The Oomycete Phytophthora infestans, the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen

Schoina, Charikleia; Govers, F.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-08575-3_39

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“…At first, he was his theory was ridiculed and only in 1860/61 German phytopathologist Anton De Bary confirmed the validity of this discovery. And today it is commonly known [9,10].…”

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Nowak

Cybulska

2017

Chemistry-Didactics-Ecology-Metrology

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Microorganisms, usually invisible for us, accompany us always and everywhere. Often we do not realize how decisive its impact on our lives is, how much we use their presence, which of our troubles are the result of their actions, and also how surprising effects result from their activity. Microorganisms also very often play a decisive role in the development of societies, politics and history. One of the most spectacular interventions of micro-organisms in human history include the example of a false "oil fever" that exploded in Australia in the second half of the nineteenth century. It was even more significant to redirect Europe's history in the new direction as a result of the "black death" epidemic in the fourteenth century. Microorganisms have created social conditions for the transition to the next epoch -renaissance, which forms the basis of today's shape. Because of the microorganisms J.F. Kennedy could have been in the 1960 President of the United States of America and to direct her development in the new direction and to stop Khrushchev's expansion into the second hemisphere. Microorganisms, not leaders and generals, won battles and wars. It was Rikketsia prowazeki, not the genius of the opponents, that broke Napoleon's power in Europe. Microorganisms fight disease, improving quality of life and prolonging its period. They allowed to control rabies and numerous infectious diseases. In the economy for the cause of microorganisms, powerful monopolies fell. Bacteria were also used to protect civilians in Poland during World War II. There are many similar stories to tell, stories in which microorganisms play an essential role. But would these stories be about microorganisms only? Or perhaps about people who were fascinated by the microscopic world of microbes discovered his secrets, meaning and ... beauty. Keywords: microorganisms, history, society, medicine At the beginningMicroorganisms, normally imperceptible, accompany us always and everywhere. Often we do not realize how decisive the impact they have on our lives, how much we use their presence, which of our troubles arise from them, and how surprising results are from their activity.Food production, health, environmental cleanliness, waste disposal, energy generation, all those problems essential for life, society and civilization, are primarily or directly related

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“…At first, he was his theory was ridiculed and only in 1860/61 German phytopathologist Anton De Bary confirmed the validity of this discovery. And today it is commonly known [9,10].…”

Section: Why Jf Kennedy Became President Of the United States Of Ammentioning

confidence: 99%

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Nowak

Cybulska

2017

Chemistry-Didactics-Ecology-Metrology

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“…Late blight (LB), caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans , is one of the most notorious plant diseases to afflict solanaceous plants [ 1 ]. LB is difficult to control and causes severe losses of up to 100% in the production of potato and tomato crops [ 2 ].…”

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Quantitative Proteomics Reveals the Dynamic Regulation of the Tomato Proteome in Response to Phytophthora infestans

Fan

Hsu

Yeh

et al. 2021

IJMS

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Late blight (LB) disease is a major threat to potato and tomato production. It is caused by the hemibiotrophic pathogen, Phytophthora infestans. P. infestans can destroy all of the major organs in plants of susceptible crops and result in a total loss of productivity. At the early pathogenesis stage, this hemibiotrophic oomycete pathogen causes an asymptomatic biotrophic infection in hosts, which then progresses to a necrotrophic phase at the later infection stage. In this study, to examine how the tomato proteome is regulated by P. infestans at different stages of pathogenesis, a data-independent acquisition (DIA) proteomics approach was used to trace the dynamics of the protein regulation. A comprehensive picture of the regulation of tomato proteins functioning in the immunity, signaling, defense, and metabolism pathways at different stages of P. infestans infection is revealed. Among the regulated proteins, several involved in mediating plant defense responses were found to be differentially regulated at the transcriptional or translational levels across different pathogenesis phases. This study increases understanding of the pathogenesis of P. infestans in tomato and also identifies key transcriptional and translational events possibly targeted by the pathogen during different phases of its life cycle, thus providing novel insights for developing a new strategy towards better control of LB disease in tomato.

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“…Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of late blight disease of tomatoes and potatoes, is an oomycete responsible for billions of dollars in losses annually [1]. A successful crop may be destroyed in just a couple of weeks [2].…”

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Evaluation of small ncRNAs as a possible epigenetic mechanism mediating the transition from biotrophy to necrotrophy in the life cycle of Phytophthora infestans

González-Tobón

Rodriguez-Jaramillo

Forero

et al. 2019

Preprint

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Background: Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of late blight disease of potato and tomato, is responsible for billions of dollars in losses worldwide each year. This plant pathogen is a hemibiotroph, meaning that in the early stages of infection, it feeds on living host tissue, and later in the infection cycle, it kills the host. Even though the transcription dynamics of this transition are well characterized, information on the role of small noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) during this process is still being obtained. Furthermore, a methodological pipeline useful for searching and analyzing small ncRNAs in this pathogen is needed. Results: Using the proposed pipeline, a set of 146 small ncRNAs were found to be significantly differentially expressed among the analyzed samples. From these, 100 small ncRNAs were successfully annotated to specific genes, some of them encoding effector proteins produced by the pathogen during its life cycle. Other molecular regulatory processes, mainly mediated by enzymes and transporters, were also identified. Conclusions: The pipeline presented here is an easy-to-use, comprehensive and efficient option for analyzing small ncRNA profiles of P. infestans small RNA-seq data sets. Additionally, the results presented here may further contribute to elucidating the specific molecular and epigenetic mechanisms controlling the life cycle of P. infestans.

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The Oomycete Phytophthora infestans, the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen

Cited by 14 publications

References 15 publications

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Quantitative Proteomics Reveals the Dynamic Regulation of the Tomato Proteome in Response to Phytophthora infestans

Evaluation of small ncRNAs as a possible epigenetic mechanism mediating the transition from biotrophy to necrotrophy in the life cycle of Phytophthora infestans

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