scholarly journals Inland and foreign Erwinia amylovora isolates by carbohydrate utilization

2010 ◽  
pp. 29-33
Author(s):  
Anita Végh ◽  
Mária Hevesi ◽  
László Palkovics
Keyword(s):  
Plant Disease ◽  
Fire Blight ◽  
Erwinia Amylovora ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Gene Bank ◽  
Carbohydrate Utilization ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Colour Changes ◽  
Group 1

Fire blight, a plant disease caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, produces serious losses in apple and pear orchards all over the world. Since the appearance of fire blight in Hungary (Hevesi, 1996) Erwinia amylovora isolates were collected in different years, from different hosts and areas in order to establish gene bank for future epidemiological studies. We had isolates from foreign countries as well. The aim of our research was to compare all of the Hungarian and foreign isolates by carbohydrate utilization. In our experiments effect of carbohydrates on E. amylovora multiplication was determined using API 50 CH strip (bioMérieux, France). By the API 50 CH strip method we checked a number of unstudied carbohydrates. The results of the tests shows colour changes. Based on utilization of 49 carbohydrates of API 50 CH kit by E. amylovora isolates, two groups of carbohydrates can be defined: “Utilized” - and “Not utilized”  carbohydrates. All isolates utilized 20 different carbohydrates after 164 hour incubation. Conversely, isolates also could be divided into four groups (1, 2, 3, 4) by arbutin and raffinose utilization. In group 1.-isolates utilize arbutin; 2.- utilize raffinose; 3.- utilize both arbutin and raffinose; 4. -utilize neither arbutin nor raffinose. Presumably carbohydrate content of nectar could play an important role on invasion of the (E. amylovora) bacterium via flower.It could be concluded that the carbohydrate utilization – completed with genetic analysis – can be used for characterization of Erwinia amylovora isolates.

scholarly journals Bacteriophages of Erwinia amylovora

2003 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 2133-2138 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Gill ◽  
A. M. Svircev ◽  
R. Smith ◽  
A. J. Castle
Keyword(s):  
Fire Blight ◽  
Erwinia Amylovora ◽  
Bacterial Host ◽  
Southern Ontario ◽  
Phage Types ◽  
Single Host ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Host Strains ◽  
Group 1

ABSTRACT Fifty bacteriophage isolates of Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight, were collected from sites in and around the Niagara region of southern Ontario and the Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, Ontario. Forty-two phages survived the isolation, purification, and storage processes. The majority of the phages in the collection were isolated from the soil surrounding trees exhibiting fire blight symptoms. Only five phages were isolated from infected aerial tissue in pear and apple orchards. To avoid any single-host selection bias, six bacterial host strains were used in the initial isolation and enrichment processes. Molecular characterization of the phages with a combination of PCR and restriction endonuclease digestions showed that six distinct phage types, described as groups 1 to 6, were recovered. Ten phage isolates were related to the previously characterized E. amylovora PEa1, with some divergence of molecular markers between phages isolated from different sites. A study of the host ranges of the phages revealed that certain types were unable to efficiently lyse some E. amylovora strains and that some isolates were able to lyse the epiphytic bacterium Pantoea agglomerans. Representatives from the six molecular groups were studied by electron microscopy to determine their morphology. The phages exhibited distinct morphologies when examined by an electron microscope. Group 1 and 2 phages were tailed and contractile, and phages belonging to groups 3 to 6 had short tails or openings with thin appendages. Based on morphotypes, the bacteriophages of E. amylovora were placed in the order Caudovirales, in the families Myoviridae and Podoviridae.

scholarly journals Structural and functional characterization of proteins from the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora. A review on the state of the art

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Benini
Keyword(s):  
Fire Blight ◽  
Erwinia Amylovora ◽  
Functional Characterization ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
Knock Out ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Crystallography ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Good Starting Point

Abstract Together with genome analysis and knock-out mutants, structural and functional characterization of proteins provide valuable hints on the biology of the organism under investigation. Structural characterization can be achieved by techniques such as X-ray crystallography, NMR, Cryo-EM. The information derived from the structure are a good starting point to comprehend the details of the proteins molecular function for a better understanding of their biological role. This review aims at describing the progress in the structural and functional characterization of proteins from the plant pathogen Erwinia amylovora obtained by structural biology and currently deposited in the Protein Data Bank.

MICROARRAY CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HRPL REGULON OF THE FIRE BLIGHT PATHOGEN ERWINIA AMYLOVORA

2011 ◽  
pp. 263-270
Author(s):  
R.R. McNally ◽  
G.W. Sundin ◽  
Y.F. Zhao ◽  
I.K. Toth ◽  
P.J.A. Cock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fire Blight ◽  
Erwinia Amylovora

scholarly journals Characterization of Serracin P, a Phage-Tail-Like Bacteriocin, and Its Activity against Erwinia amylovora, the Fire Blight Pathogen

2002 ◽  
Vol 68 (11) ◽  
pp. 5704-5710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelhamid Jabrane ◽  
Ahmed Sabri ◽  
Philippe Compère ◽  
Philippe Jacques ◽  
Isabel Vandenberghe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fire Blight ◽  
Erwinia Amylovora ◽  
Culture Supernatant ◽  
Bacterial Disease ◽  
Amino Acid Sequence Analysis ◽  
Terminal Amino Acid ◽  
Phage Tail ◽  
Terminal Amino ◽  
Pear Trees

ABSTRACT Serratia plymithicum J7 culture supernatant displayed activity against many pathogenic strains of Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of the most serious bacterial disease of apple and pear trees, fire blight, and against Klebsiella pneumoniae, Serratia liquefaciens, Serratia marcescens, and Pseudomonas fluorescens. This activity increased significantly upon induction with mitomycin C. A phage-tail-like bacteriocin, named serracin P, was purified from an induced culture supernatant of S. plymithicum J7. It was found to be the only compound involved in the antibacterial activity against sensitive strains. The N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis of the two major subunits (23 and 43 kDa) of serracin P revealed high homology with the Fels-2 prophage of Salmonella enterica, the coliphages P2 and 168, the φCTX prophage of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and a prophage of Yersinia pestis. This strongly suggests a common ancestry for serracin P and these bacteriophages.

scholarly journals Polymerase Chain Reaction Fingerprinting of Erwinia amylovora has a Limited Phylogenetic Value but Allows the Design of Highly Specific Molecular Markers

2008 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arantza Rico ◽  
M. Elena Führer ◽  
Amaya Ortiz-Barredo ◽  
Jesús Murillo
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Molecular Markers ◽  
Fire Blight ◽  
Erwinia Amylovora ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Arbitrary Primers ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Polymorphic Bands

Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight, is genetically very homogeneous, and current methodologies provide insufficient or contradictory information about the probable dispersal routes of the pathogen. With the final aim to obtain specific and reliable molecular markers for different lineages of the pathogen, we studied the molecular basis of rep-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) polymorphism using seven different arbitrary primers to fingerprint 93 E. amylovora strains from different countries, including Spain. Polymorphism was very low, and was displayed by only 11 E. amylovora strains, which produced 22 polymorphic bands. Five of 11 polymorphic bands cloned contained DNA that was present in more than 85% of the strains, whereas six bands were due to DNA present exclusively in the strains producing the rep-PCR polymorphism. Also, five of the polymorphic bands were due to the possession of either the ubiquitous plasmid pEA29, of plasmid pEU30, which was exclusively found in strains from North America, or of a 35-kb cryptic plasmid, present only in 28 strains from Northern Spain. We designed primer pairs from several cloned polymorphic bands that allowed the specific identification of the strains producing the polymorphism. Our results indicate that rep-PCR is not adequate for constructing genealogies of E. amylovora, although the strategy illustrated here, as well as the designed primers, can be used effectively in epidemiological studies with this pathogen.

scholarly journals Characterization of Myoviridae and Podoviridae family bacteriophages of Erwinia amylovora from Hungary - potential of application in biological control of fire blight

2017 ◽  
Vol 149 (3) ◽  
pp. 639-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Schwarczinger ◽  
J. Kolozsváriné Nagy ◽  
A. Künstler ◽  
L. Szabó ◽  
K. Geider ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Fire Blight ◽  
Erwinia Amylovora

scholarly journals Testing the virulence of some Hungarian Erwinia amylovora strains on in vitro cultured apple rootstocks

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hevesi ◽  
J. Papp ◽  
E. Jámbor-Benczúr ◽  
K. Kaszáné Csizmár ◽  
I. Pozsgai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Fire Blight ◽  
Erwinia Amylovora ◽  
Disease Development ◽  
Apple Rootstocks ◽  
Disease Rating ◽  
Different Strains

A useful method was improved to test and to evaluate the susceptibility of plants to fire blight and the virulence of E. amylovora strains. Six Hungarian strains from different host plants were tested on in vitro cultured apple rootstocks. Disease rating was used for the characterization of the process of disease development. The different strains had different capacity to cause disease, mainly in the first period of incubation. There were significant differences between the virulence of the strains.

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