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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-2-1
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
'Candidatus Liberibacter spp.' cause serious plant diseases. 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus', 'Ca. L. americanus' and 'Ca. L. africanus' are the aetiological agents of citrus greening (Huanglongbing) in Asia, America and Africa. 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' causes diseases in Solanaceae in America and New Zealand. All 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 titres in the psyllid host, with more than 10(9) 16S rRNA gene copies per individual. Fluorescent in situ hybridization experiments showed that 'Ca. L. europaeus' is present in the host midgut lumen, salivary glands and Malpighian tubules. 'Candidatus L. europaeus' has a relatively high prevalence (> 51%) in C. pyri from different areas in the Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta regions in Italy and can be transmitted to pear plants in experimental transmission trials. However, even though high titres of the bacterium (more than 10(8) 16S rRNA gene copies g(-1) of pear plant tissue) could be detected, in the pear tissues no specific disease symptoms could be observed in the infected plants over a 6-month period. Despite liberibacters representing potential quarantine organisms, 'Ca. L. europaeus', first described in Italy and Europe, apparently behaves as an endophyte rather than a pathogen.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1462-2920
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
414-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
'Candidatus Liberibacter europaeus' sp. nov. that is associated with and transmitted by the psyllid Cacopsylla pyri apparently behaves as an endophyte rather than a pathogen.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Valorizzazione e Protezione delle Risorse Agroforestali (DIVAPRA), Università degli Studi di Torino, via L. da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't