Restructuring of endophytic bacterial communities in grapevine yellows-diseased and recovered Vitis vinifera L. plants

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Jul;77(14):5018-22. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00051-11. Epub 2011 May 27.

Abstract

Length heterogeneity-PCR assays, combined with statistical analyses, highlighted that the endophytic bacterial community associated with healthy grapevines was characterized by a greater diversity than that present in diseased and recovered plants. The findings suggest that phytoplasmas can restructure the bacterial community by selecting endophytic strains that could elicit a plant defense response.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacteria / genetics
  • Biodiversity
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Microbial Consortia
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Plant Diseases / microbiology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Vitis / microbiology*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/HM803937
  • GENBANK/HM803938
  • GENBANK/HM803939
  • GENBANK/HM803940
  • GENBANK/HM803941
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