Genomics Evolutionary History and Diagnostics of the Alternaria alternata Species Group Including Apple and Asian Pear Pathotypes

The section ( species group) represents a diverse group of saprotroph, human allergens, and plant pathogens. taxonomy has benefited from recent phylogenetic revision but the basis of differentiation between major phylogenetic clades within the group is not yet understood. Furthermore, genomic resour...

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Published in:Frontiers in microbiology 2020-01, Vol.10, p.3124-3124
Main Authors: Armitage, Andrew D, Cockerton, Helen M, Sreenivasaprasad, Surapareddy, Woodhall, James, Lane, Charles R, Harrison, Richard J, Clarkson, John P
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Language:English
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Alternaria gaisen
Alternaria mali
CDC
Dothideomycetes
host-specific toxin
mating type
Microbiology
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Summary:The section ( species group) represents a diverse group of saprotroph, human allergens, and plant pathogens. taxonomy has benefited from recent phylogenetic revision but the basis of differentiation between major phylogenetic clades within the group is not yet understood. Furthermore, genomic resources have been limited for the study of host-specific pathotypes. We report near complete genomes of the apple and Asian pear pathotypes as well as draft assemblies for a further 10 isolates representing and lineages. These assemblies provide the first insights into differentiation of these taxa as well as allowing the description of effector and non-effector profiles of apple and pear conditionally dispensable chromosomes (CDCs). We define the phylogenetic relationship between the isolates sequenced in this study and a further 23 spp. based on available genomes. We determine which of these genomes represent MAT1-1-1 or MAT1-2-1 idiomorphs and designate host-specific pathotypes. We show for the first time that the apple pathotype is polyphyletic, present in both the and lineages. Furthermore, we profile a wider set of 89 isolates for both mating type idiomorphs and toxin gene markers. Mating-type distribution indicated that gene flow has occurred since the formation of and lineages. We also developed primers designed to , a gene from the apple pathotype toxin gene cluster with homologs in all tested pathotypes. These primers allow identification and differentiation of apple, pear, and strawberry pathotypes, providing new tools for pathogen diagnostics.
ISSN:1664-302X
1664-302X
DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2019.03124