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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2014

Characterization of novel virulent broad-host-range phages of Xylella fastidiosa and Xanthomonas.

Stephen J Ahern, Mayukh Das, Tushar Suvra Bhowmick, Ry Young, Carlos F Gonzalez

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
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51 citing papers in PubMed, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephen J AhernCenter for Phage Technology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
Mayukh Das
Tushar Suvra Bhowmick
Ry Young
Carlos F Gonzalez
Texas A&M University · US

Funding

CONTROL OF VIRUS-INDUCED LYSISR01GM027099 · NIGMS · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI YOUNG, RYLAND FLETCHER · 1985 to 2019
$4.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM027099
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The xylem-limited bacterium Xylella fastidiosa is the causal agent of several plant diseases, most notably Pierce's disease of grape and citrus variegated chlorosis. We report the isolation and characterization of the first virulent phages for X. fastidiosa, siphophages Sano and Salvo and podophages Prado and Paz, with a host range that includes Xanthomonas spp. Phages propagated on homologous hosts had observed adsorption rate constants of ~4 × 10(-12) ml cell(-1) min(-1) for X. fastidiosa strain Temecula 1 and ~5 × 10(-10) to 7 × 10(-10) ml cell(-1) min(-1) for Xanthomonas strain EC-12. Sano and Salvo exhibit >80% nucleotide identity to each other in aligned regions and are syntenic to phage BcepNazgul. We propose that phage BcepNazgul is the founding member of a novel phage type, to which Sano and Salvo belong. The lysis genes of the Nazgul-like phage type include a gene that encodes an outer membrane lipoprotein endolysin and also spanin gene families that provide insight into the evolution of the lysis pathway for phages of Gram-negative hosts. Prado and Paz, although exhibiting no significant DNA homology to each other, are new members of the phiKMV-like phage type, based on the position of the single-subunit RNA polymerase gene. The four phages are type IV pilus dependent for infection of both X. fastidiosa and Xanthomonas. The phages may be useful as agents for an effective and environmentally responsible strategy for the control of diseases caused by X. fastidiosa.

Indexed as

BacteriophagesDNA, ViralGenes, ViralGenome, ViralHost SpecificityMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMolecular Sequence DataPodoviridaeSequence Analysis, DNASiphoviridaeSyntenyVirus AttachmentXanthomonasXylellaDNA, Viral

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PMID24214944
PMCPMC3911242
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