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1. Light modulates important physiological features of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum during the colonization of tomato plants

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Josefina Tano, María Belén Ripa, María Laura Tondo, Analía Carrau, Silvana Petrocelli, María Victoria Rodriguez, Virginia Ferreira, María Inés Siri, Laura Piskulic, and Elena Graciela Orellano

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Medicine, Science
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Abstract Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum GMI1000 (Rpso GMI1000) is a soil-borne vascular phytopathogen that infects host plants through the root system causing wilting disease in a wide range of agro-economic interest crops, producing economical losses. Several features contribute to the full bacterial virulence. In this work we study the participation of light, an important environmental factor, in the regulation of the physiological attributes and infectivity of Rpso GMI1000. In silico analysis of the Rpso genome revealed the presence of a Rsp0254 gene, which encodes a putative blue light LOV-type photoreceptor. We constructed a mutant strain of Rpso lacking the LOV protein and found that the loss of this protein and light, influenced characteristics involved in the pathogenicity process such as motility, adhesion and the biofilms development, which allows the successful host plant colonization, rendering bacterial wilt. This protein could be involved in the adaptive responses to environmental changes. We demonstrated that light sensing and the LOV protein, would be used as a location signal in the host plant, to regulate the expression of several virulence factors, in a time and tissue dependent way. Consequently, bacteria could use an external signal and Rpsolov gene to know their location within plant tissue during the colonization process.

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2021
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2. Anatomical and Biochemical Changes Induced by Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus Stand Up for Arabidopsis thaliana Seedlings From Ralstonia solanacearum Infection

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María V. Rodriguez, Josefina Tano, Nazarena Ansaldi, Analía Carrau, María S. Srebot, Virginia Ferreira, María L. Martínez, Adriana A. Cortadi, María I. Siri, and Elena G. Orellano

Subjects
biocontrol, Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus, induced systemic resistance, plant growth promoting bacteria endophyte, Ralstonia solanacearum, Plant culture, SB1-1110
Abstract

Nowadays, fertilization and pest control are carried out using chemical compounds that contaminate soil and deteriorate human health. Plant growth promoting bacteria endophytes (PGPBEs), are a well-studied group of bacteria that offers benefits to the host plant, such as phytostimulation, biofertilization, and protection against other microorganisms. The study of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus–which belongs to PGPBEs-aids the development of alternative strategies of an integrated approach for crop management practices. Ralstonia solanacearum is responsible for bacterial wilt disease. This phytopathogen is of great interest worldwide due to the enormous economic losses it causes. In this study the action of G. diazotrophicus as a growth promoting bacterium in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings is analyzed, evaluating the antagonistic mechanisms of this beneficial endophytic bacterium during biotic stress produced by R. solanacearum. Effective colonization of G. diazotrophicus was determined through bacterial counting assays, evaluation of anatomical and growth parameters, and pigments quantification. Biocontrol assays were carried out with Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum GMI1000 model strain and R. solanacearum A21 a recently isolated strain. Inoculation of A. thaliana (Col 0) with G. diazotrophicus Pal 5 triggers a set of biochemical and structural changes in roots, stems, and leaves of seedlings. Discrete callose deposits as papillae were observed at specific sites of root hairs, trichomes, and leaf tissue. Upon R. pseudosolanacearum GMI1000 infection, endophyte-treated plants demonstrated being induced for defense through an augmented callose deposition at root hairs and leaves compared with the non-endophyte-treated controls. The endophytic bacterium appears to be able to prime callose response. Roots and stems cross sections showed that integrity of all tissues was preserved in endophyte-treated plants infected with R. solanacearum A21. The mechanisms of resistance elicited by the plant after inoculation with the endophyte would be greater lignification and sclerosis in tissues and reinforcement of the cell wall through the deposition of callose. As a consequence of this priming in plant defense response, viable phytopathogenic bacteria counting were considerably fewer in endophyte-inoculated plants than in not-inoculated controls. Our results indicate that G. diazotrophicus colonizes A. thaliana plants performing a protective role against the phytopathogenic bacterium R. solanacearum promoting the activation of plant defense system.

Published
2019
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4. Light modulates important physiological features of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum during the colonization of tomato plants

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Laura Piskulic, María Belén Ripa, María Laura Tondo, María Victoria Rodriguez, María Inés Siri, Silvana Petrocelli, Analía Carrau, Elena G. Orellano, Virginia Ferreira, and Josefina Tano

Subjects
Light, Science, In silico, Virulence, Ralstonia, Microbiology, Genome, Article, Bacterial Adhesion, LOV PHOTORECEPTOR, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], 03 medical and health sciences, Solanum lycopersicum, Bacterial Proteins, Colonization, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 [https], Gene, 030304 developmental biology, 0303 health sciences, Multidisciplinary, biology, 030306 microbiology, Bacterial wilt, Polysaccharides, Bacterial, Biofilm, food and beverages, WILTING DISEASE, Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, biology.organism_classification, RALSTONIA PSEUDOSOLANACEARUM, Cell biology, Metabolism, Biofilms, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Medicine, Plant sciences, Bacteria
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Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum GMI1000 (Rpso GMI1000) is a soil-borne vascular phytopathogen that infects host plants through the root system causing wilting disease in a wide range of agro-economic interest crops, producing economical losses. Several features contribute to the full bacterial virulence. In this work we study the participation of light, an important environmental factor, in the regulation of the physiological attributes and infectivity of Rpso GMI1000. In silico analysis of the Rpso genome revealed the presence of a Rsp0254 gene, which encodes a putative blue light LOV-type photoreceptor. We constructed a mutant strain of Rpso lacking the LOV protein and found that the loss of this protein and light, influenced characteristics involved in the pathogenicity process such as motility, adhesion and the biofilms development, which allows the successful host plant colonization, rendering bacterial wilt. This protein could be involved in the adaptive responses to environmental changes. We demonstrated that light sensing and the LOV protein, would be used as a location signal in the host plant, to regulate the expression of several virulence factors, in a time and tissue dependent way. Consequently, bacteria could use an external signal and Rpsolov gene to know their location within plant tissue during the colonization process. Fil: Tano, María Josefina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina Fil: Ripa, Maria Belén. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina Fil: Tondo, Maria Laura. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario; Argentina Fil: Carrau, Analía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina Fil: Petrocelli, Silvana. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario; Argentina Fil: Rodriguez, María Victoria. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario; Argentina Fil: Ferreira, Virginia. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Química; Uruguay Fil: Siri, María Inés. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Química; Uruguay Fil: Piskulic, Laura. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas; Argentina Fil: Orellano, Elena Graciela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina

Published
2021

5. Bacterial wilt biocontrol by the endophytic bacteria Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus in Río Grande tomato cultivar

Author

Matías Damián Ferretti, María Victoria Rodriguez, Josefina Tano, María Sol Srebot, María Laura Martínez, Elena G. Orellano, and Analía Carrau

Subjects
Ralstonia solanacearum, biology, Inoculation, Bacterial wilt, fungi, food and beverages, Wilting, Xylem, biology.organism_classification, Vascular bundle, Cell wall, Horticulture, Insect Science, Cultivar, Agronomy and Crop Science
Abstract

Bacterial wilt disease caused by Ralstonia solanacearum affects a wide variety of crops, including tomatoes. Novel natural products and organisms offer opportunities for innovation in agroindustry as an alternative way to pest and pathogen controls. Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus Pal5 (Gd) belongs to PGPBEs (Plant-Growth-Promoting Bacterial Endophytes), which facilitate plant growth via phytostimulation, biofertilization and biocontrol. In this study Rio Grande tomato seedlings were inoculated with Gd to test its ability to colonize them and its protective potential against the phytopathogen Ralstonia solanacearum A21 (Rso). Gd root and stem colonization of tomato seedlings were determined. Stem height was markedly affected by the inoculation with Gd after 80 dpi and a set of biochemical and anatomical structural changes in root, stem and leaves were triggered. The resistance mechanisms elicited in the plant after inoculation with the endophytic bacteria involved reinforcement of the cell walls in the root vascular cylinder and stem vascular bundles, with the presence of an augmented number of contact cells with dense cellular content, probably pectins, lignin and tannins. Roots and stems presented thicker and more lignified xylem vessel walls. These plants showed statistically significant differences with mock inoculated plants in several quantitative variables, such as area of the xylem vessels in root and stem. Biocontrol assays without Gd showed wilting at 9 dpi with Rso. Histological analysis showed bacteria cells filled xylem vessels and dispersal through tissue degradation. In contrast, plants with Gd remained asymptomatic and phytopathogen colonization was observed to a lesser extent in the stem and root. Anatomical changes primed by Gd were enhanced upon Rso infection and the tyloses process appeared. Therefore, Gd primes the resistance mechanism in Rio Grande tomato plants significantly reducing bacterial wilt caused by Rso.

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2021
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6. Bacterial Photosensory Proteins and Their Role in Plant–pathogen Interactions

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Ivana Kraiselburd, Josefina Tano, Laura Moyano, Elena G. Orellano, and Analía Carrau

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, Xanthomonas, Light, genetic structures, Otras Ciencias Biológicas, Agrobacterium, Virulence, Bacterial genome size, Biology, Photoreceptors, Microbial, medicine.disease_cause, Bacterial Photosensory Proteins, Biochemistry, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], Ciencias Biológicas, 03 medical and health sciences, Bacterial Proteins, medicine, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 [https], Pathogen, Phytopathogen, fungi, Photoreceptor protein, Pathogenic bacteria, General Medicine, Plants, Light perception, Cell biology, 030104 developmental biology, Host-Pathogen Interactions, sense organs, Plant-pathogen interaction, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
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Light is an important environmental signal for almost all living organisms. The light perception is achieved by photoreceptor proteins. As can be observed from the great number of bacterial genomes sequenced, plant pathogenic bacteria encode for a large number of photoreceptor proteins. The physiological implications of these photoreceptors are still poorly characterized. However, recent studies revealed the participation of these photosensory proteins in the pathogenic process. Here, we summarize what is known about these proteins and their role during the virulence process, concluding that the light environment modulates the plant–pathogen interaction. Fil: Kraiselburd, Ivana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina Fil: Moyano, Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina Fil: Carrau, Analía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina Fil: Tano, María Josefina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina Fil: Orellano, Elena Graciela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Argentina

Published
2017
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