Paper · 1995 · Science

Common Virulence Factors for Bacterial Pathogenicity in Plants and Animals

Laurence G. Rahme; Emily J. Stevens; Sean F. Wolfort; et al.

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Abstract

A Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain (UCBPP-PA14) is infectious both in an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf infiltration model and in a mouse full-thickness skin burn model. UCBPP-PA14 exhibits ecotype specificity for Arabidopsis, causing a range of symptoms from none to severe in four different ecotypes. In the mouse model, UCBPP-PA14 is as lethal as other well-studied P. aeruginosa strains. Mutations in the UCBPP-PA14 toxA, plcS, and gacA genes resulted in a significant reduction in pathogenicity in both hosts, indicating that these genes encode virulence factors required for the full expression of pathogenicity in both plants and animals.

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

P. aeruginosa strain UCBPP-PA14 is infectious in an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf infiltration model.

Taxon
Arabidopsis thalianaArabidopsis thalianae0
Interactor
Pseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas aeruginosae0pathogen
Outcome
infectiouse0
Setting
leaf infiltration modele0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Arabidopsis thaliana
Arabidopsis thaliana · TaxonOriginal uploader was Brona at en.wikipedia . User:Roepers at nl.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa · InteractorCDC · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“A Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain (UCBPP-PA14) is infectious both in an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf infiltration model and in a mouse full-thickness skin burn model”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

UCBPP-PA14 causes a range of symptoms from none to severe on Arabidopsis, depending on ecotype.

Taxon
ArabidopsisArabidopsise1
Material
ecotypese1
Interactor
UCBPP-PA14e1pathogen
Outcome
range of symptomse1
Qualifier
from none to severe in four different ecotypese1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Original uploader was Brona at en.wikipedia . User:Roepers at nl.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“UCBPP-PA14 exhibits ecotype specificity for Arabidopsis, causing a range of symptoms from none to severe in four different ecotypes”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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UCBPP-PA14 is as lethal in mice as other well-studied P. aeruginosa strains.

Taxon
Arabidopsis thalianaArabidopsis thalianae0
Interactor
mouseMuse2host
Outcome
lethale2
Comparator
other well-studied P. aeruginosa strainse2

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Arabidopsis thaliana
Arabidopsis thaliana · TaxonOriginal uploader was Brona at en.wikipedia . User:Roepers at nl.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Mus
Mus · Interactor · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryUnknown author Unknown author · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“A Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain (UCBPP-PA14) is infectious both in an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf infiltration model and in a mouse full-thickness skin burn model”

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“In the mouse model, UCBPP-PA14 is as lethal as other well-studied P. aeruginosa strains”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Mutations in toxA, plcS and gacA significantly reduced UCBPP-PA14 pathogenicity in both Arabidopsis and mouse hosts.

Taxon
Arabidopsis thalianaArabidopsis thalianae0
Treatment
Mutations in the UCBPP-PA14 toxA, plcS, and gacA genese3
Interactor
UCBPP-PA14e3pathogen
Gene
toxA, plcS, and gacAe3
Outcome
pathogenicitye3
Direction
reductione3
Qualifier
in both hostse3

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Arabidopsis thaliana
Arabidopsis thaliana · TaxonOriginal uploader was Brona at en.wikipedia . User:Roepers at nl.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“A Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain (UCBPP-PA14) is infectious both in an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf infiltration model and in a mouse full-thickness skin burn model”

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“Mutations in the UCBPP-PA14 toxA, plcS, and gacA genes resulted in a significant reduction in pathogenicity in both hosts”

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