Detection and molecular characterization of an aster yellows phytoplasma in poker statice and Queen Anne's lace in Alberta, Canada

Microbiological Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-50

  Chang, Kan Fa ^a   Hwang, Sheau Fang ^b   Khadhair, Abdul Hameed ^b   Kawchuk, Lawrence ^c   Howard, Ronald ^d  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d Crop Diversification Centre South   (Canada)

Author keywords

16S 23S rDNA sequence; Aster yellows; PCR; Poker statice; Queen anne's lace

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DNA; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SAMPLING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMPLIFIED PRODUCTS; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; PHLOEM CELLS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ASTER; ASTER YELLOWS PHYTOPLASMA; LIMONIUM LEPTOSTACHYUM; PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 2442520338     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2004.01.014     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Ahrens, U., Seemüller, E., 1992. Detection of DNA of plant pathogenic mycoplasma like organisms by a polymerase chain reaction that amplifies a sequence of the 16S rRNA gene. Phytopathology 82, 828-832.
2. Altschul, S.F., Gish, W., Miller, W., Myers, W., Lipman, D.J., 1990. Basic local alignment search tool. J. Mol. Biol. 215, 403-410.
3. Chang, K.F., Hwang, S.F., Mirza, M., 1995. Mycoplasma-like organisms associated with phyllody of Brassica chinensis L. J. Plant Dis. Prot. 102, 144-150.
4. Chang, K.F., Hwang, S.F., Howard, R.J., 1996. First report of a yellows disease of German statice (Goniolimon tataricum) in Canada caused by a phytoplasma. Can. Plant Dis. Surv. 76, 15-20.
5. Chiykowski, L.N., 1991. Vector-pathogen-host plant relationships of clover phyllody mycoplasma-like organism and the vector leafhopper Paraphlepsius irroratus. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 13, 11-18.
6. Chiykowski, L.N., Sinha, R.C., 1989. Differentiation of MLO diseases by means of symptomatology and vector transmission. Zbl. Bakt. Hyg. 20 (Suppl.), 280-287.
7. Crête, R., Boivin, G., Tartier, L.M., Jarvis, W.R., Omrod, D.J., Howard, R.J., Pepin, H.S., Valk, M., Wright, N.S., 1994. In: Howard, R.J., Garland, J.A., Seaman, W.L. (Eds.), Diseases and Pests of Vegetable Crops in Canada: An Illustrated Compendium. The Canadian Phytopathological Society and the Entomological Society of Canada, Ottawa, pp. 61-289.
8. Gundersen, D.E., Lee, I.-M., Rehner, S.A., Davis, R.E., Kingsbury, D.T., 1994. Phylogeny of mycoplasma-like organisms (phytoplasmas): a basis for their classification. J. Bacteriol. 176, 5244-5254.
9. Hwang, S.F., Chang, K.F., Howard, R.J., Gaudiel, R., Khadhair, A.-H., Hiruki, C., 1997. First report of a yellows phytoplasma disease in purple coneflower (Echinacea spp.) in Canada. J. Plant Dis. Prot. 104, 182-192.
10. Khadhair, A.-H., Evans, I.R., 2000. Molecular and microscopical detection of aster yellows phytoplasma associated with infected parsnip. Microbiol. Res. 155, 1-5.
11. Khadhair, A.-H., Kawchuk, L., Taillon, R.C., Botar, G., 1998. Detection and molecular characterization of an aster yellows phytopasma in parsley. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 20, 55-61.
12. Khadhair, A.-H., McClay, A., Hwang, S.F., Shah, S., 1999. Aster yellows phytoplasma identified in scentless chamomile by microscopical examination and molecular characterization. J. Phytopathol. 147, 149-154.
13. Khadhair, A.-H., Tewari, J.P., Howard, R.J., Paul, V.H., 2001. Detection of aster yellows phytoplasma in false flax based on PCR and RFLP. Microbiol. Res. 156, 179-184.
14. Khadhair, A.-H., Evans, I.R., Choban, B., 2002. Identification of aster yellows phytoplasma in garlic and green onion by PCR-based methods. Microbiol. Res. 157, 161-167.
15. Kirkpatrick, B.C., Smart, C.D., Gardner, S.L., Gao, J.-L., Ahrens, U., Maurer, R., Schneider, B., Lorenz, K.H., Seemuller, E., Harrison, N.A., Namba, S., Daire, X., 1994. Phylogenetic relationships of plant pathogenic MLOs established by 16/23S rDNA spacer sequences. IOM Lett. 3, 228-229.
16. Kuske, C.R., Kirkpatrick, B.C., 1992. Phylogenic relationships between the western aster yellows mycoplasma like organism and other prokaryotes established by 16S rRNA gene sequence. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 42, 226-233.
17. 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 mycoplasma-like organisms (MLOs) in the aster yellows MLO strain cluster. Phytopathology 82, 977-986.
18. Lee, I.-M., Hammond, R.W., Davis, R.E., Gundersen, D.E., 1993. Universal ampilification and analysis of pathogen 16S rDNA for classification and identification of mycoplasma-like organisms. Phytopathology 83, 834-842.
19. Lee, I.-M., Gundersen, D.E., Hammond, R.W., Davis, R.E., 1994. Use of mycoplasma-like organism (MLO) group-specific oligonucleotide primers from nested- PCR assays to detect mixed-MLO infections in a single host plant. Phytopathology 84, 559-566.
20. Liefting, L.W., Anderson, M.T., Beever, R.E, Gardner, R.C., Forster, R.L., 1996. Sequence heterogenity in the two 165 rRNA genes of Phormium yellow leaf phytoplasma. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62, 3133-3139.
21. McCoy, R.E., Caudwell, A., Chang, C.J., Chen, T.A., Chiykowski, L.N., Cousin, M.T., Dale, J.L., De Leeuw, G.T.N., Golino, D.A., Hackett, K.J., Kirkpatrick, B.C., Marwitz, R., Petzold, H., Sinha, R.C., Sugiura, M., Whitcomb, R.F., Yang, I.L, Zhu, B.M., Seemuller, E., 1989. Plant diseases associated with mycoplasma-like organisms. In: Whitcomb, R.F., Tully, J.G. (Eds.), The Mycoplasmas, Spiroplasmas, Acholeplasmas, and Mycoplasmas of Plants and Arthropods, Vol. V. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 545-640.
22. Namba, S., Kato, S., Iwanami, S., Oyaizu, H., Shiozawa, H., Tsuchizaki, T., 1993. Detection and differentiation of plant-pathogenic mycoplasma-like organisms using polymerase chain reaction. Phytopathology 83, 786-791.
23. Prince, J.P., Davis, R.E., Wolf, T.K., Lee, I.-M., Mogen, B.D., Dally, E.L., Bertaccini, A., Credi, R., Barba, M., 1993. Molecular detection of diverse mycoplasma-like organisms (MLOs) associated with grapevine yellows and their classification with aster yellows, X-disease, and elm yellows MLOs. Phytopathology 83, 1130-1137.
24. Reynold, E.S., 1963. The use of lead citrate at high pH as an electron-opaque stain in electron microscopy. J. Cell Biol. 17, 208-212.
25. Schneider, B., Ahrens, U., Kirkpatrick, B.C., Seemüller, E., 1993. Classification of plant-pathogenic mycoplasma-like organisms using restriction-site analysis of PCR-amplified 165 rDNA. J. Gen. Microbiol. 139, 519-527.
26. Seemüller, E., Schneider, B., Mäurer, R., Ahrens, U., Daire, X., Kison, H., Lorenz, K.-H., Firrao, G., Avinent, L., Sears, B.B., Stackebrandt, E., 1994. Phylogenetic classification of phytopathogenic mollicutes by sequence analysis of 16S ribosomal DNA. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 44, 440-446.
27. Shiomi, T., Sugiura, M., 1984. Grouping of mycoplasma- like organisms transmitted by the leafhopper vector, Macrosteles orientalis Virvaste, based on host range. Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jpn. 50, 149-157.
28. Smart, C.D., Schneider, B., Blomquist, L., Guerra, J., Harrison, N.A., Ahrens, U., Lorenz, K.-H., Seemüller, E., Kirkpatrick, B.C., 1996. Phytoplasma-specific PCR primers based on sequences of the 16S-23S rRNA spacer region. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62, 2988-2993.
29. Spurr, A.R., 1969. A low viscosity epoxy resin embedding medium for electron microscopy. J. Ultrastruct. Res. 26, 31-43.