Novel insights into the genomic basis of citrus canker based on the genome sequences of two strains of Xanthomonas fuscans subsp. aurantifolii

Leandro Márcio Moreira1, Nalvo F. Almeida2, Neha Potnis3, Luciano Antônio Digiampietri4, Said Sadique Adi2, Julio César Bortolossi5, Ana C. da Silva6, da Silva7, Fabrício Edgar de Moraes5, Júlio César de Oliveira5, Robson Francisco de Souza7, Agda Paula Facincani5, André Luiz Julien Ferraz5, Maria Inês T. Ferro5, Luiz Roberto Furlan8, Daniele Fernanda Jovino Gimenez5, Jeffrey B. Jones3, Elliot Watanabe Kitajima9, Marcelo Luiz de Laia10, Rui Pereira Leite11, Milton Yutaka Nishiyama7, J. Rodrigues Neto12, Letícia Ane Sizuki Nociti5, David J. Norman13, Eric H. Ostroski14, H. A. Pereira5, Brian J. Staskawicz15, R. I. D. Tezza5, Jesus Aparecido Ferro5, Boris A. Vinatzer16, João Carlos Setúbal17
1Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Campus Morro do Cruzeiro, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil
2Faculdade de Computação, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
3Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
4Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
5Departamento de Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias de Jaboticabal, UNESP - Univ. Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
6Allelyx Applied Genomics, Campinas, SP, Brazil
7Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
8Departamento de Melhoramento e Nutrição Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia de Botucatu, UNESP - Univ, Estadual Paulista, SP, Brazil
9Núcleo de apoio à pesquisa em microscopia eletrônica aplicada à pesquisa agropecuária, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
10Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Lages, SC, Brazil
11Instituto Agronômico do Paraná. Londrina, PR, Brazil
12Laboratório de Bacteriologia Vegetal, Instituto Biológico Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
13Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Mid-Florida Research & Education Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
14Laboratório de Bioinformática, Instituto de Computação, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
15Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
16Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
17Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA

Tóm tắt

Abstract Background

Citrus canker is a disease that has severe economic impact on the citrus industry worldwide. There are three types of canker, called A, B, and C. The three types have different phenotypes and affect different citrus species. The causative agent for type A is Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri, whose genome sequence was made available in 2002. Xanthomonas fuscans subsp. aurantifolii strain B causes canker B and Xanthomonas fuscans subsp. aurantifolii strain C causes canker C.

Results

We have sequenced the genomes of strains B and C to draft status. We have compared their genomic content to X. citri subsp. citri and to other Xanthomonas genomes, with special emphasis on type III secreted effector repertoires. In addition to pthA, already known to be present in all three citrus canker strains, two additional effector genes, xopE3 and xopAI, are also present in all three strains and are both located on the same putative genomic island. These two effector genes, along with one other effector-like gene in the same region, are thus good candidates for being pathogenicity factors on citrus. Numerous gene content differences also exist between the three cankers strains, which can be correlated with their different virulence and host range. Particular attention was placed on the analysis of genes involved in biofilm formation and quorum sensing, type IV secretion, flagellum synthesis and motility, lipopolysacharide synthesis, and on the gene xacPNP, which codes for a natriuretic protein.

Conclusion

We have uncovered numerous commonalities and differences in gene content between the genomes of the pathogenic agents causing citrus canker A, B, and C and other Xanthomonas genomes. Molecular genetics can now be employed to determine the role of these genes in plant-microbe interactions. The gained knowledge will be instrumental for improving citrus canker control.

Từ khóa


Tài liệu tham khảo

Timmer LW, Garnsey SM, Graham JH, (eds): Compendium of Citrus Diseases. 2000, St. Paul, MN: American Phytopathological Society, 2

Gottwald TR, Graham JH, Schubert TS: Citrus canker: The pathogen and its impact. Plant Health Progress. 2002, [http://plantmanagementnetwork.org/pub/php/review/citruscanker]

Brunings AM, Gabriel DW: Xanthomonas citri: breaking the surface. Molecular Plant Pathology. 2003, 4 (3): 141-157. 10.1046/j.1364-3703.2003.00163.x.

Schubert TS, Miller JW: Bacterial citrus canker. Plant Pathology Circular. 1996, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services DoPI, Gainesville, FL, 377: 110-111.

Koizumi M: Citrus canker: the world situation. 1985, University of Florida: Lake Alfred

Graham JH, Gottwald TR, Cubero J, Achor DS: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri: factors affecting successful eradication of citrus canker. Molecular Plant Pathology. 2004, 5 (1): 1-15. 10.1046/j.1364-3703.2004.00197.x.

Bitancourt AA: O Cancro Cítrico. O Biológico. 1957, 23: 110-111.

Civerolo EL: Bacterial canker disease of citrus. Journal of the Rio Grande Valley Horticultural Society. 1984, 37: 127-145.

Malavolta Júnior VA, Yamashiro T, Nogueira EMC, Feichtenberger E: Distribuição do tipo C de Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri no Estado de São Paulo. Summa Phytopathologica. 1984, 10: 11-

Egel DS, Graham JH, Stall RE: Genomic Relatedness of Xanthomonas campestris Strains Causing Diseases of Citrus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 1991, 57 (9): 2724-2730.

Gabriel D, Hunter G, Kingsley M, Miller J, Lazo G: Clonal Population Structure of Xanthomonas campestris and Genetic Diversity Among Citrus Canker Strains. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 1988, 1 (2): 59-65.

da Silva ACR, Ferro JA, Reinach FC, Farah CS, Furlan LR, Quaggio RB, Monteiro-Vitorello CB, Van Sluys MA, Almeida NF, Alves LMC, do Amaral AM, Bertolini MC, Camargo LE, Camarotte G, Cannavan F, Cardozo J, Chambergo F, Ciapina LP, Cicarelli RM, Coutinho LL, Cursino-Santos JR, El-Dorry H, Faria JB, Ferreira AJ, Ferreira RC, Ferro MI, Formighieri EF, Franco MC, Greggio CC, Gruber A: Comparison of the genomes of two Xanthomonas pathogens with differing host specificities. Nature. 2002, 417 (6887): 459-463. 10.1038/417459a.

Moreira LM, de Souza RE, Almeida NF, Setubal JC, Oliveira JCF, Furlan LR, Ferro JA, da Silva ACR: Comparative genomics analyses of citrus-associated bacteria. Annual Review of Phytopathology. 2004, 42: 163-184. 10.1146/annurev.phyto.42.040803.140310.

Moreira LM, De Souza RF, Digiampietri LA, Da Silva ACR, Setubal JC: Comparative analyses of Xanthomonas and Xylella complete genomes. Omics. 2005, 9 (1): 43-76. 10.1089/omi.2005.9.43.

Swarup S, Feyter RD, Brlansky RH, Gabriel DW: A pathogenicity locus from Xanthomonas citri enables strains from several pathovars of X. campestris to elicit cankerlike lesions on citrus. Phytopathology. 1991, 81: 802-809. 10.1094/Phyto-81-802.

Duan YP, Castaneda AL, Zhao G, Erdos G, Gabriel DW: Expression of a single, host-specific, bacterial pathogenicity gene in plant cells elicits division, enlargement and cell death. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 1999, 12: 556-560. 10.1094/MPMI.1999.12.6.556.

Al-Saadi A, Reddy JD, Duan YP, Brunings AM, Yuan QP, Gabriel DW: All five host-range variants of Xanthomonas citri carry one pthA homolog with 17.5 repeats that determines pathogenicity on citrus, but none determine host-range variation. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 2007, 20 (8): 934-943. 10.1094/MPMI-20-8-0934.

Swarup S, Yang Y, Kingsley MT, Gabriel DW: A Xanthomonas citri pathogenicity gene, pthA, pleiotropically encodes gratuitous avirulence on nonhosts. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 1992, 5 (3): 204-213.

Verniere C, Hartung JS, Pruvost OP, Civerolo EL, Alvarez AM, Maestri P, Luisetti J: Characterization of phenotypically distinct strains of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri from Southwest Asia. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 1998, 104 (5): 477-487. 10.1023/A:1008676508688.

Sun XA, Stall RE, Jones JB, Cubero J, Gottwald TR, Graham JH, Dixon WN, Schubert TS, Chaloux PH, Stromberg VK, Lacy GH, Sutton BD: Detection and characterization of a new strain of citrus canker bacteria from key Mexican lime and Alemow in South Florida. Plant Disease. 2004, 88 (11): 1179-1188. 10.1094/PDIS.2004.88.11.1179.

Rybak M, Minsavage GV, Stall RE, Jones JB: Identification of Xanthomonas citri ssp citri host specificity genes in a heterologous expression host. Molecular Plant Pathology. 2009, 10 (2): 249-262. 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2008.00528.x.

Ngoc LBT, Verniere C, Jouen E, Ah-You N, Lefeuvre P, Chiroleu F, Gagnevin L, Pruvost O: Amplified fragment length polymorphism and multilocus sequence analysis-based genotypic relatedness among pathogenic variants of Xanthomonas citri pv. citri and Xanthomonas campestris pv. bilvae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2009,

Namekata T: Estudos comparativos entre Xanthomonas citri (Hasse) Dow., agente causal do cancro cítrico e Xanthomonas citri (Hasse) Dow., n.f.sp. aurantifolia, agente causal da cancrose do limoeiro Galego. 1971, Piracicaba: University of São Paulo

Jaciani FJ, Destefano SA, Rodrigues Neto J, Belasque Jr J: Detection of a New Bacterium Related to Xanthomonas fuscans subsp. aurantifolii Infecting Swingle Citrumelo in Brazil. Plant Disease. 2009, 93 (10): 1074-10.1094/PDIS-93-10-1074B.

Humphries J: Bacteriology. 1974, London John Murray

Schaad NW, Jones JB, Lacy GH: Gram-negative bacteria: Xanthomonas. Laboratory Guide for Identification of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. Edited by: Schaad NW, Jones JB, Chun W. 2001, St. Paul: APS Press, 175-200. 3

Rodrigues Neto J, Malavolta VA, Victor O: Meio simples para isolamento e cultivo de Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri Tipo B [abstract]. Summa Phytopathologica. 1986, 12 (1-2): 16-

Cubero J, Graham JH: Genetic relationship among worldwide strains of Xanthomonas causing canker in citrus species and design of new primers for their identification by PCR. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2002, 68 (3): 1257-1264. 10.1128/AEM.68.3.1257-1264.2002.

Leite RP, Egel DS, Stall RE: Genetic analysis of hrp-related DNA sequences ofXanthomonas campestris strains causing diseases of citrus. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1994, 60 (4): 1078-1086.

Vauterin L, Yang P, Hoste B, Vancanneyt M, Civerolo EL, Swings J, Kersters K: Differentiation of Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri Strains by Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-Polyacrylamide Gel-Electrophoresis of Proteins, Fatty-Acid Analysis, and DNA-DNA Hybridization. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 1991, 41 (4): 535-542. 10.1099/00207713-41-4-535.

Laia ML, Moreira LM, Dezajacomo J, Brigati JB, Ferreira CB, Ferro MI, Silva AC, Ferro JA, Oliveira JC: New genes of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri involved in pathogenesis and adaptation revealed by a transposon-based mutant library. BMC Microbiol. 2009, 9: 12-10.1186/1471-2180-9-12.

Schaad NW, Postnikova E, Lacy GH, Sechler A, Agarkova I, Stromberg PE, Stromberg VK, Vidaver AK: Reclassification of Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri (ex Hasse 1915) Dye 1978 forms A, B/C/D, and E as X. smithii subsp. citri (ex Hasse) sp. nov. nom. rev. comb. nov., X. fuscans subsp. aurantifolii (ex Gabriel 1989) sp. nov. nom. rev. comb. nov., and X. alfalfae subsp. citrumelo (ex Riker and Jones) Gabriel et al., 1989 sp. nov. nom. rev. comb. nov.; X. campestris pv malvacearum (ex smith 1901) Dye 1978 as X. smithii subsp. smithii nov. comb. nov. nom. nov.; X. campestris pv. alfalfae (ex Riker and Jones, 1935) dye 1978 as X. alfalfae subsp. alfalfae (ex Riker et al., 1935) sp. nov. nom. rev.; and "var. fuscans" of X. campestris pv. phaseoli (ex Smith, 1987) Dye 1978 as X. fuscans subsp. fuscans sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol. 2005, 28 (6): 494-518. 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.03.017.

Schaad NW, Postnikova E, Lacy G, Sechler A, Agarkova I, Stromberg PE, Stromberg VK, Vidaver AK: Emended classification of xanthomonad pathogens on citrus. Syst Appl Microbiol. 2006, 29 (8): 690-695. 10.1016/j.syapm.2006.08.001.

Young JM, Park DC, Shearman HM, Fargier E: A multilocus sequence analysis of the genus Xanthomonas. Syst Appl Microbiol. 2008, 31 (5): 366-377. 10.1016/j.syapm.2008.06.004.

Almeida NF, Yan S, Cai R, Clarke CR, Morris CE, Schaad NW, Lacy GH, Jones JB, Castillo JA, Bull CT, Leman S, Guttman DS, Setubal JC, Vinatzer BA: PAMDB, A Multilocus Sequence Typing & Analysis Database and Website for Plant-Associated and Plant-Pathogenic Microorganisms. Phytopathology. 2010, 100 (3): 208-215. 10.1094/PHYTO-100-3-0208.

Usher KC, Ozkan E, Gardner KH, Deisenhofer J: The plug domain of FepA, a TonB-dependent transport protein from Escherichia coli, binds its siderophore in the absence of the transmembrane barrel domain. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2001, 98 (19): 10676-10681. 10.1073/pnas.181353398.

Uria-Nickelsen MR, Leadbetter ER, Godchaux W: Comparative aspects of utilization of sulfonate and other sulfur sources by Escherichia coli K12. Arch Microbiol. 1994, 161 (5): 434-438. 10.1007/BF00288955.

Kim KD, Ahn JH, Kim T, Park SC, Seong CN, Song HG, Ka JO: Genetic and phenotypic diversity of fenitrothion-degrading bacteria isolated from soils. J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2009, 19 (2): 113-120. 10.4014/jmb.0808.467.

Yang J, Yang C, Jiang H, Qiao C: Overexpression of methyl parathion hydrolase and its application in detoxification of organophosphates. Biodegradation. 2008, 19 (6): 831-839. 10.1007/s10532-008-9186-2.

Vernikos GS, Parkhill J: Interpolated variable order motifs for identification of horizontally acquired DNA: revisiting the Salmonella pathogenicity islands. Bioinformatics. 2006, 22 (18): 2196-2203. 10.1093/bioinformatics/btl369.

Alfano JR, Collmer A: Type III secretion system effector proteins: double agents in bacterial disease and plant defense. Annu Rev Phytopathol. 2004, 42: 385-414. 10.1146/annurev.phyto.42.040103.110731.

Hajri A, Brin C, Hunault G, Lardeux F, Lemaire C, Manceau C, Boureau T, Poussier S: A "repertoire for repertoire" hypothesis: repertoires of type three effectors are candidate determinants of host specificity inXanthomonas. PLoS One. 2009, 4 (8): e6632-10.1371/journal.pone.0006632.

Heuer H, Yin YN, Xue QY, Smalla K, Guo JH: Repeat domain diversity of avrBs3-like genes in Ralstonia solanacearum strains and association with host preferences in the field. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007, 73 (13): 4379-4384. 10.1128/AEM.00367-07.

El Yacoubi B, Brunings AM, Yuan Q, Shankar S, Gabriel DW: In planta horizontal transfer of a major pathogenicity effector gene. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2007, 73 (5): 1612-1621. 10.1128/AEM.00261-06.

Altschul SF, Madden TL, Schaffer AA, Zhang J, Zhang Z, Miller W, Lipman DJ: Gapped BLAST and PSI-BLAST: a new generation of protein database search programs. Nucleic Acids Research. 1997, 25 (17): 3389-3402. 10.1093/nar/25.17.3389.

Nimchuk ZL, Fisher EJ, Desveaux D, Chang JH, Dangl JL: The HopX (AvrPphE) family of Pseudomonas syringae type III effectors require a catalytic triad and a novel N-terminal domain for function. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2007, 20 (4): 346-357. 10.1094/MPMI-20-4-0346.

Schechter LM, Roberts KA, Jamir Y, Alfano JR, Collmer A: Pseudomonas syringae type III secretion system targeting signals and novel effectors studied with a Cya translocation reporter. J Bacteriol. 2004, 186 (2): 543-555. 10.1128/JB.186.2.543-555.2004.

Stevens C, Bennett MA, Athanassopoulos E, Tsiamis G, Taylor JD, Mansfield JW: Sequence variations in alleles of the avirulence gene avrPphE. R2 from Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola lead to loss of recognition of the AvrPphE protein within bean cells and a gain in cultivar-specific virulence. Mol Microbiol. 1998, 29 (1): 165-177. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00918.x.

Stavrinides J, Ma W, Guttman DS: Terminal reassortment drives the quantum evolution of type III effectors in bacterial pathogens. PLoS Pathog. 2006, 2 (10): e104-10.1371/journal.ppat.0020104.

Oh HS, Kvitko BH, Morello JE, Collmer A: Pseudomonas syringae lytic transglycosylases coregulated with the type III secretion system contribute to the translocation of effector proteins into plant cells. J Bacteriol. 2007, 189 (22): 8277-8289. 10.1128/JB.00998-07.

Kim JG, Li XY, Roden JA, Taylor KW, Aakre CD, Su B, Lalonde S, Kirik A, Chen YH, Baranage G, McLane H, Martin GB, Mudgett MB: Xanthomonas T3S Effector XopN Suppresses PAMP-Triggered Immunity and Interacts with a Tomato Atypical Receptor-Like Kinase and TFT1. Plant Cell. 2009, 21 (4): 1305-1323. 10.1105/tpc.108.063123.

Noel L, Thieme F, Nennstiel D, Bonas U: Two novel type III-secreted proteins of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria are encoded within the hrp pathogenicity island. J Bacteriol. 2002, 184 (5): 1340-1348. 10.1128/JB.184.5.1340-1348.2002.

Sugio A, Yang B, White FF: Characterization of the hrpF pathogenicity peninsula of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2005, 18 (6): 546-554. 10.1094/MPMI-18-0546.

Liakopoulou-Kyriakides M, Psomas SK, Kyriakidis DA: Xanthan gum production by Xanthomonas campestris w.t. fermentation from chestnut extract. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 1999, 82 (3): 175-183. 10.1385/ABAB:82:3:175.

Katzen F, Ferreiro DU, Oddo CG, Ielmini MV, Becker A, Puhler A, Ielpi L: Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris gum mutants: Effects on xanthan biosynthesis and plant virulence. Journal of Bacteriology. 1998, 180 (7): 1607-1617.

Boher B, Nicole M, Potin M, Geiger JP: Extracellular polysaccharides from Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis interact with cassava cell walls during pathogenesis. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 1997, 10 (7): 803-811. 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.7.803.

Vojnov AA, Slater H, Daniels MJ, Dow JM: Expression of the gum operon directing xanthan biosynthesis in Xanthomonas campestris and its regulation in planta. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 2001, 14 (6): 768-774. 10.1094/MPMI.2001.14.6.768.

Tang JL, Liu YN, Barber CE, Dow JM, Wootton JC, Daniels MJ: Genetic and Molecular Analysis of a Cluster of Rpf Genes Involved in Positive Regulation of Synthesis of Extracellular Enzymes and Polysaccharide in Xanthomonas campestris pathovar campestris. Molecular & General Genetics. 1991, 226 (3): 409-417. 10.1007/BF00260653.

Newman KL, Almeida RP, Purcell AH, Lindow SE: Cell-cell signaling controls Xylella fastidiosa interactions with both insects and plants. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2004, 101 (6): 1737-1742. 10.1073/pnas.0308399100.

He YW, Zhang LH: Quorum sensing and virulence regulation in Xanthomonas campestris. FEMS Microbiol Rev. 2008, 32 (5): 842-857. 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2008.00120.x.

Andre A, Maucourt M, Moing A, Rolin D, Renaudin J: Sugar import and phytopathogenicity of Spiroplasma citri: Glucose and fructose play distinct roles. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 2005, 18 (1): 33-42. 10.1094/MPMI-18-0033.

Gaurivaud P, Danet JL, Laigret F, Garnier M, Bove JM: Fructose utilization and phytopathogenicity of Spiroplasma citri. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 2000, 13 (10): 1145-1155. 10.1094/MPMI.2000.13.10.1145.

Gaurivaud P, Laigret F, Garnier M, Bove JM: Fructose utilization and pathogenicity of Spiroplasma citri: characterization of the fructose operon. Gene. 2000, 252 (1-2): 61-69. 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00230-4.

Gaurivaud P, Laigret F, Verdin E, Garnier M, Bove JM: Fructose operon mutants of Spiroplasma citri. Microbiology-Sgm. 2000, 146: 2229-2236.

Dow JM, Feng JX, Barber CE, Tang JL, Daniels MJ: Novel genes involved in the regulation of pathogenicity factor production within the rpf gene cluster of Xanthomonas campestris. Microbiology-Uk. 2000, 146: 885-891.

Tang JL, Gough CL, Daniels MJ: Cloning of Genes Involved in Negative Regulation of Production of Extracellular Enzymes and Polysaccharide of Xanthomonas campestris pathovar campestris. Molecular & General Genetics. 1990, 222 (1): 157-160.

Lemos EGD, Alves LMC, Campanharo JC: Genomics-based design of defined growth media for the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa. Fems Microbiology Letters. 2003, 219 (1): 39-45. 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01189-8.

da Silva FR, Vettore AL, Kemper EL, Leite A, Arruda P: Fastidian gum: the Xylella fastidiosa exopolysaccharide possibly involved in bacterial pathogenicity. Fems Microbiology Letters. 2001, 203 (2): 165-171. 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00348-2.

Gottig N, Garavaglia BS, Garofalo CG, Orellano EG, Ottado J: A Filamentous Hemagglutinin-Like Protein of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri, the Phytopathogen Responsible for Citrus Canker, Is Involved in Bacterial Virulence. PLoS ONE. 2009, 4 (2): e4358-10.1371/journal.pone.0004358.

Pendrak ML, Perry RD: Characterization of a hemin-storage locus of Yersinia pestis. Biol Met. 1991, 4 (1): 41-47. 10.1007/BF01135556.

Hinnebusch BJ, Perry RD, Schwan TG: Role of the Yersinia pestis hemin storage (hms) locus in the transmission of plague by fleas. Science. 1996, 273 (5273): 367-370. 10.1126/science.273.5273.367.

Lillard JW, Bearden SW, Fetherston JD, Perry RD: The haemin storage (Hms+) phenotype of Yersinia pestis is not essential for the pathogenesis of bubonic plague in mammals. Microbiology. 1999, 145 (1): 197-209. 10.1099/13500872-145-1-197.

Jarrett CO, Deak E, Isherwood KE, Oyston PC, Fischer ER, Whitney AR, Kobayashi SD, DeLeo FR, Hinnebusch BJ: Transmission of Yersinia pestis from an infectious biofilm in the flea vector. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2004, 190 (4): 783-792. 10.1086/422695.

Guilhabert MR, Kirkpatrick BC: Identification of Xylella fastidiosa antivirulence genes: hemagglutinin adhesins contribute a biofilm maturation to X. fastidiosa and colonization and attenuate virulence. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2005, 18 (8): 856-868. 10.1094/MPMI-18-0856.

Soto SM, Smithson A, Martinez JA, Horcajada JP, Mensa J, Vila J: Biofilm formation in uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains: Relationship with prostatitis, urovirulence factors and antimicrobial resistance. Journal of Urology. 2007, 177 (1): 365-368. 10.1016/j.juro.2006.08.081.

Arthur M, Johnson CE, Rubin RH, Arbeit RD, Campanelli C, Kim C, Steinbach S, Agarwal M, Wilkinson R, Goldstein R: Molecular Epidemiology of Adhesin and Hemolysin Virulence Factors among Uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Infection and Immunity. 1989, 57 (2): 303-313.

Alegria MC, Souza DP, Andrade MO, Docena C, Khater L, Ramos CH, da Silva AC, Farah CS: Identification of new protein-protein interactions involving the products of the chromosome- and plasmid-encoded type IV secretion loci of the phytopathogen Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri. J Bacteriol. 2005, 187 (7): 2315-2325. 10.1128/JB.187.7.2315-2325.2005.

Barrios AF, Zuo R, Ren D, Wood TK: Hha, YbaJ, and OmpA regulate Escherichia coli K12 biofilm formation and conjugation plasmids abolish motility. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2006, 93 (1): 188-200. 10.1002/bit.20681.

Das A, Rangaraj N, Sonti RV: Multiple adhesin-like functions of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae are involved in promoting leaf attachment, entry, and virulence on rice. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2009, 22 (1): 73-85. 10.1094/MPMI-22-1-0073.

Darsonval A, Darrasse A, Durand K, Bureau C, Cesbron S, Jacques MA: Adhesion and fitness in the bean phyllosphere and transmission to seed of Xanthomonas fuscans subsp. fuscans. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2009, 22 (6): 747-757. 10.1094/MPMI-22-6-0747.

Craig L, Li J: Type IV pili: paradoxes in form and function. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2008, 18 (2): 267-277.

Meng Y, Li Y, Galvani CD, Hao G, Turner JN, Burr TJ, Hoch HC: Upstream migration of Xylella fastidiosa via pilus-driven twitching motility. J Bacteriol. 2005, 187 (16): 5560-5567. 10.1128/JB.187.16.5560-5567.2005.

De La Fuente L, Montanes E, Meng Y, Li Y, Burr TJ, Hoch HC, Wu M: Assessing adhesion forces of type I and type IV pili of Xylella fastidiosa bacteria by use of a microfluidic flow chamber. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007, 73 (8): 2690-2696. 10.1128/AEM.02649-06.

Li Y, Hao G, Galvani CD, Meng Y, De La Fuente L, Hoch HC, Burr TJ: Type I and type IV pili of Xylella fastidiosa affect twitching motility, biofilm formation and cell-cell aggregation. Microbiology. 2007, 153 (Pt 3): 719-726. 10.1099/mic.0.2006/002311-0.

De La Fuente L, Burr TJ, Hoch HC: Mutations in type I and type IV pilus biosynthetic genes affect twitching motility rates in Xylella fastidiosa. J Bacteriol. 2007, 189 (20): 7507-7510. 10.1128/JB.00934-07.

De La Fuente L, Burr TJ, Hoch HC: Autoaggregation of Xylella fastidiosa cells is influenced by type I and type IV pili. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008, 74 (17): 5579-5582. 10.1128/AEM.00995-08.

Sidhu VK, Vorholter FJ, Niehaus K, Watt SA: Analysis of outer membrane vesicle associated proteins isolated from the plant pathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. BMC Microbiol. 2008, 8: 87-10.1186/1471-2180-8-87.

Qian W, Jia Y, Ren SX, He YQ, Feng JX, Lu LF, Sun Q, Ying G, Tang DJ, Tang H, Wu W, Hao P, Wang L, Jiang BL, Zeng S, Gu WY, Lu G, Rong L, Tian Y, Yao Z, Fu G, Chen B, Fang R, Qiang B, Chen Z, Zhao GP, Tang JL, He C: Comparative and functional genomic analyses of the pathogenicity of phytopathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. Genome Res. 2005, 15 (6): 757-767. 10.1101/gr.3378705.

Cascales E, Christie PJ: The versatile bacterial type IV secretion systems. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 2003, 1 (2): 137-149. 10.1038/nrmicro753.

Backert S, Meyer TF: Type IV secretion systems and their effectors in bacterial pathogenesis. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 2006, 9 (2): 207-217. 10.1016/j.mib.2006.02.008.

Salanoubat M, Genin S, Artiguenave F, Gouzy J, Mangenot S, Arlat M, Billault A, Brottier P, Camus JC, Cattolico L, Chandler M, Choisne N, Claudel-Renard C, Cunnac S, Demange N, Gaspin C, Lavie M, Moisan A, Robert C, Saurin W, Schiex T, Siguier P, Thébault P, Whalen M, Wincker P, Levy M, Weissenbach J, Boucher CA: Genome sequence of the plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum. Nature. 2002, 415 (6871): 497-502. 10.1038/415497a.

Wood DW, Setubal JC, Kaul R, Monks DE, Kitajima JP, Okura VK, Zhou Y, Chen L, Wood GE, Almeida NF, Woo L, Chen Y, Paulsen IT, Eisen JA, Karp PD, Bovee D, Chapman P, Clendenning J, Deatherage G, Gillet W, Grant C, Kutyavin T, Levy R, Li MJ, McClelland E, Palmieri A, Raymond C, Rouse G, Saenphimmachak C, Wu Z: The genome of the natural genetic engineer Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58. Science. 2001, 294 (5550): 2317-2323. 10.1126/science.1066804.

Simpson AJG, Reinach FC, Arruda P, Abreu FA, Acencio M, Alvarenga R, Alves LMC, Araya JE, Baia GS, Baptista CS, Barros MH, Bonaccorsi ED, Bordin S, Bové JM, Briones MR, Bueno MR, Camargo AA, Camargo LE, Carraro DM, Carrer H, Colauto NB, Colombo C, Costa FF, Costa MC, Costa-Neto CM, Coutinho LL, Cristofani M, Dias-Neto E, Docena C, El-Dorry H: The genome sequence of the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa. Nature. 2000, 406 (6792): 151-157. 10.1038/35018003.

Schneiker S, Keller M, Droge M, Lanka E, Puhler A, Selbitschka W: The genetic organization and evolution of the broad host range mercury resistance plasmid pSB102 isolated from a microbial population residing in the rhizosphere of alfalfa. Nucleic Acids Research. 2001, 29 (24): 5169-5181. 10.1093/nar/29.24.5169.

Tauch A, Schneiker S, Selbitschka W, Puhler A, van Overbeek LS, Smalla K, Thomas CM, Bailey MJ, Forney LJ, Weightman , Ceglowski P, Pembroke T, Tietze E, Schröder G, Lanka E, van Elsas JD: The complete nucleotide sequence and environmental distribution of the cryptic, conjugative, broad-host-range plasmid pIPO2 isolated from bacteria of the wheat rhizosphere. Microbiology. 2002, 148 (Pt 6): 1637-1653.

Vorholter FJ, Niehaus K, Puhler A: Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis in Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris: a cluster of 15 genes is involved in the biosynthesis of the LPS O-antigen and the LPS core. Mol Genet Genomics. 2001, 266 (1): 79-95. 10.1007/s004380100521.

Rocchetta HL, Burrows LL, Lam JS: Genetics of O-antigen biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 1999, 63 (3): 523-553.

Gottig N, Garavaglia BS, Daurelio LD, Valentine A, Gehring C, Orellano EG, Ottado J: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri uses a plant natriuretic peptide-like protein to modify host homeostasis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2008, 105 (47): 18631-18636. 10.1073/pnas.0810107105.

Ewing B, Green P: Base-calling of automated sequencer traces using phred. II. Error probabilities. Genome Res. 1998, 8 (3): 186-194.

Ewing B, Hillier L, Wendl MC, Green P: Base-calling of automated sequencer traces using phred. I. Accuracy assessment. Genome Res. 1998, 8 (3): 175-185.

Gordon D, Abajian C, Green P: Consed: a graphical tool for sequence finishing. Genome Res. 1998, 8 (3): 195-202.

Kurtz S, Phillippy A, Delcher AL, Smoot M, Shumway M, Antonescu C, Salzberg SL: Versatile and open software for comparing large genomes. Genome Biol. 2004, 5 (2): R12-10.1186/gb-2004-5-2-r12.

Warren AS, Setubal JC: The Genome Reverse Compiler: an explorative annotation tool. BMC Bioinformatics. 2009, 10: 35-10.1186/1471-2105-10-35.

Li L, Stoeckert CJ, Roos DS: OrthoMCL: identification of ortholog groups for eukaryotic genomes. Genome Res. 2003, 13 (9): 2178-2189. 10.1101/gr.1224503.

Lima WC, Van Sluys MA, Menck CF: Non-gamma-proteobacteria gene islands contribute to the Xanthomonas genome. Omics-a Journal of Integrative Biology. 2005, 9 (2): 160-172. 10.1089/omi.2005.9.160.

Setubal JC, dos Santos P, Goldman BS, Ertesvag H, Espin G, Rubio LM, Valla S, Almeida NF, Balasubramanian D, Cromes L, Curatti L, Du Z, Godsy E, Goodner B, Hellner-Burris K, Hernandez JA, Houmiel K, Imperial J, Kennedy C, Larson TJ, Latreille P, Ligon LS, Lu J, Maerk M, Miller NM, Norton S, O'Carroll IP, Paulsen I, Raulfs EC, Roemer R: Genome sequence of Azotobacter vinelandii, an obligate aerobe specialized to support diverse anaerobic metabolic processes. J Bacteriol. 2009, 191 (14): 4534-4545. 10.1128/JB.00504-09.

Edgar RC: MUSCLE: multiple sequence alignment with high accuracy and high throughput. Nucleic Acids Res. 2004, 32 (5): 1792-1797. 10.1093/nar/gkh340.

Castresana J: Selection of conserved blocks from multiple alignments for their use in phylogenetic analysis. Mol Biol Evol. 2000, 17 (4): 540-552.

Stamatakis A: RAxML-VI-HPC: maximum likelihood-based phylogenetic analyses with thousands of taxa and mixed models. Bioinformatics. 2006, 22 (21): 2688-2690. 10.1093/bioinformatics/btl446.

Benson G: Tandem repeats finder: a program to analyze DNA sequences. Nucleic Acids Res. 1999, 27 (2): 573-580. 10.1093/nar/27.2.573.

Finn RD, Tate J, Mistry J, Coggill PC, Sammut SJ, Hotz HR, Ceric G, Forslund K, Eddy SR, Sonnhammer EL, Bateman A: The Pfam protein families database. Nucleic Acids Research. 2008, D281-288. 36 Database

White FF, Potnis N, Jones JB, Koebnik R: The type III effectors of Xanthomonas. Molecular Plant Pathology. 2009, 10 (6): 749-766. 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2009.00590.x.

Goodner B, Hinkle G, Gattung S, Miller N, Blanchard M, Qurollo B, Goldman BS, Cao Y, Askenazi M, Halling C, Mullin L, Houmiel K, Gordon J, Vaudin M, Iartchouk O, Epp A, Liu F, Wollam C, Allinger M, Doughty D, Scott C, Lappas C, Markelz B, Flanagan C, Crowell C, Gurson J, Lomo C, Sear C, Strub G, Cielo C: Genome sequence of the plant pathogen and biotechnology agent Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58. Science. 2001, 294 (5550): 2323-2328. 10.1126/science.1066803.

Segal G, Russo JJ, Shuman HA: Relationships between a new type IV secretion system and the icm/dot virulence system of Legionella pneumophila. Mol Microbiol. 1999, 34 (4): 799-809. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01642.x.

Cazalet C, Rusniok C, Bruggemann H, Zidane N, Magnier A, Ma L, Tichit M, Jarraud S, Bouchier C, Vandenesch F, Kunst F, Etienne J, Glaser P, Buchrieser C: Evidence in the Legionella pneumophila genome for exploitation of host cell functions and high genome plasticity. Nat Genet. 2004, 36 (11): 1165-1173. 10.1038/ng1447.

Bolland S, Llosa M, Avila P, de la Cruz F: General organization of the conjugal transfer genes of the IncW plasmid R388 and interactions between R388 and IncN and IncP plasmids. J Bacteriol. 1990, 172 (10): 5795-5802.

Marques MV, da Silva AM, Gomes SL: Genetic organization of plasmid pXF51 from the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa. Plasmid. 2001, 45 (3): 184-199. 10.1006/plas.2000.1514.

Lee BM, Park YJ, Park DS, Kang HW, Kim JG, Song ES, Park IC, Yoon UH, Hahn JH, Koo BS, Lee GB, Kim H, Park HS, Yoon KO, Kim JH, Jung CH, Koh NH, Seo JS, Go SJ: The genome sequence of Xanthomonas oryzae pathovar oryzae KACC10331, the bacterial blight pathogen of rice. Nucleic Acids Res. 2005, 33 (2): 577-586. 10.1093/nar/gki206.

Kearney B, Staskawicz BJ: Widespread Distribution and Fitness Contribution of Xanthomonas campestris Avirulence Gene Avrbs2. Nature. 1990, 346 (6282): 385-386. 10.1038/346385a0.

Thieme F, Szczesny R, Urban A, Kirchner O, Hause G, Bonas U: New type III effectors from Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria trigger plant reactions dependent on a conserved N-myristoylation motif. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 2007, 20 (10): 1250-1261. 10.1094/MPMI-20-10-1250.

Dunger G, Pereda R, Farah C, Orellano E, Jorgelina O: Protein-protein interactions identified for effector proteins of the phytopathogen Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri [abstract]. Proceedings of the V Congreso Argentino de Microbiologia General. 2008, [http://www.conicet.gov.ar/scp/vista_resumen.php?produccion=637809&id=97&keywords=carri]

Gurlebeck D, Thieme F, Bonas U: Type III effector proteins from the plant pathogen Xanthomonas and their role in the interaction with the host plant. Journal of Plant Physiology. 2006, 163 (3): 233-255. 10.1016/j.jplph.2005.11.011.

Furutani A, Takaoka M, Sanada H, Noguchi Y, Oku T, Tsuno K, Ochiai H, Tsuge S: Identification of Novel Type III Secretion Effectors in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 2009, 22 (1): 96-106. 10.1094/MPMI-22-1-0096.

Roden JA, Belt B, Ross JB, Tachibana T, Vargas J, Mudgett MB: A genetic screen to isolate type III effectors translocated into pepper cells during Xanthomonas infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2004, 101 (47): 16624-16629. 10.1073/pnas.0407383101.

Metz M, Dahlbeck D, Morales CQ, Al Sady B, Clark ET, Staskawicz BJ: The conserved Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria effector protein XopX is a virulence factor and suppresses host defense in Nicotiana benthamiana. Plant Journal. 2005, 41 (6): 801-814. 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02338.x.

Guidot A, Prior P, Schoenfeld J, Carrere S, Genin S, Boucher C: Genomic structure and phylogeny of the plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum inferred from gene distribution analysis. Journal of Bacteriology. 2007, 189 (2): 377-387. 10.1128/JB.00999-06.

Park DS, Hyun JW, Park YJ, Kim JS, Kang HW, Hahn JH, Go SJ: Sensitive and specific detection of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri by PCR using pathovar specific primers based on hrpW gene sequences. Microbiological Research. 2006, 161 (2): 145-149. 10.1016/j.micres.2005.07.005.

Noël L, Thieme F, Nennstiel D, Bonas U: cDNA-AFLP analysis unravels a genome-wide hrpG-regulon in the plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria. Molecular Microbiology. 2001, 41 (6): 1271-1281. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02567.x.

Xu RQ, Li XZ, Wei HY, Jiang B, Li K, He YQ, Feng JX, Tang JL: Regulation of eight avr genes by hrpG and hrpX in Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris and their role in pathogenicity. Progress in Natural Science. 2006, 16 (12): 1288-1294. 10.1080/10020070612330143.

Astua-Monge G, Minsavage GV, Stall RE, Davis MJ, Bonas U, Jones JB: Resistance of Tomato and Pepper to T3 Strains of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria Is Specified by a Plant-Inducible Avirulence Gene. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 2000, 13 (9): 911-921. 10.1094/MPMI.2000.13.9.911.