Quantification of Viable Cells of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato in Tomato Seed Using Propidium Monoazide and a Real-Time PCR Assay

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Chai, A-li

作者： Chai, A-li;Guo, Wei-tao;Shi, Yan-xia;Xie, Xue-wen;Li, Lei;Li, Bao-ju;Ben, Hai-yan

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关键词： propidium monoazide; Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato; quantitative real-time PCR; tomato bacterial speck

期刊名称：PLANT DISEASE （ 影响因子：4.438； 五年影响因子：4.7 ）

ISSN： 0191-2917

年卷期： 2020 年 104 卷 8 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato is a seedbome pathogen that causes bacterial speck disease in tomato. P. syringae pv. tomato is typically detected in tomato seed using quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) but the inability of qPCR to distinguish between viable and nonviable cells might lead to an overestimation of viable P. syringae pv. tomato cells. In the present study, a strategy involving a propidium monoazide (PMA) pretreatment followed by a qPCR (PMA-qPCR) assay was developed for quantifying viable P. syringae pv. tomato cells in contaminated tomato seed. PMA could selectively bind to the chromosomal DNA of dead bacterial cells and, therefore, block DNA amplification of qPCR. The primer pair Pst3F/Pst3R was designed based on gene hrpZ to specifically amplify and quantify P. syringae pv. tomato by qPCR. The PMA pretreatment protocol was optimized for selectively detecting viable P. syringae pv. tomato cells, and the optimal PMA concentration and light exposure time were 10 mu mol liter(-1) and 10 min, respectively. In the sensitivity test, the detection limit of PMA-qPCR for detecting viable cells in bacterial suspension and artificially contaminated tomato seed was 10(2) CFU ml(-1) and 11.86 CFU g(-1), respectively. For naturally contaminated tomato seed, viable P. syringae pv. tomato cells were quantified in 6 of the 19 samples, with infestation levels of approximately 10(2) to 10(4) CFU g(-1). The results indicated that the PMA-qPCR assay is a suitable tool for quantifying viable P. syringae pv. tomato cells in tomato seed, which could be useful for avoiding the potential risks of primary inoculum sources from contaminated seed.

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