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A Re-evaluation of the Taxonomy and Classification of the Type III Secretion System in a Pathogenic Bacterium Causing Soft Rot Disease of Pleurotus eryngii.

Abstract：

:Pantoea beijingensis, a gram-negative pathogenic bacterium, causes soft rot disease in the fungus Pleurotus eryngii in China. However, the taxonomic classification of this pathogen is controversial due to close relationships between bacteria of the genera Pantoea and Erwinia. This study aimed to resolve the identity of P. beijingensis using phylogenomic and systematic analyses of Pantoea and Erwinia by whole-genome sequencing. Single-copy orthologs identified from the Erwinia/Pantoea core genomes were used to delineate Erwinia/Pantoea phylogeny. P. beijingensis LMG27579T clustered within a single Erwinia clade. A whole-genome-based phylogenetic tree and average nucleotide and amino-acid identity values indicate that P. beijingensis LMG27579T should be renamed Erwinia beijingensis. The hrp/hrc genes encoding type III secretion system (T3SS) proteins in Erwinia and Pantoea were divided into five groups according to gene contents and organization. Neighbor-joining-inferred phylogenetic trees based on concatenated HrcU, HrcN, and HrcR in the main hrp/hrc cluster showed that E. beijingensis T3SS proteins are closely related to those in Ewingella americana, implying that E. beijingensis and E. americana have a recent common hrp/hrc gene ancestor. Furthermore, T3SS proteins of Erwinia and Pantoea were clustered in different clades separated by other bacterial T3SS proteins. Thus, T3SS genes in Pantoea and Erwinia strains might have been acquired by horizontal gene transfer. Overall, our findings clarify the taxonomy of the bacterium causing soft rot in P. eryngii, as well as the genetic structure and classification of the hrp/hrc T3SS virulence factor. We propose that T3SS acquisition is important for E. beijingensis emergence and pathogenesis.

journal_name

Curr Microbiol

journal_title

Current microbiology

authors

Xu F,Yan H,Liu Y,Zhao S,Song S,Gu T,Song Z,Xie J,Rong C

doi

10.1007/s00284-020-02253-3

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2021-01-01 00:00:00

pages

179-189

issue

eissn

0343-8651

issn

1432-0991

pii

10.1007/s00284-020-02253-3

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A Re-evaluation of the Taxonomy and Classification of the Type III Secretion System in a Pathogenic Bacterium Causing Soft Rot Disease of Pleurotus eryngii.