Identification of pectolytic bacterial species isolated during plant bacteriosis in the Republic of Belarus

  • Shao Chengyue Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Yuri N. Gorovik Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Swetlana G. Sidorova Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Anatoli N. Evtushenkov Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33581/2957-5060-2022-3-64-72

Abstract

During 2019 –2020, we selected 75 samples of potatoes, carrots, turnips, cabbage, onions, both in the field and from storage. Bacteria of the genus Pectobacterium were isolated from 60 samples. Strains of Bacillus pumilus, Bacillus sp. and Pseudomonas sp. were also isolated. The dominant species causing soft rot and black leg of potato were Pectobacterium carotovorum, P. parmentieri, P. atrosepticum and P. brasiliense. Bacterium P. carotovorum was isolated from other vegetable crops. In samples of carrots and potatoes, strains of bacteria of the genus Bacillus were often isolated from storage. For the first time in Belarus, we found the bacterium P. brasiliense on potato plants. The results obtained on the identification and spread of soft rot bacteria in Belarus will help plan the risks associated with infections caused by these pathogens.

Author Biographies

Shao Chengyue, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

postgraduate student at the department of molecular biology, faculty of biology

Yuri N. Gorovik, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

senior lecturer at the department of molecular biology, faculty of biology

Swetlana G. Sidorova, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

PhD (biology), docent; associate professor at the department of botany, faculty of biology

Anatoli N. Evtushenkov, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

doctor of science (biology), full professor; head of the department of molecular biology, faculty of biology

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Published
2022-10-26
Keywords: soft rot, black leg of potato, Pectobacterium brasiliense, P. parmentieri, P. carotovorum, Bacillus pumilus
How to Cite
Chengyue, S., Gorovik, Y. N., Sidorova, S. G., & Evtushenkov, A. N. (2022). Identification of pectolytic bacterial species isolated during plant bacteriosis in the Republic of Belarus. Experimental Biology and Biotechnology, 3, 64-72. https://doi.org/10.33581/2957-5060-2022-3-64-72
Issue
No 3 (2022): Experimental Biology and Biotechnology
Section
Biotechnology and Microbiology

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