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Containment of Phytoplasma-Associated Plant Diseases by Antibiotics and Other Antimicrobial Molecules
Phytoplasmas are plant-pathogenic bacteria that infect many important crops and environmentally relevant plant species, causing serious economic and environmental losses worldwide. These bacteria, lacking a cell wall, are sensitive to antibiotics such as tetracyclines that affect protein synthesis m...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8614762/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34827336 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10111398 |
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description | Phytoplasmas are plant-pathogenic bacteria that infect many important crops and environmentally relevant plant species, causing serious economic and environmental losses worldwide. These bacteria, lacking a cell wall, are sensitive to antibiotics such as tetracyclines that affect protein synthesis mechanisms. Phytoplasma cultivation in axenic media has not been achieved for many strains; thus, the screening of antimicrobials must be performed using mainly in vivo materials. Some studies have investigated using in vitro phytoplasma-infected shoots, and several antimicrobials, including tetracyclines, have been tested. The screening of phytoplasma antimicrobials is important for the sustainable control of phytoplasma-associated diseases. The use of molecules with different modes of action such as ribosome inactivating proteins, plant hormones, and resistance inducers such as plasma-activated water, is advised, to avoid the use of antibiotics in agriculture and the possible emergence of resistant microbial strains. |
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spelling | pubmed-86147622021-11-26 Containment of Phytoplasma-Associated Plant Diseases by Antibiotics and Other Antimicrobial Molecules Bertaccini, Assunta Antibiotics (Basel) Review Phytoplasmas are plant-pathogenic bacteria that infect many important crops and environmentally relevant plant species, causing serious economic and environmental losses worldwide. These bacteria, lacking a cell wall, are sensitive to antibiotics such as tetracyclines that affect protein synthesis mechanisms. Phytoplasma cultivation in axenic media has not been achieved for many strains; thus, the screening of antimicrobials must be performed using mainly in vivo materials. Some studies have investigated using in vitro phytoplasma-infected shoots, and several antimicrobials, including tetracyclines, have been tested. The screening of phytoplasma antimicrobials is important for the sustainable control of phytoplasma-associated diseases. The use of molecules with different modes of action such as ribosome inactivating proteins, plant hormones, and resistance inducers such as plasma-activated water, is advised, to avoid the use of antibiotics in agriculture and the possible emergence of resistant microbial strains. MDPI 2021-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8614762/ /pubmed/34827336 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10111398 Text en © 2021 by the author. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Bertaccini, Assunta Containment of Phytoplasma-Associated Plant Diseases by Antibiotics and Other Antimicrobial Molecules |
title | Containment of Phytoplasma-Associated Plant Diseases by Antibiotics and Other Antimicrobial Molecules |
title_full | Containment of Phytoplasma-Associated Plant Diseases by Antibiotics and Other Antimicrobial Molecules |
title_fullStr | Containment of Phytoplasma-Associated Plant Diseases by Antibiotics and Other Antimicrobial Molecules |
title_full_unstemmed | Containment of Phytoplasma-Associated Plant Diseases by Antibiotics and Other Antimicrobial Molecules |
title_short | Containment of Phytoplasma-Associated Plant Diseases by Antibiotics and Other Antimicrobial Molecules |
title_sort | containment of phytoplasma-associated plant diseases by antibiotics and other antimicrobial molecules |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8614762/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34827336 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10111398 |
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