First Report of Enterobacter cloacae Causing Bulb Decay on Garlic in China

Enterobacter cloacae is a symbiotic bacterium, which is one of the species in intestinal microbiota in many humans and animals. In some cases, it causes harmful diseases in humans. More and more studies showed that E. cloacae caused disease on plants, such as macadamia, ginger, mulberry, onion, chil...

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Veröffentlicht in:Plant disease. - 1997. - (2021) vom: 26. Juli
1. Verfasser: Li, Erfeng (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Tian, Xueliang, Zhao, Ruibian, Wang, Yuanhong, Wang, Gang
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2021
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Plant disease
Schlagworte:Journal Article Decay Enterobacter cloacae Garlic bulb
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520 |a Enterobacter cloacae is a symbiotic bacterium, which is one of the species in intestinal microbiota in many humans and animals. In some cases, it causes harmful diseases in humans. More and more studies showed that E. cloacae caused disease on plants, such as macadamia, ginger, mulberry, onion, chili pepper and rice. Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is one of crops with economic importance in the world. It is also widely grown in China. During 2018 to 2020, the naturally infected garlic bulbs from garlic fields in Kaifeng of Henan Province (34.55° N; 114.78° E) showed dry brown discoloration and rot symptoms. The diseased garlic seriously affected its edible value. Voucher specimens collected on June, 2019 were deposited in Plant Disease Laboratory of Tianjin Agricultural University under accession no. PATAU190620. To identify the causal agent of this disease, the bulb tissues of infected garlic were surface-disinfested in 0.6% sodium hypochlorite, dipped in75% ethanol, and then dipped in sterile distilled water. These bulbs were plated on LB medium and incubated at 37℃. A number of white colonies grew on the medium after plating for 16 h. All colonies were round, white, opaque, smooth, and gram-negative, which is a typical characteristic of Enterobacter. To confirm the initial identification of the isolated bacterium, the fragments of 16S rRNA gene and gyrA gene of 6 colonies were amplified, respectively. The PCR products were purified and sequenced. All 16S rRNA and gyrA sequences were identical to each other. The sequences of 16S rRNA gene and gyrA gene were deposited in GenBank with accession numbers MW730711 and MW768876, respectively. BLAST searches were conducted using the sequences of 16S rRNA and gyrA. The results showed 99.72%, and 96.91% identity with the corresponding sequences of E. cloacae strain CBG15936 (CP046116.1), respectively. Phylogenetic trees were performed using the neighbor-joining (NJ) method of MAGA X based on the sequences of 16S rRNA gene and gyrA gene. Phylogenetic tree indicated that isolates are most likely E. cloacae. Pathogenicity tests were performed by puncturing garlic bulbs with a hypodermic needle, followed by dipping in bacterial suspension with the concentration of 2×108 CFU for 5 minutes. As control, the garlic bulbs were treated with sterile water. The inoculated and control were incubated at 30°C. 7 days after inoculation, brown discoloration and rot were developed on all inoculated garlic bulbs. No symptoms were observed in the control group.The symptoms were similar to that observed on the original diseased garlic bulbs. The garlic bulbs in inoculated and control were ten replicates in each independent biological experiments. The pathogenicity tests were conducted three times with similar results. The bacteria were re-isolated from the symptomatic diseased garlics and confirmed as E. cloacae by morphological and sequence analyses as above. The re-isolated bacteria were identified by biochemical and physiological characteristics using API 20E strips. The results of the identification were identical to those of the edible ginger strains and the chili pepper strains. As far as we know, this is the first report of bulb decay on garlic caused by E. cloacae. The results are of great significance not only for the management of garlic bulbs during postharvest handling and storage, but also for the further research of opportunistic human pathogens E. cloacae 
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