VIRULENCE, GROWTH, AND SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS OF ERWINIA-AMYLOVORA MUTANTS WITH ALTERED PATHOGENICITY

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作者
THARAUD, M
MENGGAD, M
PAULIN, JP
LAURENT, J
机构
[1] INRA,PATHOL VEGETALE LAB,F-75231 PARIS 05,FRANCE
[2] INRA,PATHOL VEGETALE STN,F-49070 ANGERS,FRANCE
来源
MICROBIOLOGY-UK | 1994年 / 140卷
关键词
ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; PLANT PATHOGEN; VIRULENCE; CELL-SURFACE COMPONENTS;
D O I
10.1099/00221287-140-3-659
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Erwinia amylovora CFBP1430 was mutagenized by phage MudllPR13 insertion. Thirty prototrophic pathogenicity mutants with a single insertion were isolated. Among these, 17 non-pathogenic (Path(-)) mutants were obtained; 11 of them were unable to induce a hypersensitive response (HR) on tobacco (Hrp(-) mutants), whereas the remaining six were still able to do so (Dsp(-) mutants). Thirteen other mutants showed reduced virulence (Rvi(-)) and were still able to induce an HR. One of them appeared to be Path(-) on apple seedlings and Rvi(-) on pear seedlings. All the Hrp(-) mutants and all but three of the Dsp(-) mutants mapped in the hrp-dsp gene cluster previously reported. Some Rvi(-) mutants also proved to map in this hrp-dsp region; most of them, as well as two Dsp(-) mutants map in an unknown genomic region. Cell-surface components thought to play a role in bacterial pathogenicity were examined, including exopolysaccharides (EPS), lipopolysaccharides (LPS), and outer-membrane proteins. One mutant only was found to be non-capsulated and unable to produce EPS. The insertion in this mutant mapped in a genomic cluster involved in amylovoran synthesis. Unlike the parental strain, some mutants exhibited sensitivity to the phage Ffm and this phenotype was associated with a modified LPS electrophoretic profile. Rvi(-) mutants and some Path(-) mutants were able to multiply in planta to some extent; other Path(-) mutants reached only a low population lever, except the non-capsulated one, which rapidly decreased to an undetectable level.
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