In planta comparative transcriptomics of host-adapted strains of Ralstonia solanacearum.

ABSTRACT: Background. Ralstonia solanacearum is an economically important plant pathogen with an unusually large host range. The Moko (banana) and NPB (not pathogenic to banana) strain groups are closely related but are adapted to distinct hosts. Previous comparative genomics studies uncovered very few differences that could account for the host range difference between these pathotypes. To better understand the basis of this host specificity, we used RNAseq to profile the transcriptomes of an R. solanacearum Moko strain and an NPB strain under in vitro and in planta conditions. Results. RNAs were sequenced from bacteria grown in rich and minimal media, and from bacteria extracted from mid-stage infected tomato, banana and melon plants. We computed differential expression between each pair of condit

SUBMITTER: Ailloud F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4715432 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature