Bacterial diseases of potatoes: from classical phytobacteriology to molecular pathogenicity

Various bacterial pathogens attack potato plants and tubers. These pathogens includeErwinia, Corynebacterium (Clavibacter), Psuedomonas andStreptomyces. Over the past few years there have been significant advances in the molecular biological analysis of several of these pathogens and this is now helping us to understand the major aspects of virulence mechanisms. However, to date, such information is not sufficiently useful to allow us to intervene rationally in these potato diseases, except by the standard practises of good husbandry.     

小麦苗枯病菌的ITS分析及PCR检测

 小麦苗枯病菌(Clavibacter fangii,Cf)是引起小麦细菌性苗枯病的病原,本研究用16S~23S rDNA间的内源转录间隔区(internally transcribed spacer,ITS)序列通用引物L1(5'-AGTCGTAACAAGGTAGCCGT-3')和L2(5'-GTGCCAAGGCATCCACC-3')扩增Cf和其它相关细菌的基因组DNA;并对其PCR产物进行回收、克隆和测序,将所获序列和其它已报道的细菌ITS序列进行多重比较后设计出Cf的特异性引物I1(5'-TGCCAAGTCACACTGAGACGA-3')和I2(5'-CAATGATCTACCACCCTCCGA-3')。此引物可以从Cf中扩增出351bp的特异性片段,而其余参试的21个细菌PCR反应结果均为阴性。该方法可以应用于小麦苗枯病菌的快速、可靠检测。此外,本研究对多种植物病原棒形杆菌的ITS序列进行比较研究,发现其具有一定的分类意义。     

Untersuchungen zur Übertragung von Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus auf gesunde Kartoffelknollen

Zusammenfassung In den Jahren 1999 bis 2003 wurde in Freiland-, Klimakammer- und Lagerungsversuchen überprüft, ob ein Risiko für die Übertragung des Erregers der Bakteriellen Ringfäule der Kartoffel (Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. sepedonicus) besteht, wenn (a) gesunde Kartoffelknollen in Kontakt mit Maschinen und Geräten kommen, die mit dem Erreger kontaminiert sind (indirekter Kontakt) und (b) gesunde Kartoffelknollen direkt in Kontakt mit infizierten Knollen kommen (direkter Kontakt). Nach indirektem Kontakt konnte nur beim nachfolgenden Anbau der kontaminierten Knollen in der Klimakammer Befall in Kraut und Knollen festgestellt werden. Im Freiland konnte der Erreger, auch bei wiederholtem Nachbau der geernteten Knollen, nicht nachgewiesen werden. Nach direktem Kontakt und nachfolgendem Anbau der kontaminierten Knollen in der Klimakammer und im Freiland, wurde der Erreger in allen Fällen in den geerntete Knollen nachgewiesen. Befall im Kraut wurde nur in dem Klimakammerversuch und in einem Freilandversuch ermittelt. Wurden durch direkten Kontakt kontaminierte Knollen eingelagert, konnte der Erreger in allen untersuchten Knollen festgestellt werden. Insgesamt besteht ein hohes Risiko, dass gesunde Knollen infiziert werden, wenn oberflächliche Kontaminationen mit dem Erreger erfolgen. Die Wahrscheinlichkeit von Infektionen steigt mit zunehmender Kontaminationsstärke.     

玉米细菌性枯萎病和玉米内州萎焉病的酶联免疫—实时荧光PCR检测

针对玉米细菌性枯萎病和玉米内州萎焉病这两种检疫性病菌进行酶联免疫—实时荧光PCR检测研究,对该方法进行了特异性、灵敏度以及实际样品模拟试验。结果表明,该方法具有较好的特异性,检测低限在100~200 cfu·mL-1,同时可用于实际样品的检测鉴定。     

番茄溃疡病菌的PCR-DHPLC快速检测

根据番茄溃疡病菌ITS序列,设计并合成了PCR-DHPLC检测引物,对番茄溃疡病菌及其他病菌共10个标准菌株进行了PCR-DHPLC检测。结果表明,番茄溃疡病菌的PCR-DHPLC检测图谱出现了特异性吸收峰,而其他病菌均未在相同洗脱时间出现吸收峰,说明这种方法具有检测番茄溃疡病菌的特异性。灵敏度实验结果表明,PCR-DHPLC体系与PCR-琼脂糖凝胶电泳体系的检测灵敏度一致。研究表明,PCR-DHPLC方法是一种特异、灵敏、快速的番茄溃疡病菌检测方法。     

双重PCR检测马铃薯晚疫病和环腐病方法的建立

通过克隆马铃薯环腐病菌和晚疫病菌转录间隔区(ITS)序列,并对测序结果进行同源性比较,选取差异位点分别设计了两对引物P.IN1/P.IN2和C.IN1/C.IN2,并检测了引物的特异性及方法的灵敏度。引物P.IN1/P.IN2可扩增出1条363bp马铃薯晚疫病菌的特异性条带,在DNA水平上其灵敏度达18fg/μL;引物C.IN1/C.IN2可扩增出1条218bp马铃薯环腐病菌的特异性条带,在细菌数上检测灵敏度为104 cfu/mL。混合这两对引物构建双重PCR反应体系,能从马铃薯环腐病菌和晚疫病菌的混合DNA及感染这两种菌的马铃薯植株中同时扩增到363bp和218bp的特异片段。实现了同时对马铃薯晚疫病菌和环腐病菌的快速可靠检测。     

Inhibitory activities of venom alkaloids of Red Imported Fire Ant against Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis in vitro and the application of piperidine alkaloids to manage symptom development of bacterial canker on tomato in the greenhouse

Tomato bacterial canker caused by Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis (CMM) is a highly destructive disease that has caused major economic losses in tomato production worldwide. In seeking disease management alternatives, the inhibitory activity of alkaloids extracted from the Red Imported Fire Ant was studied in the laboratory and the greenhouse. Piperidine and piperideine alkaloids each significantly inhibited CMM growth on nutrient agar plates. The inhibitory activity of piperidine alkaloids was stable at 4 ^° C and 22 ^° C for 12 weeks and at 54 ^° C for 4 weeks. The growth of CMM was negatively correlated with the concentration of piperidine alkaloids in nutrient broth. In the greenhouse, piperidine alkaloids also significantly reduced the symptom development on two tomato cultivars, Better Boy and DRK7018F1. This is the first demonstration that piperidine and piperideine alkaloids from the Red Imported Fire Ant are highly inhibitory against a plant-pathogenic bacterium, viz. CMM. Piperidine alkaloids could provide satisfactory management of CMM bacterial canker on tomato seedlings in the greenhouse. Our findings may lead to the development of a new group of bactericides.     

番茄溃疡病菌LAMP快速检测方法的建立

以SYBR Green I为指示剂,建立了番茄溃疡病菌的环介导等温扩增可视化快速检测方法。根据番茄溃疡病菌特异的核糖体转录间隔区序列设计了4条引物进行LAMP扩增,通过对体系中各成分进行优化,最终确定25μL反应体系中模板200ng,MgSO4的适宜浓度为3.0mmol/L,Bst DNA聚合酶2U,dNTPs的适宜浓度为0.3mmol/L,外引物与内引物之比为1∶3时扩增效果较好,在65℃最佳反应时间为40min。在优化的体系条件下,获得的反应产物经SYBR Green I染色后,肉眼观察检测灵敏度可达到50CFU/mL,且对番茄溃疡病菌的检测具有高度的特异性。结果表明,该方法快速、准确、灵敏、特异,具有良好的实用性。     

Survival of Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. michiganensis in infected tomato stems under natural field conditions in California, Ohio and Morocco

The survival and half-life of Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. michiganensis ( C. michiganensis ), the causal agent of bacterial canker of tomato, were determined in infected plant debris under natural field conditions in California, Ohio and Morocco using a semiselective agar medium. The organism survived significantly longer in tomato stems left on the soil surface than in stems buried in the soil at all locations studied. The pathogen was recovered in high amounts from tomato stems left on the soil surface for 314 days in Ohio and California, USA, and for 194 and 132 days in Melk Zhar and Aït Melloul, Morocco, respectively; it was recovered from stems buried in the soil for up to 314 days in Ohio, up to 240 days in California, and up to 60 days in Aït Melloul and Melk Zhar. The half-life of the pathogen in stems left on the soil surface ranged from 23·2 to 24·8 days in the USA, and from 7·8 to 12·3 days in Morocco, whereas the half-life in buried stems ranged from 14·0 to 16·7 days in the USA and from 3·7 to 9·5 days in Morocco. Based on the half-life data, the predicted survival times of C. michiganensis in stems on the soil surface in Ohio, California, Melk Zhar and Aït Melloul would be up to 822, 770, 424 and 261 days, respectively, while the predicted survival times in stems buried in the soil would be 541, 497, 305 and 128 days, respectively. These results show that the survival and half-life of C. michiganensis in plant debris are relatively long and are influenced by both tissue exposure and geographic location.     

应用分子生物学方法快速检测番茄溃疡病菌的研究

根据番茄溃疡病菌的tomA基因序列,设计并合成了特异性PCR检测引物,对番茄溃疡病菌和非番茄溃疡病菌的标准菌株进行了PCR扩增反应。结果,番茄溃疡病菌的PCR产物出现301bp的特异性扩增条带,而非番茄溃疡病菌均未出现扩增条带,证明这对引物具有番茄溃疡病菌鉴定特异性。将分离的番茄溃疡病菌做梯度稀释,测定该检测体系的敏感度。结果表明,此体系可检出106CFU/mL番茄溃疡病菌菌液提取的模板。