Agrobacterium vitis

Agrobacterium vitis is a plant pathogen that infects grapevines. The species is best known for causing a tumor known as crown gall disease.[1] One of the virulent strains, A. vitis S4, is responsible both for crown gall on grapevines and for inducing a hypersensitive response in other plant species.[2] Grapevines that have been affected by crown gall disease produce fewer grapes than unaffected plants.[3] Though not all strains of A. vitis are tumorigenic, most strains can damage plant hosts.[2][4]

A. vitis shares many genetic and morphological characteristics with other Agrobacterium species, and is closely related to A. tumefaciens.[5] The two species have overlapping host ranges, and both A. vitis and A. tumefaciens may reduce the yield of infected crops.[5] For this reason, research on A. vitis focuses on transmission and methods of control.

Agrobacterium vitis
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhizobiales
Family: Rhizobiaceae
Genus: Agrobacterium
Species: A. vitis
Binomial name
Agrobacterium vitis
Ophel and Kerr 1990 [6]
Synonyms

Rhizobium vitis Young 2001[7]

Biology

Identification

A. vitis is a Gram-negative bacterium with a thin peptidoglycan layer in its cell wall.[8] The species is aerobic and mesophilic, with individual cells that are rod-shaped and motile.[8] On culture, colonies are round, white, and translucent.[5]

Range and environment

The presence of A. vitis has been confirmed in Germany, France, Austria, Hungary, South Africa, and the United States.[2] Crown gall disease outbreaks in Europe and North America in the mid-1980s have been linked to A. vitis, and the species has continued to survive in those regions.[2] Additionally, a survey conducted in China from 2003-2009 identified strains of A. vitis on blighted banana plants.[9]

Genetic Traits

Chromosome and plasmids

The genome of A. vitis consists of two circular chromosomes and five plasmids.[4] It is 6.32 Mb long and encodes 5549 proteins.[8] Four rRNA operons have been identified.[2][4] Tumorigenic strains contain a Ti plasmid (pTi).[5] Ti plasmids in galls produce various opines that are then secreted from the gall.[2] In a vitis, pTi codes for octopine and/or cucumopine.[10] Tumorigenic strains also contain a plasmid that allows the bacterium to utilize tartrate.[5]

Classification

A. vitis is the biovar III strain of Agrobacterium.[4] Originally, the species included only biovar III strains found in grape hosts.[2] Since then, A. vitis has been redefined to include all biovar III strains.[9] It can be distinguished from biovars I and II, A. tumefaciens and A. radiobacter, on the basis of its hosts and pathogenicity.[4] Fatty acid analysis also reveals differences between A. vitis and other biovars of Agrobacterium.[2]

A. vitis has also been classified in the genus Rhizobia.[7] A 1999 study suggested that A. vitis is more closely related to Rhizobium galegae than to other Agrobacterium species, based on genetic sequence comparison.[2] In 2001, Young et. al proposed that A. vitis be reclassified as Rhizobium vitis.[7] These two names are used interchangeably in scientific literature, as taxonomic classification of A. vitis is ongoing.

Pathogenicity

Hosts

Grapevines are the plants most commonly infected with A. vitis.[2] Though A. vitis may cause hypersensitive response in other plant species, crown gall disease induced by tumorigenic A. vitis is unique to grapevines.[4] All strains of A. vitis induce grape root necrosis.[5] Because A. vitis may remain latent, not all infected plants show symptoms.[5]

An intraspecific taxon of A. vitis has been isolated from banana leaves in China.[9] A. vitis may also infect tomato plants, and has been shown to cause leaf panel collapse in tobacco.[10]

Transmission

The Ti plasmid is responsible for transmission of crown gall disease in plants infected with A. vitis.[5] Tumorigenic A. vitis transfers its Ti plasmid to other bacteria, and transfers T-DNA into plants.[2] Virulence genes encoded by the Ti plasmid generate single-strand T-DNA molecules, which in turn are transferred to healthy hosts.[1] Disorganized cell division occurs in infected hosts, leading to gall development instead of the formation of healthy vascular tissue.[5]

Propagation of diseased wood often transmits A. vitis.[3] Injuries to a grapevine caused by cutting or freezing may also make the plant more susceptible to crown gall infection.[2] However, galls grow only on trunks or canes, and do not appear on the roots of infected plants.[5]

In Agriculture

Crown gall disease

When A. vitis causes crown gall disease, several symptoms and tests can be used to identify its presence. On grapevines, young galls appear as soft green bumps, which later become brown and rough.[3] Galls do not appear on all grapevines in which A. vitis is present.[3]

Steps can be taken to control crown gall disease and reduce the risk of infection. Injured sites on vines, such as those caused by freezing or cutting injuries, are especially susceptible to infection.[2] Planting in frost-prone areas or areas with poor drainage should therefore be avoided.[3] Reducing other grapevine stressors, such as nutrient deprivation and low soil pH, also limits susceptibility.[3] Additionally, some cultivars are resistant to crown gall disease. Vitis vinifera is generally susceptible to crown gall disease, but resistant grape species can be planted preferentially.[3]

Other diseases

Grape necrosis is a common symptom of A. vitis infection, caused by both tumorigenic and non-tumorigenic bacteria strains.[5] Tobacco leaf panel collapse can be induced by the non-tumorigenic F2/5 strain of A. vitis.[11] While the strain of A. vitis found in grapevines, A. vitis pv. vitis, is responsible for most diseases, banana leaf blights have been linked to A. vitis pv. musae.[9]

Nonpathogenic strains

Strains of bacteria can be used as biological control agents to limit the growth of pathogenic A. vitis. Grapevine roots that have been soaked in a suspension containing the inhibitory strain are less susceptible than those that have not.[5][10] Several ACC deaminase-producing species found in the rhizosphere inhibit A. vitis tumor production in tomato plants.[10] Non-tumorigenic strains of A. vitis (F2/5, ARK-1, and VAR03-1) have been shown to limit crown gall formation.[5][12][13] In investigations involving these strains, F2/5 still induced necrosis but ARK-1 did not.[11][12]

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Burr, T; Otten, L (1999). "Crown gall of grape: biology and disease management". Annu Rev Phytopathol 37 (1): 53–80. doi:10.1146/annurev.phyto.37.1.53. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Crown gall (Agrobacterium vitis)". Government of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture. January 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Slater, SC; Goldman, BS; Goodner, B; Setubal, JC; Farrand, SK; Nester, EW; Burr, TJ; Banta, L; Dickerman, AW; Paulsen, I; Otten, L; Suen, G; Welch, R; Almeida, NF; Arnold, F; Burton, OT; Du, Z; Ewing, A; Godsy, E; Heisel, S; Houmiel, KL; Jhaveri, J; Lu, J; Miller, NM; Norton, S; Chen, Q; Phoolcharoen, W; Ohlin, V; Ondrusek, D; Pride, N; Stricklin, SL; Sun, J; Wheeler, C; Wilson, L; Zhu, H; Wood, DW (2009). "Genome sequences of three Agrobacterium biovars help elucidate the evolution of multichromosome genomes in bacteria". Journal of Bacteriology 191 (8): 2501–2511. doi:10.1128/JB.01779-08. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
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  6. ↑ Ophel, K; Kerr, A (1990). "Agrobacterium vitis sp. nov. for strains of Agrobacterium biovar 3 from grapevines". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 40 (3): 236–241. doi:10.1099/00207713-40-3-236. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 Young, JM; Kuykendall, LD; Martinez-Romero, E; Kerr, A; Sawada, H (2001). "A revision of Rhizobium (Frank 1889), with an emended description of the genus, and the inclusion of all species of Agrobacterium (Conn 1942) and Allorhizobium undicola (de Lajudie et al. 1998) as new combinations: Rhizobium radiobacter, R. rhizogenes, R. rubi, R. undicola and R. vitis". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 51 (1): 89–103. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-1-89. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 "Organism Overview: Agrobacterium vitis". National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Huang, S; Long, M; Fu, G; Lin, S; Qin, L; Hu, C; Cen, Z; Lu, J; Li, Q (2015). "Characterization of a new pathovar of Agrobacterium vitis causing banana leaf blight in China". J Basic Microbiol 55 (1): 129–134. doi:10.1002/jobm.201300113. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Toklikishvili, N; Dandurishvili, N; Vainstein, A; Tediashvili, M; Giorgobiani, N; Lurie, S; Szegedi, E; Glick, BR; Chernin, L (2010). "Inhibitory effect of ACC deaminase-producing bacteria on crown gall formation in tomato plants infected by Agrobacterium tumefaciens or A. vitis". Plant Pathology 59 (6): 1023–1030. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3059.2010.02326.x. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  11. 1 2 Herlache, TC; Zhang, HS; Ried, CL; Carle, SA; Basaran, P; Thaker, M; Burr, AT; Burr, TJ (2001). "Mutations that affect Agrobacterium vitis-induced grape necrosis also alter its ability to cause a hypersensitive response on tobacco". Phytopathology 91 (10): 966–972. doi:10.1094/PHYTO.2001.91.10.966. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  12. 1 2 Kawaguchi, A (2013). "Biological Control of Crown Gall on Grapevine and Root Colonization by Nonpathogenic Rhizobium vitis Strain ARK-1". Microbes Environ 28 (3): 306–311. doi:10.1264/jsme2.ME13014. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  13. ↑ Kawaguchi, A; Inoue, K; Ichinose, Y (2008). "Biological Control of Crown Gall of Grapevine, Rose, and Tomato by Nonpathogenic Agrobacterium vitis Strain VAR03-1". Phytopathology 98 (11): 1218–1225. doi:10.1094/PHYTO-98-11-1218. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

Further reading

Kawaguchi, Akira (31 July 2014). "Reduction in Pathogen Populations at Grapevine Wound Sites is Associated with the Mechanism Underlying the Biological Control of Crown Gall by Rhizobium vitis Strain ARK-1". Microbes and Environments 29 (3): 296–302. doi:10.1264/jsme2.ME14059. 

Medina-Bolivar, Fabricio (4 December 2013). "Antioxidant Activity of Selected Stilbenoids and Their Bioproduction in Hairy Root Cultures of Muscadine Grape (Vitis rotundifolia Michx.)". Journal Agricultural and Food Chemistry 61 (48): 11744–11758. doi:10.1021/jf400760k. 

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