Relationship between temperature optima and secreted protease activities of three Pythium species and pathogenicity toward plant and animal hosts |
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Authors: | Diana J. Davis Kelli Lanter Stephanie Makselan Christopher Bonati Paige Asbrock J.P. Ravishankar Nicholas P. Money |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of Chemistry and Physical Science, College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio 45233, USA;bDepartment of Botany, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA |
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Abstract: | The in vitro physiological characteristics of three species of Pythium (oomycetes) that utilize different food sources were compared with their ecological activities: P. insidiosum is a pathogen of mammals (including humans), P. graminicola infects the roots of graminaceous hosts, and P. grandisporangium is an enigmatic water mold isolated from mangrove leaves and marine algae. P. insidiosum and P. graminicola showed peak growth rates at 37 °C before complete inhibition of growth at 40 °C; P. grandisporangium grew fastest at 22 °C. Differences between the invasive pressures exerted by the hyphae of these microorganisms were not considered significant in relation to the substrates colonized by these water molds. All three species showed substantial secreted protease activity, producing three or more serine proteases with weights ranging from 24-38 kDa. Fastest growth rates were supported when collagen was supplied as the sole carbon source, and none of the species were able to grow on purified plant cell wall polysaccharides. The growth and nutritional characteristics of P. graminicola and P. grandisporangium bear little obvious relationship to the ecological niches that they inhabit. This highlights the caution necessary in extrapolating from laboratory analyses to the natural environment, and points to the potential importance of ecological opportunity in determining the host range and food source of certain microorganisms. |
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Keywords: | Crop protection Invasive hyphal growth Medical mycology Oomycota Straminipila |
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