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. 2020 Jul;10(7):324.
doi: 10.1007/s13205-020-02311-4. Epub 2020 Jun 29.

The involvement of the Type Six Secretion System (T6SS) in the virulence of Ralstonia solanacearum on brinjal

Trupti Asolkar  1   2 , Raman Ramesh  2
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The involvement of the Type Six Secretion System (T6SS) in the virulence of Ralstonia solanacearum on brinjal

Trupti Asolkar et al. 3 Biotech. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

Ralstonia solanacearum is an important soil-borne plant pathogen which causes bacterial wilt in a large number of crops. Bacterial Type Six Secretion System (T6SS) is known to participate in pathogenesis, bacterial interaction and inter-bacterial competition. Contribution of T6SS in the virulence of R. solanacearum on eggplant (Solanum melongena L) is studied. In this study, five T6SS gene (ompA, vgrG3, hcp, tssH and tssM) mutants have been developed by insertional mutagenesis and the virulence of the mutants was evaluated on eggplant. In general, the T6SS mutants showed significant reduction of wilt on eggplant. R. solanacearum mutant of ompA gene significantly reduced the wilt from day five through day eight in petiole inoculation. In soil drench inoculation, R. solanacearum mutant of vgrG3 gene reduced the wilt on eggplant and was significantly different throughout the experimental period. Other mutants, viz., tssH, tssM and hcp, also reduced the wilt during the initial stages of disease development. This is the first report on the role of T6SS genes, ompA, vgrG3, hcp and tssH on virulence of R. solanacearum.

Keywords: Bacterial wilt; Eggplant; Mutants; Ralstonia solanacearum; T6SS; Virulence.

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Conflict of interestOn behalf of all the authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

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