Epigallocatechin gallate,a major tea catechin,induces biofilm formation of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pseudomonas syringae</Emphasis> pv. <Emphasis Type="Italic">theae</Emphasis>

Plants constitutively produce a variety of secondary metabolites that have antimicrobial activities against phytopathogens; however, interactions between these performed antimicrobial compounds and phytopathogens were poorly understood. In this study, interactions between epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg), which was a major tea catechin that had antimicrobial activities against varieties of bacteria, and Pseudomonas syringae pv. theae (P.s. theae), the causal of bacterial shoot blight of tea, were investigated. EGCg had less antimicrobial activity against P.s. theae; however, subinhibitory concentrations of EGCg induced biofilm formation. Because biofilms are induced in the presence of sucrose in the culture medium but not by P.s. theae strains deficient in exopolysaccharide levan production, biofilm induction by EGCg and levan production are closely related. EGCg increased survival of P.s. theae under dry conditions on nonwounded leaf surfaces in the presence of sucrose. These data indicate the possibility that tea catechins affect the survival of P.s. theae on the phyllosphere. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

Biofilm formation and resistance to bactericides of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pseudomonas syringae</Emphasis> pv. <Emphasis Type="Italic">theae</Emphasis>

Biofilm-grown cells of Pseudomonas syringae pv. theae (P.s.theae) wild-type strain K9301 on abiotic surface had remarkable resistance to kasugamycin in comparison to planktonically grown cells; however, the biofilm-grown cells of K9301 had the same sensitivity to copper sulfate. Because both the lesser biofilm-forming strain K9301S3 and enhanced biofilm-forming strain K9301-6 also had remarkable biofilm resistance to kasugamycin just as K9301 did and because epigallocatechin gallate, which enhanced biofilm formation of P.s.theae, had no effect on biofilm resistance to kasugamaycin, the degree of biofilm formation was not correlated with the antibiotic susceptibilities. In addition, K9301 and K9301S3 had less sensitivity to kasugamycin but had high sensitivity to copper sulfate on nonwounded leaf surfaces. These results indicate a possibility that the mechanism of P.s.theae biofilm resistance to bactericide functions on both abiotic and nonwounded leaf surfaces.     

HP-20大孔吸附树脂分离纯化儿茶素EGCg的效果

以EGCg(表没食子儿茶素没食子酸酯)含量为31.52%的儿茶素粗提物为原料,比较D202、XDA-1、D201、D900、LSA-7、HP-20等6种大孔吸附树脂对EGCg的静态吸附与解吸的效果,并应用最佳大孔吸附树脂HP-20对EGCg分别进行动态等梯度洗脱和梯度洗脱试验,优化HP-20大孔吸附树脂分离纯化EGCg的技术参数.结果表明,应用体积为125mL的柱进行等梯度洗脱时,1.8g上样量、2BV/h流速、40%乙醇体积分数、2BV洗脱体积,EGCg的纯度和得率分别达55.92%和95.22%;以同样的柱进行梯度洗脱时,1.8g上样量、30%乙醇洗脱、2BV/h流速、2BV洗脱体积、收集1～2BV的体积段,EGCg的纯度和得率分别达68.32%和72.08%.