臭矢菜丛枝病植原体的分子鉴定研究

 本实验采用DAPI荧光显微镜、PCR、克隆和测序等技术,对海南臭矢菜丛枝病样进行了检测和鉴定。以染病臭矢菜总DNA为模板应用3对植原体特异性引物进行PCR扩增,获得PCR产物为16S rDNA(1 430 bp)、16S-23S rDNA(358bp)、rp DNA(1 294 bp)。应用DNA回收试剂盒获得了3个PCR扩增片断的纯化产物,并克隆到DH5α大肠杆菌中测序。应用DNAMAN和MEGA软件对获得的序列与NCBI数据库中植原体序列进行同源性分析和构建系统发育树。结果显示臭矢菜丛枝病植原体与花生丛枝病植原体序列同源性最高,16S rDNA的序列同源性为99.9%,16S-23S rDNA高达100%,rp为99.7%,因而将臭矢菜丛枝病植原体归为花生丛枝组(16SrⅡ),根据16S rDNA的RFLP分析,将其归为16SrⅡ-A亚组。     

金莲花绿变植原体的分子鉴定

本研究对河北省大面积发生的金莲花绿变病的病原进行检测和鉴定。以金莲花叶片的总DNA为模板,使用植原体16S rDNA和核糖体蛋白(ribosomal protein)基因rp的特异性引物进行PCR扩增,在感病金莲花样品中扩增到植原体的16S rDNA(1 432 bp)片段和rp基因(1 240 bp)片段。序列分析发现,获得的16S rDNA和rp基因片段与洋葱黄化植原体Onion yellows phytoplasma(GenBank登录号:AP006628)的相似度最高,分别为99.9%和99.3%,确定金莲花绿变病的病原为植原体,暂命名为金莲花绿变植原体Trollius chinensis virescence phytoplasma。对金莲花绿变植原体的16S rDNA进行虚拟RFLP分析,发现其酶切图谱与16SrⅠ-B亚组的洋葱黄化植原体的参照图谱完全一致,相似系数1.00。16S rDNA和rp基因的系统发育进化树显示,金莲花绿变植原体与16SrⅠ-B亚组的植原体聚为一支,属于植原体16S rⅠ-B亚组。     

山东省枣疯病植原体的鉴定及分子变异分析

 本研究对山东省11个地区的枣疯病样品进行了鉴定和分子变异分析。以样品总DNA为模板,经扩增和序列测定,分别得到16S rRNA (1 432 bp)、核糖体蛋白基因rp (1 196 bp)、转运蛋白基因secA (836 bp) 和secY (1 421 bp) 的序列,secA基因序列是首次从枣疯病植原体中扩增获得。对获得的序列与NCBI数据库中相关植原体序列进行聚类和核苷酸变异分析,结果显示山东省枣疯病植原体属于16SrⅤ-B、rpⅤ-C、secYⅤ-C亚组,相对于16S rRNA基因,rp,secA和secY变异更大,非同义突变更多,更利于对国内不同来源的枣疯病植原体的精细系统进化分析。     

云南花生丛枝植原体16S rRNA和核糖体蛋白基因序列分析

 利用植原体16S rRNA基因及核糖体蛋白基因(ribosomal protein, rp)通用引物对发生在云南元谋的花生丛枝病病株DNA进行PCR扩增,并对扩增片段进行序列测定。扩增获得的云南元谋花生丛枝植原体(PnWB-YNym)16S rDNA、16S-23S rDNA和23S DNA片段总长1 806 bp,rp基因扩增片段长1 171 bp。云南株系与来源于台湾和海南的花生丛枝植原体均有较高同源性。比较16S rDNA片段,发现云南株系在5个位点上与来自台湾或海南的株系存在碱基差异,其中有1个位点的差异是云南元谋株系特异的;再分别比较核糖体蛋白rplV-rpsC 2个基因所编码的氨基酸序列,发现云南株系rpsC编码的第194位氨基酸与台湾和海南的株系存在差异。经16S rDNA片段系统进化及iPhyClassifier在线分析,表明PnWB-YNym在分类上属于16SrII-A亚组成员,与候选种‘Candidatus Phytoplasma australasiae’相关;基于rp基因构建的系统进化树表明,PnWB-YNym与16SrII-A亚组各成员聚为同一亚进化支(iii)。     

云南芝麻丛枝和花变叶植原体16S rRNA和rp基因序列分析

 本研究通过对表现出丛枝和花变叶症状的芝麻感病植株总DNA进行植原体16S rRNA和rp基因的PCR扩增、克隆、测序及序列分析,明确了两种病株的病原均为植原体,并将其命名为云南元谋芝麻丛枝植原体(SEWB-YNym)和云南元谋芝麻花变叶植原体(SEP-YNym)。两个株系的16S rRNA基因片段长度均为1 248 bp,并且碱基序列完全一致。通过与其他地区报道的芝麻植原体株系16S rRNA基因序列比对后发现这两个株系与来自缅甸的株系不存在位点差异,而与泰国、中国台湾、印度的株系分别存在3~6个位点差异。同时,还从两个株系中获得了长度均为1 171 bp并且碱基序列也完全一致的SEWB-YNym和SEP-YNym的rp基因序列。此rp基因序列包括全部rpl22基因(nt90-476)和部分rps3基因(nt550-1170),分别编码128和206个氨基酸。通过对16S rRNA和rp基因的序列进行同源性比对、构建系统进化树等分析,表明两个株系与候选种‘Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia'相关,为16SrII-A亚组成员,并归属于植原体rp-iii亚进化支。     

仙人掌丛枝病植原体检测和16S rDNA片段序列分析

 对仙人掌丛生幼嫩组织进行超薄切片电镜观察,在韧皮部筛管中存在大量植原体;根据植原体16S rRNA基因保守序列设计的通用引物对R16 F₂/R₂,应用PCR技术对仙人掌丛枝病进行分子检测,结果扩增到约1.2 kb的特异性片段,而在健康组织中却没有此特异片段;通过16S rDNA片段核酸序列同源性比较,结果表明仙人掌丛枝病植原体与花生丛枝病植原体亲缘关系最近,据此可初步判断仙人掌丛枝病植原体是一种属于16Sr Ⅱ组的植原体,基本确定了其分类地位。     

天津滨海新区泡桐丛枝病植原体16S rDNA基因序列分析

利用分子生物学技术对天津滨海新区泡桐丛枝病病原进行分类鉴定。采用植原体16S rDNA通用引物R16mF2/R16mR1对患病植株总DNA进行PCR扩增,得到约1.4 kb特异性片段。克隆测序、Blast比对和iPhyClassifier分析结果表明,天津滨海新区泡桐丛枝植原体16S rDNA基因片段长1 432 bp,与国内泡桐丛枝植原体PY株系相似性最高,达99.86%,归属于16SrI组(aster yellows group,翠菊黄化组)D亚组。系统树构建与分析显示,泡桐丛枝病天津滨海株PaWB-TJBH与16SrI其他亚组亲缘关系较近,同在16SrI组进化枝上,与16Sr I-D组亲缘关系最近;16S rDNA序列RFLP电子酶切图谱表明,PaWB-TJBH属于16SrI-D组一个成员,与同源性比较和系统进化分析结果一致。     

广东花生丛枝病植原体的分子鉴定

2020年在广东省湛江市遂溪县田间发现表现明显丛枝?小叶, 类似植原体感染症状的花生病株?本研究利用分子生物学技术对其病原进行鉴定?以花生病叶的总DNA为模板, 利用植原体16S rRNA和SecY基因通用引物进行PCR扩增, 获得广东花生丛枝病植原体(PnWB-GDSX-2020)16S rRNA基因片段(1 430 bp, GenBank登录号为MZ427281)和SecY基因片段(1 709 bp, GenBank登录号为MZ437794)?序列一致性和系统进化分析显示, PnWB-GDSX-2020的16S rRNA序列与16SrⅡ-A?16SrⅡ-D和16SrⅡ-V亚组植原体一致性最高, 亲缘关系最近; 进一步利用iPhyClassifier对16S rRNA序列进行在线虚拟RFLP分析, 结果显示, PnWB-GDSX-2020的虚拟RFLP 图谱与16SrⅡ-V亚组的参照株系‘Praxelis clematidea’ phyllody phytoplasma (GenBank登录号:KY568717) 酶切图谱一致, 相似系数为1.00?因此, PnWB-GDSX-2020属于16SrⅡ-V亚组成员?所获得的PnWB-GDSX-2020 Sec Y基因序列与花生丛枝植原体的一致性最高, 亲缘关系最近?本文确定了广东花生丛枝病相关植原体的分类地位, 为当地病害诊断?检测以及防控提供科学依据?     

云南泡桐丛枝病植原体核糖体蛋白基因片段序列分析

 应用植原体核糖体蛋白基因通用引物对rpF1/rpR1,对采自云南省曲靖市的泡桐丛枝病植原体DNA (PaWB-QJ)进行PCR扩增,得到1.3 kb的特异片段,证明此病株中存在植原体。将此片段与pGEM-T Easy载体连接并转化大肠杆菌JM109感受态细胞,进行PCR鉴定、核糖体蛋白基因部分核苷酸序列测定及分析。结果表明,该株系(PaWB-QJ)核糖体蛋白基因片段长1 244 bp,包含rps19、rpl22和rps3基因。对PaWB-QJ株系的核糖体蛋白基因序列的同源性比较结果显示与16S rI-B亚组的翠菊黄化(Aster yellows,AY)、长春花黄化(Periwinkle yellows,PY)和泡桐丛枝德国株系(Paulownia witches'-broom,PaWB-German)的亲缘关系最近,达到99.0%以上,而与其它组中的株系明显低于97.0%,所以认为该植原体株系属于翠菊黄化组B亚组(16SrI-B)。     

紫花苜蓿丛枝病植原体的分子检测及鉴定

 利用植原体16S rRNA基因通用引物对云南昆明发生的苜蓿丛枝病感病植株总DNA进行巢式PCR扩增,得到1.2kb的特异片段,从分子水平证实了苜蓿丛枝病的病原是植原体。从PCR产物的RFLP酶切图谱可看出,该植原体株系的酶切图谱与马里兰翠菊黄化植原体(AY1)相同。对扩增片段进行克隆及序列测定后,利用最小进化法做Bootstrap验证的系统进化树,表明苜蓿丛枝病植原体为Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris成员之一,与植原体16SrI-B亚组成员关系密切。     

Molecular identification of a new phytoplasma associated with alfalfa witches'-broom in oman

ABSTRACT Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) plants showing witches'-broom symptoms typical of phytoplasmas were observed from Al-Batinah, Al-Sharqiya, Al-Bureimi, and interior regions of the Sultanate of Oman. Phytoplasmas were detected from all symptomatic samples by the specific amplification of their 16S-23S rRNA gene. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), utilizing phytoplasma-specific universal primer pairs, consistently amplified a product of expected lengths when DNA extract from symptomatic samples was used as template. Asymptomatic plant samples and the negative control yielded no amplification. Restriction fragment length polymorphism profiles of PCR-amplified 16S-23S rDNA of alfalfa using the P1/P7 primer pair identified phytoplasmas belonging to peanut witches'-broom group (16SrII or faba bean phyllody). Restriction enzyme profiles showed that the phytoplasmas detected in all 300 samples belonged to the same ribosomal group. Extensive comparative analyses on P1/P7 amplimers of 20 phytoplasmas with Tru9I, Tsp509I, HpaII, TaqI, and RsaI clearly indicated that this phytoplasma is different from all the other phytoplasmas employed belonging to subgroup 16SrII, except tomato big bud phytoplasma from Australia, and could be therefore classified in subgroup 16SrII-D. The alfalfa witches'-broom (AlfWB) phytoplasma P1/P7 PCR product was sequenced directly after cloning and yielded a 1,690-bp product. The homology search showed 99% similarity (1,667 of 1,690 base identity) with papaya yellow crinkle (PapayaYC) phytoplasma from New Zealand. A phylogenetic tree based on 16S plus spacer regions sequences of 35 phytoplasmas, mainly from the Southern Hemisphere, showed that AlfWB is a new phytoplasma species, with closest relationships to PapayaYC phytoplasmas from New Zealand and Chinese pigeon pea witches'-broom phytoplasmas from Taiwan but distinguishable from them considering the different associated plant hosts and the extreme geographical isolation.     

榆树黄化病植原体的分子检测与鉴定

 利用植原体16SrRNA基因的通用引物R16rrLF2/R16mR1和R16F2n/R16R2对山东泰山上发生的榆树(Ulmus parvifolia)黄化病感病植株总DNA进行巢式PCR扩增,得到了约1.2kb的特异性片段,从分子水平证实了榆树黄化病的病原(EY-China)为植原体。将扩增到的片段测序,并进行一致性和系统进化树分析。结果表明,该分离物属于植原体榆树黄化组(Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi),与该组成员16SrRNA序列的一致性均在98.2%以上,其中与16SrV-B亚组中的纸桑丛枝(Paper mulberry wiches'-broom)和枣疯病(Jujube witches'-broom)植原体一致性最高,达到99.4%,在系统进化树中与该亚组成员聚类到同一个分支,说明该分离物属于植原体16SrV-B亚组。本研究首次对在中国引致榆树黄化病的植原体进行了分子检测,并通过核酸序列分析将其鉴定到亚组水平。     

Characterization of phytoplasmas detected in Chinaberry trees with symptoms of leaf yellowing and decline in Bolivia

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays were used to detect phytoplasmas in foliage samples from Chinaberry ( Melia azedarach ) trees displaying symptoms of yellowing, little leaf and dieback in Bolivia. A ribosomal coding nuclear DNA (rDNA) product (1·8 kb) was amplified from one or more samples from seven of 17 affected trees by PCR employing phytoplasma-universal rRNA primer pair P1/P7. When P1/P7 products were reamplified using nested rRNA primer pair R16F2n/R16R2, phytoplasmas were detected in at least one sample from 13 of 17 trees with symptoms. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of P1/P7 products indicated that trees CbY1 and CbY17 harboured Mexican periwinkle virescence (16SrXIII)-group and X-disease (16SrIII)-group phytoplasmas, respectively. Identification of two different phytoplasma types was supported by reamplification of P1/P7 products by nested PCR employing X-disease-group-specific rRNA primer pair R16mF2/WXint or stolbur-group-related primer pair fSTOL/rSTOL. These assays selectively amplified rDNA products of 1656 and 579 bp from nine and five trees with symptoms, respectively, of which two trees were coinfected with both phytoplasma types. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rDNA sequences revealed Chinaberry yellows phytoplasma strain CbY17 to be most similar to the chayote witches'-broom (ChWBIII-Ch10) agent, a previously classified 16SrIII-J subgroup phytoplasma. Strain CbY1 resembled the Mexican periwinkle virescence phytoplasma, a 16SrXIII-group member. The latter strain varied from all known phytoplasmas composing group 16SrXIII. On this basis, strain CbY1 was assigned to a new subgroup, 16SrXIII-C.     

海南长春花黄化病植原体的16S rDNA序列分析研究

 Periwinkle(Catharanthus roseus) yellows is a common disease in Hainan. Periwinkle's leaf tissue with symptoms was assayed for phytoplasma infection by using PCR assay employing phytoplasma universal 16S rRNA gene primers (Rl6mF2/Rl6mR1). A PCR product (about 1.4 kb) was amplified from periwinkle showed yellows. Nucleotide sequencing and phylogenetic tree analysis showed that the amplified 16S rDNA contained 1 432 nucleotides, the most homology was 98.1% with the members of elm yellows group (16S r Ⅴ) and clustered in the same clade, while it was under 96.1% with other phytoplasma groups. Our results suggested that the phytoplasma sample belonged to 16S rⅤgroup and was tentatively named as Hainan periwinkle yellows phytoplasma (PY-Hn). This is the first report of existence of 16S r Ⅴ group phytoplasma in naturally infected periwinkle.     

Molecular identification of a Candidatus phytoplasma (Group16SrV-D) coding partial uvrB gene and degV gene on a new host – mesta (Hibiscus sabdariffa) – with phyllody and reddening of leaves in India

Mesta (Hibiscus sabdariffa) is an important bast fiber crop. In August 2011, there was an outbreak of a phytoplasma-like disease on H. sabdariffa in different villages of the northern coastal mesta-growing region of Andhra Pradesh, India, covering mainly two districts – Srikakulam and Vijayanagaram. The infected plants showed characteristic symptoms such as phyllody and reddening of leaves. PCR with P1/P7 universal primer pair of 16 S rDNA yielded amplicons of 1850 bp from all symptomatic mesta leaf samples similar to samples of brinjal little leaf (phytoplasma positive reference control). However, asymptomatic samples were not amplified. Multiplex nested-PCR showed simultaneous amplification of DNA fragments with phytoplasma specific primers, viz., P1/P7 universal primer pair of 16 S rDNA, nested primer pair R16F2n/R2, uvrB and DegV gene-specific uvrB-degVF/R primer generating amplicons of 1850 bp, 1200 bp and 1023bp, respectively. However, SecY-map gene specific primer SecY-mapF/R was not amplified. The 1023 bp nucleotide sequence of uvrB and DegV gene of the phytoplasma was deposited in the GenBank (NCBI) with the accession no. JX975061. NCBI BLASTn analysis of the 1023 bp products showed that the phytoplasma strain belonged to elm yellows group (16SrV-D). This is the first report that Hibiscus sabdariffa is infected by a phytoplasma and we named it mesta phyllody disease (MPD).