黄龙病病菌在柑橘木虱体内的分布及感染动态

【目的】柑橘木虱Diaphorina citri Kuwayama是传播黄龙病病菌唯一的自然媒介昆虫,本文研究了黄龙病病菌在柑橘木虱各个发育阶段体内的分布以及感染动态,为有效防控柑橘木虱提供科学数据。【方法】利用常规PCR检测柑橘木虱若虫体内的黄龙病病菌,利用q RT-PCR和荧光原位杂交技术分别检测黄龙病病菌在柑橘木虱不同发育虫态体内的含量与分布形式。【结果】常规PCR可以在3-5龄若虫以及成虫体内检测到黄龙病病菌,而q RT-PCR除了3-5龄若虫外,还可以在2龄若虫体内检测到黄龙病病菌。卵和各龄期若虫中黄龙病病菌的含量是随着龄期的变大而不断增多。产卵盛期的成虫木虱体内黄龙病病菌的含量最高,显著高于产卵前期以及产卵后期。荧光原位杂交技术可以检测到4龄、5龄若虫及成虫体内的黄龙病病菌分布形态,病菌在若虫主要分布在U型含菌体内,而在雌雄成虫体内均是散布型分布。【结论】柑橘黄龙病在柑橘木虱的2-5龄若虫及成虫中都有感染,但其含量与分布形式因发育阶段不同而有显著差异。     

感染黄龙病菌亚洲柑橘木虱基因表达的转录组学分析

【目的】了解亚洲柑橘木虱Diaphorina citri Kuwayama与黄龙病菌Canditatus Liberibacter asiaticus的分子互作机制。【方法】利用转录组(RNA-Seq)方法分别对携带和未携带黄龙病菌的柑橘木虱成虫进行转录组测序,根据获得的转录信息分析木虱携带黄龙病菌后基因表达的差异。【结果】获得了1 502个差异表达的unigenes,在带菌木虱中上调和下调的基因分别有746和756个。共有1 099个unigenes比对上NCBI蛋白数据库并获得功能注释;852个被聚类到GO的三大功能中;931个被注释到KEGG的239个代谢通路中。根据差异表达基因的GO分析,木虱代谢过程和催化活性的相关基因明显上调。此外,筛选出53个免疫相关的unigenes中,28个与细胞免疫、25个与免疫信号路径相关,分别有64%和32%表达上调。【结论】黄龙病菌和媒介昆虫柑橘木虱存在互作关系,病菌入侵后可能通过代谢活动相关基因的上调和免疫相关基因的差异表达而影响木虱的代谢活动和免疫反应过程。     

柑橘黄龙病罹病植株显症差异组织内生细菌群落结构分析

【目的】分离鉴定同株罹病柑橘黄龙病植株不同显症状况组织的内生细菌,寻找与黄龙病菌[‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’(Ca.Las)]相互作用的优势菌株。【方法】利用基于16S rDNA的PCRDGGE(Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis)分析同一柑橘黄龙病罹病植株的显症和未显症组织内生细菌多样性,并用定量PCR方法,对果、枝、叶3种组织黄龙病菌、优势菌株及细菌总数进行检测。【结果】结果显示显症和无症组织所带黄龙病菌差异很大,显症部位病菌量明显高于无症部位。分析显症和无症组织内生细菌DGGE图谱显示,同一组织内生菌群结构基本相同;对图谱中17条明显条带回收克隆测序,发现其中8个条带均属于沙雷氏菌属(Serratia),占总条带数的47.06%。序列分析显示这8条序列为粘质沙雷氏菌(Serratia marcescens)不同的菌株(序列相似性为99.63%)。定量分析各差异显症部位单位组织内的粘质沙雷氏菌和细菌总数,发现相同部位的总细菌量差异不显著,但粘质沙雷氏菌与黄龙病菌的量呈负相关。【结论】柑橘黄龙病病株中,各部位所带病菌量不均匀,是否显症与组织内柑橘黄龙病菌的量呈正相关,内生菌群总量与显症无相关性,但粘质沙雷氏菌与黄龙病菌的量呈负相关。粘质沙雷氏菌与黄龙病菌在韧皮部细胞内增殖过程中的相互作用值得深入研究。     

亚洲柑橘木虱成虫和5龄若虫在感染黄龙病的柑橘上的取食行为及获菌效率比较

【目的】亚洲柑橘木虱Diaphorina citri是柑橘的毁灭性病害——黄龙病亚洲种‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’(‘Clas’)的主要传播媒介。本研究的目的是明确木虱成虫和5龄若虫的取食行为、获菌效率是否有差异,以及寄主感染黄龙病是否对5龄若虫取食产生影响。【方法】利用直流型刺吸电位仪(DC-EPG Giga-4)记录柑橘木虱成虫和5龄若虫在携带黄龙病的酸橘Citrus reticulata cv. Sunki嫩梢上10 h的取食行为,用qPCR单头检测其获得黄龙病病原菌的效率,并比较5龄若虫在感病和健康植株嫩梢上的取食行为。【结果】柑橘木虱成虫与5龄若虫在感染黄龙病的酸橘上的取食行为有显著差异。5龄若虫比成虫更快地开始在韧皮部和木质部进行吸食,口针在韧皮部的总过程以及吸食时间显著长于成虫。此外,5龄若虫和成虫在EPG测定(同时饲菌)10 h后获菌率分别为37.5%和20.0%,若虫明显高于成虫。寄主植物感染黄龙病对5龄若虫的取食行为有一定的影响,表现在感病植株上的刺探次数、唾液分泌次数和韧皮部吸食次数都显著少于健康植株,而两者分泌唾液和韧皮...     

柑橘黄龙病菌内参基因的筛选与评估

【背景】柑橘黄龙病是世界柑橘生产上最具毁灭性的病害之一,主要由候选韧皮部杆菌属亚洲种("Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus",CLas)引起。CLas全基因组测序已经完成,因而该病原菌的基因表达研究和功能验证得以进行。【目的】筛选CLas内参基因并评估其不同侵染时期和在不同品种植物寄主中的表达稳定性。【方法】基于基因功能类别,利用实时荧光定量PCR技术分析23个CLas的候选内参基因相对表达情况(16Sr RNA基因作为参照基因)。结合Ct值标准差和geNorm、NormFinder、RefFinder软件,评价内参基因的表达稳定性。【结果】在感染黄龙病不同时期和不同品种的植物寄主样本中,14对引物表现出较强的特异性和稳定性。内参基因稳定性排名:ftsZgyrArpoB1ftsAsecAgapzapEgmk2rpoDsecYrpoOftsWgmk1recA,根据geNorm配对变异值Vn/n+1选择稳定性最好的ftsZ和gyrA作为内参基因作进一步评估。以ftsZ+gyrA以及16S rRNA基因分别作为内参基因检测柑橘黄龙病菌致病基因LasΔ5313的表达水平,所得的表达模式相同。【结论】柑橘黄龙病菌中涉及DNA复制和细胞分裂功能的管家基因表达较稳定,在CLas的基因表达研究中可选择ftsZ+gyrA的基因组合作为内参。本研究为后续利用实时荧光定量PCR分析CLas基因表达及研究CLas致病机理奠定基础。     

基于23S／5SrDNA序列的柑橘黄龙病病原菌亚洲种系统发育研究

根据柑橘黄龙病亚洲种23S/5S的DNA序列设计一对引物对不同地理来源的6个柑橘黄龙病样品DNA进行扩增,扩增片段大小均为1 654 bp包括一个假定细胞壁水解酶假基因(putative cell wall hydrolase pseudogene)和5S rRNA 基因.序列同源性分析结果表明;6个柑橘黄龙病病原菌样品与柑橘黄龙病病原菌亚洲种Sihui样品的同源性为99%,然而与土壤杆菌,布鲁氏菌,根瘤菌,中华根瘤菌,巴通体菌和中慢生根瘤菌的同源性只有89%～95%,说明在23S/5S rDNA序列上黄龙病病原菌亚洲种与α变形菌纲根瘤菌目的其他病原菌相差较大.对黄龙病病原菌亚洲种种内的23S/5S rDNA序列进行比较分析,结果发现黄龙病病原菌亚洲种种内之间putative cell wall hydrolase pseudogene和5S rRNA的基因序列非常保守,但不同地理来源的柑橘黄龙病样品碱基序列间确实存在差异,差异的大小与地理的远近无关.利用简约法对黄龙病病原菌亚洲种及α变形菌纲其它病原菌的23S/5S rDNA序列构建的系统发育树显示黄龙病病原菌亚洲种单独聚为一类,其他细菌聚为另一类,该结果与基于rplJ基因及16S rRNA基因的DNA序列构建的分子系统进化树结果一致.     

赣南柑橘木虱体内黄龙病菌psy62株系原噬菌体类型多样性的研究

为探明柑橘木虱体内黄龙病菌psy62株系中原噬菌体遗传多样性及与柑橘株系的遗传差异,本研究将利用3对引物在psy62基因组中2个噬菌体FP1和FP2的同源序列区域内对赣南地区阳性样品进行PCR扩增和测序。结果显示,赣南地区阳性样品在此基因区域内有28头柑橘木虱检测到原噬菌体,共有5种类型,分别为A,A2,B,C,C1。其中A,B的检测率相对较高;C1检测率最低,为7.1%。由此可见,在此基因位点不同地理位置的柑橘木虱原噬菌体种群有较大的遗传差异,且与美国佛罗里达的"Ca.L.asiaticus"株系,中国柑橘叶片"Ca.L.asiaticus"株系均有显著的遗传差异,这有助于进一步研究分析原噬菌体的种类差异对柑橘木虱传毒机制的影响。     

柑橘木虱两地理种群的内共生菌群落组成及传菌能力

柑橘黄龙病（Huanglongbing, HLB）是经柑橘木虱Diaphorina citri传播的最主要柑橘病害之一, 危害严重时能对柑橘产业造成毁灭性的破坏。为了鉴定福建和海南2个地理种群柑橘木虱的内共生菌群落组成, 本研究对16S rRNA部分保守序列进行PCR扩增, 并利用特异性引物对不同内共生菌进行了感染率检测; 另外, 还通过人工接虫的方法, 探索柑橘木虱成虫在带黄龙病菌蕉柑Citrus reticulata cv. Tankan上的获菌能力, 以及带菌柑橘木虱成虫对黄岩蜜橘C. reticulata cv. Subcompressa的传菌能力。研究发现, 这2个地理种群的柑橘木虱含有相同的内共生菌组成, 包括α-Proteobacteria, Wolbachia spp., γ-Proteobacteria, mycetocyte symbionts, β-Proteobacteria, Oxalobacter和β-Proteobacteria, Herbaspirillum, 而且这2个地理种群柑橘木虱的4种内共生菌的携带率均在95%以上。柑橘木虱成虫在带菌蕉柑上饲菌28 d后, 带菌率可达到82%, 而带菌柑橘木虱成虫在黄岩蜜橘上传菌75 d后, 可导致橘树整体带菌。本研究为柑橘木虱的进一步研究和防虫治病途径提供了一些理论依据。     

广东省橘园黄龙病发生与危害的影响因素研究

【目的】柑橘黄龙病是世界柑橘生产上的毁灭性病害。探明广东省橘园黄龙病发生与危害的影响因素,可为该病的科学防控提供依据。【方法】在广东省惠州、肇庆、云浮、江门、阳江、清远、韶关等柑橘产区,调查了不同柑橘品种、不同气候和地理条件、不同种植模式和不同管理水平果园的黄龙病发病率,并以常规PCR和实时荧光定量PCR对样品进行了分子检测。【结果】不同柑橘栽培品种发病率:红江橙为78.05%,马水橘为76.04%,砂糖橘为73.20%,贡柑为69.30%,年橘为63.00%,沙田柚为58.68%,柠檬为56.96%;砧木品种发病率:酸橘为15.30%,枳壳为6.57%,柠檬为4.43%;低纬、高温、多台风地区果园的黄龙病发病率较高;山地果园的黄龙病发病率低于平地果园;连片种植果园的黄龙病发病率高于零散种植果园;管理不善的果园中黄龙病发病率高于管理较好的果园。【结论】除了自然因素(低纬、高温、多台风、平原地形)外,聚集种植和管理不善等因素也有利于黄龙病的发生与流行。因此,有针对性地安排果园布局和加强果园管理可以减轻黄龙病的危害。     

长春花内生细菌多样性与柑橘黄龙病菌的相关性

【目的】分析感柑橘黄龙病长春花植株与健康长春花植株不同部位内生细菌菌群结构变化,为柑橘黄龙病菌与长春花内生细菌的相关性研究提供理论基础。【方法】本研究利用兼性厌氧可培养技术、16S rDNA限制性片段长度多态性分析(Restriction fragment length polymorphism,RFLP)以及16S rDNA序列分析相结合的方法。【结果】分别从感病和健康长春花叶、茎、根的组织中分离获得67株内生细菌,与GenBank中29种细菌的相似性达到97%-100%。其中短小杆菌属(Curtobacterium sp.)、欧文氏菌属(Erwinia sp.)、蜡样芽胞杆菌(Bacillus cereus)为感病长春花内生细菌的优势菌群,鞘胺醇单胞菌属(Brevundimonas sp.)、芽胞杆菌属(Bacillus sp.)为健康长春花内生细菌的优势菌群;马胃葡萄球菌(Staphylococcus equorum)为两者的共同优势菌群。通过RFLP方法分析,感病株得到16个、健株得到23个操作分类单元(Operational TaxonomicUnits,OTUs),感病植株中除柑橘黄龙病菌Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus外,还有丰富的CandidatusLiberibacter sp.存在。【结论】感病与健康长春花植株中均含有丰富的内生细菌,黄龙病菌的存在改变了长春花原有内生细菌的菌群结构,且菌群多样性下降。可见长春花内生细菌在一定程度上受到柑橘黄龙病菌的抑制。     

亚洲柑橘木虱与柑橘黄龙病菌互作的研究进展

亚洲柑橘木虱Diaphorina citri Kuwayama作为柑橘产业重要病害柑橘黄龙病的主要传播媒介,已经成为重点防治对象。该害虫与黄龙病之间的互作一直是相关研究的热点,本文就近年来该领域的研究进展做了一个总结,从亚洲柑橘木虱的获菌与传病机制、病原菌与柑橘木虱之间的互作以及病原菌感染寄主植物后对木虱的影响等方面进行了综述。期望为深入开展黄龙病相关研究、寻找防控新途径提供依据。     

Plant response and huanglongbing disease development against heat treatments on ‘Siam Purworejo’ (Citrus nobilis (Lour)) and ‘Nambangan’ (C. maxima (Burm.) Merr.) under field condition

Huanglongbing is known as a destructive disease in citrus production. Investigation on plant response and development of huanglongbing disease against heat treatment on ‘Siam Purworejo’ (Citrus nobilis (Lour)) and ‘Nambangan’ (C. maxima (Burm.) Merr.) was done. High-temperature treatment was applied by covering plants with an enclosed screen. The treatment plant has three types of CLas pathogen infection status. The result showed that heat treatments could significantly increase new flushes. It was found that intensity of HLB infected plant decreased. The treatments effect on the proline level was dependent on cultivar, leaves age and HLB-infection status. Chlorophyll content of HLB infected plants increased due to high temperature. High-temperature increased Fe content in the artificially infected plant, whereas Zn contents increased in the leaves of infected plants by vector. ‘Nambangan’ had higher Fe content than ‘Siam Purworejo’ on uncovered plants. CLas bacteria still persisted in infected plant based on real-time PCR analysis.     

Predominance of Single Prophage Carrying a CRISPR/cas System in “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” Strains in Southern China

“Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” (CLas) is an uncultureable α-proteobacterium associated with citrus Huanglongbing (HLB, yellow shoot disease), a highly destructive disease affecting citrus production worldwide. HLB was observed in Guangdong Province of China over a hundred years ago and remains endemic there. Little is known about CLas biology due to its uncultureable nature. This study began with the genome sequence analysis of CLas Strain A4 from Guangdong in the prophage region. Within the two currently known prophage types, Type 1 (SC1-like) and Type 2 (SC2-like), A4 genome contained only a Type 2 prophage, CGdP2, namely. An analysis on CLas strains collected in Guangdong showed that Type 2 prophage dominated the bacterial population (82.6%, 71/86). An extended survey covering five provinces in southern China also revealed the predominance of single prophage (Type 1 or Type 2) in the CLas population (90.4%, 169/187). CLas strains with two and no prophage types accounted for 7.2% and 2.8%, respectively. In silico analyses on CGdP2 identified a CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)/cas (CRISPR-associated protein genes) system, consisting of four 22 bp repeats, three 23 bp spacers and 9 predicted cas. Similar CRISPR/cas systems were detected in all 10 published CLas prophages as well as 13 CLas field strains in southern China. Both Type 1 and Type 2 prophages shared almost identical sequences in spacer 1 and 3 but not spacer 2. Considering that the function of a CRISPR/cas system was to destroy invading DNA, it was hypothesized that a pre-established CLas prophage could use its CRISPR/cas system guided by spacer 1 and/or 3 to defeat the invasion of the other phage/prophage. This hypothesis explained the predominance of single prophage type in the CLas population in southern China. This is the first report of CRISPR/cas system in the “Ca. Liberibacter” genera.     

Diversity and characterization of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus strains causing huanglongbing disease in Iran,based on two prophage loci

Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening, is a destructive disease of citrus; it is considered a newly emerging disease which has spread to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In Iran, the disease was first found in 2009. In this study, two hypervariable prophage and phage‐related loci, bacteriophage repressor protein C1 (CLIBASIA_ 01645 locus) and prophage terminase gene (CLIBASIA_05610 locus), were used to determine the diversity and characterization of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus ( CLas) strains associated with HLB samples. Analyses of the CLIBASIA_01645 locus, characteristic of variable tandem repeat numbers (VTRNs), revealed the homogeneity of Iranian CLas isolates: However, this result showed two distinct genotypes (TRN < 10 and TRN > 10) of CLas in Iran. This is the first report documenting the presence of two differentially distributed genotypes of CLas in Iran. Sequence analysis of prophage terminase revealed the presence of two putative prophages (prophage I and prophage II) in the genome of CLas isolates of Iran. Frequency analysis of these two prophages by specific loci revealed the association between prophages populations, the development HLB symptoms and CLas genotypes and their interactions with another obligate symbiontic, HLB phytoplasma.     

Infection and distribution of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus in citrus plants and psyllid vectors at the cellular level

Huanglongbing (HLB) is currently considered the most destructive disease of citrus worldwide. In the major citrus-growing areas in Asia and the US, the major causal agent of HLB is the bacterial pathogen Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas). CLas is vectored by the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri, in a persistent propagative manner. CLas cannot be cultured in vitro because of its unclear growth factors, leading to uncertainty in the infection mechanism of CLas at the cellular level in citrus and in D. citri. To characterize the detailed infection of CLas in the host and vector, the incidence of HLB was first investigated in citrus-growing fields in Fujian Province, China. It was found that the positive association of the level of CLas infection in the leaves correlated with the symptoms. Then antibodies against peptides of the outer membrane protein (OMP) of CLas were prepared and tested. The antibodies OMP-225, OMP-333 and OMP724 showed specificity to citrus plants in western blot analyses, whereas the antibodies OMP-47 and OMP-225 displayed specificity to the D. citri vector. The application of OMP-225 in the immunofluorescence assay indicated that CLas was located in and distributed throughout the phloem sieve cells of the leaf midribs and axile placenta of the fruit. CLas also infected the epithelial cells and visceral muscles of the alimentary canal of D. citri. The application of OMP-333 in immunoelectron microscopy indicated the round or oval CLas in the sieve cells of leaf midribs and axile placenta of fruit as well as in the epithelial cells and reticular tissue of D. citri alimentary canal. These results provide a reliable means for HLB detection, and enlighten a strategy via neutralizing OMP to control HLB. These findings also provide insight for the further investigation on CLas infection and pathogenesis, as well as CLas–vector interaction.     

Metabolic Interplay between the Asian Citrus Psyllid and Its Profftella Symbiont: An Achilles’ Heel of the Citrus Greening Insect Vector

‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ (CLas), the bacterial pathogen associated with citrus greening disease, is transmitted by Diaphorina citri, the Asian citrus psyllid. Interactions among D. citri and its microbial endosymbionts, including ‘Candidatus Profftella armatura’, are likely to impact transmission of CLas. We used quantitative mass spectrometry to compare the proteomes of CLas(+) and CLas(-) populations of D. citri, and found that proteins involved in polyketide biosynthesis by the endosymbiont Profftella were up-regulated in CLas(+) insects. Mass spectrometry analysis of the Profftella polyketide diaphorin in D. citri metabolite extracts revealed the presence of a novel diaphorin-related polyketide and the ratio of these two polyketides was changed in CLas(+) insects. Insect proteins differentially expressed between CLas(+) and CLas(-) D. citri included defense and immunity proteins, proteins involved in energy storage and utilization, and proteins involved in endocytosis, cellular adhesion, and cytoskeletal remodeling which are associated with microbial invasion of host cells. Insight into the metabolic interdependence between the insect vector, its endosymbionts, and the citrus greening pathogen reveals novel opportunities for control of this disease, which is currently having a devastating impact on citrus production worldwide.     

沙田柚黄龙病病原体的电镜观察与PCR检测

柑桔黄龙病可以侵染沙田柚而产生典型的‘斑驳’症状。我们通过电镜观察表明,带病沙田柚的病原体在形态,大小和构造上均与柑桔黄龙病病原体（类细菌）相似：PCR扩增也证明其病原体DNA与柑桔黄龙病病原体的PCR产物具有很高的同源性。     

Incidence of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus infection in abandoned citrus occurring in proximity to commercially managed groves

Huanglongbing is one of the most devastating diseases of citrus (Citrus spp.). One management tactic against huanglongbing is aggressive management of the vector, the Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri Kuwayama), with insecticide applications. However, D. citri in abandoned groves are not controlled and therefore pose a risk of reinfestation for nearby commercial citrus. These abandoned groves could serve as a reservoir for the vector, as well as a source of the presumed causal agent for huanglongbing in Florida, Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (Las). The current study was conducted to determine the degree to which Las is present in abandoned Florida citrus groves and to compare relative inoculum levels in nearby managed and abandoned groves during times of the year when D. citri are abundant (June, July, and August). In addition, the movement of Las by dispersing D. citri adults from inner and edge rows of abandoned grove plots to the corresponding rows of managed plots was quantified during the same 3 mo. The results of the current study confirmed the presence of Las in both D. citri and plant tissue in abandoned groves at statistically equivalent levels to those in nearby managed groves. The mean number of D. citri adults dispersing from abandoned to managed grove plots ranged from 7.25 +/- 1.70 to 70.25 +/- 21.25 per 4-d intervals. Of those, the mean number of dispersing D. citri adults that were carrying the Las pathogen ranged from 1.00 +/- 0.58 to 1.50 +/- 0.50. Our results indicate that abandoned citrus groves are a significant source of Ca. Las and that dispersing D. citri move this pathogen into nearby managed groves.