The tomato Pto gene confers resistance to Pseudomonas floridensis,an emergent plant pathogen with just nine type III effectors

A newly discovered bacterial species, Pseudomonas floridensis, has emerged as a pathogen of tomato in Florida. This study compares the virulence and other attributes of P. floridensis to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, which causes bacterial speck disease of tomato. Pseudomonas floridensis reached lower population levels in leaves of tomato as compared to the P. syringae pv. tomato strains DC3000 and NYT1. Analysis of the genome sequence of the P. floridensis type strain GEV388 revealed that it has just nine type III effectors including AvrPtoB_GEV388, which is 66% identical to AvrPtoB in DC3000. Five of these effectors have been previously reported to be members of a ‘minimal effector repertoire’ required for full DC3000 virulence on Nicotiana benthamiana; however, GEV388 grew poorly on leaves of this plant species compared to the DC3000 minimal effector strain. The tomato Pto gene recognizes AvrPtoB in race 0 P. syringae pv. tomato strains, thereby conferring resistance to bacterial speck disease. Pto was also found to confer resistance to P. floridensis, indicating this gene will be useful in the protection of tomato against this newly emerged pathogen.     

Selective detection of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato using dot blot hybridization and real-time PCR

Two rapid detection methods based on dot blot hybridization with a nonradioactive DNA probe and molecular beacon-PCR were developed for the specific detection of Pseudomonas syringae pv . tomato , the causal agent of bacterial speck of tomato. A 1378 bp DNA fragment (Acc. No. AM039892), obtained from the extension of a 255 bp fragment generated by a RAPD protocol, was used to find a suitable combination of primers specific for the tomato pathovar. A 138 bp fragment from the genome of P. syringae pv. tomato DC 3000 was used as DNA probe. In dot blots of DNA extracted from either pure cultures or artificially contaminated seeds washes, the probe recognized specifically the tomato pathovar. A molecular beacon was designed from the same region for the specific detection and quantification of P. syringae pv . tomato by real-time PCR. A highly significant correlation was observed between the amount of target DNA and the cycle threshold (Ct). Using a fast protocol for DNA extraction, from pure cultures and from washes of artificially contaminated seeds, the limit of detection was about 1 × 10² CFU. The diagnostic tools developed proved highly specific for P. syringae pv. tomato and simple to use. They can therefore be applied to large-scale testing of tomato seeds and seedlings for the assessment of their phytosanitary condition in nurseries.     

Identification and in planta detection of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato using PCR amplification of hrpZPst

A rapid detection method based on PCR amplification of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato chromosomal sequences was developed. Primer design was based on the P. syringae DC3000 hrpZ_Pst gene, which maps on a pathogenicity-associated operon of the hrp/hrc pathogenicity island.A 532 bp product corresponding to an internal fragment of hrpZ_Pst was amplified from 50 isolates of P. syringae pv. tomato belonging to a geographically representative collection. The amplification product was also obtained from three coronatine-deficient strains of P. syringae pv. tomato.On the other hand, PCR did not produce any such products from 100 pathogenic and symbiotic bacterial strains of the genera Pseudomonas, Xanthomonas, Erwinia, and Rhizobium and 75 unidentified bacterial saprophytes isolated from tomato plants. The method was tested using leaf and fruit spots from naturally-infected tomato plants and asymptomatic nursery plants and artificially contaminated tomato seeds. The results confirmed the high specificity observed using pure cultures.     

No role for bacterially produced salicylic Acid in rhizobacterial induction of systemic resistance in Arabidopsis

ABSTRACT The role of bacterially produced salicylic acid (SA) in the induction of systemic resistance in plants by rhizobacteria is far from clear. The strong SA producer Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS374r induces resistance in radish but not in Arabidopsis thaliana, whereas application of SA leads to induction of resistance in both plant species. In this study, we compared P. fluorescens WCS374r with three other SA-producing fluorescent Pseudomonas strains, P. fluorescens WCS417r and CHA0r, and P. aeruginosa 7NSK2 for their abilities to produce SA under different growth conditions and to induce systemic resistance in A. thaliana against bacterial speck, caused by P. syringae pv. tomato. All strains produced SA in vitro, varying from 5 fg cell(-1) for WCS417r to >25 fg cell(-1) for WCS374r. Addition of 200 muM FeCl(3) to standard succinate medium abolished SA production in all strains. Whereas the incubation temperature did not affect SA production by WCS417r and 7NSK2, strains WCS374r and CHA0r produced more SA when grown at 33 instead of 28 degrees C. WCS417r, CHA0r, and 7NSK2 induced systemic resistance apparently associated with their ability to produce SA, but WCS374r did not. Conversely, a mutant of 7NSK2 unable to produce SA still triggered induced systemic resistance (ISR). The possible involvement of SA in the induction of resistance was evaluated using SA-nonaccumulating transgenic NahG plants. Strains WCS417r, CHA0r, and 7NSK2 induced resistance in NahG Arabidopsis. Also, WCS374r, when grown at 33 or 36 degrees C, triggered ISR in these plants, but not in ethylene-insensitive ein2 or in non-plant pathogenesis- related protein-expressing npr1 mutant plants, irrespective of the growth temperature of the bacteria. These results demonstrate that, whereas WCS374r can be manipulated to trigger ISR in Arabidopsis, SA is not the primary determinant for the induction of systemic resistance against bacterial speck disease by this bacterium. Also, for the other SAproducing strains used in this study, bacterial determinants other than SA must be responsible for inducing resistance.     

番茄细菌性斑点病病原菌鉴定

 1998~1999年在吉林省、辽宁省、黑龙江省等地的大棚番茄上发现一种番茄病害,并从其病叶、病茎杆上分离得到了23个细菌菌株。接种番茄幼苗上,发病症状与自然发病症状完全一致,并从接种病株上重新分离到此病原细菌。各菌株致病力无明显的差异。经革兰氏染色反应、菌体形态、培养性状、生理生化反应、G+C mol%等鉴定,确认该病原菌为丁香假单胞杆菌番茄致病变种(Pseudomonas syringae pv.tomato(Okabe)Young,Dye&Wilkie)。该病菌引起番茄细菌性斑点病(又称叶斑病)。病菌除侵染番茄外,尚能侵染茄子、辣椒、龙葵、白花曼陀罗和毛曼陀罗。该病害尚属我国大陆首次报道。     

Induced systemic resistance in arabidopsis thaliana against Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato by 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol-producing Pseudomonas fluorescens

Pseudomonas fluorescens strains that produce the polyketide antibiotic 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (2,4-DAPG) are among the most effective rhizobacteria that suppress root and crown rots, wilts, and damping-off diseases of a variety of crops, and they play a key role in the natural suppressiveness of some soils to certain soilborne pathogens. Root colonization by 2,4-DAPG-producing P. fluorescens strains Pf-5 (genotype A), Q2-87 (genotype B), Q8r1-96 (genotype D), and HT5-1 (genotype N) produced induced systemic resistance (ISR) in Arabidopsis thaliana accession Col-0 against bacterial speck caused by P. syringae pv. tomato. The ISR-eliciting activity of the four bacterial genotypes was similar, and all genotypes were equivalent in activity to the well-characterized strain P. fluorescens WCS417r. The 2,4-DAPG biosynthetic locus consists of the genes phlHGF and phlACBDE. phlD or phlBC mutants of Q2-87 (2,4-DAPG minus) were significantly reduced in ISR activity, and genetic complementation of the mutants restored ISR activity back to wild-type levels. A phlF regulatory mutant (overproducer of 2,4-DAPG) had ISR activity equivalent to the wild-type Q2-87. Introduction of DAPG into soil at concentrations of 10 to 250 μM 4 days before challenge inoculation induced resistance equivalent to or better than the bacteria. Strain Q2-87 induced resistance on transgenic NahG plants but not on npr1-1, jar1, and etr1 Arabidopsis mutants. These results indicate that the antibiotic 2,4-DAPG is a major determinant of ISR in 2,4-DAPG-producing P. fluorescens, that the genotype of the strain does not affect its ISR activity, and that the activity induced by these bacteria operates through the ethylene- and jasmonic acid-dependent signal transduction pathway.     

Reduction of Bacterial Speck (Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato) of Tomato by Combined Treatments of Plant Growth-promoting Bacterium, Azospirillum brasilense, Streptomycin Sulfate, and Chemo-thermal Seed Treatment

Inoculation of tomato seeds with the plant growth-promoting bacterium Azospirillum brasilense, or spraying tomato foliage with A. brasilense, streptomycin sulfate, or commercial copper bactericides, separately, before or after inoculation with Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, the casual agent of bacterial speck of tomato, had no lasting effect on disease severity or on plant height and dry weight. Seed inoculation with A. brasilense combined with a single streptomycin foliar treatment and two foliar bactericide applications at 5-day intervals (a third or less of the recommended commercial dose) reduced disease severity in tomato seedlings by over 90% after 4 weeks, and significantly slowed disease development under mist conditions. A. brasilense did not induce significant systemic resistance against the pathogen although the level of salicylic acid increased in inoculated plants. Treatment of tomato seeds that were artificially inoculated with P. syringae pv. tomato, with a combination of mild chemo-thermal treatment, A. brasilense seed inoculation, and later, a single foliar application of a copper bactericide, nearly eliminated bacterial leaf speck even when the plants were grown under mist for 6 weeks. This study shows that a combination of otherwise ineffective disease management tactics, when applied in concert, can reduce bacterial speck intensity in tomatoes under mist conditions.     

番茄细菌性斑点病菌无毒基因研究进展

番茄细菌性斑点病是影响番茄产量和品质的重要病害,Pseudomonas syringaepv.tomato(Pst)为其病原菌,其与番茄的互作系统是研究植物抗感病机理的典型模式系统。Pst存在2种无毒基因:avrPto和avrPtoB,它们编码的蛋白质均能与番茄抗性基因Pto编码的Ser-Thr蛋白激酶互作,符合Flor"基因对基因"学说。AvrPto和AvrPtoB在表达Pto的抗性植物中,与Pto互作,表现无毒功能,引发植物防御反应;而在缺失Pto的感病植物中,它们具有毒性,促进细菌的生长。本文综述了番茄细菌性斑点病菌无毒基因avrPto及avrPtoB的结构特点及其功能,这有助于了解病原物与植物的互作机制,对认识植物的感病性、抗病性以及植物防御反应都具有重要意义。     

番茄细菌性斑疹病病原鉴定及其病害症状鉴别

从河北番茄病果样品中分离到的5株细菌经致病性、细菌学、Biolog及脂肪酸测定,被鉴定为Pseudomonassyringae pv.tomato。其在果实上的初期症状与番茄细菌溃疡病相似。根据英文名及在番茄果实上的症状,建议使用番茄细菌性斑疹病。     

利用RecTE基因重组体系构建hrpS基因缺失型冠菌素工程菌株

冠菌素 (coronatine, COR) 是一种新型植物生长调节剂,能有效调控植物生长,增强植物抗逆性。目前冠菌素主要通过微生物菌株发酵的方式获得,而菌株自身产率低是限制冠菌素应用的最大问题。为了开发冠菌素高产菌株,本研究以模式菌株丁香假单胞菌番茄致病变种Pseudomonas syingae pv. tomato DC3000为出发菌株,利用RecTE基因重组体系对菌株Pst DC3000中hrpS基因进行了敲除,并成功筛选到基因重组菌株H1-20。对H1-20菌株进行发酵培养,结果表明,H1-20菌株中冠菌素的产量达到了22.67 mg/L,是出发菌株冠菌素产量的2.36倍。本研究通过RecTE基因重组体系,成功地构建了冠菌素工程菌株H1-20,为产冠菌素菌株提供了更多选择,为后续进一步开展冠菌素高产菌株改造工作奠定了基础。     

利用编码harpin蛋白的基因遗传改良生防荧光假单胞菌2P24

荧光假单胞菌Pseudomonas fluorescens 2P24是根围促生细菌（PGPR）,具有Ⅲ型分泌系统（T3SS）。为了在2P24中表达植物过敏反应激发子harpin,赋予生防菌诱导抗病性能力,本文选择可在2P24中表达的来自Pseudomonas syringae pv.tomato DC3000的avrPto1基因启动子与水稻细菌性条斑病菌Xanthomonasoryzae pv.oryzicola harpin蛋白编码基因hpa1进行融合,实现了harpin蛋白在2P24的表达。重组菌株通过T3SS分泌harpin蛋白,可激发烟草产生过敏反应（HR）,激活HR途径的HIN1基因和HRS203J基因以及病程相关蛋白PR1a基因的转录表达。harpin重组菌株与2P24一样,对小麦赤霉病菌Fusarium graminearum和棉花枯萎病菌F.oxysporum f.sp.vasinfectum具有抑制作用。这为利用植物-病原物互作中激发植物产生抗病性的激发子来遗传改良生防微生物奠定了理论和实践基础。     

Halo-spot and external stem necrosis of tomato caused by Pseudomonas syringae in Sinaloa, Mexico

Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato has been observed in the fields in Sinaloa causing typical symptoms of bacterial speck. During the 2004?C2005 growing seasons atypical symptoms were observed in tomato varieties grown in Sinaloa, consisting of external necrosis of stems, petioles, peduncles and fruit calyxes. Although the disease affected 80?C90% of the foliage, there were no speck symptoms on fruit. The objectives of this study were to: (a) identify the causal agent of the disease, (b) determine the sensitivity of the pathogen to various antibiotics in vitro and (c) test their efficacy for controlling the disease in tomato plants under greenhouse conditions. The results of the present study indicate that biochemical and physiological characteristics as well as the molecular studies of bacterial isolates associated with the yellow halo spot and external necrosis of the stem of tomato are closely related to P. syringae pv. tomato, although whether these isolates indeed belong to pathovar tomato needs further assessment. The efficacy of gentamicin sulfate and oxytetracycline chlorhydrate in vitro, and in planta under greenhouse conditions, represents a possible option for the chemical control of the disease under field conditions. The results also indicate a reduced sensitivity of the characterized isolates to copper hydroxide as compared with the above mentioned antibiotics in northern Sinaloa.     

Bacterial Apical Necrosis of Mango in Southern Spain: A Disease Caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae

ABSTRACT A necrotic bacterial disease of mango trees (Mangifera indica) in Spain affecting buds, leaves, and stems is described for the first time. Necrosis of flower and vegetative buds on commercial trees during winter dormancy was the most destructive symptom of the disease. The apical necrosis is caused by Pseudomonas syringae, which was always isolated from mango trees with disease symptoms. Of 95 bacterial strains isolated from symptomatic tissues and characterized from 1992 to 1997, over 90% were identified as P. syringae pv. syringae. Additional strains were isolated from healthy mango trees, and they were identical to the isolates from diseased tissues. Pathogenicity tests on mango plants showed that P. syringae pv. syringae incited the apical necrosis, but that climatic conditions determined the onset of disease development. Populations of total bacteria and of P. syringae and the number of active ice nuclei were monitored over a 3-year period. The largest populations of P. syringae were associated with cool, wet periods that coincided with the highest disease severity, whereas P. syringae was only occasionally detected on healthy trees. The median effective dose was estimated from infectivity titration assays.     

Genetic diversity of Pseudomonas syringae pv. lachrymans strains isolated from cucumber leaves collected in Poland

Several strains of Pseudomonas syringae pathovar (pv.) lachrymans and related bacterial pathogens were isolated from cucumber ( Cucumis sativus ) leaves collected in central and southern Poland in 2001 and 2002. Twenty five original strains, together with five reference strains of P. syringae pv. lachrymans , pv. syringae and pv. tomato , were genetically characterized by PCR-RFLP (polymerase chain reaction − restriction fragment length polymorphism), ADSRRS (amplification of DNA fragments surrounding rare restriction sites), and PCR-MP (PCR − melting profiles) fingerprinting techniques. Genetic similarity analyses of the PCR-RFLP and ADSRRS fingerprints showed that strains of P. syringae pv. lachrymans form distinct clusters. The results also indicated that the ADSRRS and the PCR-MP fingerprinting techniques may serve as more efficient tools for evaluating genetic similarity among pathovars and strains of P. syringae than PCR-RFLP. The 25 strains showed diverse pathogenicity to cucumber seedlings and biochemical tests were varied. The syrB gene was identified in four cucumber strains, characterized as P. syringae pv. syringae .     

Specificity of polyclonal antibodies to different antigenic preparations of Pseudomonas syringae pv. pisi strain UQM551 and Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strain L

Polyclonal antibodies were produced against sonicated and heat-killed cells of Pseudomonas syringae pv. pisi strain UQM551 and Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strain L, and their specificities were compared. Evidence is presented that the serological specificity between these two pathovars lies in surface antigens. Of the surface antigens purified and tested, only flagella and lipopolysaccharide from the cell wall showed no cross-reactivity with heterologous antisera. Antisera to glutaraldehyde-fixed flagella of the two strains showed a high level of specificity. At a species or genus level, antisera prepared from heat-killed cells of P. syringae distinguished this species from all other bacterial species and genera tested, including strains of Pseudomonas fluorescens, Escherichia coli, Agrobacterium and Rhizobium.     

Induction of plant defense gene expression by plant activators and Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato in greenhouse-grown tomatoes

Plant activators provide an appealing management option for bacterial diseases of greenhouse-grown tomatoes. Two types of plant activators, one that induces systemic acquired resistance (SAR) and a second that activates induced systemic resistance (ISR), were evaluated for control of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato and effect on plant defense gene activation. Benzothiadiazole (BTH, SAR-inducing compound) effectively reduced bacterial speck incidence and severity, both alone and in combination with the ISR-inducing product. Application of BTH also led to elevated activation of salicylic acid and ethylene-mediated responses, based on real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis of marker gene expression levels. In contrast, the ISR-inducing product (made up of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria) inconsistently modified defense gene expression and did not provide disease control to the same level as did BTH. No antagonism was observed by combining the two activators as control of bacterial speck was similar to or better than BTH alone.     

广东南瓜细菌性叶枯病及其病原鉴定

 在广东省雷州市发生一种南瓜(Cucurbita moschata)叶枯病,病株叶片边缘开始出现水渍状病斑,逐步发展成大病斑,后期病斑焦枯;在叶片上也可形成近圆形水渍状病斑,伴有黄色晕圈,后期病斑联合形成不规则大枯斑;叶柄和匍匐茎被侵染后呈水渍状腐烂。从病斑上分离到一种细菌,在KB培养基上,菌落为椭圆形,乳白色,半透明,边缘参差不齐,紫外灯照射下产生荧光反应。致病性测定结果表明,该病原细菌可侵染6个南瓜品种引起与田间症状相同的叶枯病。生理生化试验结果表明,该病原细菌与丁香假单胞丁香致病变种(Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae)的特性一致。应用假单胞菌属特异引物Ps-for/Ps-rev和丁香假单胞丁香致病变种组群特异性引物Group III-F/Group III-R,可从该病原细菌中扩增出预期大小分别为1 018 bp和750 bp的目的片段。应用丁香致病变种syrB基因特异性引物B1/B2,可从该病原菌中扩增出预期大小为750 bp的丁香霉素基因片段。基于16S rDNA与gyrB基因序列系统进化分析均表明,南瓜叶枯病菌株与已报道的P. syringae pv. syringae菌株HS191(CP006256)亲缘关系最近,二者聚类在一起形成一个小分支。人工接种条件下,该病原细菌还可侵染西葫芦、丝瓜、茄子、番茄、菜豆、扁豆等植物。这些结果表明,引起广东省南瓜叶枯病的病原为丁香假单胞丁香致病变种(Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae)。这是首次在中国发现丁香假单胞丁香致病变种引起南瓜叶枯病。     

木寡糖提高拟南芥抗病性

木寡糖是一种植物源寡糖,对动物体的生理功能多且显著,而其是否作为寡糖素诱发植物防卫尚不明确.本文分析了不同浓度木寡糖诱导拟南芥植株对不同营养型病原的抗性.结果表明,木寡糖能诱发拟南芥对半活体病原细菌丁香假单胞菌番茄致病变种、活体病原烟草花叶病毒和死体病原真菌核盘菌的抗性,且具有剂量依赖效应,随着木寡糖浓度的提高到100...     

Induced systemic protection against tomato late blight elicited by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria

ABSTRACT Two strains of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), Bacillus pumilus SE34 and Pseudomonas fluorescens 89B61, elicited systemic protection against late blight on tomato and reduced disease severity by a level equivalent to systemic acquired resistance induced by Phytophthora infestans or induced local resistance by chemical inducer beta-amino butyric acid (BABA) in greenhouse assays. Germination of sporangia and zoospores of P. infestans on leaf surfaces of tomato plants treated with the two PGPR strains, pathogen, and chemical BABA was significantly reduced compared with the noninduced control. Induced protection elicited by PGPR, pathogen, and BABA were examined to determine the signal transduction pathways in three tomato lines: salicylic acid (SA)-hydroxylase transgenic tomato (nahG), ethylene insensitive mutants (Nr/Nr), and jasmonic acid insensitive mutants (def1). Results suggest that induced protection elicited by both bacilli and pseudomonad PGPR strains was SA-independent but ethylene- and jasmonic acid-dependent, whereas systemic acquired resistance elicited by the pathogen and induced local resistance by BABA were SA-dependent. The lack of colonization of tomato leaves by strain 89B61 suggests that the observed induced systemic resistance (ISR) was due to systemic protection by strain 89B61 and not attributable to a direct interaction between pathogen and biological control agent. Although strain SE34 was detected on tomato leaves, ISR mainly accounted for the systemic protection with this strain.