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Title: | Novel N4-Like Bacteriophages of Pectobacterium atrosepticum | Authors: | Buttimer, C. Hendrix, H. Lucid, A. Neve, H. NOBEN, Jean-Paul Franz, C. O'Mahony, J. Lavigne, R. Coffey, A. |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Source: | Pharmaceuticals, 11(2) (Art N° 45) | Abstract: | Pectobacterium atrosepticum is an economically important phytopathogen that is responsible for potato blackleg and soft rot, and for which current control strategies are limited. In this study, stem samples of potato crops exhibiting blackleg were taken from three farms in Co. Cork, Ireland, and they were found to be infected with P. atrosepticum. Three closely related bacteriophages (phages) that are specific to this phytopathogen were isolated and characterized, namely vB_PatP_CB1, vB_PatP_CB3, and vB_PatP_CB4 (abbreviated as CB1, CB3, and CB4). Both CB1 and CB3 were determined to infect 12 strains and CB4 10 strains of the 19 strains of P. atrosepticum tested. Morphology, latent periods, burst sizes, and their stability at various temperatures and pHs were also examined. Genome sequencing of the three phages revealed that they shared a minimum nucleotide identity of 93% with each other. Their genomes exhibited an Enquartavirinae genome organization, possessing several conserved proteins that were associated with phages of this group, like the type species Escherichia virus N4. Tandem electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) allowed for the identification of ten structural proteins that form the virion of CB1, six that are conserved in phage N4. Biocontrol experiments demonstrated that the phages suppress soft rot formation upon co-inoculation with P. atrosepticum on whole tubers. The results of this study indicate that CB1 related phages could be good candidates for phage-based control. | Keywords: | phage isolation; phage characterization; Pectobacterium; blackleg; soft rot; phage-mediated biocontrol of bacteria; plant disease biocontrol; phage therapy; N4-like phage | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/27770 | e-ISSN: | 1424-8247 | DOI: | 10.3390/ph11020045 | ISI #: | 000445152300015 | Rights: | Copyright 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2020 vabb 2020 |
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