Clavibacter sp. - Gram-positive plant associated bacteria

Group Leader: Dr. Mary C. Metzler

Department of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology
University of Turku
Biocity 6A
Turku FIN-20520
Finland
Phone: 358-2-333-8078
Fax: 358-2-333-8075
Plant Physiology home page
E-mail mary.metzler@utu.fi
Major Research Interests:
Clavibacter xyli subsp. cynodontis: Molecular methods development; isolation of plant signalling molecules and bacterial genes induced during infection.
Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus: Identification of pathogenicity factors, including extracellular enzymes and hypersensitive response-inducing factors
Group Members:
Ph.D. Students:
Minna Haapalainen
Marko Laine
Riitta Nissinen
Tony Wahlroos
Masters Students:
Shaaban Kassuwi
Dominique Mermoud

 
Selected Publications:
Haapalainen, M.L., Kobets, N., Piruzian, E., and Metzler, M.C. (1998) Integrative vector for stable transformation and expression of a -1,3-glucanase gene in Clavibacter xyli subsp. cynodontis. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 162:1-7.
Nissinen, R., Lai, F.-M., Laine, M.J., Bauer, P., Reilley, A.A., Li, X., De Boer, S.H., Ishimaru, C.A. and Metzler, M.C. (1997) Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus elicits a hypersensitive response in tobacco and secretes hypersensitive response-inducing protein(s). Phytopathology 87:678-684.
Metzler, M.C., Laine, M.J., and De Boer, S.H. (1997) The status of molecular biological research on the plant pathogenic genus Clavibacter. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 150:1-8.

Laine, M.J., Nakhei, H., Dreier, J., Lehtila, Meletzus, D., Eichenlaub, R., and Metzler, M.C. (1996) Stable transformation of the gram-positive phytopathogenic bacterium Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus with several cloning vectors. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:1500-1506.

Haapalainen, M., Karp, M., and Metzler, M.C. (1996) Isolation of strong promoters from Clavibacter xyli subsp. cynodontis using a promoter probe plasmid. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1305:130-134.

Laine, M.J., Zhang, Y-P., and Metzler, M.C. (1994) IS1237, a repetitive chromosomal element from Clavibacter xyli subsp. cynodontis, is related to insertion sequences from gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. Plasmid 32:270-279.