Characterization of an aster yellows phytoplasma associated with catharanthus little leaf in Argentina

Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-214

  Torres, L ^a   Galdeano, E ^b   Docampo, D ^c   Conci, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

PCR RFLP; Periwinkle little leaf; rRNA operon heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ASTER; ASTER YELLOWS PHYTOPLASMA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CATHARANTHUS; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; PHYTOPLASMA; SUBGROUP B;

EID: 12144277321     PISSN: 11254653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Barros T.S.L., Kitajima E.W., Resende R.O., 1998. Diversidade de isolados Brasileiros de fitoplasmas através da análise do 16S rDNA. Fitopatologia Brasileira 23: 459-465.
2. Bedendo LP., Davies R.E., Dally E.L., 2000. Detection and identification of the Maize bushy stunt phytoplasma in corn plants in Brazil using PCR and RFLP. International Journal of Pest Management 46: 73-76.
3. Bianco P.A., Davis R.E., Prince J.P., Lee I.M., Gundersen D.E., Fortusini A., Belli G., 1993. Double and single infections by aster yellows and elm yellows MLOs in grapevines with symptoms characteristic of flavescence dorée. Rivista di Patologia Vegetale 3: 69-82.
4. Deng S., Hiruki C., 1991. Amplification 16S rRNA genes from culturable and non-culturable mollicutes. Journal of Microbiological Methods 14: 53-61.
5. Doyle J., Doyle J.L., 1990. Isolation of plant DNA from fresh tissue. Focus 12: 13-15.
6. Gomez G., Conci L., Ducasse D., Nome S., 1996. Purification of the phytoplasma associated with China-tree (Melia azedarach L.) decline and the production of a polyclonal antiserum for its detection. Journal of Phytopathology 144: 473-477.
7. Gundersen D.E., Lee L-M., Chang C.J., Davis R.E., 1994. RFLP analyses of ribosomal protein genes reveal strain diversity in MLO 16S rRNA groups I and III. Phytopathology 84: 1128.
8. Jomantiene R., Davis R.E., Maas J., Dally E.L., 1998. Classification of new phytoplasmas associated with diseases of strawberry in Florida, based on analysis of 16S rRNA and ribosomal protein gene operon sequences. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 48: 269-277.
9. Jomantiene R., Davis R.E., Valiunas D., Alminaite A., 2002. New group 16SrIII phytoplasma linages in Lithuania exhibit rRNA interoperon sequence heterogeneity. European Journal of Plant Pathology 108: 507-517.
10. Kuske C.R., Kirkpatrick B.C., 1992. Phylogenetic relationships between the western aster yellows mycoplasmalike organism and other prokaryotes established by 16S rRNA gene sequence. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 42: 226-233.
11. Lee I-M., Davis R.E., Gundersen-Rindal D.E. 2000. Phytoplasma: phytopathogenic mollicutes. Annual Review of Microbiology 54: 221-255.
12. Lee I.M., Davis R.E., Hiruki C., 1991. Genetic interrelatedness among clover proliferation mycoplasmalike organisms (MLOs) and other MLOs investigated by nucleic acid hybridization and restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 57: 3565-3569.
13. Lee I.M., Davis R.E., Chen T.A., Chiykowski L.N., Fletcher J., Hiruki C., Schaff D.A., 1992. A genotype-based system for identification and classification of mycoplasmalike organisms (MLOs) in the aster yellows MLO strain cluster. Phytopathology 82: 977-986.
14. Lee I.M., Hammond R, Davis R., Gundersen D., 1993. Universal amplification and analysis of pathogen 16S rDNA for classification and identification of mycoplasmalike organism. Phytopathology 83: 834-842.
15. Lee I.M., Bertaccini A., Vibio M., Gundersen D.E., 1995. Detection of multiple phytoplasmas in perennial fruit trees with decline symptoms in Italy. Phytopathology 85: 728-735.
16. Lee I.M., Gundersen D.E., Davis R.E., Bartoszyk I.M., 1998. Revised classification scheme of phytoplasmas based on RFLP analyses of 16S rRNA and ribosomal protein gene sequences. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 48: 1153-1169.
17. Liefting L.W., Andersen M.T., Beever R.E., Gardner R.C., Forster R.L.S., 1996. Sequence heterogeneity in two 16S rRNA genes of Phormium Yellow Leaf Phytoplasma. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 62: 3133-3139.
18. Mc Coy R.E., Caudwell A., Chang C.J., Chen T.A., Chiykowski L.M., Cousin M.T., Dale J.L., De Leeuw G.T.N., Golino D.A., Hackett K.J., Kirkpatrick B.C., Marwittz R., Petzold H., Sinha R.H., Sugiura M., Whitcomb R.F., Yang L.L., Zhu B.M., Seemüller E., 1989. Plant diseases associated with mycoplasmalike organisms. In: Whitcomb R.F, Tully J.G., (eds.). The Mycoplasmas, 5, pp. 545-560. Academic Press, San Diego, USA.
19. Marcone C., Lee I.M., Davis R.E., Ragozzino A., Seemüller E., 2000. Classification of Aster Yellows-group phytoplasmas based on combined analyses of rRNA and tuf gene sequences. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 50:1703-1713.
20. Montano H.G., Davis R.E., Dally E.L., Hogenhout S., Pimentel J.P., Brioso P.S.T., 2001. "Candidatus Phytoplasma brasiliense", a new phytoplasma taxon associated with hibiscus witches'broom disease. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 51: 1109-1118.
21. Oshima K., Kakizawa S., Nishigawa H., Jung H-Y, Wei W., Suzuki S., Arashida R., Nakata D., Miyata S-I., Ugaki M., Namba S. 2004. Reductive evolution suggested from the complete genome sequence of a plant-pathogenic phytoplasma. Nature Genetics 36: 27-29.
22. Sambrook J., Frish F.F., Maniatis T., 1989. Molecular Cloning. A Laboratory Manual. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York.
23. Schneider B., Ahrens U., Kirkpatrick B., Seemüller E., 1993. Classification of plant-pathogenic mycoplasma-like organisms using restriction-site analysis of PCR-amplified 16S rDNA. Journal of General Microbiology 139: 519-527.
24. Schneider B., Seemüller E., 1994. Presence of two sets of ribosomal genes in phytopathogenic mollicutes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 60: 3409-3412.
25. Schneider B., Seemüller E., Smart C., Kirkpatrick C., 1995. Phylogenetic classification of plant pathogenic mycoplasmalike organisms or phytoplasmas. In: Razin R., Tully J.G., (eds.). Molecular and Diagnostic Procedures in Mycoplasmology, pp. 369-380. Academic Press, San Diego, USA.
26. Schneider B., Gibb K.S., Seemüller E., 1997. Sequence and RFLP analysis of the elongation factor Tu gene used in differentiation and classification of phytoplasmas. Microbiology 143: 3381-3389.
27. Staniulis J., Davis R.E., Jomantiene R., Kalvelyte A., Dally E.L., 2000. Single and mixed phytoplasma infections in phyllody - and dwarf - diseased clover plants in Lituania. Plant Disease 84: 1061-1066.