台州猕猴桃溃疡病病原菌分子鉴定及药剂筛选

为了针对性地防治猕猴桃细菌性溃疡病,采用平板涂布分离法从台州主要猕猴桃种植果园分离到1株丁香假单胞猕猴桃致病变种(Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidae,Psa)。用生物型(biovar)特异性引物检测发现,试验分离到的Psa菌株是biovar 3型。通过抑菌圈大小比较,对23种农用杀菌剂进行了筛选。结果表明,不同农用杀菌剂对Psa菌株的抑菌效果相差很大,且以四环素、乙蒜素和丁子香酚的抑菌效果较好(抑菌圈直径≥15 mm)。此外,用最小抑菌浓度(MIC)和时间-杀菌试验研究了纳米氧化锌对Psa菌株的杀菌效果。结果显示,纳米氧化锌的MIC值为50 μg·mL^-1,且杀菌效果随纳米氧化锌的浓度和作用时间的增加而增强。     

Harpinpsta from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci Is Defective and Deficient in Its Expression and HR-inducing Activity

To elucidate the role of harpins produced by Pseudomonas syringae, the corresponding hrpZ gene was isolated from P. s. pv. tabaci. The sequence information revealed that this gene carries a serious mutation with 326 bp lacking in the central region and potentially encodes only 140 N-terminal amino acids because of a frame shift. The investigation of biological properties using recombinant harpin indicated harpin_psta was incapable of inducing HR in both host and nonhost plants. Based on an immunoblot analysis to detect harpin from P. s. pathovars in hrp-inducing medium, the truncated harpin_psta was neither expressed nor secreted into the culture medium. These results suggest that harpin is not the sole determinant of the host-parasite specificity in P. s. pv. tabaci. Received 10 August 2000/ Accepted in revised form 21 December 2000     

丁香假单胞菌基因组内简单重复序列的比较分析

【目的】分析丁香假单胞菌3个致病变种基因组内简单重复序列(simple sequence repeats,SSR),为病菌SSR标记开发和遗传多样性研究提供有用信息。【方法】基于公共的基因组数据库资源,对3个菌株的完全重复SSR和不完全重复SSR的丰度和组成类型等进行分析。【结果】3个菌株完全重复SSR的分布规律较为相似,其中单碱基的短重复SSR均占绝对优势,多碱基和长重复SSR则较少;菌株B728a、1448A和DC3000的不完全重复SSR总数也较相近,分别为562、529和567,其中数量最多的均为六碱基重复。但3个菌株以四、五和六碱基为基序的SSR在基序组成和数量上则表现出较高的变异性,完全重复SSR中,除AGCC、ACCTGC等基序在两个菌株中同时出现,绝大多数基序仅在单个菌株基因组内出现;不完全重复SSR中,部分基序如CCCTG、ACGCA等的出现频率在不同菌株间存在明显差异。【结论】3个菌株的不完全重复SSR在数量和结构类型上均具有较大的相似性,而菌株间的完全重复SSR在数量和组成上则存在一定差异。     

Environmentally friendly treatment alternatives to Bordeaux mixture for controlling bacterial apical necrosis (BAN) of mango

Bacterial apical necrosis (BAN), caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae (Pss), is currently the most limiting disease affecting the mango crop in the Mediterranean area. The copper‐based compound Bordeaux mixture (BM) is considered to be the conventional treatment against BAN, but it does not act as a bactericide. Alternative experimental treatments to BM that are compatible with organic farming were tested for their ability to control BAN disease. Field trials were conducted over six seasons in different mango orchards with natural infestation of Pss. The experimental treatments included applications of Silicon gel (a commercial formulation of aqueous potassium silicate), dicalcium phosphate, Kaolinite, and Ulmasud B^® (bentonite, powder); BM was applied as the conventional treatment. During the first two seasons (small‐scale trial, 2002–2004), all these experimental compounds were applied in order to select those treatments providing the greatest reduction of BAN symptoms. In the next three seasons (2005–2008), a semi‐commercial scale trial was carried out with the best‐performing treatments, resulting in the selection of Silicon gel. Finally, Silicon gel was tested in a commercial scale trial during the last season (2008–2009). Trees treated with Silicon gel showed significantly fewer necrotic buds and leaves, reaching disease levels very similar to those using the conventional treatment with BM. However, minor differences in P. syringae‐like population levels were observed, as has been described in previous studies. The possible mode of action of the Silicon gel is discussed. Currently, the Silicon gel compound is undergoing the registration process for its commercial use in mango management in Spain.     

构树上一种新的丁香假单胞菌致病变种的研究

 构树细菌性疫病是一种荧光假单胞菌引起的新病害。主要症状有叶片角斑,嫩梢肿大和幼枝溃疡。从江苏一带分离获得的12个构树菌株和3个桑树对比菌株进行交互接种试验,发现构树菌株与桑树菌株之间不能交互侵染其寄主。细菌学特征和LOPAT试验及其它37项生理生化和营养特性试验表明,两种菌的表型特征基本相似,仅在7种化合物的利用上存在差异。两种菌的血清学反应无相关性。细胞全蛋白SDS一聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳图谱也略有不同。试验结果证明,构树细菌性疫病细菌属于假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas),丁香假单胞菌(P.syringae)的一个新致病变种,定名为Pseudomonas syrzngae pv.broussonetiae pv.nov.     

Patterns of interaction between isolates of three pathovars of Pseudomonas syringae and accessions of a range of host and nonhost legume species

Isolates of three pathovars of Pseudomonas syringae were tested against 10 legume species. Some isolates of all pathovars showed cultivar-specific interactions with at least one legume species outside the expected host range. Lablab purpureus and Phaseolus lunatus were found to be hosts to isolates of both P. syringae pv. glycinea and P. syringae pv. phaseolicola, while Lathyrus latifolius was host to isolates of P. syringae pv. pisi and P. syringae pv. glycinea . Lens culinaris showed patterns of interaction with isolates of all three pathovars. Gene models based on mathematical estimates of minimum gene numbers agreed with those previously published for the interactions of P. syringae pv. pisi with Pisum sativum and P. syringae pv. phaseolicola with Phaseolus vulgaris. Two different gene-for-gene models based on five resistance/avirulence gene pairs were proposed to explain observed interactions between Glycine max and P. syringae pv . glycinea . Pathogen isolates which contained no known avirulences defined on their respective host species were found to carry cryptic avirulences recognized by other plant species. Estimates of minimum gene numbers required to explain the interactions of a plant species with all pathogen isolates or to explain the interactions of the isolates of one pathovar with all plant accessions were consistently lower than the sum of the minimum gene numbers required to explain the interactions of each individual component.     

Similarity between Copper Resistance Genes from Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae and P. syringae pv. tomato

Twenty-eight strains of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae isolated in 1984, 1987 and 1988 from kiwifruit orchards in Japan were tested for their resistance to copper sulfate. All strains isolated in 1984 were copper sensitive with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of cupric sulfate of 0.75 mM. However, some strains isolated in 1987 and 1988 were resistant, with the MIC ranging from 2.25 to 3.0 mM. All copper-resistant strains contained at least one of two plasmids, pPaCul (about 70.5 kb) or pPaCu2 (about 280 kb), or both. In a copper-resistant strain Pa429, the location of the copper-resistance gene(s) was examined by insertional inactivation with Tn5. The MIC of copper sulfate in the copper-sensitive mutant obtained by Tn5 tagging decreased from 2.75 to 0.75 mM. The 14.5 kb BamHI fragment, designated pPaCuB14, containing the same locus mutagenized with Tn5 was cloned from pPaCu1. However, pPaCuB14 did not confer copper resistance in the transformant of copper-sensitive strain Pa21R, suggesting that this clone did not contain a full set of copper-resistance gene(s). Then a cosmid library of pPaCu1 was constructed and six cosmid clones hybridized with pPaCuB14 were selected. One of the six cosmids, designated pPaCuC1, conferred a near wild-type level of copper resistance in the transformant of the copper-sensitive strain. pPaCuC1 had a homologous region that hybridized with all of the PCR-amplifled fragments of copA, copB, copR, and copS genes of P. syringae pv. tomato. DNA sequence analysis of the homologous region revealed the existence of four open reading frames (ORF A, B, R and S) oriented in the same direction. The predicted amino acid sequences of ORF A, B, R and S had 80, 70, 97 and 95% identity with CopA, B, R and S of P. syringae pv. tomato, respectively. Received 5 July 2001/ Accepted in revised form 27 September 2001     

Coffee bacterial diseases: a plethora of scientific opportunities

Coffee is a very important crop for several tropical countries across different continents. The diseases bacterial halo blight (BHB), bacterial leaf spot (BLS), bacterial leaf blight (BLB) and coffee leaf scorch (CLS), caused by the bacterial pathogens Pseudomonas syringae pv. garcae (Psgc), P. syringae pv. tabaci (Psta), Pseudomonas cichorii (Pch) and Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca (Xfp), respectively, cause significant reductions in coffee production, although other minor bacterial diseases have also been reported in some countries. Little research progress has been made on aspects that are relevant for control and management of these diseases. In all cases, there is an urgent need to develop rapid and more reliable methods for early detection of the pathogens in order to minimize their negative impact on coffee production. Because of the high rate of intra- and intersubspecific recombination occurring in X. fastidiosa, a permanent revision of the detection methods is necessary. Greater efforts should be made to understand the genetic and virulence diversity of Psgc, Psta and Pch populations. Early studies reported the identification of potential sources of resistance against Psgc and Psta, but, to date, no resistance gene has been isolated. Little effort has been made to understand the biology and molecular mechanisms underlying the interaction between Coffea spp. and these pathogenic bacteria. This review discusses the recent progress on the molecular mechanisms used by these bacteria to cause diseases on other plant species, in order to provide a guideline for the establishment of future research programmes.