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Cytological and electrophoretic karyotyping of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica. 2009

Ana Eusebio-Cope, and Nobuhiro Suzuki, and Hamid Sadeghi-Garmaroodi, and Masatoki Taga
Agrivirology Laboratory, Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan.

The karyotypes of nine strains including three transformants of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and cytology using a fluorescence microscope. Cytology of the mitotic metaphase showed n=9 for both standard strain EP155 and field strain GH2 infected by Cryphonectria hypovirus 3. Chromosomes were morphologically characterized by size, heterochromatic segment, and constriction. PFGE resolved 5 or 6 chromosomal DNA bands ranging from 3.3Mbp to 9.7Mbp, but accurate determination of the chromosome number was hampered by clumping of some bands. Banding profiles in PFGE were similar among the strains except for GH2, in which a chromosome translocation was detected by Southern blot analysis. By integrating the data from cytology and PFGE, the genome size of C. parasitica was estimated to be ca. 50Mbp. This is the first report of a cytological karyotype in the order Diaporthales.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007621 Karyotyping Mapping of the KARYOTYPE of a cell. Karyotype Analysis Methods,Analysis Method, Karyotype,Analysis Methods, Karyotype,Karyotype Analysis Method,Karyotypings,Method, Karyotype Analysis,Methods, Karyotype Analysis
D010935 Plant Diseases Diseases of plants. Disease, Plant,Diseases, Plant,Plant Disease
D010942 Plant Viruses Viruses parasitic on plants. Phytophagineae,Plant Virus,Virus, Plant,Viruses, Plant
D001203 Ascomycota A phylum of fungi which have cross-walls or septa in the mycelium. The perfect state is characterized by the formation of a saclike cell (ascus) containing ascospores. Most pathogenic fungi with a known perfect state belong to this phylum. Ascomycetes,Cochliobolus,Sclerotinia,Ascomycete,Ascomycotas,Sclerotinias
D014178 Translocation, Genetic A type of chromosome aberration characterized by CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE and transfer of the broken-off portion to another location, often to a different chromosome. Chromosomal Translocation,Translocation, Chromosomal,Chromosomal Translocations,Genetic Translocation,Genetic Translocations,Translocations, Chromosomal,Translocations, Genetic
D015139 Blotting, Southern A method (first developed by E.M. Southern) for detection of DNA that has been electrophoretically separated and immobilized by blotting on nitrocellulose or other type of paper or nylon membrane followed by hybridization with labeled NUCLEIC ACID PROBES. Southern Blotting,Blot, Southern,Southern Blot
D015825 Chromosomes, Fungal Structures within the nucleus of fungal cells consisting of or containing DNA, which carry genetic information essential to the cell. Chromosome, Fungal,Fungal Chromosome,Fungal Chromosomes
D016521 Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Gel electrophoresis in which the direction of the electric field is changed periodically. This technique is similar to other electrophoretic methods normally used to separate double-stranded DNA molecules ranging in size up to tens of thousands of base-pairs. However, by alternating the electric field direction one is able to separate DNA molecules up to several million base-pairs in length. Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Gradient,Gel Electrophoresis, Pulsed-Field,Contour-Clamped Homogeneous-Field Gel Electrophoresis,Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed Field,Electrophoresis, Pulsed Field Gel,Field Inversion Gel Electrophoresis,Orthogonal Field Alternation Gel Electrophoresis,Orthogonal-Field Alternation-Gel Electrophoresis,Pulsed Field Gradient Gel Electrophoresis,Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis,Pulsed-Field Gradient Gel Electrophoresis,Alternation-Gel Electrophoresis, Orthogonal-Field,Contour Clamped Homogeneous Field Gel Electrophoresis,Electrophoresis, Orthogonal-Field Alternation-Gel,Electrophoresis, Pulsed-Field Gel,Gel Electrophoresis, Pulsed Field,Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis

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