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| Author(s): |
Paulo Marques Pierry
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Conjunto das Químicas (IQ e FCF) (CQ/DBDCQ) |
| Defense date: | 2012-03-23 |
| Examining board members: |
Aline Maria da Silva;
Carlos Takeshi Hotta;
Marilis do Valle Marques
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| Advisor: | Aline Maria da Silva |
| Abstract | |
Xylella fastidiosa is a Gram-negative bacteria, of the Gamma-proteobacterium subgroup, non-flagellated that colonizes the xylem of several cultivated and wild plants, where may cause disease. The bacterium is spread by insects known as sharpshooters. Genomes of X. fastidiosa strains isolated from different hosts have been completely or partially sequenced: 9a5c from citrus; Temecula-1 and GB514 from grapevine; Dixon, M12 and M23 from almond tree; Ann-1 from oleander and EB92-1, isolated from elderberry and used as bio-control for Pierce\'s disease of grapevines. Comparative genomics studies associated with approaches from functional genomics and molecular genetics have allowed a detailed study of mechanisms potentially relevant to the colonization of plants and insects by this pathogen as well as to the development of symptoms associated with specific diseases in their respective host plants. Except for 9a5c, all other known genomes are from strains isolated in North America. Here we describe the pyrosequencing of the genomes of strain J1a12, which displays non-virulent phenotype in citrus and of Pr8x and Hib4 strains isolated, respectively, from plum and hibiscus. J1a12 has a main chromosome of 2,788,789 bp and two plasmids, pXF51 and pXF27, respectively of 51,180 bp and 27,268 bp. pXF51 has been described also in the citrus strain 9a5c and pXF27 has similarity with other plasmids found in North American strains isolated from mulberry tree and grapevine. The strain Pr8x has a main chromosome of 2,666,242 bp and one plasmid, pXF39, of 39,580 bp which present similarities with pXF51. Hib4, the strain isolated from hibiscus, has the largest chromosome (2,813,297 bp) and the largest plasmid (pXF64 with 64,251 bp) described for X. fastidiosa. pXF64 shows extensive similarity with the plasmid pBVIE04 of Burkholderia vietnamensis G4 strain and is described for the first time in X. fastidiosa. Comparative analyzes of these genomes have identified several differences that may be correlated with the phenotypes displayed by these strains, in addition to the variety and diversity of regions related to bacteriophages and plasmids that co-exist in different strains of this pathogen. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/13527-1 - Genome sequencing e comparative analysis of a Xylella fastidiosa strain. |
| Grantee: | Paulo Marques Pierry |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |