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Authors Manzanilla-Ramírez

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Manzanilla-Ramírez, Miguel Ángel


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Genetic diversity of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus strains from the Central Pacific citrus region in Mexico Manzo-Sánchez et al. (2023). Revista Mexicana de Fitopatología, Mexican Journal of Phytopathology 40 (4) Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Gene Expression Profile of Mexican Lime (Citrus aurantifolia) Trees in Response to Huanglongbing Disease caused by Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus Arce-Leal et al. (2020). Microorganisms 8 (4) Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
De novo assembly and functional annotation of Citrus aurantifolia transcriptome from Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus infected and non-infected trees Arce-Leal et al. (2020). Data in Brief 29 Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus

Genetic diversity of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus strains from the Central Pacific citrus region in Mexico
Huanglongbing (HLB) is associated with Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas). It is a destructive disease of citrus. The objective of this study was to determine the genetic diversity of 90 strains of CLas infecting eight citrus species trees from the Central Pacific in Mexico. Genetic diversity among CLas was estimated by fourteen variable numbers of tandem repeat (VNTRs) loci. Three loci were polymorphic, SSR00 and SSR077 amplified four alleles each, while the locus SSR-A amplified two alleles, and the other loci only one allele per locus, resulting in a total of 21 alleles. Dendrogram analysis showed two clusters. No clear genetic structure was found in relation to geographical origin or host. The cluster I was mostly constituted by the majority of CLas strains (82%), but the cluster II comprised twelve strains of CLas collected in Tecoman location, State of Colima, and were obtained from different citrus hosts species. The frequency of 17 haplotypes among strains of CLas from the states of Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima and Michoacán was analyzed; in Colima 14 haplotypes were determinated, while in Michoacan all strains were identified in one haplotype. These results indicate a large genetic diversity among the strains of CLas present in the Central Pacific region in Mexico.
Gene Expression Profile of Mexican Lime (Citrus aurantifolia) Trees in Response to Huanglongbing Disease caused by Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus
Nowadays, Huanglongbing (HLB) disease, associated with Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), seriously affects citriculture worldwide, and no cure is currently available. Transcriptomic analysis of host–pathogen interaction is the first step to understand the molecular landscape of a disease. Previous works have reported the transcriptome profiling in response to HLB in different susceptible citrus species; however, similar studies in tolerant citrus species, including Mexican lime, are limited. In this work, we have obtained an RNA-seq-based differential expression profile of Mexican lime plants challenged against CLas infection, at both asymptomatic and symptomatic stages. Typical HLB-responsive differentially expressed genes (DEGs) are involved in photosynthesis, secondary metabolism, and phytohormone homeostasis. Enrichment of DEGs associated with biotic response showed that genes related to cell wall, secondary metabolism, transcription factors, signaling, and redox reactions could play a role in the tolerance of Mexican lime against CLas infection. Interestingly, despite some concordance observed between transcriptional responses of different tolerant citrus species, a subset of DEGs appeared to be species-specific. Our data highlights the importance of studying the host response during HLB disease using as model tolerant citrus species, in order to design new and opportune diagnostic and management methods.
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