‘Candidatus Liberibacter sp.’ causes serious plant diseases. ‘Ca. L. asiaticus’, ‘Ca. L. americanus’ and ‘Ca. L. africanus’ cause citrus greening (Huanglongbing) in Asia, Americas and Africa. ‘Ca. L. solanacearum’ causes diseases in solanaceae in America and New Zealand. All of the four species are vectored by psyllid insects of different genera. Here, we show that the pear psyllid pest Cacopsylla pyri (L.) hosts a novel liberibacter species that we named ‘Ca. Liberibacter europaeus’. It can bloom to high titers in the psyllid host, with more than 109 16S rRNA gene copies per individual. Fluorescent in situ hybridization experiments showed that ‘Ca. L. europaeus’ proliferates in the host gut, salivary glands and Malpighian tubules. ‘Ca. L. europaeus’ has a relatively high prevalence (> 51%) in C. pyri from different areas in Piedmont and Val d’Aosta regions in Italy and it can be transmitted to pear plants in experimental transmission experiments. However, even though high titers of the bacterium (more than 108 16S rRNA gene copies g-1 of pear plant tissue) could be detected in the pear tissues no specific disease symptomps could be observed in the infected plants over a one year period. ‘Ca. L. europaeus’ represents the first liberibacter with quarantine potential described in Italy and Europe.
Candidatus Liberibacter europaeus’ sp. nov is associated to Cacopsylla pyri the insect vector of pear decline phytoplasma / Noura, Raddadi; Elena, Gonella; Caterina, Camerota; Alan Claudio Franco, Pizzinat; Rosemarie, Tedeschi; Elena, Crotti; Mandrioli, Mauro; Pierattilio, Bianco; Daniele, Daffonchio; Aberto, Alma. - In: ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 1462-2912. - STAMPA. - 13:2(2011), pp. 414-426. [10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02347.x]
Candidatus Liberibacter europaeus’ sp. nov is associated to Cacopsylla pyri the insect vector of pear decline phytoplasma
MANDRIOLI, Mauro;
2011
Abstract
‘Candidatus Liberibacter sp.’ causes serious plant diseases. ‘Ca. L. asiaticus’, ‘Ca. L. americanus’ and ‘Ca. L. africanus’ cause citrus greening (Huanglongbing) in Asia, Americas and Africa. ‘Ca. L. solanacearum’ causes diseases in solanaceae in America and New Zealand. All of the four species are vectored by psyllid insects of different genera. Here, we show that the pear psyllid pest Cacopsylla pyri (L.) hosts a novel liberibacter species that we named ‘Ca. Liberibacter europaeus’. It can bloom to high titers in the psyllid host, with more than 109 16S rRNA gene copies per individual. Fluorescent in situ hybridization experiments showed that ‘Ca. L. europaeus’ proliferates in the host gut, salivary glands and Malpighian tubules. ‘Ca. L. europaeus’ has a relatively high prevalence (> 51%) in C. pyri from different areas in Piedmont and Val d’Aosta regions in Italy and it can be transmitted to pear plants in experimental transmission experiments. However, even though high titers of the bacterium (more than 108 16S rRNA gene copies g-1 of pear plant tissue) could be detected in the pear tissues no specific disease symptomps could be observed in the infected plants over a one year period. ‘Ca. L. europaeus’ represents the first liberibacter with quarantine potential described in Italy and Europe.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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