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Luo M, Wang M, Xu J, Qu K, Miao Y, Liu D. Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals defense responses against soft rot induced by Pectobacterium aroidearum and Pectobacterium carotovorum in Pinellia ternata. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:831. [PMID: 39227779 PMCID: PMC11373290 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10746-9] [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: 05/06/2024] [Accepted: 08/29/2024] [Indexed: 09/05/2024] Open
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Pectobacterium carotovorum and Pectobacterium aroidearum represent the primary pathogens causing variable soft rot disease. However, the fundamental defense responses of Pinellia ternata to pathogens remain unclear. Our investigation demonstrated that the disease produced by P. carotovorum is more serious than P. aroidearum. RNA-seq analysis indicated that many cell wall-related genes, receptor-like kinase genes, and resistance-related genes were induced by P. aroidearum and P. carotovorum similarly. But many different regulatory pathways exert a crucial function in plant immunity against P. aroidearum and P. carotovorum, including hormone signaling, whereas more auxin-responsive genes were responsive to P. carotovorum, while more ethylene and gibberellin-responsive genes were responsive to P. aroidearum. 12 GDSL esterase/lipase genes and 3 fasciclin-like arabinogalactan protein genes were specifically upregulated by P. carotovorum, whereas 11 receptor-like kinase genes and 8 disease resistance genes were up-regulated only by P. aroidearum. Among them, a lectin gene (part1transcript/39001) was induced by P. carotovorum and P. aroidearum simultaneously. Transient expression in N. benthamiana demonstrated that the lectin gene improves plant resistance to P. carotovorum. This study offers a comprehensive perspective on P. ternata immunity produced by different soft rot pathogens and reveals the importance of lectin in anti-soft rot of P. ternata for the first time.
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- Ming Luo
- Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources and Chemistry of Hubei Province, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, 430065, China
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- Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources and Chemistry of Hubei Province, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, 430065, China
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- Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources and Chemistry of Hubei Province, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, 430065, China
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- Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources and Chemistry of Hubei Province, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, 430065, China
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- Hubei Shizhen Laboratory, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, 430065, China.
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- Hubei Shizhen Laboratory, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, 430065, China.
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Smoktunowicz M, Wawrzyniak R, Jonca J, Waleron M, Waleron K. Untargeted metabolomics coupled with genomics in the study of sucrose and xylose metabolism in Pectobacterium betavasculorum. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1323765. [PMID: 38812674 PMCID: PMC11133636 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1323765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024] Open
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Introduction Pectobacterium betavasculorum is a member of the Pectobacerium genus that inhabits a variety of niches and is found in all climates. Bacteria from the Pectobacterium genus can cause soft rot disease on various plants due to the secretion of plant cell wall degrading enzymes (PCWDEs). The species P. betavasculorum is responsible for the vascular necrosis of sugar beet and soft rot of many vegetables. It also infects sunflowers and artichokes. The main sugar present in sugar beet is sucrose while xylose is one of the main sugars in artichoke and sunflower. Methods In our work, we applied metabolomic studies coupled with genomics to investigate the metabolism of P. betavasculorum in the presence of xylose and sucrose as the only carbon source. The ability of the strains to use various sugars as the only carbon source were confirmed by the polypyridyl complex of Ru(II) method in 96-well plates. Results Our studies provided information on the metabolic pathways active during the degradation of those substrates. It was observed that different metabolic pathways are upregulated in the presence of xylose in comparison to sucrose. Discussion The presence of xylose enhances extracellular metabolism of sugars and glycerol as well as stimulates EPS and IPS synthesis. In contrast, in the presence of sucrose the intensive extracellular metabolism of amines and amino acids is promoted.
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- Magdalena Smoktunowicz
- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Laboratory of Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology University of Gdańsk and Medical University of Gdańsk, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Laboratory of Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology University of Gdańsk and Medical University of Gdańsk, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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Maciag T, Kozieł E, Otulak-Kozieł K, Jafra S, Czajkowski R. Looking for Resistance to Soft Rot Disease of Potatoes Facing Environmental Hypoxia. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:3757. [PMID: 38612570 PMCID: PMC11011919 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25073757] [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: 02/26/2024] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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Plants are exposed to various stressors, including pathogens, requiring specific environmental conditions to provoke/induce plant disease. This phenomenon is called the "disease triangle" and is directly connected with a particular plant-pathogen interaction. Only a virulent pathogen interacting with a susceptible plant cultivar will lead to disease under specific environmental conditions. This may seem difficult to accomplish, but soft rot Pectobacteriaceae (SRPs) is a group virulent of pathogenic bacteria with a broad host range. Additionally, waterlogging (and, resulting from it, hypoxia), which is becoming a frequent problem in farming, is a favoring condition for this group of pathogens. Waterlogging by itself is an important source of abiotic stress for plants due to lowered gas exchange. Therefore, plants have evolved an ethylene-based system for hypoxia sensing. Plant response is coordinated by hormonal changes which induce metabolic and physiological adjustment to the environmental conditions. Wetland species such as rice (Oryza sativa L.), and bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara L.) have developed adaptations enabling them to withstand prolonged periods of decreased oxygen availability. On the other hand, potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), although able to sense and response to hypoxia, is sensitive to this environmental stress. This situation is exploited by SRPs which in response to hypoxia induce the production of virulence factors with the use of cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP). Potato tubers in turn reduce their defenses to preserve energy to prevent the negative effects of reactive oxygen species and acidification, making them prone to soft rot disease. To reduce the losses caused by the soft rot disease we need sensitive and reliable methods for the detection of the pathogens, to isolate infected plant material. However, due to the high prevalence of SRPs in the environment, we also need to create new potato varieties more resistant to the disease. To reach that goal, we can look to wild potatoes and other Solanum species for mechanisms of resistance to waterlogging. Potato resistance can also be aided by beneficial microorganisms which can induce the plant's natural defenses to bacterial infections but also waterlogging. However, most of the known plant-beneficial microorganisms suffer from hypoxia and can be outcompeted by plant pathogens. Therefore, it is important to look for microorganisms that can withstand hypoxia or alleviate its effects on the plant, e.g., by improving soil structure. Therefore, this review aims to present crucial elements of potato response to hypoxia and SRP infection and future outlooks for the prevention of soft rot disease considering the influence of environmental conditions.
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- Tomasz Maciag
- Department of Botany, Institute of Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW, Nowoursynowska Street 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland;
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- Department of Botany, Institute of Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW, Nowoursynowska Street 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland;
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- Department of Botany, Institute of Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW, Nowoursynowska Street 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland;
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- Laboratory of Plant Microbiology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG, University of Gdansk, Antoniego Abrahama Street 58, 80-307 Gdansk, Poland;
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- Laboratory of Biologically Active Compounds, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG, University of Gdansk, Antoniego Abrahama Street 58, 80-307 Gdansk, Poland;
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Li X, Li G, Yi L, Zeng K. Soft rot of postharvest pepper: bacterial pathogen, pathogenicity and its biological control using Lactobacillus farciminis LJLAB1. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2024; 104:443-455. [PMID: 37638860 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.12942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2023] [Revised: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Soft rot is the most important bacterial disease of postharvest pepper during storage and transportation. The main objectives of this study were to investigate the bacterial pathogen species causing pepper soft rot and seek for an antagonistic bacterium to control this disease. RESULTS Pathogens Pectobacterium carotovorum, Enterobacter sp., Klebsiella sp., Pseudomonas sp. and Bacillus sp. were verified to be the causes of soft rot which were isolated from rotten peppers. Among them, P. carotovorum had the highest prevalence, including P. carotovorum subsp. carotovorum (Pcc) and P. carotovorum subsp. brasilisesis (Pcb). The result of pathogenicity analysis showed that Pcb Jm2 had strong pathogenicity at 25 °C even at a cell concentration of 103 CFU mL-1 . Its pathogenicity decreased at 4 °C. Multiple pathogenic factors were identified in the draft genome of Pcb Jm2, including cellulase, pectinase, pectin methylesterase, pectinesterase, pectin lyase, polygalacturonase and so forth. Further, the disease control ability of Lactobacillus farciminis LJLAB1 was investigated. The cell-free supernatant (CFS) and crude bacteriocin of L. farciminis LJLAB1 had good antibacterial activities to Pcb Jm2 in vitro, but CFS exhibited a better disease control effect in vivo. CFS treatment prevented the damage of pepper epidermal structure caused by Pcb Jm2, and 99.26% of pathogen cells on pepper were killed by it. Moreover, CFS treatment delayed firmness decrease, soluble solid content loss, weight loss, yellowing and malonaldehyde accumulation of pepper during storage after pathogen infection. CONCLUSION L. farciminis LJLAB1 can be an effective biological control agent to control pepper soft rot caused by Pcb. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Xiaofen Li
- College of Food Science, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Food Science, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Food Science, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Research Center of Food Storage & Logistics, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Speciality Food Co-Built by Sichuan and Chongqing, Chongqing, China
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- College of Food Science, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Research Center of Food Storage & Logistics, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Speciality Food Co-Built by Sichuan and Chongqing, Chongqing, China
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Maphosa S, Moleleki LN. A computational and secretome analysis approach reveals exclusive and shared candidate type six secretion system substrates in Pectobacterium brasiliense 1692. Microbiol Res 2024; 278:127501. [PMID: 37976736 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2023.127501] [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: 06/23/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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The type 6 secretion system (T6SS) of Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) has implications for bacterial competition, virulence, and survival. For the broad host range pathogen, Pectobacterium brasiliense 1692, T6SS-mediated competition occurs in a tissue-specific manner. However, no other roles have been investigated. The aim of this study was to identify T6SS-associated proteins under virulence inducing conditions. We used Bastion tools to predict 1479 Pbr1692 secreted proteins. Sixteen percent of these overlap between type 1-4 secretion systems (T1SS-T4SS) and T6SS. Using label-free quantitative mass spectrometry of Pbr1692 T6SS active and T6SS inactive strains' secretomes cultured in minimal media supplemented with host extract, 49 T6SS-associated proteins with varied gene ontology predicted functions were identified. We report 19 and 30 T6SS primary substrates and differentially secreted proteins, respectively, in T6SS mutants versus wild type strains. Of the total 49 T6SS-associated proteins presented in this study, 25 were also predicted using the BastionX platform as T6SS exclusive and shared substrates with T1SS-T4SS. This work provides a list of Pbr1692 T6SS secreted effector candidates. These include a potential antibacterial toxin HNH endonuclease and several predicted virulence proteins, including plant cell wall degrading enzymes. A preliminary basis for potential crosstalk between GNB secretion systems is also highlighted.
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- S Maphosa
- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria, South Africa.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, Pretoria, South Africa
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He W, Luo W, Zhou J, Zhu X, Xu J. Pectobacterium carotovorum Subsp. brasiliense Causing Soft Rot in Eggplant in Xinjiang, China. Microorganisms 2023; 11:2662. [PMID: 38004675 PMCID: PMC10673395 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11112662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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An outbreak of stem rot in eggplants was observed in Heshuo County, Xinjiang, during winter 2021-2022 in about 12-35% of the eggplants in the region (about 40 hm2). The infected tissues yielded a total of four bacterial strains, which were subsequently subjected to physiological and biochemical assays as well as molecular identification. Based on these analyses, the pathogen was identified as Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense. The pathogenicity was confirmed through the fulfillment of Koch's postulates. The host range test confirmed the broad spectrum of species susceptible to infection by the strains. This study represents the first case of infection caused by P. carotovorum subsp. brasiliense resulting in stem rot in eggplant.
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- Wei He
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in Northwestern Oasis Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi 830091, China; (W.H.); (W.L.); (J.Z.); (X.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in Northwestern Oasis Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi 830091, China; (W.H.); (W.L.); (J.Z.); (X.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in Northwestern Oasis Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi 830091, China; (W.H.); (W.L.); (J.Z.); (X.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in Northwestern Oasis Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi 830091, China; (W.H.); (W.L.); (J.Z.); (X.Z.)
- College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, 311 Nongda East Road, Urumqi 830052, China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops in Northwestern Oasis Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi 830091, China; (W.H.); (W.L.); (J.Z.); (X.Z.)
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Chen C, Che S, Dong Z, Sui J, Tian Y, Su Y, Zhang M, Sun W, Fan J, Xie J, Xie H. A genome-wide association study reveals that epistasis underlies the pathogenicity of Pectobacterium. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0176423. [PMID: 37712699 PMCID: PMC10580964 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01764-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023] Open
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Pectobacterium spp. are important bacterial pathogens that cause soft rot symptoms in various crops. However, their mechanism of pathogenicity requires clarity to help control their infections. Here, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) were conducted by integrating genomic data and measurements of two phenotypes (virulence and cellulase activity) for 120 various Pectobacterium strains in order to identify the genetic basis of their pathogenicity. An artificial intelligence-based software program was developed to automatically measure lesion areas on Chinese cabbage, thereby facilitating accurate and rapid data collection for virulence phenotypes for use in GWAS analysis. The analysis discovered 428 and 158 loci significantly associated with Pectobacterium virulence (lesion area) and cellulase activity, respectively. In addition, 1,229 and 586 epistasis loci pairs were identified for the virulence and cellulase activity phenotypes, respectively. Among them, the AraC transcriptional regulator exerted epistasis effects with another three nutrient transport-related genes in pairs contributing to the virulence phenotype, and their epistatic effects were experimentally confirmed for one pair with knockout mutants of each single gene and double gene. This study consequently provides valuable insights into the genetic mechanism underlying Pectobacterium spp. pathogenicity. IMPORTANCE Plant diseases and pests are responsible for the loss of up to 40% of food crops, and annual economic losses caused by plant diseases reach more than $220 billion. Fighting against plant diseases requires an understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms of pathogens. This study adopted an advanced approach using population genomics integrated with virulence-related phenotype data to investigate the genetic basis of Pectobacterium spp., which causes serious crop losses worldwide. An automated software program based on artificial intelligence was developed to measure the virulence phenotype (lesion area), which greatly facilitated this research. The analysis predicted key genomic loci that were highly associated with virulence phenotypes, exhibited epistasis effects, and were further confirmed as critical for virulence with mutant gene deletion experiments. The present study provides new insights into the genetic determinants associated with Pectobacterium pathogenicity and provides a valuable new software resource that can be adapted to improve plant infection measurements.
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- Changlong Chen
- Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- EVision Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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Chen C, Cui S, Guan J, Su Y, Liang X, Tian Y, Xie H. Investigation of the Role of a Zinc Uptake Regulator (Zur) in the Virulence of Pectobacterium odoriferum. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:9991. [PMID: 37373138 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24129991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Pectobacterium spp. infect many horticultural crops worldwide and lead to serious crop losses. Zinc-uptake-regulator (Zur) proteins are present widely in prokaryotes and play an important role in pathogenicity. To uncover the role of Zur in P. odoriferum, we constructed mutant (ΔZur) and overexpression [Po (Zur)] strains of a Zur, and a virulence assay showed that the Po (Zur) was of significantly lower virulence, while the ΔZur displayed significantly increased virulence on Chinese cabbage compared to their respective control strains, wild-type P. odoriferum (Po WT) and P. odoriferum harboring an empty vector (Po (EV)) (p < 0.05). The growth curves of the ΔZur and Po (Zur) showed no obvious differences from those of the control strains. Comparative transcriptome analysis showed that Zur overexpression in P. odoriferum induced differentially expressed genes (DEGs) related to flagellum and cell motility, while mutating Zur resulted in DEGs mainly corresponding to divalent-metal-ion transport and membrane transport. Phenotypic experiments on the Po (Zur) showed that flagellum numbers and cell motility were reduced in comparison with the control, while those of the ΔZur did not change. Collectively, these results show that the Zur negatively regulates the virulence of P. odoriferum and might function via a dual mechanism dependent on dose.
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- Changlong Chen
- Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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Jin YJ, Jo D, Kwon SW, Jee S, Kim JS, Raman J, Kim SJ. A New Approach Using the SYBR Green-Based Real-Time PCR Method for Detection of Soft Rot Pectobacterium odoriferum Associated with Kimchi Cabbage. THE PLANT PATHOLOGY JOURNAL 2022; 38:656-664. [PMID: 36503194 PMCID: PMC9742793 DOI: 10.5423/ppj.oa.09.2022.0138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Pectobacterium odoriferum is the primary causative agent in Kimchi cabbage soft-rot diseases. The pathogenic bacteria Pectobacterium genera are responsible for significant yield losses in crops. However, P. odoriferum shares a vast range of hosts with P. carotovorum, P. versatile, and P. brasiliense, and has similar biochemical, phenotypic, and genetic characteristics to these species. Therefore, it is essential to develop a P. odoriferum- specific diagnostic method for soft-rot disease because of the complicated diagnostic process and management as described above. Therefore, in this study, to select P. odoriferum-specific genes, species-specific genes were selected using the data of the P. odoriferum JK2.1 whole genome and similar bacterial species registered with NCBI. Thereafter, the specificity of the selected gene was tested through blast analysis. We identified novel species-specific genes to detect and quantify targeted P. odoriferum and designed specific primer sets targeting HAD family hydrolases. It was confirmed that the selected primer set formed a specific amplicon of 360 bp only in the DNA of P. odoriferum using 29 Pectobacterium species and related species. Furthermore, the population density of P. odoriferum can be estimated without genomic DNA extraction through SYBR Green-based real-time quantitative PCR using a primer set in plants. As a result, the newly developed diagnostic method enables rapid and accurate diagnosis and continuous monitoring of soft-rot disease in Kimchi cabbage without additional procedures from the plant tissue.
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- Yong Ju Jin
- Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Wanju 54875,
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- Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Wanju 54875,
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- Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Wanju 54875,
Korea
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- Highland Agriculture Research Institute, National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, Pyeongchang 25342,
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- Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Wanju 54875,
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- Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Wanju 54875,
Korea
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- Agricultural Microbiology Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Wanju 54875,
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Wasendorf C, Schmitz-Esser S, Eischeid CJ, Leyhe MJ, Nelson EN, Rahic-Seggerman FM, Sullivan KE, Peters NT. Genome analysis of Erwinia persicina reveals implications for soft rot pathogenicity in plants. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1001139. [DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1001139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Soft rot disease causes devastating losses to crop plants all over the world, with up to 90% loss in tropical climates. To better understand this economically important disease, we isolated four soft rot-causing Erwinia persicina strains from rotted vegetables. Notably, E. persicina has only recently been identified as a soft rot pathogen and a comprehensive genomic analysis and comparison has yet to be conducted. Here, we provide the first genomic analysis of E. persicina, compared to Pectobacterium carotovorum, P. carotovorum, and associated Erwinia plant pathogens. We found that E. persicina shares common genomic features with other Erwinia species and P. carotovorum, while having its own unique characteristics as well. The E. persicina strains examined here lack Type II and Type III secretion systems, commonly used to secrete pectolytic enzymes and evade the host immune response, respectively. E. persicina contains fewer putative pectolytic enzymes than P. carotovorum and lacks the Out cluster of the Type II secretion system while harboring a siderophore that causes a unique pink pigmentation during soft rot infections. Interestingly, a putative phenolic acid decarboxylase is present in the E. persicina strains and some soft rot pathogens, but absent in other Erwinia species, thus potentially providing an important factor for soft rot. All four E. persicina isolates obtained here and many other E. persicina genomes contain plasmids larger than 100 kbp that encode proteins likely important for adaptation to plant hosts. This research provides new insights into the possible mechanisms of soft rot disease by E. persicina and potential targets for diagnostic tools and control measures.
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Arif M, Czajkowski R, Chapman TA. Editorial: Genome-Wide Analyses of Pectobacterium and Dickeya Species. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:855262. [PMID: 35317016 PMCID: PMC8934395 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.855262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- Mohammad Arif
- Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
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- Laboratory of Biologically Active Compounds, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG, University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Biosecurity and Food Safety, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute (EMAI), Menangle, NSW, Australia
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Jonca J, Waleron M, Czaplewska P, Bogucka A, Steć A, Dziomba S, Jasiecki J, Rychłowski M, Waleron K. Membrane Vesicles of Pectobacterium as an Effective Protein Secretion System. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222212574. [PMID: 34830459 PMCID: PMC8623790 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222212574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Bacteria of genus Pectobacterium are Gram-negative rods of the family Pectobacteriaceae. They are the causative agent of soft rot diseases of crops and ornamental plants. However, their virulence mechanisms are not yet fully elucidated. Membrane vesicles (MVs) are universally released by bacteria and are believed to play an important role in the pathogenicity and survival of bacteria in the environment. Our study investigates the role of MVs in the virulence of Pectobacterium. The results indicate that the morphology and MVs production depend on growth medium composition. In polygalacturonic acid (PGA) supplemented media, Pectobacterium produces large MVs (100–300 nm) and small vesicles below 100 nm. Proteomic analyses revealed the presence of pectate degrading enzymes in the MVs. The pectate plate test and enzymatic assay proved that those enzymes are active and able to degrade pectates. What is more, the pathogenicity test indicated that the MVs derived from Pectobacterium were able to induce maceration of Zantedeschia sp. leaves. We also show that the MVs of β-lactamase producing strains were able to suppress ampicillin activity and permit the growth of susceptible bacteria. Those findings indicate that the MVs of Pectobacterium play an important role in host-pathogen interactions and niche competition with other bacteria. Our research also sheds some light on the mechanism of MVs production. We demonstrate that the MVs production in Pectobacterium strains, which overexpress a green fluorescence protein (GFP), is higher than in wild-type strains. Moreover, proteomic analysis revealed that the GFP was present in the MVs. Therefore, it is possible that protein sequestration into MVs might not be strictly limited to periplasmic proteins. Our research highlights the importance of MVs production as a mechanism of cargo delivery in Pectobacterium and an effective secretion system.
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- Joanna Jonca
- Laboratory of Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG, University of Gdansk, Abrahama 58, 80-307 Gdansk, Poland;
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- Laboratory of Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG, University of Gdansk, Abrahama 58, 80-307 Gdansk, Poland;
- Correspondence: (M.W.); (K.W.)
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry-Core Facility Laboratories, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG, University of Gdansk, Abrahama 58, 80-307 Gdansk, Poland; (P.C.); (A.B.)
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry-Core Facility Laboratories, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG, University of Gdansk, Abrahama 58, 80-307 Gdansk, Poland; (P.C.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, 107 Hallera Street, 80-416 Gdansk, Poland; (A.S.); (S.D.)
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- Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, 107 Hallera Street, 80-416 Gdansk, Poland; (A.S.); (S.D.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Al. Gen. Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdansk, Poland;
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- Laboratory of Virus Molecular Biology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG, University of Gdansk, Abrahama 58, 80-307 Gdansk, Poland;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, Al. Gen. Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdansk, Poland;
- Correspondence: (M.W.); (K.W.)
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Chen C, Li X, Bo Z, Du W, Fu L, Tian Y, Cui S, Shi Y, Xie H. Occurrence, Characteristics, and PCR-Based Detection of Pectobacterium polaris Causing Soft Rot of Chinese Cabbage in China. PLANT DISEASE 2021; 105:2880-2887. [PMID: 33834854 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-12-20-2752-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Bacterial soft rot is an important disease of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis) in China and many other countries. Four pectinolytic bacterial strains (WBC1, WBC6, WBC9, and WBC11) were isolated from soft-rotted Chinese cabbage in Beijing, China. Based on 16S rDNA and pmrA gene sequence analyses, multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA), and genomic average nucleotide identity (ANI) analysis, these four strains were identified as Pectobacterium polaris. This species, previously reported from potato in countries not including China, is a new soft rot pathogen of Chinese cabbage in China. Biochemical characteristics of these P. polaris strains tested by Biolog were mostly consistent with those of P. polaris NIBIO1006T. Their pathogenicity on Chinese cabbage is temperature dependent, with all four strains as well as the type strain exhibiting high pathogenicity at 23°C and 28°C. These four strains infected Lactuca sativa, Daucus carota, Solanum tuberosum, and Capsicum annuum by artificial inoculation. Specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and quantitative PCR (qPCR) primers for P. polaris were developed on the basis of its specific gene sequences (determined by genome comparison methods). Both PCR and qPCR detected not only genomic DNA of P. polaris but also the pathogen from diseased plant tissues even before external symptoms appeared. Their detection sensitivities were as low as 1 pg and 100 pg genomic DNA of P. polaris, respectively. To our knowledge, this study is the first to both report the emergence of P. polaris on Chinese cabbage in China and provide rapid and accurate PCR/qPCR-based detection systems specific for P. polaris.
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- Changlong Chen
- Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing 100097, China
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- Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing 100097, China
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- Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing 100097, China
- School of Life Sciences, University of Yantai, Shandong 264005, China
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Yantai, Shandong 264005, China
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- Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing 100097, China
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- Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing 100097, China
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- Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing 100097, China
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- School Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing 100097, China
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Species of Dickeya and Pectobacterium Isolated during an Outbreak of Blackleg and Soft Rot of Potato in Northeastern and North Central United States. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9081733. [PMID: 34442812 PMCID: PMC8401272 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9081733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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An outbreak of bacterial soft rot and blackleg of potato has occurred since 2014 with the epicenter being in the northeastern region of the United States. Multiple species of Pectobacterium and Dickeya are causal agents, resulting in losses to commercial and seed potato production over the past decade in the Northeastern and North Central United States. To clarify the pathogen present at the outset of the epidemic in 2015 and 2016, a phylogenetic study was made of 121 pectolytic soft rot bacteria isolated from symptomatic potato; also included were 27 type strains of Dickeya and Pectobacterium species, and 47 historic reference strains. Phylogenetic trees constructed based on multilocus sequence alignments of concatenated dnaJ, dnaX and gyrB fragments revealed the epidemic isolates to cluster with type strains of D. chrysanthemi, D. dianthicola, D. dadantii, P. atrosepticum, P. brasiliense, P. carotovorum, P. parmentieri, P. polaris, P. punjabense, and P. versatile. Genetic diversity within D. dianthicola strains was low, with one sequence type (ST1) identified in 17 of 19 strains. Pectobacterium parmentieri was more diverse, with ten sequence types detected among 37 of the 2015–2016 strains. This study can aid in monitoring future shifts in potato soft rot pathogens within the U.S. and inform strategies for disease management.
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Pun M, Khazanov N, Galsurker O, Weitman M, Kerem Z, Senderowitz H, Yedidia I. Phloretin, an Apple Phytoalexin, Affects the Virulence and Fitness of Pectobacterium brasiliense by Interfering With Quorum-Sensing. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:671807. [PMID: 34249044 PMCID: PMC8270676 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.671807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The effects of phloretin a phytoalexin from apple, was tested on Pectobacterium brasiliense (Pb1692), an emerging soft-rot pathogen of potato. Exposure of Pb1692 to 0.2 mM phloretin a concentration that does not affect growth, or to 0.4 mM a 50% growth inhibiting concentration (50% MIC), reduced motility, biofilm formation, secretion of plant cell wall-degrading enzymes, production of acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) signaling molecules and infection, phenotypes that are associated with bacterial population density-dependent system known as quorum sensing (QS). To analyze the effect of growth inhibition on QS, the activity of ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic that impairs cell division, was compared to that of phloretin at 50% MIC. Unlike phloretin, the antibiotic hardly affected the tested phenotypes. The use of DH5α, a QS-negative Escherichia coli strain, transformed with an AHL synthase (ExpI) from Pb1692, allowed to validate direct inhibition of AHL production by phloretin, as demonstrated by two biosensor strains, Chromobacterium violaceaum (CV026) and E. coli (pSB401). Expression analysis of virulence-related genes revealed downregulation of QS-regulated genes (expI, expR, luxS, rsmB), plant cell wall degrading enzymes genes (pel, peh and prt) and motility genes (motA, fim, fliA, flhC and flhD) following exposure to both phloretin concentrations. The results support the inhibition of ExpI activity by phloretin. Docking simulations were used to predict the molecular associations between phloretin and the active site of ExpI, to suggest a likely mode of action for the compound's inhibition of virulence.
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- Manoj Pun
- The Institute of Plant Sciences, Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Rishon Lezion, Israel
- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Institute of Plant Sciences, Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Rishon Lezion, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- The Institute of Plant Sciences, Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Rishon Lezion, Israel
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Genome-Wide Analyses of the Temperature-Responsive Genetic Loci of the Pectinolytic Plant Pathogenic Pectobacterium atrosepticum. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22094839. [PMID: 34063632 PMCID: PMC8125463 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Temperature is one of the critical factors affecting gene expression in bacteria. Despite the general interest in the link between bacterial phenotypes and environmental temperature, little is known about temperature-dependent gene expression in plant pathogenic Pectobacterium atrosepticum, a causative agent of potato blackleg and tuber soft rot worldwide. In this study, twenty-nine P. atrosepticum SCRI1043 thermoregulated genes were identified using Tn5-based transposon mutagenesis coupled with an inducible promotorless gusA gene as a reporter. From the pool of 29 genes, 14 were up-regulated at 18 °C, whereas 15 other genes were up-regulated at 28 °C. Among the thermoregulated loci, genes involved in primary bacterial metabolism, membrane-related proteins, fitness-corresponding factors, and several hypothetical proteins were found. The Tn5 mutants were tested for their pathogenicity in planta and for features that are likely to remain important for the pathogen to succeed in the (plant) environment. Five Tn5 mutants expressed visible phenotypes differentiating these mutants from the phenotype of the SCRI1043 wild-type strain. The gene disruptions in the Tn5 transposon mutants caused alterations in bacterial generation time, ability to form a biofilm, production of lipopolysaccharides, and virulence on potato tuber slices. The consequences of environmental temperature on the ability of P. atrosepticum to cause disease symptoms in potato are discussed.
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Tanui CK, Shyntum DY, Sedibane PK, Bellieny-Rabelo D, Moleleki LN. Pectobacterium brasiliense 1692 Chemotactic Responses and the Role of Methyl-Accepting Chemotactic Proteins in Ecological Fitness. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:650894. [PMID: 33968106 PMCID: PMC8100591 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.650894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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To adapt to changing environmental niches, bacteria require taxis, a movement toward or away from a stimulus (ligand). Chemotaxis has been studied in some members of the Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae (SRP), particularly members of the genus Dickeya. On the contrary, there are fewer studies on this topic for the other genus in the SRP group, namely Pectobacterium. This study evaluated chemotactic responses in Pectobacterium brasiliense (Pb 1692) to various ligands. A total of 34 methyl-accepting chemotactic proteins (MCPs) were identified in the Pb 1692 genome and the domain architectures of these MCPs were determined. Four Pb 1692 MCPs previously shown to be differentially expressed during potato tuber infection were selected for further functional characterization. Toward this end, Pb 1692 mutant strains each lacking either AED-0001492, AED-0003671, AED-0000304, or AED-0000744 were generated. Two of these mutants (AED-0001492 and AED-0003671), were attenuated in their ability to grow and respond to citrate and are thus referred to as MCP cit2 and MCP cit1 , respectively, while the other two, AED-0000304 (MCP xyl ) and AED-0000744 (MCP asp ), were affected in their ability to respond to xylose and aspartate, respectively. Trans-complementation of the mutant strains restored swimming motility in the presence of respective ligands. The four MCP mutants were not affected in virulence but were significantly attenuated in their ability to attach to potato leaves suggesting that ecological fitness is an important contribution of these MCPs toward Pb 1692 biology.
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Bourigault Y, Chane A, Barbey C, Jafra S, Czajkowski R, Latour X. Biosensors Used for Epifluorescence and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopies to Study Dickeya and Pectobacterium Virulence and Biocontrol. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9020295. [PMID: 33535657 PMCID: PMC7912877 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9020295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Promoter-probe vectors carrying fluorescent protein-reporter genes are powerful tools used to study microbial ecology, epidemiology, and etiology. In addition, they provide direct visual evidence of molecular interactions related to cell physiology and metabolism. Knowledge and advances carried out thanks to the construction of soft-rot Pectobacteriaceae biosensors, often inoculated in potato Solanum tuberosum, are discussed in this review. Under epifluorescence and confocal laser scanning microscopies, Dickeya and Pectobacterium-tagged strains managed to monitor in situ bacterial viability, microcolony and biofilm formation, and colonization of infected plant organs, as well as disease symptoms, such as cell-wall lysis and their suppression by biocontrol antagonists. The use of dual-colored reporters encoding the first fluorophore expressed from a constitutive promoter as a cell tag, while a second was used as a regulator-based reporter system, was also used to simultaneously visualize bacterial spread and activity. This revealed the chronology of events leading to tuber maceration and quorum-sensing communication, in addition to the disruption of the latter by biocontrol agents. The promising potential of these fluorescent biosensors should make it possible to apprehend other activities, such as subcellular localization of key proteins involved in bacterial virulence in planta, in the near future.
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- Yvann Bourigault
- Laboratory of Microbiology Signals and Microenvironment (LMSM EA 4312), University of Rouen Normandy, 55 rue Saint-Germain, F-27000 Evreux, France; (Y.B.); (A.C.); (C.B.)
- Research Federations NORVEGE Fed4277 & NORSEVE, Normandy University, F-76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratory of Microbiology Signals and Microenvironment (LMSM EA 4312), University of Rouen Normandy, 55 rue Saint-Germain, F-27000 Evreux, France; (Y.B.); (A.C.); (C.B.)
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- Laboratory of Microbiology Signals and Microenvironment (LMSM EA 4312), University of Rouen Normandy, 55 rue Saint-Germain, F-27000 Evreux, France; (Y.B.); (A.C.); (C.B.)
- Research Federations NORVEGE Fed4277 & NORSEVE, Normandy University, F-76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Division of Biological Plant Protection, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG, University of Gdansk, ul. A. Abrahama 58, 80-307 Gdansk, Poland;
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- Division of Biologically Active Compounds, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG, University of Gdansk, ul. A. Abrahama 58, 80-307 Gdansk, Poland
- Correspondence: (R.C.); (X.L.); Tel.: +48-58-523-63-33 (R.C.); +33-235-146-000 (X.L.)
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- Laboratory of Microbiology Signals and Microenvironment (LMSM EA 4312), University of Rouen Normandy, 55 rue Saint-Germain, F-27000 Evreux, France; (Y.B.); (A.C.); (C.B.)
- Research Federations NORVEGE Fed4277 & NORSEVE, Normandy University, F-76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
- Correspondence: (R.C.); (X.L.); Tel.: +48-58-523-63-33 (R.C.); +33-235-146-000 (X.L.)
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Oulghazi S, Sarfraz S, Zaczek-Moczydłowska MA, Khayi S, Ed-Dra A, Lekbach Y, Campbell K, Novungayo Moleleki L, O’Hanlon R, Faure D. Pectobacterium brasiliense: Genomics, Host Range and Disease Management. Microorganisms 2021; 9:E106. [PMID: 33466309 PMCID: PMC7824751 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9010106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Pectobacterium brasiliense (Pbr) is considered as one of the most virulent species among the Pectobacteriaceae. This species has a broad host range within horticulture crops and is well distributed elsewhere. It has been found to be pathogenic not only in the field causing blackleg and soft rot of potato, but it is also transmitted via storage causing soft rot of other vegetables. Genomic analysis and other cost-effective molecular detection methods such as a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) are essential to investigate the ecology and pathogenesis of the Pbr. The lack of fast, field deployable point-of-care testing (POCT) methods, specific control strategies and current limited genomic knowledge make management of this species difficult. Thus far, no comprehensive review exists about Pbr, however there is an intense need to research the biology, detection, pathogenicity and management of Pbr, not only because of its fast distribution across Europe and other countries but also due to its increased survival to various climatic conditions. This review outlines the information available in peer-reviewed literature regarding host range, detection methods, genomics, geographical distribution, nomenclature and taxonomical evolution along with some of the possible management and control strategies. In summary, the conclusions and a further directions highlight the management of this species.
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- Said Oulghazi
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Moulay Ismaïl University, BP.11201, Zitoune Meknes 50000, Morocco; (S.O.); (A.E.-D.)
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA CNRS University Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan;
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University, Belfast BT9 5DL, UK; (M.A.Z.-M.); (K.C.)
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- Biotechnology Research Unit, CRRA-Rabat, National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Rabat 10101, Morocco;
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Moulay Ismaïl University, BP.11201, Zitoune Meknes 50000, Morocco; (S.O.); (A.E.-D.)
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China;
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University, Belfast BT9 5DL, UK; (M.A.Z.-M.); (K.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa;
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- Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, 18a Newforge Lane, Belfast BT9 5PX, UK;
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, D02 WK12 Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA CNRS University Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Liu Y, Helmann TC, Stodghill P, Filiatrault MJ. Complete Genome Sequence Resource for the Necrotrophic Plant-Pathogenic Bacterium Pectobacterium carotovorum WPP14. PLANT DISEASE 2021; 105:196-198. [PMID: 32720879 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-20-1059-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Pectobacterium spp. are a major cause of loss in vegetable and ornamental plant production. One of these species, Pectobacterium carotovorum, can cause soft rot disease on many plants, particularly potato. These diseases lead to significant economic loss and pose food security threats by reducing crop yields in the field, in transit, and during storage. The Gram-negative enterobacterium P. carotovorum WPP14 is a particularly virulent strain for which there is no available closed genome, limiting the molecular research for this important pathogen. Here, we report a high-quality complete and annotated genome sequence of P. carotovorum WPP14. The 4,892,225-bp genome was assembled with Nanopore reads and polished with Illumina reads, yielding 394× and 164× coverage, respectively. This closed genome provides a resource for research on improved detection and biology of P. carotovorum, which could translate into improved disease management.
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- Yingyu Liu
- School of Integrative Plant Science, Section of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A
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- Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research Unit, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Section of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A
- Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research Unit, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Section of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A
- Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research Unit, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A
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Host Specificity and Differential Pathogenicity of Pectobacterium Strains from Dicot and Monocot Hosts. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8101479. [PMID: 32993160 PMCID: PMC7599833 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8101479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Recent phylogenetic studies have transferred certain isolates from monocot plants previously included in the heterogeneous group of Pectobacteriumcarotovorum (Pc) to a species level termed Pectobacterium aroidearum. The specificity of Pectobacterium associated infections had received less attention, and may be of high scientific and economic importance. Here, we have characterized differential responses of Pectobacterium isolates from potato (WPP14) and calla lily (PC16) on two typical hosts: Brassica oleracea var. capitata (cabbage) a dicot host; and Zantedeschia aethiopica (calla lily) a monocot host. The results revealed clear host specific responses following infection with the two bacterial strains. This was demonstrated by differential production of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and the expression of plant defense-related genes (pal, PR-1, lox2, ast). A related pattern was observed in bacterial responses to each of the host’s extract, with differential expression of virulence-related determinants and genes associated with quorum-sensing and plant cell wall-degrading enzymes. The differences were associated with each strain’s competence on its respective host.
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Narváez-Barragán DA, Tovar-Herrera OE, Torres M, Rodríguez M, Humphris S, Toth IK, Segovia L, Serrano M, Martínez-Anaya C. Expansin-like Exl1 from Pectobacterium is a virulence factor required for host infection, and induces a defence plant response involving ROS, and jasmonate, ethylene and salicylic acid signalling pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana. Sci Rep 2020; 10:7747. [PMID: 32385404 PMCID: PMC7210985 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64529-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Expansins are encoded by some phytopathogenic bacteria and evidence indicates that they act as virulence factors for host infection. Here we analysed the expression of exl1 by Pectobacterium brasiliense and Pectobacterium atrosepticum. In both, exl1 gene appears to be under quorum sensing control, and protein Exl1 can be observed in culture medium and during plant infection. Expression of exl1 correlates with pathogen virulence, where symptoms are reduced in a Δexl1 mutant strain of P. atrosepticum. As well as Δexl1 exhibiting less maceration of potato plants, fewer bacteria are observed at distance from the inoculation site. However, bacteria infiltrated into the plant tissue are as virulent as the wild type, suggesting that this is due to alterations in the initial invasion of the tissue. Additionally, swarming from colonies grown on MacConkey soft agar was delayed in the mutant in comparison to the wild type. We found that Exl1 acts on the plant tissue, probably by remodelling of a cell wall component or altering the barrier properties of the cell wall inducing a plant defence response, which results in the production of ROS and the induction of marker genes of the JA, ET and SA signalling pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana. Exl1 inactive mutants fail to trigger such responses. This defence response is protective against Pectobacterium brasiliense and Botrytis cinerea in more than one plant species.
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- Delia A Narváez-Barragán
- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 7610001, Rehovot, Israel
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 62110, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK
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- The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 62110, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
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Hua GKH, Ali E, Ji P. Characterization of bacterial pathogens causing fruit soft rot and stem blight of bell pepper in Georgia, USA. JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY 2020; 102:311-318. [DOI: 10.1007/s42161-019-00456-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2019] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Autographivirinae Bacteriophage Arno 160 Infects Pectobacterium carotovorum via Depolymerization of the Bacterial O-Polysaccharide. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21093170. [PMID: 32365879 PMCID: PMC7246868 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21093170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Phytopathogenic bacteria belonging to the Pectobacterium and Dickeya genera (soft-rot Pectobacteriaceae) are in the focus of agriculture-related microbiology because of their diversity, their substantial negative impact on the production of potatoes and vegetables, and the prospects of bacteriophage applications for disease control. Because of numerous amendments in the taxonomy of P. carotovorum, there are still a few studied sequenced strains among this species. The present work reports on the isolation and characterization of the phage infectious to the type strain of P. carotovorum. The phage Arno 160 is a lytic Podovirus representing a potential new genus of the subfamily Autographivirinae. It recognizes O-polysaccahride of the host strain and depolymerizes it in the process of infection using a rhamnosidase hydrolytic mechanism. Despite the narrow host range of this phage, it is suitable for phage control application.
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Genome-Wide Analyses Revealed Remarkable Heterogeneity in Pathogenicity Determinants, Antimicrobial Compounds, and CRISPR-Cas Systems of Complex Phytopathogenic Genus Pectobacterium. Pathogens 2019; 8:pathogens8040247. [PMID: 31756888 PMCID: PMC6963963 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens8040247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Revised: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The Pectobacterium genus comprises pectolytic enterobacteria defined as the causal agents of soft rot, blackleg, and aerial stem rot diseases of potato and economically important crops. In this study, we undertook extensive genome-wide comparative analyses of twelve species that conform the Pectobacterium genus. Bioinformatics approaches outlined a low nucleotide identity of P. parmentieri and P. wasabiae with other species, while P. carotovorum subsp. odoriferum was shown to harbor numerous pseudogenes, which suggests low coding capacity and genomic degradation. The genome atlases allowed for distinguishing distinct DNA structures and highlighted suspicious high transcription zones. The analyses unveiled a noteworthy heterogeneity in the pathogenicity determinants. Specifically, phytotoxins, polysaccharides, iron uptake systems, and the type secretion systems III-V were observed in just some species. Likewise, a comparison of gene clusters encoding antimicrobial compounds put in evidence for high conservation of carotovoricin, whereas a few species possessed the phenazine, carbapenem, and carocins. Moreover, three clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-Cas (CRISPR-Cas) systems: I-E, I-F, and III-A were identified. Surrounding some CRISPR-Cas regions, different toxin and antitoxin systems were found, which suggests bacterial suicide in the case of an immune system failure. Multiple whole-genome alignments shed light on to the presence of a novel cellobiose phosphotransferase system (PTS) exclusive to P. parmenteri, and an unreported T5SS conserved in almost all species. Several regions that were associated with virulence, microbe antagonism, and adaptive immune systems were predicted within genomic islands, which underscored the essential role that horizontal gene transfer has imparted in the dynamic evolution and speciation of Pectobacterium species. Overall, the results decipher the different strategies that each species has developed to infect their hosts, outcompete for food resources, and defend against bacteriophages. Our investigation provides novel genetic insights that will assist in understanding the pathogenic lifestyle of Pectobacterium, a genus that jeopardizes the agriculture sustainability of important crops worldwide.
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Waleron M, Misztak A, Waleron M, Franczuk M, Jońca J, Wielgomas B, Mikiciński A, Popović T, Waleron K. Pectobacterium zantedeschiae sp. nov. a new species of a soft rot pathogen isolated from Calla lily (Zantedeschia spp.). Syst Appl Microbiol 2019; 42:275-283. [DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2018.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Revised: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 08/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Waleron M, Misztak A, Waleron M, Jonca J, Furmaniak M, Waleron K. Pectobacterium polonicum sp. nov. isolated from vegetable fields. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1751-1759. [PMID: 30973319 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped pectinolytic bacteria strains designated as DPMP315T, DPMP316, DPMP317 and DPMP318 isolated from groundwater sampled from a vegetable field in the North of Poland, were subjected to the polyphasic analyses. Multilocus sequence analyses based on five housekeeping genes (gyrA, recA, recN, rpoA and rpoS) revealed their distinctiveness from the other species of the genus, simultaneously indicating that the newly described species, Pectobacterium punjabense, as well as Pectobacterium parmentieri and P. wasabiae, to be the closest relatives. In silico DNA-DNA hybridization (<43.1 %) and average nucleotide identity (<92.5 %) values of strain DPMP315T with other type strains of species of the genus Pectobacterium supported the delineation of the novel strain as representing a novel species. The phenotypic comparisons, fatty acid methyl esters compositions, genetic rep PCR fingerprint and detailed whole-cell MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry proteomic profiles permitted the differentiation of Polish strains from the type strains of all other known species of the genus Pectobacterium. The results of polyphasic analyses performed for four Polish strains are the basis for the distinction of the novel species. Here, we propose to establish DPMP315T as a type strain (=PCM3006T=LMG 31077T) with the name Pectobacterium polonicum sp. nov.
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- Malgorzata Waleron
- 1Department of Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Abrahama, Poland
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- 1Department of Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Abrahama, Poland
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- 1Department of Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Abrahama, Poland
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- 2Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy with Subfaculty of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- 2Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy with Subfaculty of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- 2Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy with Subfaculty of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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Li X, Ma Y, Liang S, Tian Y, Yin S, Xie S, Xie H. Comparative genomics of 84 Pectobacterium genomes reveals the variations related to a pathogenic lifestyle. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:889. [PMID: 30526490 PMCID: PMC6286560 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-5269-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Pectobacterium spp. are necrotrophic bacterial plant pathogens of the family Pectobacteriaceae, responsible for a wide spectrum of diseases of important crops and ornamental plants including soft rot, blackleg, and stem wilt. P. carotovorum is a genetically heterogeneous species consisting of three valid subspecies, P. carotovorum subsp. brasiliense (Pcb), P. carotovorum subsp. carotovorum (Pcc), and P. carotovorum subsp. odoriferum (Pco). RESULTS Thirty-two P. carotovorum strains had their whole genomes sequenced, including the first complete genome of Pco and another circular genome of Pcb, as well as the high-coverage genome sequences for 30 additional strains covering Pcc, Pcb, and Pco. In combination with 52 other publicly available genome sequences, the comparative genomics study of P. carotovorum and other four closely related species P. polaris, P. parmentieri, P. atrosepticum, and Candidatus P. maceratum was conducted focusing on CRISPR-Cas defense systems and pathogenicity determinants. Our analysis identified two CRISPR-Cas types (I-F and I-E) in Pectobacterium, as well as another I-C type in Dickeya that is not found in Pectobacterium. The core pathogenicity factors (e.g., plant cell wall-degrading enzymes) were highly conserved, whereas some factors (e.g., flagellin, siderophores, polysaccharides, protein secretion systems, and regulatory factors) were varied among these species and/or subspecies. Notably, a novel type of T6SS as well as the sorbitol metabolizing srl operon was identified to be specific to Pco in Pectobacterium. CONCLUSIONS This study not only advances the available knowledge about the genetic differentiation of individual subspecies of P. carotovorum, but also delineates the general genetic features of P. carotovorum by comparison with its four closely related species, thereby substantially enriching the extent of information now available for functional genomic investigations about Pectobacterium.
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- Xiaoying Li
- Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100097 People’s Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing, 100097 People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100097 People’s Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing, 100097 People’s Republic of China
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- Health Time Gene Institute, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000 People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100097 People’s Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing, 100097 People’s Republic of China
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- Health Time Gene Institute, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000 People’s Republic of China
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- Health Time Gene Institute, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000 People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100097 People’s Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing, 100097 People’s Republic of China
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Zhang J, Hu J, Shen H, Zhang Y, Sun D, Pu X, Yang Q, Fan Q, Lin B. Genomic analysis of the Phalaenopsis pathogen Dickeya sp. PA1, representing the emerging species Dickeya fangzhongdai. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:782. [PMID: 30373513 PMCID: PMC6206727 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-5154-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dickeya sp. strain PA1 is the causal agent of bacterial soft rot in Phalaenopsis, an important indoor orchid in China. PA1 and a few other strains were grouped into a novel species, Dickeya fangzhongdai, and only the orchid-associated strains have been shown to cause soft rot symptoms. METHODS We constructed the complete PA1 genome sequence and used comparative genomics to explore the differences in genomic features between D. fangzhongdai and other Dickeya species. RESULTS PA1 has a 4,979,223-bp circular genome with 4269 predicted protein-coding genes. D. fangzhongdai was phylogenetically similar to Dickeya solani and Dickeya dadantii. The type I to type VI secretion systems (T1SS-T6SS), except for the stt-type T2SS, were identified in D. fangzhongdai. The three phylogenetically similar species varied significantly in terms of their T5SSs and T6SSs, as did the different D. fangzhongdai strains. Genomic island (GI) prediction and synteny analysis (compared to D. fangzhongdai strains) of PA1 also indicated the presence of T5SSs and T6SSs in strain-specific regions. Two typical CRISPR arrays were identified in D. fangzhongdai and in most other Dickeya species, except for D. solani. CRISPR-1 was present in all of these Dickeya species, while the presence of CRISPR-2 varied due to species differentiation. A large polyketide/nonribosomal peptide (PK/NRP) cluster, similar to the zeamine biosynthetic gene cluster in Dickeya zeae rice strains, was discovered in D. fangzhongdai and D. solani. The D. fangzhongdai and D. solani strains might recently have acquired this gene cluster by horizontal gene transfer (HGT). CONCLUSIONS Orchid-associated strains are the typical members of D. fangzhongdai. Genomic analysis of PA1 suggested that this strain presents the genomic characteristics of this novel species. Considering the absence of the stt-type T2SS, the presence of CRISPR loci and the zeamine biosynthetic gene cluster, D. fangzhongdai is likely a transitional form between D. dadantii and D. solani. This is supported by the later acquisition of the zeamine cluster and the loss of CRISPR arrays by D. solani. Comparisons of phylogenetic positions and virulence determinants could be helpful for the effective quarantine and control of this emerging species.
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- Jingxin Zhang
- Key Laboratory of New Techniques for Plant Protection in Guangdong, Institute of Plant Protection, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640 China
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
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- Key Laboratory of New Techniques for Plant Protection in Guangdong, Institute of Plant Protection, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640 China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
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- Key Laboratory of New Techniques for Plant Protection in Guangdong, Institute of Plant Protection, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640 China
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- Key Laboratory of New Techniques for Plant Protection in Guangdong, Institute of Plant Protection, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640 China
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- Key Laboratory of New Techniques for Plant Protection in Guangdong, Institute of Plant Protection, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640 China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
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- Key Laboratory of New Techniques for Plant Protection in Guangdong, Institute of Plant Protection, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640 China
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Ma X, Schloop A, Swingle B, Perry KL. Pectobacterium and Dickeya Responsible for Potato Blackleg Disease in New York State in 2016. PLANT DISEASE 2018; 102:1834-1840. [PMID: 30125186 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-10-17-1595-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Beginning in 2014, outbreaks of blackleg disease compromised potato (Solanum tuberosum) production in the northeastern United States. Disease severity was atypical for plantings with certified seed. During 2016, 43 samples with blackleg symptoms were analyzed, originating from more than 20 farms operating in New York State. A combination of techniques was employed to identify the blackleg pathogens: isolation in vitro, diagnostic PCR assays for Pectobacterium and Dickeya sp., pathogenicity assays, and DNA sequencing. Twenty-three bacterial isolates were obtained, the majority of which were designated D. dianthicola or P. parmentieri; two of the isolates were designated P. atrosepticum. All isolates were pathogenic in stem lesion and tuber soft rot assays and exhibited pectin degrading activity (pitting) in crystal violet pectate agar medium. Phylogenetic analyses of dnaX gene sequences placed all but one of the isolates into clades corresponding to D. dianthicola, P. parmentieri, or P. atrosepticum. One atypical isolate clustered with P. carotovorum subspecies. Data are consistent with the hypothesis that D. dianthicola from New York and the northeast are part of a single clade, and at least three different soft rot bacteria were associated with blackleg during 2016 in New York.
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- Xing Ma
- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research Unit, Robert W. Holley Center, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, NY 14853; and Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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Grinter R, Hay ID, Song J, Wang J, Teng D, Dhanesakaran V, Wilksch JJ, Davies MR, Littler D, Beckham SA, Henderson IR, Strugnell RA, Dougan G, Lithgow T. FusC, a member of the M16 protease family acquired by bacteria for iron piracy against plants. PLoS Biol 2018; 16:e2006026. [PMID: 30071011 PMCID: PMC6071955 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2006026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Iron is essential for life. Accessing iron from the environment can be a limiting factor that determines success in a given environmental niche. For bacteria, access of chelated iron from the environment is often mediated by TonB-dependent transporters (TBDTs), which are β-barrel proteins that form sophisticated channels in the outer membrane. Reports of iron-bearing proteins being used as a source of iron indicate specific protein import reactions across the bacterial outer membrane. The molecular mechanism by which a folded protein can be imported in this way had remained mysterious, as did the evolutionary process that could lead to such a protein import pathway. How does the bacterium evolve the specificity factors that would be required to select and import a protein encoded on another organism's genome? We describe here a model whereby the plant iron-bearing protein ferredoxin can be imported across the outer membrane of the plant pathogen Pectobacterium by means of a Brownian ratchet mechanism, thereby liberating iron into the bacterium to enable its growth in plant tissues. This import pathway is facilitated by FusC, a member of the same protein family as the mitochondrial processing peptidase (MPP). The Brownian ratchet depends on binding sites discovered in crystal structures of FusC that engage a linear segment of the plant protein ferredoxin. Sequence relationships suggest that the bacterial gene encoding FusC has previously unappreciated homologues in plants and that the protein import mechanism employed by the bacterium is an evolutionary echo of the protein import pathway in plant mitochondria and plastids.
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- Rhys Grinter
- Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Peter Doherty Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Peter Doherty Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Peter Doherty Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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Waleron M, Misztak A, Waleron M, Franczuk M, Wielgomas B, Waleron K. Transfer of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum strains isolated from potatoes grown at high altitudes to Pectobacterium peruviense sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 41:85-93. [PMID: 29325987 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2017.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Revised: 11/02/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Seven Gram-negative, rod-shaped pectinolytic bacteria strains designated as IFB5227, IFB5228, IFB5229, IFB5230, IFB5231, IFB5232, IFB5636, isolated from potato tubers cultivated in Peru at high altitude (2400-3800m) were subjected to polyphasic analyses that revealed their distinctiveness from the other Pectobacterium species. Phylogenetic analyses based on five housekeeping genes (gyrA, recA, recN, rpoA and rpoS) clearly showed strains separateness, simultaneously indicating Pectobacterium atrosepticum, Pectobacterium wasabiae, Pectobacterium parmentieri and Pectobacterium betavasculorum as the closest relatives. In silico DNA-DNA hybridization of strain IFB5232T with other Pectobacterium type strains revealed significant drop in DDH value below 70%, which is a prerequisite to distinguish Pectobacterium peruviense. The ANI values supported the proposition of delineation of the P. peruviense. Genetic REP-PCR fingerprint and detailed MALDI-TOF MS proteomic profile sealed the individuality of the studied strains. However, phenotypic assays do not indicate immense differences. Provided results of analyses performed for seven Peruvian strains are the basis for novel species distinction and reclassification of the strains IFB5227-5232 and IFB5636, previously classified as Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum. Here, we propose to establish the IFB5232 isolate as a type strain (=PCM2893T=LMG30269T=SCRI179T) with the name Pectobacterium peruviense sp. nov.
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- Malgorzata Waleron
- Department of Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Abrahama 58, 80-307 Gdansk, Poland.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Abrahama 58, 80-307 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Abrahama 58, 80-307 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Al. Gen. Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Gdansk, Al. Gen. Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Al. Gen. Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdansk, Poland
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Udaondo Z, Duque E, Ramos JL. The pangenome of the genus Clostridium. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:2588-2603. [PMID: 28321969 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2017] [Revised: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The pangenome for the genus Clostridium sensu stricto, which was obtained using highly curated and annotated genomes from 16 species is presented; some of these cause disease, while others are used for the production of added-value chemicals. Multilocus sequencing analysis revealed that species of this genus group into at least two clades that include non-pathogenic and pathogenic strains, suggesting that pathogenicity is dispersed across the phylogenetic tree. The core genome of the genus includes 546 protein families, which mainly comprise those involved in protein translation and DNA repair. The GS-GOGAT may represent the central pathway for generating organic nitrogen from inorganic nitrogen sources. Glycerol and glucose metabolism genes are well represented in the core genome together with a set of energy conservation systems. A metabolic network comprising proteins/enzymes, RNAs and metabolites, whose topological structure is a non-random and scale-free network with hierarchically structured modules was built. These modules shed light on the interactions between RNAs, proteins and metabolites, revealing biological features of transcription and translation, cell wall biosynthesis, C1 metabolism and N metabolism. Network analysis identified four nodes that function as hubs and bottlenecks, namely, coenzyme A, HPr kinases, S-adenosylmethionine and the ribonuclease P-protein, suggesting pivotal roles for them in Clostridium.
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- Zulema Udaondo
- Calle Energía Solar 1, Building D, Campus Palmas Altas, Abengoa Research, Biotechnology Technological Area, Sevilla, 41014, Spain.,Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, EEZ, Environmental Protection Department, C/Profesor Albareda 1, Granada, 18008, Spain
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- Calle Energía Solar 1, Building D, Campus Palmas Altas, Abengoa Research, Biotechnology Technological Area, Sevilla, 41014, Spain.,Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, EEZ, Environmental Protection Department, C/Profesor Albareda 1, Granada, 18008, Spain
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- Calle Energía Solar 1, Building D, Campus Palmas Altas, Abengoa Research, Biotechnology Technological Area, Sevilla, 41014, Spain.,Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, EEZ, Environmental Protection Department, C/Profesor Albareda 1, Granada, 18008, Spain
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Kwenda S, Motlolometsi TV, Birch PRJ, Moleleki LN. RNA-seq Profiling Reveals Defense Responses in a Tolerant Potato Cultivar to Stem Infection by Pectobacterium carotovorum ssp. brasiliense. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1905. [PMID: 28066465 PMCID: PMC5167753 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense is a member of the soft rot Enterobacteriaceae (SRE) family that causes tuber soft rot and blackleg diseases of stems in potato plants. Currently, there are no effective chemical strategies for the control of members of the SRE. Thus, an understanding of the inducible defense responses in stems of potato plants is important, particularly during colonization of the vascular system. Here, time-course RNA-sequencing analysis was used to compare expressed genes between a susceptible potato cultivar (Solanum tuberosum cv Valor) and a tolerant cultivar (S. tuberosum cv BP1) at 0, 6, 12, 24, and 72 h post-inoculation with P. c. brasiliense. In total, we identified 6139 and 8214 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the tolerant and susceptible cultivars, compared to mock-inoculated controls, respectively. Key DEGs distinguishing between tolerance and susceptibility were associated with negative regulation of cell death and plant-type cell wall organization/biogenesis biological processes in the tolerant and susceptible cultivars, respectively. Among these were DEGs involved in signaling (mainly MAPK cascade and ethylene pathway), defense-related transcription regulation including WRKY transcription factors, and downstream secondary cell biosynthesis. Together, our results suggest that S. tuberosum cv BP1 likely employs quantitative defense response against P. c. brasiliense. Overall, our study provides the first transcriptome-wide insight into the molecular basis of tolerance and/or resistance of potato stems to SRE infection.
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- Stanford Kwenda
- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Genomics Research Institute, University of PretoriaPretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Genomics Research Institute, University of PretoriaPretoria, South Africa
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- Division of Plant Sciences, James Hutton Institute, College of Life Sciences, University of DundeeDundee, UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Genomics Research Institute, University of PretoriaPretoria, South Africa
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Draft genome of a South African strain of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense. Braz J Microbiol 2016; 48:11-12. [PMID: 27939377 PMCID: PMC5221399 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjm.2016.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The draft genome of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense (Pcb) which causes blackleg of potato was submitted to the NCBI and released with reference number NZ_LGRF00000000.1. The estimated genome size based on the draft genome assembly is 4,820,279 bp from 33 contigs ranging in length from 444 to 1,660,019 nucleotides. The genome annotation showed 4250 putative genes, 4114 CDS and 43 pseudo-genes. Three complete rRNA gene species were detected: nine 5S, one 16S and one 23S. Other partial rRNA gene fragments were also identified, nine 16S rRNA and three 23S rRNA. A total of 69 tRNA genes and one ncRNA gene were also annotated in this genome.
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A re-evaluation of the taxonomy of phytopathogenic genera Dickeya and Pectobacterium using whole-genome sequencing data. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:252-259. [DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2016.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Revised: 02/07/2016] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Panda P, Vanga BR, Lu A, Fiers M, Fineran PC, Butler R, Armstrong K, Ronson CW, Pitman AR. Pectobacterium atrosepticum and Pectobacterium carotovorum Harbor Distinct, Independently Acquired Integrative and Conjugative Elements Encoding Coronafacic Acid that Enhance Virulence on Potato Stems. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:397. [PMID: 27065965 PMCID: PMC4814525 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) play a central role in the evolution of bacterial virulence, their transmission between bacteria often leading to the acquisition of virulence factors that alter host range or aggressiveness. Much is known about the functions of the virulence determinants that ICEs harbor, but little is understood about the cryptic effects of ICEs on their host cell. In this study, the importance of horizontally acquired island 2 (HAI2), an ICE in the genome of Pectobacterium atrosepticum SCRI1043, was studied using a strain in which the entire ICE had been removed by CRISPR-Cas-mediated genome editing. HAI2 encodes coronafacic acid, a virulence factor that enhances blackleg disease of potato stems caused by P. atrosepticum SCRI1043. As expected, deletion of HAI2 resulted in reduced blackleg symptoms in potato stems. A subsequent screen for HAI2-related ICEs in other strains of the Pectobacterium genus revealed their ubiquitous nature in P. atrosepticum. Yet, HAI2-related ICEs were only detected in the genomes of a few P. carotovorum strains. These strains were notable as blackleg causing strains belonging to two different subspecies of P. carotovorum. Sequence analysis of the ICEs in different strains of both P. atrosepticum and P. carotovorum confirmed that they were diverse and were present in different locations on the genomes of their bacterial host, suggesting that the cfa cluster was probably acquired independently on a number of occasions via chromosomal insertion of related ICEs. Excision assays also demonstrated that the ICEs in both P. atrosepticum and P. carotovorum are mobilized from the host chromosome. Thus, the future spread of these ICEs via lateral gene transfer might contribute to an increase in the prevalence of blackleg-causing strains of P. carotovorum.
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- Preetinanda Panda
- The Bio-Protection Research CentreLincoln, New Zealand
- Plant Pathology, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research LimitedLincoln, New Zealand
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- Plant Pathology, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research LimitedLincoln, New Zealand
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of OtagoDunedin, New Zealand
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- Plant Pathology, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research LimitedLincoln, New Zealand
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- Plant Pathology, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research LimitedLincoln, New Zealand
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- The Bio-Protection Research CentreLincoln, New Zealand
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of OtagoDunedin, New Zealand
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- Plant Pathology, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research LimitedLincoln, New Zealand
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of OtagoDunedin, New Zealand
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- The Bio-Protection Research CentreLincoln, New Zealand
- Plant Pathology, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research LimitedLincoln, New Zealand
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Khayi S, Blin P, Pédron J, Chong TM, Chan KG, Moumni M, Hélias V, Van Gijsegem F, Faure D. Population genomics reveals additive and replacing horizontal gene transfers in the emerging pathogen Dickeya solani. BMC Genomics 2015; 16:788. [PMID: 26467299 PMCID: PMC4607151 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1997-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 10/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dickeya solani is an emerging pathogen that causes soft rot and blackleg diseases in several crops including Solanum tuberosum, but little is known about its genomic diversity and evolution. RESULTS We combined Illumina and PacBio technologies to complete the genome sequence of D. solani strain 3337 that was used as a reference to compare with 19 other genomes (including that of the type strain IPO2222(T)) which were generated by Illumina technology. This population genomic analysis highlighted an unexpected variability among D. solani isolates since it led to the characterization of two distinct sub-groups within the D. solani species. This approach also revealed different types of variations such as scattered SNP/InDel variations as well as replacing and additive horizontal gene transfers (HGT). Infra-species (between the two D. solani sub-groups) and inter-species (between D. solani and D. dianthicola) replacing HGTs were observed. Finally, this work pointed that genetic and functional variation in the motility trait could contribute to aggressiveness variability in D. solani. CONCLUSIONS This work revealed that D. solani genomic variability may be caused by SNPs/InDels as well as replacing and additive HGT events, including plasmid acquisition; hence the D. solani genomes are more dynamic than that were previously proposed. This work alerts on precautions in molecular diagnosis of this emerging pathogen.
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- Slimane Khayi
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS CEA Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Saclay Plant Sciences, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France.
- Université Moulay Ismaïl, Faculté des Sciences, Département de Biologie, Meknès, Morocco.
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS CEA Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Saclay Plant Sciences, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France.
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- UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7618, IEES Paris (Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences), 7 Quai Saint bernard, 75005, Paris, France.
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- Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Université Moulay Ismaïl, Faculté des Sciences, Département de Biologie, Meknès, Morocco.
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- Fédération Nationale des Producteurs de Plants de Pomme de Terre-Recherche développement Promotion du Plant de Pomme de Terre (FN3PT-RD3PT), 75008, Paris, France.
- UMR 1349 IGEPP INRA - Agrocampus Ouest Rennes, 35653, LeRheu, France.
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- INRA, UMR 1392, IEES Paris (Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences), 7 Quai Saint Bernard, 75005, Paris, France.
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS CEA Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Saclay Plant Sciences, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France.
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Patterson AG, Chang JT, Taylor C, Fineran PC. Regulation of the Type I-F CRISPR-Cas system by CRP-cAMP and GalM controls spacer acquisition and interference. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:6038-48. [PMID: 26007654 PMCID: PMC4499141 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2015] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The CRISPR-Cas prokaryotic ‘adaptive immune systems’ represent a sophisticated defence strategy providing bacteria and archaea with protection from invading genetic elements, such as bacteriophages or plasmids. Despite intensive research into their mechanism and application, how CRISPR-Cas systems are regulated is less clear, and nothing is known about the regulation of Type I-F systems. We used Pectobacterium atrosepticum, a Gram-negative phytopathogen, to study CRISPR-Cas regulation, since it contains a single Type I-F system. The CRP-cAMP complex activated the cas operon, increasing the expression of the adaptation genes cas1 and cas2–3 in addition to the genes encoding the Csy surveillance complex. Mutation of crp or cyaA (encoding adenylate cyclase) resulted in reductions in both primed spacer acquisition and interference. Furthermore, we identified a galactose mutarotase, GalM, which reduced cas operon expression in a CRP- and CyaA-dependent manner. We propose that the Type I-F system senses metabolic changes, such as sugar availability, and regulates cas genes to initiate an appropriate defence response. Indeed, elevated glucose levels reduced cas expression in a CRP- and CyaA-dependent manner. Taken together, these findings highlight that a metabolite-sensing regulatory pathway controls expression of the Type I-F CRISPR-Cas system to modulate levels of adaptation and interference.
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- Adrian G Patterson
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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Czajkowski R, Ozymko Z, de Jager V, Siwinska J, Smolarska A, Ossowicki A, Narajczyk M, Lojkowska E. Genomic, proteomic and morphological characterization of two novel broad host lytic bacteriophages ΦPD10.3 and ΦPD23.1 infecting pectinolytic Pectobacterium spp. and Dickeya spp. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0119812. [PMID: 25803051 PMCID: PMC4372400 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2014] [Accepted: 02/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Pectinolytic Pectobacterium spp. and Dickeya spp. are necrotrophic bacterial pathogens of many important crops, including potato, worldwide. This study reports on the isolation and characterization of broad host lytic bacteriophages able to infect the dominant Pectobacterium spp. and Dickeya spp. affecting potato in Europe viz. Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum (Pcc), P. wasabiae (Pwa) and Dickeya solani (Dso) with the objective to assess their potential as biological disease control agents. Two lytic bacteriophages infecting stains of Pcc, Pwa and Dso were isolated from potato samples collected from two potato fields in central Poland. The ΦPD10.3 and ΦPD23.1 phages have morphology similar to other members of the Myoviridae family and the Caudovirales order, with a head diameter of 85 and 86 nm and length of tails of 117 and 121 nm, respectively. They were characterized for optimal multiplicity of infection, the rate of adsorption to the Pcc, Pwa and Dso cells, the latent period and the burst size. The phages were genotypically characterized with RAPD-PCR and RFLP techniques. The structural proteomes of both phages were obtained by fractionation of phage proteins by SDS-PAGE. Phage protein identification was performed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), genome sequencing and comparative genome analysis were used to gain knowledge of the length, organization and function of the ΦPD10.3 and ΦPD23.1 genomes. The potential use of ΦPD10.3 and ΦPD23.1 phages for the biocontrol of Pectobacterium spp. and Dickeya spp. infections in potato is discussed.
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- Robert Czajkowski
- Laboratory of Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Laboratory of Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Laboratory of Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Laboratory of Biological Plant Protection, Department of Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Laboratory of Plant Protection and Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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Karpinets TV, Park BH, Syed MH, Klotz MG, Uberbacher EC. Metabolic environments and genomic features associated with pathogenic and mutualistic interactions between bacteria and plants. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2014; 27:664-677. [PMID: 24580106 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-12-13-0368-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Genomic characteristics discriminating parasitic and mutualistic relationship of bacterial symbionts with plants are poorly understood. This study comparatively analyzed the genomes of 54 mutualists and pathogens to discover genomic markers associated with the different phenotypes. Using metabolic network models, we predict external environments associated with free-living and symbiotic lifestyles and quantify dependences of symbionts on the host in terms of the consumed metabolites. We show that specific differences between the phenotypes are pronounced at the levels of metabolic enzymes, especially carbohydrate active, and protein functions. Overall, biosynthetic functions are enriched and more diverse in plant mutualists whereas processes and functions involved in degradation and host invasion are enriched and more diverse in pathogens. A distinctive characteristic of plant pathogens is a putative novel secretion system with a circadian rhythm regulator. A specific marker of plant mutualists is the co-residence of genes encoding nitrogenase and ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO). We predict that RuBisCO is likely used in a putative metabolic pathway to supplement carbon obtained heterotrophically with low-cost assimilation of carbon from CO2. We validate results of the comparative analysis by predicting correct phenotype, pathogenic or mutualistic, for 20 symbionts in an independent set of 30 pathogens, mutualists, and commensals.
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Ma B, Charkowski AO, Glasner JD, Perna NT. Identification of host-microbe interaction factors in the genomes of soft rot-associated pathogens Dickeya dadantii 3937 and Pectobacterium carotovorum WPP14 with supervised machine learning. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:508. [PMID: 24952641 PMCID: PMC4079955 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2013] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background A wealth of genome sequences has provided thousands of genes of unknown function, but identification of functions for the large numbers of hypothetical genes in phytopathogens remains a challenge that impacts all research on plant-microbe interactions. Decades of research on the molecular basis of pathogenesis focused on a limited number of factors associated with long-known host-microbe interaction systems, providing limited direction into this challenge. Computational approaches to identify virulence genes often rely on two strategies: searching for sequence similarity to known host-microbe interaction factors from other organisms, and identifying islands of genes that discriminate between pathogens of one type and closely related non-pathogens or pathogens of a different type. The former is limited to known genes, excluding vast collections of genes of unknown function found in every genome. The latter lacks specificity, since many genes in genomic islands have little to do with host-interaction. Result In this study, we developed a supervised machine learning approach that was designed to recognize patterns from large and disparate data types, in order to identify candidate host-microbe interaction factors. The soft rot Enterobacteriaceae strains Dickeya dadantii 3937 and Pectobacterium carotovorum WPP14 were used for development of this tool, because these pathogens are important on multiple high value crops in agriculture worldwide and more genomic and functional data is available for the Enterobacteriaceae than any other microbial family. Our approach achieved greater than 90% precision and a recall rate over 80% in 10-fold cross validation tests. Conclusion Application of the learning scheme to the complete genome of these two organisms generated a list of roughly 200 candidates, many of which were previously not implicated in plant-microbe interaction and many of which are of completely unknown function. These lists provide new targets for experimental validation and further characterization, and our approach presents a promising pattern-learning scheme that can be generalized to create a resource to study host-microbe interactions in other bacterial phytopathogens. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-508) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Bing Ma
- Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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Naushad HS, Lee B, Gupta RS. Conserved signature indels and signature proteins as novel tools for understanding microbial phylogeny and systematics: identification of molecular signatures that are specific for the phytopathogenic genera Dickeya, Pectobacterium and Brenneria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:366-383. [DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.054213-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Genome sequences are enabling applications of different approaches to more clearly understand microbial phylogeny and systematics. Two of these approaches involve identification of conserved signature indels (CSIs) and conserved signature proteins (CSPs) that are specific for different lineages. These molecular markers provide novel and more definitive means for demarcation of prokaryotic taxa and for identification of species from these groups. Genome sequences are also enabling determination of phylogenetic relationships among species based upon sequences for multiple proteins. In this work, we have used all of these approaches for studying the phytopathogenic bacteria belonging to the genera
Dickeya
,
Pectobacterium
and
Brenneria
. Members of these genera, which cause numerous diseases in important food crops and ornamental plants, are presently distinguished mainly on the basis of their branching in phylogenetic trees. No biochemical or molecular characteristic is known that is uniquely shared by species from these genera. Hence, detailed studies using the above approaches were carried out on proteins from the genomes of these bacteria to identify molecular markers that are specific for them. In phylogenetic trees based upon concatenated sequences for 23 conserved proteins, members of the genera
Dickeya
,
Pectobacterium
and
Brenneria
formed a strongly supported clade within the other
Enterobacteriales
. Comparative analysis of protein sequences from the
Dickeya
,
Pectobacterium
and
Brenneria
genomes has identified 10 CSIs and five CSPs that are either uniquely or largely found in all genome-sequenced species from these genera, but not present in any other bacteria in the database. In addition, our analyses have identified 10 CSIs and 17 CSPs that are specifically present in either all or most sequenced
Dickeya
species/strains, and six CSIs and 19 CSPs that are uniquely found in the sequenced
Pectobacterium
genomes. Finally, our analysis also identified three CSIs and one CSP that are specifically shared by members of the genera
Pectobacterium
and
Brenneria
, but absent in species of the genus
Dickeya
, indicating that the former two genera shared a common ancestor exclusive of
Dickeya
. The identified CSIs and CSPs provide novel tools for identification of members of the genera
Dickeya
and
Pectobacterium
and for delimiting these taxa in molecular terms. Descriptions of the genera
Dickeya
and
Pectobacterium
have been revised to provide information for these molecular markers. Biochemical studies on these CSIs and CSPs, which are specific for these genera, may lead to discovery of novel properties that are unique to these bacteria and which could be targeted to develop antibacterial agents that are specific for these plant-pathogenic bacteria.
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- Hafiz Sohail Naushad
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
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Vinatzer BA, Monteil CL, Clarke CR. Harnessing population genomics to understand how bacterial pathogens emerge, adapt to crop hosts, and disseminate. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2014; 52:19-43. [PMID: 24820995 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-102313-045907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Crop diseases emerge without warning. In many cases, diseases cross borders, or even oceans, before plant pathologists have time to identify and characterize the causative agents. Genome sequencing, in combination with intensive sampling of pathogen populations and application of population genetic tools, is now providing the means to unravel how bacterial crop pathogens emerge from environmental reservoirs, how they evolve and adapt to crops, and what international and intercontinental routes they follow during dissemination. Here, we introduce the field of population genomics and review the population genomics research of bacterial plant pathogens over the past 10 years. We highlight the potential of population genomics for investigating plant pathogens, using examples of population genomics studies of human pathogens. We also describe the complementary nature of the fields of population genomics and molecular plant-microbe interactions and propose how to translate new insights into improved disease prevention and control.
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- Boris A Vinatzer
- Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061; ,
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Kubheka GC, Coutinho TA, Moleleki N, Moleleki LN. Colonization patterns of an mCherry-tagged Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense strain in potato plants. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2013; 103:1268-79. [PMID: 23758294 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-02-13-0049-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense is a newly identified member of the potato soft rot enterobacteriaceae. The pathogenesis of this pathogen is still poorly understood. In this study, an mCherry-P. carotovorum subsp. brasiliense-tagged strain was generated to study P. carotovorum subsp. brasiliense-potato plant interactions. Prior to use, the tagged strain was evaluated for in vitro growth, plasmid stability, and virulence on potato tubers and shown to be similar to the wild type. Four potato cultivars were evaluated for stem-based resistance against P. carotovorum subsp. brasiliense. Confocal laser-scanning microscopy and in vitro viable cell counts showed that P. carotovorum subsp. brasiliense is able to penetrate roots of a susceptible potato cultivar as early as 12 h postinoculation and migrate upward into aerial stem parts. Due to the phenotypic differences observed between tolerant and susceptible cultivars, a comparison of P. carotovorum subsp. brasiliense colonization patterns in these cultivars was undertaken. In the susceptible cultivar, P. carotovorum subsp. brasiliense cells colonized the xylem tissue, forming "biofilm-like" aggregates that led to occlusion of some of the vessels. In contrast, in the tolerant cultivar, P. carotovorum subsp. brasiliense appeared as free-swimming planktonic cells with no specific tissue localization. This suggests that there are resistance mechanisms in the tolerant cultivar that limit aggregation of P. carotovorum subsp. brasiliense in planta and, hence, the lack of symptom development in this cultivar.
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Kettani-Halabi M, Terta M, Amdan M, El Fahime EM, Bouteau F, Ennaji MM. An easy, simple inexpensive test for the specific detection of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum based on sequence analysis of the pmrA gene. BMC Microbiol 2013; 13:176. [PMID: 23890050 PMCID: PMC3765535 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2012] [Accepted: 07/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The species Pectobacterium carotovorum includes a diverse subspecies of bacteria that cause disease on a wide variety of plants. In Morocco, approximately 95% of the P. carotovorum isolates from potato plants with tuber soft rot are P. carotovorum subsp. carotovorum. However, identification of this pathogen is not always related to visual disease symptoms. This is especially true when different pathogen cause similar diseases on potato, citing as an example, P. carotovorum, P. atrosepticum and P. wasabiae. Numerous conventional methods were used to characterize Pectobacterium spp., including biochemical assays, specific PCR-based tests, and construction of phylogenetic trees by using gene sequences. In this study, an alternative method is presented using a gene linked to pathogenicity, in order to allow accuracy at subspecies level. The pmrA gene (response regulator) has been used for identification and analysis of the relationships among twenty nine Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum and other Pectobacterium subspecies. Results Phylogenetic analyses of pmrA sequences compared to ERIC-PCR and 16S rDNA sequencing, demonstrated that there is considerable genetic diversity in P. carotovorum subsp. carotovorum strains, which can be divided into two distinct groups within the same clade. Conclusions pmrA sequence analysis is likely to be a reliable tool to identify the subspecies Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum and estimate their genetic diversity.
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- Mohamed Kettani-Halabi
- Laboratoire de Virologie, Microbiologie et Qualité /Eco Toxicologie et Biodiversité, Université Hassan II Mohammedia-Casablanca, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques-Mohammedia-FSTM, BP 146, Mohammedia 20650, Maroc.
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Davidsson PR, Kariola T, Niemi O, Palva ET. Pathogenicity of and plant immunity to soft rot pectobacteria. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:191. [PMID: 23781227 PMCID: PMC3678301 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2013] [Accepted: 05/23/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Soft rot pectobacteria are broad host range enterobacterial pathogens that cause disease on a variety of plant species including the major crop potato. Pectobacteria are aggressive necrotrophs that harbor a large arsenal of plant cell wall-degrading enzymes as their primary virulence determinants. These enzymes together with additional virulence factors are employed to macerate the host tissue and promote host cell death to provide nutrients for the pathogens. In contrast to (hemi)biotrophs such as Pseudomonas, type III secretion systems (T3SS) and T3 effectors do not appear central to pathogenesis of pectobacteria. Indeed, recent genomic analysis of several Pectobacterium species including the emerging pathogen Pectobacterium wasabiae has shown that many strains lack the entire T3SS as well as the T3 effectors. Instead, this analysis has indicated the presence of novel virulence determinants. Resistance to broad host range pectobacteria is complex and does not appear to involve single resistance genes. Instead, activation of plant innate immunity systems including both SA (salicylic acid) and JA (jasmonic acid)/ET (ethylene)-mediated defenses appears to play a central role in attenuation of Pectobacterium virulence. These defenses are triggered by detection of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) or recognition of modified-self such as damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) and result in enhancement of basal immunity (PAMP/DAMP-triggered immunity or pattern-triggered immunity, PTI). In particular plant cell wall fragments released by the action of the degradative enzymes secreted by pectobacteria are major players in enhanced immunity toward these pathogens. Most notably bacterial pectin-degrading enzymes release oligogalacturonide (OG) fragments recognized as DAMPs activating innate immune responses. Recent progress in understanding OG recognition and signaling allows novel genetic screens for OG-insensitive mutants and will provide new insights into plant defense strategies against necrotrophs such as pectobacteria.
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- Division of Genetics, Department of Biosciences, University of HelsinkiHelsinki, Finland
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- Division of Genetics, Department of Biosciences, University of HelsinkiHelsinki, Finland
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- Division of Genetics, Department of Biosciences, University of HelsinkiHelsinki, Finland
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Hogan CS, Mole BM, Grant SR, Willis DK, Charkowski AO. The type III secreted effector DspE is required early in solanum tuberosum leaf infection by Pectobacterium carotovorum to cause cell death, and requires Wx(3-6)D/E motifs. PLoS One 2013; 8:e65534. [PMID: 23755246 PMCID: PMC3670860 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2013] [Accepted: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Pectobacterium species are enterobacterial plant-pathogens that cause soft rot disease in diverse plant species. Unlike hemi-biotrophic plant pathogenic bacteria, the type III secretion system (T3SS) of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum (P. carotovorum) appears to secrete only one effector protein, DspE. Previously, we found that the T3SS regulator HrpL and the effector DspE are required for P. carotovorum pathogenesis on leaves. Here, we identified genes up-regulated by HrpL, visualized expression of dspE in leaves, and established that DspE causes host cell death. DspE required its full length and WxxxE-like motifs, which are characteristic of the AvrE-family effectors, for host cell death. We also examined expression in plant leaves and showed that hrpL is required for the expression of dspE and hrpN, and that the loss of a functional T3SS had unexpected effects on expression of other genes during leaf infection. These data support a model where P. carotovorum uses the T3SS early in leaf infection to initiate pathogenesis through elicitation of DspE-mediated host cell death.
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- Clifford S. Hogan
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Biology and Curriculum in Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biology and Curriculum in Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Vegetable Crops Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Wei HL, Chakravarthy S, Worley JN, Collmer A. Consequences of flagellin export through the type III secretion system of Pseudomonas syringae reveal a major difference in the innate immune systems of mammals and the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana. Cell Microbiol 2013; 15:601-18. [PMID: 23107228 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2012] [Revised: 09/28/2012] [Accepted: 10/16/2012] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Bacterial flagellin is perceived as a microbe (or pathogen)-associated molecular pattern (MAMP or PAMP) by the extracellular pattern recognition receptors, FLS2 and TLR5, of plants and mammals respectively. Flagellin accidently translocated into mammalian cells by pathogen type III secretion systems (T3SSs) is recognized by nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptor NLRC4 as a pattern of pathogenesis and induces a death-associated immune response. The non-pathogen Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1, expressing a Pseudomonas syringae T3SS, and the plant pathogen P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000 were used to seek evidence of an analogous cytoplasmic recognition system for flagellin in the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana. Flagellin (FliC) was secreted in culture and translocated into plant cells by the T3SS expressed in Pf0-1 and DC3000 and in their ΔflgGHI flagellar pathway mutants. ΔfliC and ΔflgGHI mutants of Pf0-1 and DC3000 were strongly reduced in elicitation of reactive oxygen species production and in immunity induction as indicated by the ability of challenge bacteria inoculated 6 h later to translocate a type III effector-reporter and to elicit effector-triggered cell death. Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression in N. benthamiana of FliC with or without a eukaryotic export signal peptide, coupled with virus-induced gene silencing of FLS2, revealed no immune response that was not FLS2 dependent. Transiently expressed FliC from DC3000 and Pectobacterium carotovorum did notinduce cell death in N. benthamiana, tobacco or tomato leaves. Flagellin is the major Pseudomonas MAMP perceived by N. benthamiana, and although flagellin secretion through the plant cell wall by the T3SS may partially contribute to FLS2-dependent immunity, flagellin in the cytosol does not elicit immune-associated cell death. We postulate that a death response to translocated MAMPs would produce vulnerability to the many necrotrophic pathogens of plants, such as P. carotovorum, which differ from P. syringae and other (hemi)biotrophic pathogens in benefitting from death-associated immune responses.
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- Hai-Lei Wei
- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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Nykyri J, Niemi O, Koskinen P, Nokso-Koivisto J, Pasanen M, Broberg M, Plyusnin I, Törönen P, Holm L, Pirhonen M, Palva ET. Revised phylogeny and novel horizontally acquired virulence determinants of the model soft rot phytopathogen Pectobacterium wasabiae SCC3193. PLoS Pathog 2012; 8:e1003013. [PMID: 23133391 PMCID: PMC3486870 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2012] [Accepted: 09/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Soft rot disease is economically one of the most devastating bacterial diseases affecting plants worldwide. In this study, we present novel insights into the phylogeny and virulence of the soft rot model Pectobacterium sp. SCC3193, which was isolated from a diseased potato stem in Finland in the early 1980s. Genomic approaches, including proteome and genome comparisons of all sequenced soft rot bacteria, revealed that SCC3193, previously included in the species Pectobacterium carotovorum, can now be more accurately classified as Pectobacterium wasabiae. Together with the recently revised phylogeny of a few P. carotovorum strains and an increasing number of studies on P. wasabiae, our work indicates that P. wasabiae has been unnoticed but present in potato fields worldwide. A combination of genomic approaches and in planta experiments identified features that separate SCC3193 and other P. wasabiae strains from the rest of soft rot bacteria, such as the absence of a type III secretion system that contributes to virulence of other soft rot species. Experimentally established virulence determinants include the putative transcriptional regulator SirB, two partially redundant type VI secretion systems and two horizontally acquired clusters (Vic1 and Vic2), which contain predicted virulence genes. Genome comparison also revealed other interesting traits that may be related to life in planta or other specific environmental conditions. These traits include a predicted benzoic acid/salicylic acid carboxyl methyltransferase of eukaryotic origin. The novelties found in this work indicate that soft rot bacteria have a reservoir of unknown traits that may be utilized in the poorly understood latent stage in planta. The genomic approaches and the comparison of the model strain SCC3193 to other sequenced Pectobacterium strains, including the type strain of P. wasabiae, provides a solid basis for further investigation of the virulence, distribution and phylogeny of soft rot bacteria and, potentially, other bacteria as well.
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- Johanna Nykyri
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Plant Pathology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences, Division of Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences, Division of Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Plant Pathology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Plant Pathology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Biosciences, Division of Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences, Division of Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Plant Pathology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences, Division of Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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