Identificação de bactérias do filoplano de citros capazes de interromper o quórum sensing em Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Caicedo Cepeda, Juan Carlos [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Cítricos; Cítricos - Doenças e pragas; Cancro citrico; Xanthomonas; Bactérias; Citrus
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/128012

The bacterium Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (Xcc) is the causal agent of citrus canker, a disease that affects almost all types of citrus crops. The production of particular pathogenicity factors in Xcc is controlled by a cluster of genes named rpf, which encode elements of cellFcell communication system called Quorum Sensing (QS), mediated by molecules of the Diffusible Signal Factor (DSF) family. Interference with cellFcell signaling, also termed quorum quenching, either by signal degradation or overFproduction has been suggested as strategy to control bacterial disease. In this study, we isolated three bacterial strains from citrus leaves that displayed a high ability to disrupt QS signaling in Xcc. Pathogenicity assays in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) showed that bacteria belonging to the genera Pseudomonas and Bacillus also have a strong ability to reduce the severity of citrus canker disease. These effects were associated with alteration in bacterial attachment and biofilm formation, factors that are known to contribute to Xcc virulence. These quorumFquenching bacteria may represent a highly valuable tool in the process of biological control and offer an alternative to the traditional copper treatment currently used for the treatment of citrus canker disease