Isolation and characterization of endophytic streptomycete antagonists of Fusarium wilt pathogen from surface-sterilized banana roots

A total of 131 endophytic actinomycete strains were successfully isolated from surface-sterilized banana roots. These isolates belonged to Streptomyces (n=99), Streptoverticillium (n=28), and Streptosporangium (n=2) spp. The remaining 2 isolates were not identified. About 18.3% of the isolates inhibited the growth of pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense on banana tissue extract medium. The most frequently isolated Streptomyces sp. strain S96 was similar to Streptomyces griseorubiginosus. About 37.5% of the S. griseorubiginosus strains were antagonistic to F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense. The antagonism of strain S96 was lost when FeCl(3) was introduced into the inhibition zone. In vivo biocontrol assays showed that the disease severity index (DSI) was significantly (P=0.05) reduced and mean fresh weight increased (P=0.001) in plantlets treated with strain S96 compared to those grown in the absence of the biocontrol strain. These findings indicate the potential of developing siderophore-producing Streptomyces endophytes for the biological control of fusarium wilt disease of banana.     

Response of endophytic bacterial communities in potato plants to infection with Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica

The term endophyte refers to interior colonization of plants by microorganisms that do not have pathogenic effects on their hosts, and various endophytes have been found to play important roles in plant vitality. In this study, cultivation-independent terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of 16S ribosomal DNA directly amplified from plant tissue DNA was used in combination with molecular characterization of isolates to examine the influence of plant stress, achieved by infection with the blackleg pathogen Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica, on the endophytic population in two different potato varieties. Community analysis clearly demonstrated increased bacterial diversity in infected plants compared to that in control plants. The results also indicated that the pathogen stress had a greater impact on the bacteria population than the plant genotype had. Partial sequencing of the 16S rRNA genes of isolated endophytes revealed a broad phylogenetic spectrum of bacteria, including members of the alpha, beta, and gamma subgroups of the Proteobacteria, high- and low-G+C-content gram-positive organisms, and microbes belonging to the Flexibacter-Cytophaga-Bacteroides group. Screening of the isolates for antagonistic activity against E. carotovora subsp. atroseptica revealed that 38% of the endophytes protected tissue culture plants from blackleg disease.     

一株内生砖红镰刀菌促进烟草生长和增强青枯病抗性

课题组前期报道了一株对马铃薯具有促生防病作用的内生砖红镰刀菌Fusarium lateritium (FL617)。为拓展该菌株的应用范围,本研究以同为茄科作物的烟草为研究对象,探究了砖红镰刀菌对其生长和抗病的影响。结果表明,与对照组相比,处理组叶表面积、主根数、叶片数、叶绿素a和叶绿素b含量分别提高了5.0、3.9、1.4、1.3和1.3倍;该结果表明砖红镰刀菌对烟草具有促生作用。生测结果表明,砖红镰刀菌增强了烟草对青枯病的抗病性,其青枯病病情指数下降约30%。植物激素合成相关基因表达模式分析,发现处理组植物激素合成相关基因表达显著上调(1.6-39.9倍);用青枯病菌Ralstonia solanacearum感染寄主植物后分析其水杨酸(SA)、茉莉酸(JA)和R基因信号相关基因的转录模式,发现与对照组相比,处理组SA、JA相关基因均显著上调(1.2-8.3倍),仅有一个R基因显著下调(50%)。进一步用GFP标记的菌株进行荧光定殖观察,发现植物根系周围簇生着带有绿色荧光信号的真菌菌丝,表明砖红镰刀菌可以定殖于烟草根系。综上所述,推测砖红镰刀菌F. lateritium能够通过定殖于烟草根系介导植物激素、免疫防御相关基因的表达从而影响植株的生长发育和抗病性。     

对枯萎病不同抗性的香蕉品种的内生细菌多样性及群落结构

【目的】了解抗感品种香蕉植株中内生细菌与香蕉枯萎病间的关系,从而为香蕉枯萎病的发生与防控提供一定的理论基础。【方法】通过基于16S rRNA的末端标记限制性片段长度多态性技术(Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism,T-RFLP)分析健康和感枯萎病香蕉植株不同品种各组织,以及香蕉植株不同发病时间根组织中内生细菌的多样性和群落结构。【结果】抗病品种"农科一号"植株根、假茎、叶片各组织中内生细菌的种类基本都比感病品种"巴西蕉"的相应组织中的要丰富。感枯萎病香蕉植株根、假茎、叶片各组织中内生细菌种类基本都比健康植株各组织的丰富。在植株发病前、发病初期、再到发病后一个月的不同时期,对于抗病品种而言,其内生细菌的多样性都基本保持稳定,而感病品种则变化幅度较大。同时发现不同品种不同组织的内生细菌的优势种群有所不同,且不同品种健康和发病植株都存在一些特有优势种群。【结论】香蕉抗病品种比感病品种植株中内生细菌的多样性更丰富且更稳定;感枯萎病植株中的内生细菌种类比健康的丰富;而且不同抗性品种中健康和感病植株内的优势种群存在明显差异。     

Artificial inoculation of banana tissue culture plantlets with indigenous endophytes originally derived from native banana plants

Fusarium wilt disease of banana is one of the most harmful fungal diseases affecting banana production worldwide. We hypothetically proposed that the loss of indigenous endophytes in tissue culture propagation of banana might be related to increased disease severity on banana plants. In the present study, a mixture of uncultivated endophytes, which was originally derived from native healthy banana plant in plantation, was used to artificially inoculate banana tissue culture plantlets. A broad spectrum of bacterial communities was detected in the roots of artificially inoculated plantlets by 16S ribosomal RNA gene analysis, and γ-Proteobacteria was identified as the dominant group. Banana wilt pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 4 was inoculated to the plantlets after potting to investigate disease progress. With early diagnosis of fungal pathogen infection, 54% reduction was detected in artificially inoculated plantlets compared to endophyte-free control plantlets. The re-introduction of naturally-occurring endophytes into tissue culture banana plantlets led to a 67% suppression rate of wilt disease at the fifth month after pathogen infection on plantlets in the greenhouse. In addition to disease suppression, growth of host plantlets was also promoted with the inoculation of endophytes. The artificial inoculation method provided a foundational understanding of ecological enrichment to control banana wilt disease in future.     

Evaluation of Streptomyces sp. strain g10 for suppression of Fusarium wilt and rhizosphere colonization in pot-grown banana plantlets

Streptomyces sp. strain g10 exhibited strong antagonism towards Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (Foc) races 1, 2 and 4 in plate assays by producing extracellular antifungal metabolites. Treating the planting hole and roots of 4-week-old tissue-culture-derived Novaria banana plantlets with strain g10 suspension (10⁸ cfu/ml), significantly (P<0.05) reduced wilt severity when the plantlets were inoculated with 10⁴ spores/ml Foc race 4. The final disease severity index for leaf symptom (LSI) and rhizome discoloration (RDI) was reduced about 47 and 53%, respectively, in strain g10-treated plantlets compared to untreated plantlets. Reduction in disease incidence was not significant (P<0.05) when plantlets were inoculated with a higher concentration (10⁶ spores/ml) of Foc race 4. Rhizosphere population of strain g10 showed significant (P=0.05) increase of more than 2-fold at the end of the 3rd week compared to the 2nd week after soil amendment with the antagonist. Although the level dropped, the rhizosphere population at the end of the 6th week was still nearly 2-fold higher than the level detected after 2 weeks. In contrast, the root-free population declined significantly (P=0.05), nearly 4-fold after 6 weeks when compared to the level detected after 2 weeks. Neither growth-inhibiting nor growth-stimulating effects were observed in plantlets grown in strain g10-amended soil.     

两株香蕉枯萎病拮抗细菌的筛选及抑菌机理

【目的】从发病蕉园中的健康香蕉根际筛选能有效抑制香蕉枯萎病病原菌生长的拮抗菌,进一步研究其抑菌机理。【方法】应用双层平板初筛和平板对峙实验复筛具有抑菌效果的拮抗菌;经生理生化试验、16S rRNA基因测序和特异引物扩增对拮抗菌进行鉴定;酸沉淀方法提取拮抗菌发酵液抑菌物质粗提液,基于比色法和HPLC测定粗提液对菌丝蛋白质含量、脂质过氧化、麦角甾醇和果胶酶活性的影响。【结果】筛选获得两株拮抗细菌H-2和H-7,初步鉴定为枯草芽孢杆菌和解淀粉芽孢杆菌,Gen Bank登录号分别为KX791428和KX791430;温室盆栽试验显示,两株拮抗菌对香蕉枯萎病的生防效率分别为59.1%和53.0%;H-2和H-7粗提液处理病原菌菌丝后,因脂质过氧化产生的丙二醛含量显著增加,分别达0.55μmol/L和0.48μmol/L;而蛋白含量、麦角甾醇含量和果胶酶活性均显著下降,其中H-2处理的抑制幅度更大,三项指标分别为0.15 mg/g、1.31 mg/g和0.008 7 U/m L,显著低于对照的0.25 mg/g、1.96 mg/g和0.035 U/m L。【结论】从健康香蕉根际筛选到两株拮抗细菌,两者可能通过增强病原菌菌丝的脂质过氧化和降低细胞代谢产物合成的方式抑制病原菌生长,可为两株拮抗菌的生防应用提供理论依据。     

Pathogenic and molecular characterisations of pigeonpea wilt pathogen Fusarium udum

Thirty two pathogenic isolates of Fusarium udum from different pigeonpea growing areas in India were studied for pathogenic and molecular variability. Pathogenic variability was tested on 12 pigeonpea differential genotypes, which revealed prevalence of five variants in F. udum. The amount of genetic variation was evaluated by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) amplification with 20 random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers and nine microsatellite markers. All amplifications revealed scorable polymorphisms among the isolates, and a total of 137 polymorphic fragments were scored for the RAPD markers and 16 alleles for the simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. RAPD primers showed 86% polymorphism. Genetic similarity was calculated using Jaccard's similarity coefficient and cluster analysis was used to generate a dendrogram showing relationships between them. Isolates could be grouped into three subpopulations based on molecular analysis. Results indicated that there is high genetic variability among a subpopulation of F. udum as identified by RAPD and SSR markers and pathogenicity on differential genotypes.     

Control of lethal browning of tissue culture plantlets of Cavendish banana cv. Formosana with ascorbic acid

Cavendish banana cv. Formosana is a high yielding commercial cultivar resistant to race 4 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense. Mass micropropagation of this cultivar has a serious problem of high mortality due to lethal browning of plantlets. The mineral contents in leaves and corms of diseased and healthy plantlets were similar. Amendment of culture medium with anion exchange resins, cation exchange resins, polyvinylpyrrolidone or activated charcoal did not reduce the disease incidence. However, addition of ascorbic acid to the surface of culture medium not only prevented the development of lethal browning but also greatly increased the number of plantlets produced. Even at 0.005% ascorbic acid was able to reduce the disease incidence by more than 60% and caused over 8-fold increase in number of plantlets produced. When cultures raised from 12 different Formosana corms were tested, ascorbic acid was able to reduce disease incidence by an average of 83%, and increase the number of plantlets in each test. When diseased plantlets were transferred to culture medium with ascorbic acid, all of them recovered, and resumed normal growth and multiplication, while all control plantlets on culture medium without ascorbic acid died after one month.     

Effects of endophytic Fusarium oxysporum towards Radopholus similis activity in absence of banana

Four endophytic fungi (Fusarium spp.) isolated from the cortical tissue of surface-sterilised banana as well as from tomato roots were tested for their capacity of biological control towards the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis on banana. The pathogenic and parasitic capacities of endophytic fungi towards R. similis were tested in in vitro experiments. No parasitism of fungi on R. similis was observed. However, nematode activity decreased significantly in the presence of all endophytic fungi in vitro when compared to nematodes in the absence of fungi. The effects of fungi on R. similis activities in the soil were tested in the absence of plants. Nematode activities were reduced significantly by 16-30% by endophytic fungi when compared to untreated soil.     

不同香蕉枯萎病区土壤细菌群落多样性

分别采集海南省临高县3个地区的香蕉枯萎病发病土壤与健康土壤样品共6份,采用常规方法测定土壤理化性质,以末端限制性片段多态性分析(T-RFLP)技术研究不同地区发病与健康土壤微生物的多样性,并分析土壤微生物群落结构与土壤因子的关系.结果表明:同一地区发病蕉园土壤的大部分理化性质指标低于健康蕉园,以pH、有效P含量的差异最显著;T-RFLP结果表明供试蕉园发病土壤的细菌多样性比健康土壤丰富;3个地区的优势种分别为片段长度为144、147与233 bp的T-RFs,通过系统发育分配工具比对,推断这3个地区的优势菌群可能属于枯草芽孢杆菌、葡萄球菌、反刍真杆菌;大部分T-RFs的分布与土壤碱解N、pH、速效K、有效P及含水量有关,且在发病土壤中的相对丰度大于健康土壤.     

Two xylanase genes of the vascular wilt pathogen Fusarium oxysporum are differentially expressed during infection of tomato plants

Two genes encoding putative family F xylanases from the tomato vascular wilt pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici have been cloned and sequenced. The two genes, designated xyl2 and xyl3, encode proteins with calculated molecular masses of 33 and 39.3?kDa and isoelectric points of 8.9 and 6.7, respectively. The predicted amino acid sequences show significant homology to other family F xylanases. XYL3 contains a cellulose-binding domain in its N-terminal region. Southern analysis suggested that xyl2 and xyl3 homologs are also present in other formae speciales of F. oxysporum. Both genes were expressed during growth on oat spelt xylan and tomato vascular tissue in vitro. RT-PCR revealed that xyl3 is expressed in roots and in the lower stems of tomato plants infected by F. oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici throughout the whole disease cycle, whereas xyl2 is only expressed during the final stages of disease.     

Tolerance in banana to Fusarium wilt is associated with early up-regulation of cell wall-strengthening genes in the roots

Fusarium wilt, caused by the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense ( Foc ), is one of the most destructive diseases of bananas. In the tropics and subtropics, Cavendish banana varieties are highly susceptible to Foc race 4 (VCG 0120). Cavendish selection GCTCV-218 was shown to have significantly lower disease severity and incidence compared with susceptible cultivar Williams in replicated greenhouse and field trials. Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) was previously carried out to identify genes induced in roots of GCTCV-218, but not in Williams, after infection with Foc 'subtropical' race 4 . Seventy-nine SSH clones were sequenced and revealed 13 non-redundant gene fragments, several of which showed homology to defence-associated genes, including cell wall-strengthening genes. Quantitative RT-PCR was used to confirm up-regulation and differential expression of a number of genes throughout a time-course, following Foc infection in the tolerant GCTCV-218 when compared with susceptible cv. Williams . Tolerance of GCTCV-218 was linked to significantly increased induction of cell wall-associated phenolic compounds.     

Genome sequence of the tobacco bacterial wilt pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum

Ralstonia solanacearum is a causal agent of plant bacterial wilt with thousands of distinct strains in a heterogeneous species complex. Here we report the genome sequence of a phylotype IB strain, Y45, isolated from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) in China. Compared with the published genomes of eight strains which were isolated from other hosts and habitats, 794 specific genes and many rearrangements/inversion events were identified in the tobacco strain, demonstrating that this strain represents an important node within the R. solanacearum complex.     

Diverse microbial communities in non-aerated compost teas suppress bacterial wilt

Non-aerated compost teas (NCTs) are water extracts of composted organic materials and are used to suppress soil borne and foliar disease in many pathosystems. Greenhouse trials were used to test the effectiveness of NCTs to suppress potato bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum on plants grown in soils inoculated with a virulent isolate of the pathogen (biovar II). NCTs prepared from matured compost sources: agricultural waste (AWCT), vermicompost (VCT) and solid municipal waste (SMWCT) were evaluated at three initial application times (7 days before inoculation, at time of inoculation and 7 days after inoculation) prior to weekly applications, in a randomized complete-block design. AWCT applied initially at the time of inoculation resulted in the greatest disease suppression, with the disease severity index 2.5-fold less than the non-treated plants and the “area under the disease progress curve” (AUDPC) 3.2-fold less. VCT and SMWCT were less suppressive than AWCT regardless of initial application time. Next generation sequencing of the v4 region of 16S rRNA gene and the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS1) revealed that diversity and composition of the bacterial and fungal communities across the NCTs varied significantly. Dominant bacterial phyla such as Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, Chloroflexi, Planctomycetes, Acidobacteria, and a fungal phylum Ascomycota were detected in all NCTs. AWCT had optimum physico-chemical measurements with higher bacterial Shannon diversity indices (H) and fungal richness (S) than the other treatments. We conclude that bacterial wilt of potatoes grown in controlled conditions can be suppressed by a non-aerated compost tea with a high microbial diversity when applied at planting and weekly thereafter.     

香蕉枯萎病生防菌绿头枝孢菌LS1的筛选鉴定

【背景】香蕉枯萎病是一种真菌土传毁灭性病害,由于抗病品种产量普遍不佳和化学防治易污染环境等系列问题,生物防治是其理想的防治方法。【目的】筛选抗香蕉枯萎病的深色有隔内生真菌(Dark septate endophytes,DSE)菌株,丰富生防菌株资源库。【方法】采用平皿和盆栽实验方法评价5株DSE对香蕉的促生作用和对香蕉枯萎病的防治效果,采用形态学和分子生物学相结合的方法对优良菌株进行分类鉴定。【结果】接种DSE可有效促进香蕉植株的生长,尤以菌株LS1作用最显著,接种后鲜重与干重分别比对照增加47.36%与42.40%;接种DSE可有效提高植株对香蕉枯萎病的抗性,其中菌株LS1处理的香蕉植株表现的防治效果显著优于其它菌株,平皿中的防效为86.19%,盆栽实验防效为63.19%;结合形态学和分子鉴定技术,将菌株LS1鉴定为绿头枝孢菌Cladosporium chlorocephalum。【结论】LS1是一株具有开发利用价值的香蕉枯萎病生防菌株。