PCR-based sensitive and specific detection of Pectobacterium atrosepticum using primers based on Rhs family gene sequences

A sensitive and specific assay was developed to detect potato blackleg caused by Pectobacterium atrosepticum in potato. Primers PEAF and PEAR from the Rhs family gene homologous to RhsA (cell envelope biogenesis – outer membrane) were used to amplify a 904 bp DNA fragment. PCR was used to detect the pathogen in artificially inoculated potato seed tubers. The PCR product was only produced from 12 isolates of P. atrosepticum from various countries among 36 isolates of other species of Pectobacterium , Pseudomonas , Xanthomonas , as well as Escherichia coli and the soilborne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. dianthi .     

基于URP-PCR多态性片段的苦瓜枯萎病菌特异性检测技术的建立

 通过URP(Universal Rice Primers)-PCR分析尖孢镰孢菌苦瓜专化型基因组DNA扩增片段多态性,筛选检测尖孢镰孢菌苦瓜专化型的特异性引物,并建立了基于该引物的PCR检测方法。结果表明,特异性引物为FOMM-SPF/FOMM-SPR, PCR检测体系为25 SymbolmAL,包括2SymboltB Green Taq Master Mix 12.5 SymbolmAL,10 mmol·L^-1 的上下游引物各1 SymbolmAL,模板DNA 1 SymbolmAL,灭菌去离子水补足至25 SymbolmAL;PCR程序为95℃预变性3 min,94℃变性15 s,57℃退火30 s,72℃延伸20 s,共30个循环,循环结束后72℃延伸5 min;特异性扩增片段大小294 bp,检测灵敏度为2 ng·μL^-1 DNA或50个孢子·500 mg^-1土壤。该引物及其检测方法对尖孢镰孢菌苦瓜专化型的检测特异性好、灵敏度高,可以从土壤和植物样品中快速准确地检测出苦瓜枯萎病菌,无需病原菌的分离培养和致病性检测,对苦瓜枯萎病的早期诊断和预警及有效防控具有重要的指导意义。     

利用PCR技术专化性检测水稻细菌性条斑病菌

 设计水稻细菌性条斑病菌的专化性引物,并建立相应的PCR检测体系,分别对31株水稻细菌性条斑病菌和15株水稻白叶枯病菌及其它相关菌株进行了测试。结果表明,建立的PCR检测体系可专化性检测水稻细菌性条斑病菌,而水稻白叶枯病菌和其它菌株均没有扩增信号。检测灵敏度可以达到20个细菌菌体,从自然发病和人工接种发病的水稻种子成功地检测出条斑病菌。实现了对水稻细菌性条斑病菌的快速和专化性检测。     

大白菜软腐病新病原菌Pectobacterium aroidearum的鉴定及其生物学特性

细菌性软腐病是大白菜生产上主要发生病害之一,其病原菌通常为胡萝卜软腐果胶杆菌Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp.carotovorum(Pcc)。从北京房山区大白菜软腐病样中分离获得一株菌株KC20,其在LB固体培养基上的菌落呈圆形、乳白色、半透明、表面光滑且边缘整齐,在半选择性培养基CVP上产生典型的杯状凹陷。致病性测定结果表明,该菌株侵染引发的大白菜软腐症状与田间大白菜软腐自然发病症状相同。利用果胶杆菌属特异引物Y1/Y2可扩增出预期大小为434 bp的目的片段;ITS-PCR和ITS-PCR-RFLP结果发现,KC20与P.carotovorum菌株带型均不相同。KC20的16S rDNA基因完整序列与已报道的标准菌株P.aroidearum SCRI 109T(JN600323)的相应序列相似性高达99%以上;该序列系统发育关系分析表明,KC20与已报道的P.aroidearum菌株聚集,并形成了明显的P.aroidearum类群,基于pmrA基因序列和基于果胶杆菌8个看家基因(acnA、icd、gapA、mdh、mtlD、pgi、proA和rpoS)的MLSA-多位点序列分析进一步支持了这一结果。以上结果表明,引发北京地区大白菜软腐病的病原菌株KC20为果胶杆菌P.aroidearum。人工接种条件下,KC20还可侵染马蹄莲、虎眼万年青、马铃薯、鳄梨、西葫芦、胡萝卜、生菜和芹菜等植物;该菌株具备在37℃以及含有7%NaCl培养基中生长的能力,能液化明胶;可利用棉籽糖、纤维素二糖、蜜二糖,不能利用异麦芽酮糖、D-麦芽糖、D-阿拉伯糖、D-山梨醇、菊糖等。大白菜软腐病新病原菌Pectobacterium aroidearum的发现加深了我们对该病害的了解,为该病害的有效防治提供了参考。     

利用多重PCR诊断水稻白叶枯病和细菌性条斑病的复合发生

为准确检测水稻白叶枯病菌、细菌性条斑病菌及这两种病菌的复合发生,利用软件DNAStar分析比较这两种菌的部分核酸序列,设计了检测这两种病菌的特异性引物。引物Xoo F-Xoo R能特异性扩增出水稻白叶枯病菌中一条大小162 bp的条带;引物Xooc F1-Xooc R1和Xooc F2-Xooc R2能够分别特异性扩增出水稻细菌性条斑病菌中690 bp和945 bp的条带。通过优化PCR反应条件,成功建立了多重PCR技术,可以对不同国家的水稻白叶枯病菌和细菌性条斑病菌进行准确检测,对由这两种病菌引起的复合侵染实现了准确诊断。     

Development of a multiplex allele‐specific primer PCR assay for simultaneous detection of QoI and CAA fungicide resistance alleles in Plasmopara viticola populations

BACKGROUND: DNA‐based diagnosis has become a common tool for the evaluation of fungicide resistance in obligate phytopathogenic fungus Plasmopara viticola. RESULTS: A multiplex allele‐specific primer PCR assay has been developed for the rapid detection of fungicide resistance in P. viticola populations. With this assay, a glycine‐to‐alanine substitution at codon 143 of the P. viticola cytochrome b gene, which conferred QoI fungicide resistance, and a glycine‐to‐serine substitution at codon 1105 of the P. viticola cellulose synthase gene PvCesA3, which conferred CAA fungicide resistance, were detected simultaneously. CONCLUSION: It is suggested that the present assay is a reliable tool for the rapid and simultaneous detection of QoI and CAA fungicide resistance alleles in P. viticola populations. The assay required only 2 h from the sampling of symptoms to the detection of resistance alleles to both fungicides. Copyright © 2012 Society of Chemical Industry     

Multiplex PCR for specific and robust detection of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum in pure culture and infected plant material

The present study developed a pathovar‐specific PCR for the detection of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum (Xcm), the cause of banana xanthomonas wilt, by amplification of a 265‐bp region of the gene encoding the general secretion pathway protein D (GspD). A distinct DNA fragment of the expected size was amplified from genomic DNA from all of 12 Xcm isolates tested and no amplification of DNA was observed from other xanthomonads or plant‐associated bacteria, including the two closely related species Xanthomonas vasicola pv. holcicola and Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vasculorum. The Xcm‐specific PCR was successfully multiplexed with internal control primers targeting 16S rDNA for application on DNA from bacterial cultures and with primers targeting plant mitochondrial 26S rDNA for application on DNA extracted from plant material. Diagnostic discrimination of healthy and infected plants was subsequently demonstrated in tests on artificially inoculated screenhouse cultivars of banana and field bananas with and without symptoms sampled from different parts of Uganda. This study therefore demonstrated a robust and specific Xcm diagnostic tool with the added advantage of applying internal PCR controls for direct quality assessment of results.     

利用EMAqPCR建立快速检测猕猴桃溃疡病菌活菌的方法

利用叠氮溴乙锭(ethidium monoazide bromide,EMA)与实时荧光定量PCR技术相结合(EMA-qPCR),建立了一种有效快速检测猕猴桃溃疡病菌活菌的方法。以猕猴桃溃疡病菌ITS序列为检测靶标,菌体经EMA渗透处理,再进行qPCR特异性扩增。结果显示,qPCR检测灵敏度为2cfu;当EMA的浓度为2.0μg/mL时,能有效抑制1.0×10~7 cfu/mL经高温灭活的死菌的扩增,对活菌的扩增没有影响。当活菌数在1.0×10~1~1.0×10~5 cfu范围内,每个qPCR反应体系中活菌数与Ct值呈线性相关(R~2=0.988)。不同温度处理活菌菌悬液后用EMA-qPCR检测猕猴桃溃疡病菌的存活情况并与平板计数法进行比较,结果表明待检样品可在4℃和20℃短期保存。对疑似带病猕猴桃材料进行EMA-qPCR检测,结果表明能减少猕猴桃溃疡病菌PCR的假阳性结果。本研究建立的EMAqPCR方法是一种有效检测猕猴桃溃疡病菌活菌的方法,能有效避免PCR检测实际样品可能造成的假阳性结果。     

实时荧光定量PCR法检测十字花科细菌性黑斑病菌

为有效防控我国的检疫性有害生物十字花科细菌性黑斑病菌Pseudomonas syringae pv.maculicola在国内的传播与蔓延,通过设计1对特异性引物3539,利用132株靶标和非靶标菌为模板进行PCR扩增,建立了实时荧光定量PCR法,并进行了模拟种子带菌试验。结果显示,引物3539为只针对十字花科细菌性黑斑病菌扩增出的特异性产物;在模拟种子带菌检测中,常规PCR对菌悬液的检测限为10~5CFU/m L,实时荧光定量PCR的检测限为10~3CFU/m L,其中10~8CFU/m L菌液的Ct值最低,为22.90,10~3CFU/m L菌液的Ct值最高,为35.73,且不同浓度菌液间的Ct值均有显著差异;不同带菌率模拟种子的检测结果表明,常规PCR和实时荧光定量PCR能检测到的带菌率分别为0.5%和0.1%。研究表明,实时荧光定量PCR法不仅可用于病种的检测,也可用于病害的早期诊断。     

Cloning of a specific DNA region of white top pathogen of pea and its detection by polymerase chain reaction

White top strain (WT strain) of Pseudomonas syringae pv. pisi (Ppi) is a variant strain causing white top disease of peas. The WT strain is distinguishable from common Ppi strains only by symptom expression chlorosis and whitening of apical shoots. To develop a specific detection method for the WT strain, we cloned a specific DNA region of the WT strain using transposon tagging. Five mutants defective in white top symptom expression were obtained. A part of the Tn5-flanking region was cloned and labeled as a hybridization probe. One clone, pAY3, gave two signal bands, one of which was detected from the genomic DNA of all the WT and the common Ppi strains; another was specific to WT strains. A restriction map of pAY3 showed that it contains two BamHI fragments; one is 5.0kb in length involving a part of Tn5, and the other is 1.5kb, did not carry Tn5, and may have been accidentally ligated into pAY3. The 1.5-kb band was subcloned as pAY13 and was used as a probe. It hybridized specifically to WT strains. These results suggested that the WT strains have a specific DNA region and that part of the region was successfully cloned. Sequence analysis of pAY13 showed that it is similar to part of nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) genes. The deduced amino acid sequence of pAY13 suggested the existence of eight conserved motifs of NRPSs. WT strain-specific PCR primers, PS1 and PS2, were designed from the DNA sequence. These primers gave a specific amplification product of 981bp from both the genomic DNA and a direct cell preparation of WT strains. No specific amplicon was produced from Ppi strains that caused only water-soaked lesions or from strains of other P. syringae pathovars. A specific amplicon was not produced from four strains of the pea pathogen: P. marginalis pv. marginalis, P. viridiflava, Erwinia carotovora ssp. carotovora, Xanthomonas campestris pv. pisi. Using the primers, WT strain was detected from water-soaked lesions and green and white tissues without water soaking.The sequence reported in this paper has been deposited in the DDBJ database under accession no. AB117755     

应用微滴数字PCR同时检测瓜类种子携带果斑病菌和角斑病菌

细菌性果斑病和角斑病是葫芦科作物两大重要细菌病害,病原菌分别为西瓜嗜酸菌Acidovorax citrulli和丁香假单胞菌黄瓜致病变种Pseudomonas syringae pv.lachrymans。两种菌均可通过种子、种苗带菌进行远距离传播。种子检测是预防和控制这两种病害发生的首要环节。本研究应用微滴数字PCR技术(droplet digital PCR,ddPCR)建立了同时检测种子携带西瓜嗜酸菌和丁香假单胞菌的方法。结果显示:两种细菌菌悬液和DNA样品等浓度混合时,ddPCR能同时检测到两种靶标菌的最低混合菌悬液浓度和最低DNA浓度分别为10³ cfu/mL和10^-3 ng/μL,其检测灵敏度是平行测试的real-time PCR方法的10倍;对于非等浓度混合的菌悬液和DNA样品,两种靶标菌菌悬液按浓度比1∶1000(10³∶10⁶ cfu/mL)混合或其DNA浓度比为1∶10000(2.28×10^-3 ng/μL∶22.8 ng/μL)条件下,ddPCR可检测到低浓度的靶标菌,检测灵敏度同样是real-time PCR的10倍。此外,在人工接菌种子测试中,西瓜、甜瓜单粒种子平均带菌量10⁵~10⁶ cfu/粒时,ddPCR方法可检测到带菌率0.2%(n=500)的西瓜、甜瓜种子样品。将分别携带两种菌的种子按比例1∶10混合时ddPCR方法可以准确检出浓度相对低的靶标菌;而使用相同检测引物的real-time PCR检测方法则只能检出西瓜嗜酸菌和丁香假单胞菌带菌率分别为0.2%和2%(n=500)的甜瓜种子混合样品中的西瓜嗜酸菌,未能稳定检出丁香假单胞菌。综上所述,本研究基于ddPCR技术建立了可同时检测两种重要葫芦科种传细菌的方法,检测结果稳定可靠,丰富了当前种传病原细菌的检测技术体系。