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- Title
Virulence deficiency caused by a transposon insertion in the purH gene of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae.
- Authors
Chatterjee, Subhadeep; Sonti, Ramesh V.
- Abstract
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae causes bacterial leaf blight, a serious disease of rice. We have identified a Tn5-induced virulence-deficient mutant (BXO1704) of X. oryzae pv. oryzae. The BXO1704 mutant exhibited growth deficiency in minimal medium but was proficient in inducing a hypersensitive response in a non-host tomato plant. Sequence analysis of the chromosomal DNA flanking the Tn5 insertion indicated that the Tn5 insertion is in the purH gene, which is highly homologous to purH genes of other closely related plant pathogenic bacteria Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri and Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. Purine supplementation reversed the growth deficiency of BXO1704 in minimal medium. These results suggest that the virulence deficiency of BXO1704 may be due to the inability to use sufficient purine in the host.
- Subjects
MICROBIAL virulence; TRANSPOSONS; XANTHOMONAS; RICE diseases &; pests; PHYTOPATHOGENIC microorganisms; DISEASE resistance of plants; MICROBIOLOGY
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 2005, Vol 51, Issue 7, p575
- ISSN
0008-4166
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/W05-036