Fusarium oxysporum: Түрлер, патогендік қасиеттері және генетикалық әртүрлілігі

Species of fungus

Fusarium oxysporum (Schlecht as emended by Snyder and Hansen), an ascomycete fungus, comprises all the species, varieties and forms recognized by Wollenweber and Reinking within an infrageneric grouping called section Elegans. It is part of the family Nectriaceae. Although their predominant role in native soils may be as harmless or even beneficial plant endophytes or soil saprophytes, many strains within the F. oxysporum complex are soil borne pathogens of plants, especially in agricultural settings.

While the species, as defined by Snyder and Hansen, has been widely accepted for more than 50 years, more recent work indicates this taxon is actually a genetically heterogeneous polytypic morphospecies, whose strains represent some of the most abundant and widespread microbes of the global soil microflora.

The Fot1 family of transposable elements was first discovered by Daboussi et al., 1992 in several formae speciales and Davière et al., 2001 and Langin et al., 2003 have since found them in most strains at copy numbers as high as 100. F. oxysporum strains are ubiquitous soil inhabitants that have the ability to exist as saprophytes, and degrade lignin and complex carbohydrates and may even protect plants or form the basis of disease suppression. Because the hosts of a given forma specialis usually are closely related, many have assumed that members of a forma specialis are also closely related and descended from a common ancestor. However, results from research conducted on Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense forced scientists to question these assumptions. Researchers used anonymous, single copy restriction fragment length polymorphsims (RFLPs) to identify 10 clonal lineages from a collection of F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense from across the world. These results showed that pathogens of banana causing Panama disease could be as closely related to other host's pathogens, such as melon or tomato, as they are to each other. Exceptional amounts of genetic diversity within F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense were deduced from the high level of chromosomal polymorphisms found among strains, random amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprints and from the number and geographic distribution of vegetative compatibility groups.

Presented with the wide ranging occurrence of F. oxysporum strains that are nonpathogenic, it is reasonable to conclude that certain pathogenic forms were descended from originally nonpathogenic ancestors. Given the association of these fungi with plant roots, a form that is able to grow beyond the cortex and into the xylem could exploit this ability and hopefully gain an advantage over fungi that are restricted to the cortex. The progression of a fungus into vascular tissue may elicit an immediate host response, successfully restricting the invader; or an otherwise ineffective or delayed response, reducing the vital water conducting capacity and induce wilting. On the other hand, the plant might be able to tolerate limited growth of the fungus within xylem vessels, preceded by an endophytic association. In this case, any further changes in the host or parasite could disturb the relationship, in a way that fungal activities or a host response would result in the generation of disease symptoms. Pathogenic strains of F. oxysporum have been studied for more than 100 years. The host range of these fungi is broad and includes animals, ranging from arthropods to humans, as well as plants, including a range of both gymnosperms and angiosperms. While collectively, plant pathogenic F. oxysporum strains have a broad host range, individual isolates usually cause disease only in a narrow range of plant species. This observation has led to the idea of "special form" or forma specialis in F. oxysporum. Formae speciales have been defined as " an informal rank in Classification used for parasitic fungi characterized from a physiological standpoint (e. g. by the ability to cause disease in particular hosts) but scarcely or not at all from a morphological standpoint." Exhaustive host range studies have been conducted for relatively few formae speciales of F. oxysporum. For more information on Fusarium oxysporum as a plant pathogen, see Fusarium wilt and Koa wilt. Different strains of F. oxysporum have been used for the purpose of producing nanomaterials (especially Silver nanoparticles).

In 2000, the government of Colombia proposed dispersing strains of Crivellia and Fusarium oxysporum, also known as Agent Green, as a biological weapon to forcibly eradicate coca and other illegal crops. The weaponized strains were developed by the US government, who originally conditioned their approval of Plan Colombia on the use of this weapon, but ultimately withdrew the condition. In February 2001, the EU Parliament issued a declaration specifically against the use of these biological agents in warfare. As a result of this discovery, F. oxysporum is currently being evaluated as a possible way to help detect hidden underground gold reserves. It also is used to manufacture gold nanoparticles.

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. asparagi
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. batatas
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. betae
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cattleyae
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cannabis
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. citri
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. coffea
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cyclaminis
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. herbemontis
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. gladioli
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. koae
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lentis
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lilli
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lini
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. medicaginis
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. momordicae
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. narcissi
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. nicotianae
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. palmarum
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. passiflorae
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. perniciosum
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. phaseoli
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. pisi
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis lycopersici
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ricini
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. strigae
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. tuberosi
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. tulipae
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum