Gene-for-gene relationships between rice and diverse avrBs3/pthA avirulence genes in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

The interactions between Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) and rice are controlled in a gene-for-gene manner. In this study, a 359 bp DNA fragment of the avrXa3 gene containing three nuclear localization signal (NLS) motifs present in all members of the avrBs3/pthA family was used as a probe to screen a genomic library of the JXOIII strain of Xoo. The results demonstrated that diverse members of the family exist in the pathogen genome. The avrBs3/pthA genes occurred at isolated individual portions or in clusters. The positive avr gene clones were transferred into the virulent recipient PXO99^A. Pathogenicity tests in near isogenic lines of rice confirmed that four resistance (R) genes ( Xa2 , Xa3 , xa5 and xa8 ) matched the four avr genes ( avrXa2 , avrXa3 , avrxa5 and avrxa8 ) in the genome of Xoo strain JXOIII. The avrBs3/PthA -like gene (1·7 kb) present in cosmid p54, may specifically interact with the Xa3 gene present in IRBB3, and is designated avr/pthA3 . Sequencing indicated that there are only 1·5 copies of the 102 bp repeat unit in avr/pthA3 . Alignment of the twelfth and thirteenth amino acids in the repetitive units encoded by this gene with those in other representatives of the AvrBs3 family revealed a unique repeat arrangement which might contribute to variation in the avirulence genes in Xoo. The parental rice line IR24 was found to contain several R genes for resistance to Xoo bacterial blight.     

Growth of Glucose-uptake-deficient Mutant of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in Rice Leaves

We isolated Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae mutants deficient in the phosphoenolpyruvate : carbohydrate phos-photransferase system, a major glucose transport system in bacteria, using the glucose analogue 3-deoxy-3-fluoro-d-glucose (3FG). Glucose uptake by the mutants was decreased to 15–35% of the parental strain, and growth greatly decreased in synthetic media containing glucose as a sole sugar source. Growth of the mutants in rice leaves was, however, similar to the wild type. These findings suggest that glucose is not necessarily a major carbohydrate source for X. o. pv. oryzae in rice leaves. Received 11 August 2000/ Accepted in revised form 15 December 2000     

Genome‐wide identification of pathogenicity genes in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae by transposon mutagenesis

A transposon mutant library was constructed from the bacterial blight pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) KACC10331 by Tn5 transposon mutagenesis. The susceptible rice cultivar Milyang 23 was inoculated with a total of 24 540 mutants resistant to kanamycin and 67 avirulent or reduced‐pathogenicity mutant strains were selected for study. Southern hybridization verified that 84 mutant strains had single‐copy insertions and their single‐transposon insertion sites were identified by sequencing analysis combined with thermal asymmetric interlaced (TAIL)‐PCR. The single‐transposon‐tagged sequences of 21 mutant strains belonged to pathogenicity‐related genes previously reported in Xanthomonas species, while the other 46 single‐transposon‐tagged sequences included diverse functional genes encoding, five cell‐wall‐degrading enzymes, three fimbrial and flagella assembly regulators, five regulatory proteins, 15 metabolic regulators and 18 hypothetical proteins, which were identified as novel pathogenicity genes of Xoo.     

Rapd Pcr-based differentiation of Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli and Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli var. fuscans

A RAPD PCR-based method was used to differentiate between isolates of Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli and Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli var. fuscans. Using random primer OP-G11, a single, high intensity band of 820 bp was amplified from DNAs of all X. c. pv. phaseoli var. fuscans isolates, while multiple amplification products of varying sizes were generated from X. c. pv. phaseoli DNAs. Whereas RAPD PCR differentiation gave an unambiguous result in under 4 h, standard differentiation by recording the production of a brown pigment by X. c. pv. phaseoli var. fuscans isolates took up to 7 days and showed variation both between isolates and between media. The unequivocal nature of the RAPD PCR method was demonstrated when isolate 408, originally classified as X. c. pv. phaseoli var. fuscans, failed to produce the 820 bp band typical of X. c. pv. phaseoli var. fuscans isolates, and after also failing to produce a brown pigment, was re-classified as X. c. pv. phaseoli.     

云南疣粒野生稻抗白叶枯病鉴定及叶片组织学观察

 本研究采用水稻白叶枯病菌强致病性代表菌株,评价了云南省自然分布的疣粒野生稻代表生态居群18份材料的抗病性,观察叶片组织学结构,初步分析了疣粒野生稻的抗性基因。结果表明,16份材料表现中抗、高抗甚至免疫;9份材料对4个菌株的抗性有一定差异;同时发现云南地方代表菌株X1和CN9404的致病性比C1和BD8438强。叶片组织学结构表明,高抗材料与感病的栽培稻米泉黑芒都无蜡质层,二者的叶肉组织、薄壁细胞和表皮细胞相同,表皮毛、维管束、厚壁组织等的差异也不明显,不足以引起抗病性差异。疣粒野生稻高抗或免疫白叶枯病并非借助其特殊叶片结构的物理作用,而主要是抗病基因的作用。参试疣粒野生稻中没有与Xa1、Xa21同源的基因,加之独立进化,推断其具有新的优异抗白叶枯病基因,值得深入研究和发掘利用。     

Isolation and Sequence of a Gene, celD Xo Involved in Cellobiose Utilization in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

A genomic library of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (X. o. pv. oryzae) T7174 was screened for 4-methylumbelliferyl β-D-glucoside-hydrolyzing (MUGase) activity. In subcloning of one of the MUGase-positive clones, an approximately 4.2-kb SacI-SphI fragment conferred not only MUGase activity but also 4-methylumbelliferyl β-D-cellobioside-hydrolyzing (MUCase) activity. Sequence analysis showed that the fragment contained an ORF of 2951 bp. The conceptual ORF product was significantly homologous with 1,4-β-D-glucan glucohydrolase D (CELD) from Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa, and was named CELD_Xo. Cell fractionation experiments suggested that CELD_Xo is localized in the cell-envelope fraction. We constructed a CELD_Xo-deficient mutant (74ΔCELD) from X. o. pv. oryzae. Little MUCase activity was detected in the cell-envelope fraction prepared from the mutant. The mutant 74ΔCELD did not grow in synthetic medium containing cellobiose as the sole sugar source. On the other hand, growth in rice leaves and pathogenicity of the mutant and the parental strain did not differ. These results suggested that CELD_Xo is involved in cellobiose utilization of X. o. pv. oryzae but that the gene is not required for bacterial growth in rice leaves. Received 16 February 2001/ Accepted in revised form 11 April 2001     

水稻品种对水稻细菌性条斑病的抗性鉴定

选用致病力强的水稻细菌性条斑病菌Rs105对206个水稻品种进行抗性鉴定，结果表明，供试品种对水稻细菌性条斑病的抗性存在明显差异，粳型水稻的抗性一般比籼型水稻好。品种抗侵入和抗扩展呈显著相关关系（r=0.7949)。     

Genetic Diversity within the Population of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in India

ABSTRACT Xanthomonas oryzae pathovar oryzae causes a serious disease of rice in India and is endemic in all of the major rice-growing areas of the country. Sixty-seven X. oryzae pv. oryzae strains, collected mostly in 1994 and 1995, from 18 locations in India were analyzed by DNA fingerprinting methods using two separate repeat element probes from the X. oryzae pv. oryzae genome. These results show that strains belonging to a single pathogen lineage can be isolated from 16 of the 18 locations sampled; many of these locations are separated from each other by hundreds of kilometers and represent ecologically diverse rice-growing areas. Pathotyping analysis indicated that the strains in this lineage belong to pathotype 1b of X. oryzae pv. oryzae.     

Growth Complementation of hrpXo Mutants of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae by Virulent Strains in Rice Cultivars Resistant and Susceptible to the Parental Strain

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (X. o. pv. oryzae) T7174 is virulent on rice cultivar IR24 and avirulent on IR-BB2. From recent reports, some virulence and avirulence factors of plant pathogenic bacteria are transferred to plant cells through the hrp-dependent type III secretion system. In this study, we investigated the involvement of hrp genes in the compatible and the incompatible interactions between rice and X. o. pv. oryzae after co-inoculation with hrpXo mutants derived from T7174 and virulent strains. Growth of the mutants, named 74ΔHrpXo and 76ΔHrpXo, was repressed in IR24 when the mutants were applied alone. However, growth of the mutants was complemented by co-inoculation with virulent strains. Growth of bioluminescent hrpXo mutant 76ΔHrpXo in IR24 and its growth in IR-BB2 after co-inoculation with T7133, which is virulent on both cultivars, was equally complemented, as detected by bioluminescence from the mutant. On the other hand, only partial complementation of growth of T7174L76, which is a bioluminescent and pathogenic derivative of T7174, by T7133 was observed in IR-BB2. Thus, growth of the hrpXo mutant of X. o. pv. oryzae was complemented by virulent strains in both susceptible and resistant rice leaves with the parental strain. Received 21 July 2000/ Accepted in revised form 26 October 2000     

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。     

中国水稻白叶枯病菌毒性变异研究

 利用13个含已知抗病基因的近等基因系材料,在水稻孕穗期采用剪叶接种法对我国285个水稻白叶枯菌株(其中108个采集于1970~1992年,177个采集于2003~2004年)的致病力变异进行研究。结果表明,病菌的致病力呈现多样性。通过试验系统比较了不同时期病菌的毒性和小种组成变化。在此基础上对病菌群体毒性变化的原因进行了分析。     

红掌细菌性疫病病原菌生物学特性研究

红掌细菌性疫病由地毯草黄单胞菌花叶万年青致病变种(Xanthomonas axonopodis pv.dieffenbachiae)引起。测定了病原菌在PDA、NA、SX、KB、TTC培养基上的生长状况,并初步研究该病的发生规律。试验表明,病菌典型菌株的胞外纤维素酶、淀粉酶、蛋白酶都具水解活性,但活性大小有所差异;在8种抗生素的筛选中,菌株在链霉素、利福平、氨苄青霉素及新露霉素上能生长,而在格丹霉素、卡那霉素、四环素和壮观霉素上不能生长。     

水稻白叶枯病菌和细菌性条斑病菌的分子标记筛选及检测

 水稻白叶枯病菌（Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae）和细菌性条斑病菌(Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola)是水稻种子产地检疫中最重要的两种检疫对象,且同属于水稻黄单胞杆菌。本研究基于生物信息学技术构建比较基因组学算法对两种病原的全基因组序列比对分析,得到一系列能够区分两种病原的特异性PCR引物。结合简单的PCR技术及全自动DNA分析系统,我们选取了12对引物分别对23株水稻白叶枯病菌和5株水稻细菌性条斑病菌及其它相关菌株进行验证。结果获得了2对显性标记(Xoo-Hpa1和Xoc-ORF2)以及3对共显性分子标记(M568、M897和M1575)可以达到理想的区分检测两种病原的效果。分子标记的检测灵敏度从5×10⁴到5 × 10⁷cfu·mL^-1不等,且从水稻种子浸提液中也能成功地检测水稻白叶枯病菌和细菌性条斑病菌。本研究丰富了检测标记的靶位点,并有效的结合了高通量检测的手段对多位点联合分析,增强了检测的可靠性,有望在今后的植物检疫及病原鉴定中发挥着重要的作用。     

水稻白叶枯病菌单细胞系毒力分化研究

 以稀释倒平板法从0型菌086和IV型菌967-4和9620中分离到59个单细胞系;在12个近等基因系品种上,086和其单细胞系表现为弱毒力,2个IV型菌及其单细胞系能克服抗病基因Xa-1、2、3、8、10、11、14的抗性,不能克服Xa-21、4、5、7、13的抗性;带主效抗病基因的品种Asominori、XM5、M41、XM6和丰锦能把3个母株的59个单细胞系区分为12种数量差异或质量差异的不同致病型;将此5品种与近等基因系配合,适合作为病菌致病基因变异频度监测的寄主;采用"段叶沙培,切口取菌胶"法分离病菌,在中国致病型鉴定品种上划分的致病型,是田间病菌群体毒力结构的表型反应。     

国外新引进水稻品种（系）对我国水稻白叶枯病致病型的抗性反应

采用成株期人工剪叶接种鉴定方法,评价451份新引进的国外水稻新品种（系）对我国田间流行的5个水稻白叶枯病致病型的抗性反应。结果显示国际水稻研究所新材料是水稻白叶枯病重要的抗源。本试验还筛选出一批抗性较好的抗性材料,可供育种家在选配亲本时选用。     

Notes on the Occurrence of Pathogenic Races of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Xanthomonas oryzae </Emphasis>pv. <Emphasis Type="Italic">oryzae </Emphasis>Found in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1999

The pathogenic race of 59 cultures of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, a pathogen of bacterial leaf blight of rice, isolated from six locations in the inland mountainous area of Hiroshima Prefecture in 1999, were determined by a set of traditional differentials. Four races—I, II, V and VII—were found across the area; however, we noticed the composition of the races as well as the dominant race in each location different. All races were avirulent on differential cultivar Te-tep. Races V and VII were new to Hiroshima. The rice cultivars infected with bacterial leaf blight in Hiroshima are thought to be grouped into the Kinmaze group, which does not have any resistance genes. Apparently, a variety of races occurred unexpectedly on the cultivars contrary to stabilizing selection theory. Received 25 February 2000/ Accepted in revised form 13 July 2000     

Characterization of pathotypes among isolates of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis in Colombia

Cassava bacterial blight, caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis ( Xam ) is a destructive disease occurring in most cassava growing-areas. Although Colombian isolates of Xam differ in DNA polymorphism and pathogenicity, no suitable host differentials have been identified to demonstrate physiological specialization. A set of 26 Xam isolates from three edaphoclimatic zones (ECZs) in Colombia was selected for inoculation on a set of 17 potential cassava differentials. Leaf inoculation and stem puncture were used in order to detect possible specific interactions between cultivars and isolates. Cultivar × isolate interaction was highly significant ( P  < 0·001) after stem inoculation, but not after leaf inoculation. The stem inoculation technique was selected as a method for resistance screening of cassava cultivars for bacterial blight resistance. A highly significant interaction was also detected when cultivar behaviour was rated as area under the disease progress curve (AUDPC) after stem inoculation. Different pathotypes were defined among the 26 isolates and differential cultivars were proposed to define the pathotypic composition of Xam populations in three ECZs in Colombia. The results should help to improve selection of sources of resistance to cassava bacterial blight.     

进境菜豆种子中普通细菌性疫病菌的分离和鉴定

对经甘肃口岸进境的30批菜豆Phaseolus vulgaris种子进行了普通细菌性疫病菌的检测,利用选择性培养基MT从波兰进境菜豆种子上分离到1株细菌597,对该分离物进行菌落形态特征观察、致病性测定、16S rDNA及16S-23S rDNA ITS序列分析和特异性PCR检测。结果表明,该分离物在MT培养基上菌落呈黄色、圆形、黏稠、表面光滑向外隆起、菌落周围有水解圈。分离物597接种菜豆幼苗后导致叶片枯萎,接种点干枯。结合菌落形态、16S-23S rDNA ITS序列、特异性PCR检测结果,将分离物597鉴定为地毯草黄单胞杆菌菜豆致病变种Xanthomonas axonopodis pv.phaseoli。     

Molecular characterization of the incitant of cowpea bacterial blight and pustule, Xanthomonas campestris pv. vignicola

Strains of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vignicola (Xcv), isolated from cowpea leaves with blight or minute pustules and collected from various geographic areas, were selected on the basis of pathological and physiological features. All strains were analyzed for genotypic markers by two methods: ribotyping with EcoRI endonuclease, and RFLP analysis with a plasmid probe (pthB) containing a gene required for pathogenicity from Xanthomonas campestris pv. manihotis. Ribotyping revealed a unique pattern for all the strains that corresponded to the previously described ribotype rRNA7. Based on polymorphism detected by pthB among Xcv strains, nine haplotypes were defined. The observed genetic variation was independent of the geographic origin of the strains and of pathogenic variation. Some haplotypes were widely distributed, whereas others were localized. In some cases, we could differentiate strains isolated from blight symptoms and pustules according to haplotypic composition. However, in most cases, no significant differences were observed. Our results and the previous pathogenic and biochemical characterizations suggest that the strains isolated from leaves with blight symptoms or minute pustules belong to the same pathovar. We provide information on pathogen diversity that can be used to identify and characterize resistant germplasm.     

我国水稻白叶枯病菌致病力分化研究

综述了我国水稻白叶枯病菌致病力分化及其致病基因和致病机制的研究进展 ,查明稻白叶枯病菌致病力分化状况是进行水稻抗白叶枯病育种及其抗性品种利用的基础。