Genomic sequence of 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' haplotype C and its comparison with haplotype A and B genomes

PLoS One. 2017 Feb 3;12(2):e0171531. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171531. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

Haplotypes A and B of 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' (CLso) are associated with diseases of solanaceous plants, especially Zebra chip disease of potato, and haplotypes C, D and E are associated with symptoms on apiaceous plants. To date, one complete genome of haplotype B and two high quality draft genomes of haplotype A have been obtained for these unculturable bacteria using metagenomics from the psyllid vector Bactericera cockerelli. Here, we present the first genomic sequences obtained for the carrot-associated CLso. These two genomic sequences of haplotype C, FIN114 (1.24 Mbp) and FIN111 (1.20 Mbp), were obtained from carrot psyllids (Trioza apicalis) harboring CLso. Genomic comparisons between the haplotypes A, B and C revealed that the genome organization differs between these haplotypes, due to large inversions and other recombinations. Comparison of protein-coding genes indicated that the core genome of CLso consists of 885 ortholog groups, with the pan-genome consisting of 1327 ortholog groups. Twenty-seven ortholog groups are unique to CLso haplotype C, whilst 11 ortholog groups shared by the haplotypes A and B, are not found in the haplotype C. Some of these ortholog groups that are not part of the core genome may encode functions related to interactions with the different host plant and psyllid species.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • DNA, Plant
  • Daucus carota / microbiology
  • Daucus carota / parasitology
  • Genome, Bacterial
  • Haplotypes*
  • Hemiptera / microbiology
  • Operon
  • Phylogeny
  • Prophages / genetics
  • RNA, Plant
  • RNA, Ribosomal
  • Rhizobiaceae / classification
  • Rhizobiaceae / genetics*
  • Rhizobiaceae / isolation & purification
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Plant
  • RNA, Plant
  • RNA, Ribosomal

Grants and funding

Funding for this project was provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland (project numbers 1651/311/2011, 2052/312/2011 and 1842/312/2013), Marjatta & Eino Kolli Foundation, China Scholarship Council, the New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Better Border Biosecurity and the Australian Government via the Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre. The authors declare that one co-author (TS) provides bioinformatics services as a commercial freelancer under the name Herne Genomik, Neustadt, Germany. The funders provided support in the form of salaries and grants for authors [AN, MH, JW, ST, GS, TS] but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section.