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Comparative genomics of Pseudomonas syringae reveals convergent gene gain and loss associated with specialization onto cherry (Prunus avium)
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Hulin, Michelle T., Armitage, Andrew D., Vicente, Joana G., Holub, E. B., Baxter, Laura, Bates, Helen J., Mansfield, John W., Jackson, Robert W. and Harrison, Richard J. (2018) Comparative genomics of Pseudomonas syringae reveals convergent gene gain and loss associated with specialization onto cherry (Prunus avium). The New Phytologist, 291 (2). pp. 672-696. doi:10.1111/nph.15182 ISSN 1469-8137.
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15182
Abstract
Genome-wide analyses of the effector- and toxin-encoding genes were used to examine the phylogenetics and evolution of pathogenicity amongst diverse strains of Pseudomonas syringae causing bacterial canker of cherry (Prunus avium), including pathovars P. syringae pv morsprunorum (Psm) races 1 and 2, P. syringae pv syringae (Pss) and P. syringae pv avii. Phylogenetic analyses revealed Psm races and P. syringae pv avii clades were distinct and were each monophyletic, whereas cherry-pathogenic strains of Pss were interspersed amongst strains from other host species. A maximum likelihood approach was used to predict effectors associated with pathogenicity on cherry. Pss possesses a smaller repertoire of type III effectors but has more toxin biosynthesis clusters than Psm and P. syringae pv avii. Evolution of cherry pathogenicity was correlated with gain of genes such as hopAR1 and hopBB1 through putative phage transfer and horizontal transfer respectively. By contrast, loss of the avrPto/hopAB redundant effector group was observed in cherry-pathogenic clades. Ectopic expression of hopAB and hopC1 triggered the hypersensitive reaction in cherry leaves, confirming computational predictions. Cherry canker provides a fascinating example of convergent evolution of pathogenicity that is explained by the mix of effector and toxin repertoires acting on a common host.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics Q Science > QR Microbiology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) | ||||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Pseudomonas syringae -- Genetics, Genomics | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The New Phytologist | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1469-8137 | ||||||||
Official Date: | July 2018 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 291 | ||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 672-696 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/nph.15182 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 May 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 17 May 2018 | ||||||||
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