A sap alien: breaking news of Xylellafastidiosa, an emerging plant pathogen in France. Marie-Agnès Jacques

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1 A sap alien: breaking news of Xylellafastidiosa, an emerging plant pathogen in France Marie-Agnès Jacques

2 American origin 6 subspecies >350 host plants fastidiosa sandyi morus multiplex pauca tashke undescribed subspecies Schaadet al., 2004; Randall et al., 2009; Nunneyet al., 2010, 2012, 2014a, 2014b

3 American origin 6 subspecies >350 host plants fastidiosa sandyi morus multiplex pauca tashke undescribed subspecies Schaadet al., 2004; Randall et al., 2009; Nunneyet al., 2010, 2012, 2014a, 2014b

4 France(Summer 2015) Recent emergences in Asia and Europe Italy(Fall 2013) Taiwan (Winter 2012) Iran (Summer 2014) Reports fromindia, Lebanon, Turkeyand China werenot confirmedor were invalidated. Saponariet al., 2013; Su et al., 2013; Amanifaret al. 2014; Jindal and Sharma, 1987; Chu 2001; Güldür et al., 2005; Habib, 2016.

5 : Several interceptions of coffee plants infected by X. fastidiosa in France Ornamental plants: imported from Central America Production plants: voluntary-based survey on imported material from Latin America

6 Assignation of coffee isolates to X. fastidiosa subspecies Multiprimer PCR test (3 genes) Hernandez-Martinez et al., 2006 Control (+) fastidiosa multiplex pauca sandyi (-) MLSA (7 genes) fastidiosa fastidiosa sandyi multiplex pauca (-) sandyi morus MLSA: Partial sequences of 7 housekeeping genes: cysg, gltt, holc, leua, malf, nuol, petcas described in Concatenated dataset; ML, 1000 bootstraps multiplex pauca = isolates from intercepted infected coffee plants Jacques et al., 2016; Unpublished data

7 New variants of coffee-infecting X. fastidiosa in France MLST scheme (7 genes; Date Country Strain cysg gltt holc leua mal F nuol petc ST subsp 2012 Mexico CFBP Costa Rica?? CFBP 8356 COF160 COF198.1 fastidiosa (sandyi) * sandyi 2015 Honduras COF * sandyi Ecuador Ecuador CFBP 8072 CFBP pauca 2015? COF * pauca Coffee plants trade Novel alleles and STs * Identical STs detected in France and Italy Giampettruzzi et al., 2015; Jacques et al., 2015; Loconsole et al., 2016; Unpublished data

8 Phylogenetic network of Xylella fastidiosa sequence types fastidiosa multiplex morus sandyi Intercepted isolates reveal additional genetic diversity Concatenated dataset Jacques et al., 2016; Unpublished data pauca

9 L affaire se Corse : X. fastidiosa outbreak in Corsica July 22 nd 2015 Symptomatic Polygala myrtifolia infected by X. fastidiosa were detected in Propriano Phytosanitary measures were applied And on Oct. 8 th, in Mainland France

10 Xf detection in plants SRAL, FREDON, DSF, DDSCPP Accredited labs French reference method: Anses-LSV MA039 version sample= 5 to 100 petioles= 0.5 to 1 g 2 DNA extractions / sample AutomatedDNA extraction QuickPick Plant DNA kit (Bio-Nobile) and KingFisher ml 4 amplifications Real-time PCR Harper et al., 2010

11 Xf detection in plants Perfomance criteria of the method Performance criteria Pure strain cultures Inclusivity Exclusivity Matrix 100% (23 targeted strains representing the 4 major subsp.) 100% (29 non-targeted strains: Xylophilus, Xanthomonas, Liberibacter, sap saprophytes) Plant matrix ( 10² bact./ml,15 samples) Orange tree + X. f. paucacfbp8072 Grappe + X. f. fastidiosacfbp7970 Olive tree + X. f.multiplex CFBP8173 Sensitivity 100% 94% 67% Specificity 100% 100% 100% Repetability 100% 96% 100% Reproductibility 98% Detection threshold (with detection probability of 100%) 10² bact./ml 10 3 bact./ml 10 5 bact./ml A performant method The presence of inhibitors (polyphenol, secondary metabolites, ) in some plant matrix (olive tree, oak) limits its sensitivity.

12 PACA: Provence, Alpes, Côte d azur 12 foci Situation in France - March 2016 Corsica 242 foci highestfocus: 530m Isolated from 2 plant species -Polygala myrtifolia -Spartium junceum foci buffer area sampled Isolated from 21 plant species

13 X. fastidiosacontaminatedplants in France Polygala myrtifolia Lavendula sp. Pelargonium graveolens Spartium junceum Cistus sp. Myrtus communis Hebe sp. Cytisus racemosus Metrosideros excelsa Acer pseudoplatanus Quercus suber Prunus cerasifera Rosa x floribunda Asparagus acutifolius Genista hephredoides Rosmarinus officinalis Total Nb analyzed samples Nb positive samples Nb negative samples % positive samples Acer(total) ,5 % Asparagus(total) ,1 % Cistus(total) ,6 % Citrus(total) % Cytisus racemosus % Genista ephedroides % Hebe(total) ,3 % Lavandula(total) ,7 % Metrosideros(total) ,9 % Myrtus communis ,8 % Olea europaea % Pelargonium(total) ,8 % Polygala myrtifolia ,2 % Prunus(total) ,4 % Quercus(total) ,3 % Rosa(total) ,3 % Rosmarinus(total) ,7 % Spartium junceum % Vitis(total) % Autres ,4 % Total ,7 % 4,990 sampleson the 4 th of March 2016

14 Plants never found infected in France, so far # samples Olea europaea 548 Oleander spp. 111 Quercus spp. (other than Q. suber) 335 Citrus

15 Corsica/PACA regions: X. fastidiosa subsp. multiplex Multiprimer PCR test Control (+) MLSA7 HK genes Low bootstrap (63): 2 groups with high genetic promiscuity A Polygala myrtifolia 6 Cistus monspeliensis 2 Cystisus racemosus 1 Myrtus communis 1 Pelargonium sp. 1 Quercus suber 1 Rosa sp. 1 B 638bp 521bp 412bp A fastidiosa multiplex pauca sandyi (-) MLSA (7 genes) High bootstrap (96): subspecies multiplex B Polygala myrtifolia 22 Pelargonium sp. 9 Cistus sp. 4 Spartium junceum 3 Cystisus racemosus 2 Hebe sp. 2 Lavandula sp. 2 Artemisia arborencens1 Coronilla valentina 1 Metrosideros sp. 1 Prunus cerasifera 1 subsp. multiplex Hernandez-Martinez et al., Plant Dis (2006) No host specificity of the lineages >400 samples

16 Corsica/PACA strains share identities to US strains MLST(7 genes): 2 STs identical to subsp. multiplex US strains M12 (Prunus dulcis) Griffin-1 (Quercus rubra) ST cysg gltt holc leua malf nuol petc A B High genetic promiscuity: 1 SNP (G152A) at a single locus Occurrence of ST6 and ST7 isolates ST isolate country host species name year 6 ALS0003 USA almond Prunus dulcis 1990s 6 ALS0013 USA almond Prunus dulcis 2000s 6 ALS0015 USA almond Prunus dulcis ALS0073 USA almond Prunus dulcis ALS0091 USA almond Prunus dulcis ALS0092 USA almond Prunus dulcis OLV0029 USA olive Olea europaea SM0053 USA black sage Salvia mellifera SM0054 USA black sage Salvia mellifera SM0056 USA black sage Salvia mellifera ALS0206 USA almond Prunus dulcis. 7 ALS0299 USA almond Prunus dulcis ALS0361 USA almond Prunus dulcis. 7 OLV00471 USA olive Olea europaea 2011 Dixon ST6: Almond; USA ST7: Almond, black sage, olive, red oak; USA

17 Genome sequencing of 3 strains isolated in Corsica Isolation on PWG Illumina MiSeq: (Plateforme Génomique de Nantes, Biogenouest) CATI BBRIC analytic tools Strain Host, location ST Contigs CFBP 4616 CFBP 4617 CFBP 4618 Polygala myrtifolia, Propriano Spartium junceum, Alata Spartium junceum, Alata N50 (bp) Genome size (bp) GC% Genes Prot nc Genes ,891 2,466, ,419 2,504, ,035 2,513, Data similar to those of other X. fastidiosa genomes publicly available

18 Average nucleotide identity (ANIb) multiplex morus sandyi fastidiosa pauca PLS 229 ATCC Sy-VA M12 Griffin-1 LSV CFBP Dixon LSV CFBP LSV CFBP Mul-MD Mul0034 ANIb PLS ATCC Sy-VA M Griffin CFBP 4616 LSV Dixon LSV LSV Mul-MD Mul Ann CFBP CO Temecula M GB EB ATCC a5c c CFBP CoDiRO CFBP 4617 CFBP 4618 Ann-1 CFBP 8073 CO33 Temecula1 M23 GB514 EB92.1 ATCC a5c 6c 32 CFBP 8072 CoDiRO Corsica strains: >99% identity vs. X. fastidiosa subsp. multiplex.

19 CGview: Pairwise genome comparisons (1kb fragments) CFBP4617 ST6, Sjvs. -CFBP4618 ST6, Sj(ext) -CFBP4616 ST7, Pm (int) ST7 M12 (P. dulcis) CFBP 4616 (P. myrtifolia) ST6 BLAST hit = 100% identical BLAST hit >= 98% identical BLAST hit >= 96% identical BLAST hit >= 94% identical Dixon (P. dulcis) CFBP 4617, CFBP 4618 (S. junceum) Comparison among Corsica strains: - CFBP 4617 vs. CFBP 4618: nearly 100% identical. - CFBP 4617 vs. CFBP 4616: strong genetic promiscuity but lower identities. White stripes: specific fragments of CFBP 4617

20 CGview: Pairwise genome comparisons (1kb fragments) Dixon vs. -CFBP4618 ST6, Sj(ext) -CFBP4617 ST6, Sj -M12 ST7, Pd -CFBP4616 ST7 Pm -Griffin-1 ST7 Qr(int) ST7 ST6 M12 (P. dulcis) CFBP 4616 (P. myrtifolia) BLAST hit = 100% identical BLAST hit >= 98% identical BLAST hit >= 96% identical BLAST hit >= 94% identical Dixon (P. dulcis) CFBP 4617, CFBP 4618 (S. junceum) -CFBP 4617 and CFBP 4618: highest identities with the Dixon strain. White stripes: sequences of one plasmid from Dixon are missing in other strains No ORFs from pxf-riv5 in strains from Corsica, M12 and Griffin-1

21 Ongoing: 1. pathogenicity assays Aim:Getting knowledgeon Xfstrains from French outbreak hostrange and fulfilling Koch postulates Pays de la Loire region: Grapevine -Apple -Pear -Prunus Corsica region: Citrus - Olive - Polygala X. fastidiosa strains Subsp. fastidiosa, sandyi, multiplex, pauca US French Italian isolates Positive Controls: Coffee - Olive - Oleander

22 19 wpi Ongoing: 1. pathogenicity assays CoDiRO Nerium oleander CFBP 8072 Coffea arabica CoDiRO = ST53, first described for Coffee and Oleander isolates in Costa Rica Ongoing: Bacterial isolation and qpcr detection tests

23 Ongoing: 1. pathogenicity assays Aim:Getting knowledgeon Xfstrains from French outbreak hostrange and fulfilling Koch postulates Pays de la Loire region: Grapevine -Apple -Pear -Prunus Corsica region: Citrus - Olive - Polygala X. fastidiosa strains Subsp. fastidiosa, sandyi, multiplex, pauca US French Italian isolates Positive Controls: Coffee - Olive - Oleander Tibicina Corsica ssp. corsica Cicadetta fangoana Ongoing: 2. insect analyses Philaenus spumarius Cicada orni Ledra aurita Cicadella viridis Elaborate the reference method Aphrophora alni Aphrophora pectoralis Test insects sampled in Corsica last summer: Neophilaenus lineatus Lepyronia coleoptrata

24 Acknowledgments Sap Alien project Bruno Legendre Valérie Olivier Françoise Poliakoff Amandine Cunty Nicolas Denancé Martial Briand Sophie Cesbron Perrine Portier InEMteamfortestsonplants: Rémi Gardet Daniel Sochard Département SPE Muriel Bahut Maria Saponari Yannick Blanchard Claire de Boisséson Fabrice Touzaint Pauline de Jerphanion Dominique Crouzillat Stelly Mississipi Emmanuelle Morel

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