A comparison of Olpidium isolates from a range of host plants using internal transcribed spacer sequence analysis and host range studies.
Olpidium brassicae is a ubiquitous obligate root-infecting fungal pathogen. It is an important vector of a wide range of plant viruses. Olpidium isolates that infected brassica plants did not infect lettuce plants and vice-versa. Host range tests, PCR amplification and sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and 5.8S regions of 25 Olpidium isolates from brassica, carrot, cucumber and lettuce originating from four continents revealed differences between isolates. Based on their ability to infect lettuce and brassicas and the differences between their ITS1, 5.8S and ITS2 regions they could be separated into a number of distinct groups. Comparisons with other published sequences revealed two distinct genetic groups of brassica-infecting isolates, two distinct groups of lettuce-infecting isolates, one of which contained a carrot-infecting isolate and a distinct group comprising a cucumber-infecting isolate and a melon-infecting isolate. The possibility of the isolates belonging to three distinct species is discussed.
Warwick HRI, University of Warwick, Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF, UK.
Lucy M
LM
Hartwright
Paul J
PJ
Hunter
John A
JA
Walsh
D001483:Base Sequence; D001937:Brassica / Q000382:microbiology; D008411:Chytridiomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology* / Q000821:virology; D018553:Cucumis sativus / Q000382:microbiology; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000032:analysis; D018552:Daucus carota / Q000382:microbiology; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D018545:Lactuca / Q000382:microbiology; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S