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Zhu Z, Yu C, Dong Z, Mo R, Zhang C, Liu X, Zuo Y, Li Y, Deng W, Hu X. Phylogeny and Fungal Community Structures of Helotiales Associated with Sclerotial Disease of Mulberry Fruits in China. PLANT DISEASE 2024; 108:502-512. [PMID: 37647089 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-02-23-0223-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Mulberry fruit sclerotiniose is a prevalent disease caused by the fungal species Ciboria shiraiana, C. carunculoides, and Scleromitrula shiraiana of the order Helotiales, and severely affects the production of mulberry. However, these species have only been identified using morphological and rDNA-ITS sequence analyses, and their genetic variation is unclear. To address this, morphological and two-locus (ITS and RPB2) phylogenetic analyses were conducted using culture-dependent and independent methods for 49 samples from 31 orchards across four provinces in China. Illumina MiSeq sequencing was used to assess the fungal communities obtained from fruits varying in disease severity and color from an orchard in Wuhan. Conidial suspensions of C. shiraiana and C. carunculoides isolated from diseased fruits, diseased fruits affected with hypertrophy and pellet sorosis sclerotiniose, and mycelia of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum were determined to be pathogenic to the mulberry cultivar YSD10. However, fruits inoculated with S. sclerotiorum mycelia exhibited nontypical disease symptoms, and mycelia and conidia obtained from C. carunculoides and S. shiraiana strains were not pathogenic. Maximum parsimony and Bayesian analyses using the sequences of the assessed loci indicated species variability with no evidence of geographic specialization. Metagenomic analysis revealed that the diversity of fungal communities was reduced with disease progression. Furthermore, within a single fruit, the presence of two Ciboria spp. was detected. These results provide novel insights into Ciboria spp., revealing the secondary infections caused by conidia in diseased fruits, genetic variations of the pathogens, and the occurrence of coinfection. This improved understanding of fungal pathogens will aid in developing effective disease control strategies.
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- Zhixian Zhu
- Institute of Economic Crops, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China
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- Institute of Economic Crops, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China
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- Institute of Economic Crops, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China
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- Institute of Economic Crops, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China
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- Institute of Economic Crops, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China
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- Institute of Economic Crops, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China
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- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Institute of Economic Crops, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China
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- Institute of Economic Crops, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China
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- Institute of Economic Crops, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China
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Guo Y, Kang X, Huang Y, Guo Z, Wang Y, Ma S, Li H, Chao N, Liu L. Functional characterization of MaEXPA11 and its roles in response to biotic and abiotic stresses in mulberry. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 206:108289. [PMID: 38154294 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.108289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
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Mulberry is a traditional economic tree with various values in sericulture, ecology, food industry and medicine. Expansins (EXPs) are known as cell wall expansion related proteins and have been characterized to involve in plant development and responses to diverse stresses. In present study, twenty EXP and expansin-like (EXL) genes were identified in mulberry. RNA-seq results indicated that three EXP and EXL genes showed up-regulated expression level under sclerotiniose pathogen infection in three independent RNA-seq datasets. The most significant upregulated EXPA11 was selected as key EXP involving in response to sclerotiniose pathogen infection in mulberry. Furthermore, a comprehensive functional analysis was performed to reveal subcellular location, tissue expression profile of MaEXPA11 in mulberry. Down-regulation of MaEXPA11 using virus induced gene silence (VIGS) was performed to explore the function of MaEXPA11 in Morus alba. Results showed that MaEXPA11 can positively regulate mulberry resistance to Ciboria shiraiana infection and negatively regulate mulberry resistance to cold or drought stress.
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- Yangyang Guo
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212100, China; Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212100, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212100, China; Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212100, China.
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Xue M, Zhao S, Gu G, Xu D, Zhang X, Hou X, Miao J, Dong H, Hu D, Lai D, Zhou L. A Genome-Wide Comparison of Rice False Smut Fungus Villosiclava virens Albino Strain LN02 Reveals the Genetic Diversity of Secondary Metabolites and the Cause of Albinism. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:15196. [PMID: 37894876 PMCID: PMC10607355 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242015196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Revised: 10/07/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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Rice false smut (RFS) caused by Villosiclava virens (anamorph: Ustilaginoidea virens) has become one of the most destructive fungal diseases to decrease the yield and quality of rice grains. An albino strain LN02 was isolated from the white RFS balls collected in the Liaoning Province of China in 2019. The strain LN02 was considered as a natural albino mutant of V. virens by analyzing its phenotypes, internal transcribed spacer (ITS) conserved sequence, and biosynthesis gene clusters (BGCs) for secondary metabolites. The total assembled genome of strain LN02 was 38.81 Mb, which was comprised of seven nuclear chromosomes and one mitochondrial genome with an N50 value of 6,326,845 bp and 9339 protein-encoding genes. In addition, the genome of strain LN02 encoded 19 gene clusters for biosynthesis of secondary metabolites mainly including polyketides, terpenoids and non-ribosomal peptides (NRPs). Four sorbicillinoid metabolites were isolated from the cultures of strain LN02. It was found that the polyketide synthase (PKS)-encoding gene uspks1 for ustilaginoidin biosynthesis in strain LN02 was inactivated due to the deletion of four bases in the promoter sequence of uvpks1. The normal uvpks1 complementary mutant of strain LN02 could restore the ability to synthesize ustilaginoidins. It demonstrated that deficiency of ustilaginoidin biosynthesis is the cause of albinism for RFS albino strain LN02, and V. virens should be a non-melanin-producing fungus. This study further confirmed strain LN02 as a white phenotype mutant of V. virens. The albino strain LN02 will have a great potential in the development and application of secondary metabolites. The physiological and ecological functions of ustilaginoidins in RFS fungus are needed for further investigation.
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- Mengyao Xue
- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (M.X.); (S.Z.); (G.G.); (D.X.); (X.Z.); (X.H.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (M.X.); (S.Z.); (G.G.); (D.X.); (X.Z.); (X.H.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (M.X.); (S.Z.); (G.G.); (D.X.); (X.Z.); (X.H.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (M.X.); (S.Z.); (G.G.); (D.X.); (X.Z.); (X.H.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (M.X.); (S.Z.); (G.G.); (D.X.); (X.Z.); (X.H.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (M.X.); (S.Z.); (G.G.); (D.X.); (X.Z.); (X.H.); (D.L.)
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Science, Shenyang 110161, China; (J.M.); (H.D.)
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Science, Shenyang 110161, China; (J.M.); (H.D.)
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- Biotechnology Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China;
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (M.X.); (S.Z.); (G.G.); (D.X.); (X.Z.); (X.H.); (D.L.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (M.X.); (S.Z.); (G.G.); (D.X.); (X.Z.); (X.H.); (D.L.)
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Fan W, Liu S, Feng Y, Xu Y, Liu C, Zhu P, Zhang S, Xia Z, Zhao A. Stigma type and transcriptome analyses of mulberry revealed the key factors associated with Ciboria shiraiana resistance. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2023; 200:107743. [PMID: 37186979 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 04/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Ciboria shiraiana is a fungal pathogen and the causal agent of hypertrophy sorosis scleroteniosis (HSS) in mulberry, leading to substantial economic losses in the mulberry fruit-related industry. To obtain HSS resistant resources and investigate the resistance mechanism, the resistances of 14 mulberry varieties were assessed. Morus laevigata Wall. (MLW) varieties showed strong resistance to C. shiraiana, and the pathogen's infection was associated with mulberry fluorescence. Stigmas were identified as the infection site through cutting experiments. Susceptible varieties (S-varieties) displayed secretory droplets on their stigma papillar cell surfaces, while MLWs lacked these secretions. Correlation analysis between the secretion rate and the diseased fruit rate indicated that the differences between resistant varieties (R-varieties) and S-varieties were related to the stigma type. Furthermore, comparative transcriptome analysis was performed on stigma and ovary samples from R- and S-varieties. Compared with the stigma of R-varieties, the key differentially expressed genes (DEGs) with significantly higher expression in S-variety stigmas mainly participated in the fatty acid biosynthetic process. In R-variety stigmas and ovaries, the transcript levels of DEGs involved in defense response, including resistance (R) genes, were significantly higher than that of S-varieties. Overexpression of MlwRPM1-2 and MlwRGA3 enhances resistance to C. shiraiana and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, but not Botrytis cinerea in tobacco. These findings help us explain the different resistance mechanisms of mulberry to C. shiraiana, and the critical defense genes in R-varieties can be applied to breeding antifungal plant varieties.
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- Wei Fan
- State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Institute of Sericulture and Systems Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Institute of Sericulture and Systems Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Institute of Sericulture and Systems Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Institute of Sericulture and Systems Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Institute of Sericulture and Systems Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Institute of Sericulture and Systems Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Institute of Sericulture and Systems Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Institute of Sericulture and Systems Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China.
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Host-Induced Gene Silencing of a G Protein α Subunit Gene CsGpa1 Involved in Pathogen Appressoria Formation and Virulence Improves Tobacco Resistance to Ciboria shiraiana. J Fungi (Basel) 2021; 7:jof7121053. [PMID: 34947035 PMCID: PMC8709418 DOI: 10.3390/jof7121053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 12/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Hypertrophy sorosis scleroteniosis caused by Ciboria shiraiana is the most devastating disease of mulberry fruit. However, few mulberry lines show any resistance to C. shiraiana. An increasing amount of research has shown that host-induced gene silencing (HIGS) is an effective strategy for enhancing plant tolerance to pathogens by silencing genes required for their pathogenicity. In this study, two G protein α subunit genes, CsGPA1 and CsGPA2, were identified from C. shiraiana. Silencing CsGPA1 and CsGPA2 had no effect on hyphal growth but reduced the number of sclerotia and increased the single sclerotium weight. Moreover, silencing CsGpa1 resulted in increased fungal resistance to osmotic and oxidative stresses. Compared with wild-type and empty vector strains, the number of appressoria was clearly lower in CsGPA1-silenced strains. Importantly, infection assays revealed that the virulence of CsGPA1-silenced strains was significantly reduced, which was accompanied by formation of fewer appressoria and decreased expression of several cAMP/PKA- or mitogen-activated protein-kinase-related genes. Additionally, transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana expressing double-stranded RNA targeted to CsGpa1 through the HIGS method significantly improved resistance to C. shiraiana. Our results indicate that CsGpa1 is an important regulator in appressoria formation and the pathogenicity of C. shiraiana. CsGpa1 is an efficient target to improve tolerance to C. shiraiana using HIGS technology.
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Zhang S, Zhu P, Cao B, Ma S, Li R, Wang X, Zhao A. An APSES Transcription Factor Xbp1 Is Required for Sclerotial Development, Appressoria Formation, and Pathogenicity in Ciboria shiraiana. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:739686. [PMID: 34646256 PMCID: PMC8503677 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.739686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Sclerotinia diseases are important plant fungal diseases that, causes huge economic worldwide losses every year. Ciboria shiraiana is the main pathogen that results in mulberry sclerotia diseases. Sclerotia and appressoria play important roles in long-term pathogen survival and in host infection during life and disease cycles. However, the molecular mechanisms of sclerotial development and appressoria formation in C. shiraiana have not been well studied. Here, an Asm1p, Phd1p, Sok2p, Efg1p and StuAp (APSES)-type transcription factor in C. shiraiana, CsXbp1, involved in sclerotial development and appressoria formation was functionally characterized. Bioinformatics analyses showed that CsXbp1 contained an APSES-type DNA binding domain. The expression levels of CsXbp1 were higher in sclerotia and during later stages of infection. Compared with wild-type strains, hyphal growth was slower, the number and weight of sclerotia were reduced significantly, and appressoria formation was obviously delayed in CsXbp1 RNA interference (RNAi) strains. Moreover, the CsXbp1 RNAi strains showed weakened pathogenicity owing to compound appressoria defects. Tobacco rattle virus-mediated host-induced gene silencing enabled Nicotiana benthamiana to increase its resistance to C. shiraiana by reducing the CsXbp1 transcripts level. Thus, CsXbp1 plays vital roles in sclerotial formation, appressoria formation, and pathogenicity in C. shiraiana. This study provides new insights into the infection mechanisms of C. shiraiana and plant resistance breeding.
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- Shuai Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Key Laboratory of Biorheological Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,College of Life Sciences, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Becarelli S, Chicca I, La China S, Siracusa G, Bardi A, Gullo M, Petroni G, Levin DB, Di Gregorio S. A New Ciboria sp. for Soil Mycoremediation and the Bacterial Contribution to the Depletion of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:647373. [PMID: 34177829 PMCID: PMC8221241 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.647373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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A Ciboria sp. strain (Phylum Ascomycota) was isolated from hydrocarbon-polluted soil of an abandoned oil refinery in Italy. The strain was able to utilize diesel oil as a sole carbon source for growth. Laboratory-scale experiments were designed to evaluate the use of this fungal strain for treatment of the polluted soil. The concentration of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in the soil was 8,538 mg/kg. Mesocosms containing the contaminated soil were inoculated with the fungal strain at 1 or 7%, on a fresh weight base ratio. After 90 days of incubation, the depletion of TPH contamination was of 78% with the 1% inoculant, and 99% with the 7% inoculant. 16S rDNA and ITS metabarcoding of the bacterial and fungal communities was performed in order to evaluate the potential synergism between fungi and bacteria in the bioremediation process. The functional metagenomic prediction indicated Arthrobacter, Dietzia, Brachybacerium, Brevibacterium, Gordonia, Leucobacter, Lysobacter, and Agrobacterium spp. as generalist saprophytes, essential for the onset of hydrocarbonoclastic specialist bacterial species, identified as Streptomyces, Nocardoides, Pseudonocardia, Solirubrobacter, Parvibaculum, Rhodanobacter, Luteiomonas, Planomicrobium, and Bacillus spp., involved in the TPH depletion. The fungal metabolism accelerated the onset of specialist over generalist bacteria. The capacity of the Ciboria sp. to deplete TPH in the soil in treatment was also ascertained.
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- Simone Becarelli
- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.,BD Biodigressioni, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.,Department of Biosystem Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- BD Biodigressioni, Pisa, Italy.,Department of Biosystem Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Genomic Characterization Provides an Insight into the Pathogenicity of the Poplar Canker Bacterium Lonsdalea populi. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12020246. [PMID: 33572241 PMCID: PMC7914447 DOI: 10.3390/genes12020246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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An emerging poplar canker caused by the gram-negative bacterium, Lonsdalea populi, has led to high mortality of hybrid poplars Populus × euramericana in China and Europe. The molecular bases of pathogenicity and bark adaptation of L. populi have become a focus of recent research. This study revealed the whole genome sequence and identified putative virulence factors of L. populi. A high-quality L. populi genome sequence was assembled de novo, with a genome size of 3,859,707 bp, containing approximately 3434 genes and 107 RNAs (75 tRNA, 22 rRNA, and 10 ncRNA). The L. populi genome contained 380 virulence-associated genes, mainly encoding for adhesion, extracellular enzymes, secretory systems, and two-component transduction systems. The genome had 110 carbohydrate-active enzyme (CAZy)-coding genes and putative secreted proteins. The antibiotic-resistance database annotation listed that L. populi was resistant to penicillin, fluoroquinolone, and kasugamycin. Analysis of comparative genomics found that L. populi exhibited the highest homology with the L. britannica genome and L. populi encompassed 1905 specific genes, 1769 dispensable genes, and 1381 conserved genes, suggesting high evolutionary diversity and genomic plasticity. Moreover, the pan genome analysis revealed that the N-5-1 genome is an open genome. These findings provide important resources for understanding the molecular basis of the pathogenicity and biology of L. populi and the poplar-bacterium interaction.
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