras Km 5,5, Córdoba X5020ICA, Argentina
- Unidad de Fitopatología y Modelización Agrícola, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Camino 60 Cuadras Km 5,5, Córdoba X5020ICA, Argentina
- Correspondence: (H.D.); (N.B.)
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Fetters AM, Ashman TL. The pollen virome: A review of pollen-associated viruses and consequences for plants and their interactions with pollinators. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2023:e16144. [PMID: 36924316 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
The movement of pollen grains from anthers to stigmas, often by insect pollinator vectors, is essential for plant reproduction. However, pollen is also a unique vehicle for viral spread. Pollen-associated plant viruses reside on the outside or inside of pollen grains, infect susceptible individuals through vertical or horizontal infection pathways, and can decrease plant fitness. These viruses are transferred with pollen between plants by pollinator vectors as they forage for floral resources; thus, pollen-associated viral spread is mediated by floral and pollen grain phenotypes and pollinator traits, much like pollination. Most of what is currently known about pollen-associated viruses was discovered through infection and transmission experiments in controlled settings, usually involving one virus and one plant species of agricultural or horticultural interest. In this review, we first provide an updated, comprehensive list of the recognized pollen-associated viruses. Then, we summarize virus, plant, pollinator vector, and landscape traits that can affect pollen-associated virus transmission, infection, and distribution. Next, we highlight the consequences of plant-pollinator-virus interactions that emerge in complex communities of co-flowering plants and pollinator vectors, such as pollen-associated virus spread between plant species and viral jumps from plant to pollinator hosts. We conclude by emphasizing the need for collaborative research that bridges pollen biology, virology, and pollination biology.
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- Andrea M Fetters
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 4249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, 318 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 4249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
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Maclot F, Debue V, Malmstrom CM, Filloux D, Roumagnac P, Eck M, Tamisier L, Blouin AG, Candresse T, Massart S. Long-Term Anthropogenic Management and Associated Loss of Plant Diversity Deeply Impact Virome Richness and Composition of Poaceae Communities. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0485022. [PMID: 36916941 PMCID: PMC10100685 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.04850-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023] Open
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Modern agriculture has influenced plant virus emergence through ecosystem simplification, introduction of new host species, and reduction in crop genetic diversity. Therefore, it is crucial to better understand virus distributions across cultivated and uncultivated communities in agro-ecological interfaces, as well as virus exchange among them. Here, we advance fundamental understanding in this area by characterizing the virome of three co-occurring replicated Poaceae community types that represent a gradient of grass species richness and management intensity, from highly managed crop monocultures to little-managed, species-rich grasslands. We performed a large-scale study on 950 wild and cultivated Poaceae over 2 years, combining untargeted virome analysis down to the virus species level with targeted detection of three plant viruses. Deep sequencing revealed (i) a diversified and largely unknown Poaceae virome (at least 51 virus species or taxa), with an abundance of so-called persistent viruses; (ii) an increase of virome richness with grass species richness within the community; (iii) stability of virome richness over time but a large viral intraspecific variability; and (iv) contrasting patterns of virus prevalence, coinfections, and spatial distribution among plant communities and species. Our findings highlight the complex structure of plant virus communities in nature and suggest the influence of anthropogenic management on viral distribution and prevalence. IMPORTANCE Because viruses have been mostly studied in cultivated plants, little is known about virus diversity and ecology in less-managed vegetation or about the influence of human management and agriculture on virome composition. Poaceae (grass family)-dominated communities provide invaluable opportunities to examine these ecological issues, as they are distributed worldwide across agro-ecological gradients, are essential for food security and conservation, and can be infected by numerous viruses. Here, we used multiple levels of analysis that considered plant communities, individual plants, virus species, and haplotypes to broaden understanding of the Poaceae virome and to evaluate host-parasite richness relationships within agro-ecological landscapes in our study area. We emphasized the influence of grass diversity and land use on the composition of viral communities and their life history strategies, and we demonstrated the complexity of plant-virus interactions in less-managed grass communities, such as the higher virus prevalence and overrepresentation of mixed virus infection compared to theoretical predictions.
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- François Maclot
- Plant Pathology Laboratory, Terra-Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Plant Pathology Laboratory, Terra-Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biology and Program in Ecology, Evolution, & Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- CIRAD, UMR PHIM, Montpellier, France
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- CIRAD, UMR PHIM, Montpellier, France
- PHIM Plant Health Institute, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Plant Pathology Laboratory, Terra-Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Plant Pathology Laboratory, Terra-Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Virology-Phytoplasmology Laboratory, Agroscope, Nyon, Switzerland
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- University of Bordeaux, INRAE, UMR BFP, CS20032, Villenave d’Ornon, France
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- Plant Pathology Laboratory, Terra-Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
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Boezen D, Johnson ML, Grum-Grzhimaylo AA, van der Vlugt RA, Zwart MP. Evaluation of sequencing and PCR-based methods for the quantification of the viral genome formula. Virus Res 2023; 326:199064. [PMID: 36746340 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2023.199064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Viruses show great diversity in their genome organization. Multipartite viruses package their genome segments into separate particles, most or all of which are required to initiate infection in the host cell. The benefits of such seemingly inefficient genome organization are not well understood. One hypothesised benefit of multipartition is that it allows for flexible changes in gene expression by altering the frequency of each genome segment in different environments, such as encountering different host species. The ratio of the frequency of segments is termed the genome formula (GF). Thus far, formal studies quantifying the GF have been performed for well-characterised virus-host systems in experimental settings using RT-qPCR. However, to understand GF variation in natural populations or novel virus-host systems, a comparison of several methods for GF estimation including high-throughput sequencing (HTS) based methods is needed. Currently, it is unclear how HTS-methods compare a golden standard, such as RT-qPCR. Here we show a comparison of multiple GF quantification methods (RT-qPCR, RT-digital PCR, Illumina RNAseq and Nanopore direct RNA sequencing) using three host plants (Nicotiana tabacum, Nicotiana benthamiana, and Chenopodium quinoa) infected with cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), a tripartite RNA virus. Our results show that all methods give roughly similar results, though there is a significant method effect on genome formula estimates. While the RT-qPCR and RT-dPCR GF estimates are congruent, the GF estimates from HTS methods deviate from those found with PCR. Our findings emphasize the need to tailor the GF quantification method to the experimental aim, and highlight that it may not be possible to compare HTS and PCR-based methods directly. The difference in results between PCR-based methods and HTS highlights that the choice of quantification technique is not trivial.
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- Dieke Boezen
- Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, Wageningen 6708PB, The Netherlands; Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen 6708PB, The Netherlands.
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- Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, Wageningen 6708PB, The Netherlands; Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen 6708PB, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, Wageningen 6708PB, The Netherlands; Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, Utrecht 3584CT, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Virology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen 6708PB, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, Wageningen 6708PB, The Netherlands
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Choi J, Osatuke AC, Erich G, Stevens K, Hwang MS, Al Rwahnih M, Fuchs M. High-Throughput Sequencing Reveals Tobacco and Tomato Ringspot Viruses in Pawpaw. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:3565. [PMID: 36559676 PMCID: PMC9782031 DOI: 10.3390/plants11243565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) trees exhibiting stunting and foliar mosaic, chlorosis, or distortions were observed in New York. In 2021, leaf samples from two symptomatic trees and a sapling, as well as two asymptomatic trees, were tested for the presence of viruses and viroids by high-throughput sequencing (HTS) using total RNA after ribosomal RNA depletion. HTS sequence information revealed tobacco ringspot virus (TRSV) and tomato ringspot virus (ToRSV) in symptomatic but not in asymptomatic leaves. HTS reads and de novo-assembled contigs covering the genomes of both viruses were obtained, with a higher average read depth for RNA2 than RNA1. The occurrence of TRSV and ToRSV was confirmed in the original leaf samples used for HTS and 12 additional trees and saplings from New York and Maryland in 2022 by RT-PCR combined with Sanger sequencing, and DAS-ELISA. Single infections by TRSV in 11 of 14 trees and dual infections by TRSV and ToRSV in 3 of 14 trees were identified. The nucleotide sequence identity of partial gene fragments of TRSV and ToRSV was high among pawpaw isolates (94.9-100% and 91.8-100%, respectively) and between pawpaw isolates and isolates from other horticultural crops (93.6-100% and 71.3-99.3%, respectively). This study is the first to determine the virome of pawpaw.
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- Jiyeong Choi
- School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456, USA
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- Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Foundation Plant Services, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Foundation Plant Services, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Foundation Plant Services, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456, USA
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Jeger MJ. Tolerance of plant virus disease: Its genetic, physiological, and epidemiological significance. Food Energy Secur 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/fes3.440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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- Michael John Jeger
- Department of Life Sciences, Silwood Park Imperial College London Ascot UK
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Determinants of Virus Variation, Evolution, and Host Adaptation. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11091039. [PMID: 36145471 PMCID: PMC9501407 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11091039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Revised: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Virus evolution is the change in the genetic structure of a viral population over time and results in the emergence of new viral variants, strains, and species with novel biological properties, including adaptation to new hosts. There are host, vector, environmental, and viral factors that contribute to virus evolution. To achieve or fine tune compatibility and successfully establish infection, viruses adapt to a particular host species or to a group of species. However, some viruses are better able to adapt to diverse hosts, vectors, and environments. Viruses generate genetic diversity through mutation, reassortment, and recombination. Plant viruses are exposed to genetic drift and selection pressures by host and vector factors, and random variants or those with a competitive advantage are fixed in the population and mediate the emergence of new viral strains or species with novel biological properties. This process creates a footprint in the virus genome evident as the preferential accumulation of substitutions, insertions, or deletions in areas of the genome that function as determinants of host adaptation. Here, with respect to plant viruses, we review the current understanding of the sources of variation, the effect of selection, and its role in virus evolution and host adaptation.
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Konstantinidis K, Dovrolis N, Kouvela A, Kassela K, Rosa Freitas MG, Nearchou A, de Courcy Williams M, Veletza S, Karakasiliotis I. Defining Virus-Carrier Networks that Shape the Composition of the Mosquito Core Virome of a Local Ecosystem. Virus Evol 2022; 8:veac036. [PMID: 35505691 PMCID: PMC9055857 DOI: 10.1093/ve/veac036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Mosquitoes are the most important vectors of emerging infectious diseases. During the past decade, our understanding of the diversity of viruses they carry has greatly expanded. Most of these viruses are considered mosquito-specific, but there is increasing evidence that these viruses may affect the vector competence of mosquitoes. Metagenomics approaches have focused on specific mosquito species for the identification of what is called the core virome. Despite the fact that, in most ecosystems, multiple species may participate in virus emergence and circulation, there is a lack of understanding of the virus-carrier/host network for both vector-borne and mosquito-specific viruses. Here, we studied the core virome of mosquitoes in a diverse local ecosystem that had 24 different mosquito species. The analysis of the viromes of these 24 mosquito species resulted in the identification of 34 viruses, which included 15 novel viruses, as determined according to the species demarcation criteria of the respective virus families. Most of the mosquito species had never been analysed previously, and a comparison of the individual viromes of the 24 mosquito species revealed novel relationships among mosquito species and virus families. Groups of related viruses and mosquito species from multiple genera formed a complex web in the local ecosystem. Furthermore, analyses of the virome of mixed-species pools of mosquitoes from representative traps of the local ecosystem showed almost complete overlap with the individual-species viromes identified in the study. Quantitative analysis of viruses’ relative abundance revealed a linear relationship to the abundance of the respective carrier/host mosquito species, supporting the theory of a stable core virome in the most abundant species of the local ecosystem. Finally, our study highlights the importance of using a holistic approach to investigating mosquito viromes relationships in rich and diverse ecosystems.
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- Laboratory of Biology, Department of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Laboratory of Biology, Department of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Laboratory of Biology, Department of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Laboratório de Mosquitoes Transmissores de Hematozoários, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biology, Department of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Laboratory of Biology, Department of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Laboratory of Biology, Department of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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