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sp. nov., a new xanthomonad species including pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains of walnut Open Access

Abstract

We describe a novel species isolated from walnut () which comprises non-pathogenic and pathogenic strains on walnut. The isolates, obtained from a single ornamental walnut tree showing disease symptoms, grew on yeast extract–dextrose–carbonate agar as mucoid yellow colonies characteristic of species. Pathogenicity assays showed that while strain CPBF 424 causes disease in walnut, strain CPBF 367 was non-pathogenic on walnut leaves. Biolog GEN III metabolic profiles disclosed some differences between strains CPBF 367 and CPBF 424 and other xanthomonads. Multilocus sequence analysis with seven housekeeping genes (, , , , , , ) grouped these strains in a distinct cluster from pv. and closer to and pv. . Average nucleotide identity (ANI) analysis results displayed similarity values below 93 % to strains. Meanwhile ANI and digital DNA–DNA hybridization similarity values were below 89 and 50 % to non- strains, respectively, revealing that they do not belong to any previously described species. Furthermore, the two strains show over 98 % similarity to each other. Genomic analysis shows that strain CPBF 424 harbours a complete type III secretion system and several type III effector proteins, in contrast with strain CPBF 367, shown to be non-pathogenic in plant bioassays. Taking these data altogether, we propose that strains CPBF 367 and CPBF 424 belong to a new species herein named sp. nov., with CPBF 424 (=LMG 31037=CCOS 1891=NCPPB 4675) as the type strain.

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Keyword(s): new species , pathogenicity , walnut and Xanthomonas
Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • European Cooperation in Science and Technology (Award COST Action CA16107)
    • Principle Award Recipient: Not Applicable
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Award IZCOZ0_177064)
    • Principle Award Recipient: Nay C. Dia
  • Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Award Project EVOXANT (PTDC/BIA-EVF/3635/2014-POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016600))
    • Principle Award Recipient: Fernando Tavares
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