Copper resistance in Pseudomonas syringae strains isolated from mango is encoded mainly by plasmids

Cazorla, Francisco M., Arrebola, Eva, Sesma, Ane ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3982-8932, Perez-Garcia, Alejandro, Codina, Juan C., Murillo, Jesús and de Vicente, Antonio (2002) Copper resistance in Pseudomonas syringae strains isolated from mango is encoded mainly by plasmids. Phytopathology, 92 (8). pp. 909-916. ISSN 0031-949X

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Abstract

Bacterial apical necrosis of mango, elicited by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae, limits fruit production in southern Spain and Portugal. Examination of a collection of P. syringae pv. syringae isolates for copper resistance showed that 59% were resistant to cupric sulfate. The survey of a mango orchard revealed an increase in frequencies of copper-resistant bacteria after repeated treatments with Bordeaux mixture. These data suggest that selection of copper-resistant strains could be a major reason for control failures following management with copper bactericides. Most copper-resistant isolates harbored plasmids, although the majority of them contained a 62-kb plasmid that also was present in copper-sensitive strains. The 62-kb plasmids were differentiated by restriction enzyme analysis and hybridization to copABCD DNA. The most frequently found copper-resistant plasmid type (62.1) was transferable by conjugation. Southern blot hybridizations showed that genetic determinants partially homologous to copABCD were present in all the copper-resistant strains examined, and usually were associated with plasmids; these determinants were not detected in copper-sensitive strains. The selective pressure exerted by copper bactericide sprays on the diversity of copper resistance determinants in bacterial populations of mango is discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	09 Oct 2020 23:59
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 07:14
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/77183
DOI:	10.1094/PHYTO.2002.92.8.909

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