332 results about "Fungal pathogen" patented technology

Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen, are provided. Compositions include novel amino acid sequences, and variants and fragments thereof, for antipathogenic polypeptides that were isolated from maize. Nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences that encode the antipathogenic polypeptides of the embodiments are also provided. A method for inducing pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant a DNA construct comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the embodiments. Compositions comprising an antipathogenic polypeptide or a transformed microorganism comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments in combination with a carrier and methods of using these compositions to protect a plant from a pathogen are further provided. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the embodiments, or variant or fragment thereof, are also disclosed.

Processes and compositions have been discovered that are suitable for controlling a pathogen induced disease in a plant that is at risk of being diseased from a pathogen resistant to a Qo inhibitor. Such processes and compositions comprise contacting said plant(s) with a composition comprising an effective amount of a Qi inhibitor.

The current invention relates to the field of detection and identification of clinically important fungi. More particularely, the present invention relates to species specific probes originating from the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) region of rDNA for the detection of fungal species such as Candida albicans, Candida parapsilosis, Candida tropicalis, Candida kefyr, Candida krusei, Candida glabrata, Candida dubliniensis, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus versicolor, Aspergillus nidulans, Aspergillus fumigatus, Cyptococcus neoformans and Pneumocystis carinii in clinical samples, and methods using said probes.

Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen, are provided. Compositions include an amino acid sequence, and variants and fragments thereof, for an antipathogenic polypeptide that was isolated from a fungal fermentation broth. Nucleic acid molecules that encode the antipathogenic polypeptides of the invention, and antipathogenic domains thereof, are also provided. A method for inducing pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the invention. Compositions comprising an antipathogenic polypeptide or a transformed microorganism comprising a nucleic acid of the invention in combination with a carrier and methods of using these compositions to protect a plant from a pathogen are further provided. Transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and microorganisms comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an antipathogenic polypeptide of the invention are also disclosed.

The invention discloses Bacillus subtilis, which is named Bacillus subtilis. The Bacillus subtilis was collected in China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center on January 15th, 2009, with a collection number of CGMCC No.2843. The Bacillus subtilis strain disclosed by the invention is screened from tobacco leaf habitats. Experiments prove that the fermentation liquor of the strain has a strong inhibition effect on fungal pathogens such as Alternaria alternate and pepper anthracnose and demonstrates high prevention effect on Alternaria alternate, tobacco black shank, pepper anthracnose, tomato wilt, phytophthora melonis Katsura, verticillium dahlia and the like and has high growth promoting effects on tobacco, pepper, cucumber, tomato and eggplant. Therefore, the Bacillus subtilis disclosed by the invention can be used for preparing biological bactericides for preventing and controlling fungi in tobacco and vegetables and can be used for preparing growth promoting agents for promoting the growth of tobacco or vegetables.

Disclosed herein are methods for detecting a fungal pathogen in a patient sample, involving isolating the sample, carrying out a PCR reaction on the sample to generate an amplicon that includes a region of the fungal 28S ribosomal RNA gene, and detecting the PCR amplicon. Also disclosed are sequences of primers for specifically detecting a broad range of fungal pathogens in the presence of human ribosomal DNA. In certain embodiments, the amplicon is detected by sequencing or by two-dimensional melt-curve analysis. In yet other embodiments, more than one fungal pathogen is detected in a sample using the methods disclosed herein.

This invention relates to polynucleotide sequences encoding a gene that can confer resistance to the plant pathogen Colletotrichum, which causes anthracnose stalk rot, leaf blight and top dieback in corn and other cereals. It further relates to plants and seeds of plants carrying chimeric genes comprising said polynucleotide sequences, which enhance or confer resistance to the plant pathogen Colletotrichum, and processes of making said plants and seeds. The invention further presents sequences that can be used as molecular markers that in turn can be used to identify the region of interest in corn lines resulting from new crosses and to quickly and efficiently introgress the gene from corn lines carrying said gene into other corn lines that do not carry said gene, in order to make them resistant to Colletotrichum and resistant to stalk rot.

The invention discloses bacillus amyloliquefaciens JK6 and biological fertilizer and application. The serial number of strain preservation is CGMCC No. 10658 and is stored in the China general microbiological culture collection center on March 23, 2015. The bacillus amyloliquefaciens JK6 is mainly used for biological prevention and control of pseudomonas solanacearum and is provided with an iron-production carrier, a biological membrane, protease, catalase, cellulose and IAA characteristics, multiple fungal pathogens of banana wilt pathogen, litchi anthrax germs, litchi frost phytophthora pathogens, rice blast fungus, cucumber wilt pathogen and the like, and growth of lettuce plants is obviously promoted; the K6 strain can be successfully planted, and disease preventing functional genes of yndj, srfAB, fend and ituC are expressed in soil; the strain is high in reproduction speed, simple in production technology, high in adverse resistance, easy to store and favorable for industrialized production, the biological fertilizer is prepared with the strain, soil-born diseases can be prevented and controlled, growth of the plants can be promoted, and application prospect is broad.

The invention encompasses hexapeptides consisting of alternating hydrophobic residues (B) at positions 2, 4, and 6, hydrophilic, hydrophilic, charged residues (X) at positions 1 and 3, and a naphthylalanine (Nal), an aliphatic or aromatic residue (O) at position five, represented generally by the formula XBXBOB, which exhibit antimicrobial activity against infections caused by a variety of pathogens. These pathogens may include gram positive or negative bacteria, acid-fast bacteria such a mycobacteria, parasites, dermatophytes, or fungal pathogens. Typical fungal pathogens include Candida albicans and typical dermatophytes include Trichophyton rubrum and Trichophyton mentagrophytes. The hexapeptides of the present invention exhibit antifungal activity, antibacterial activity, desirable stability, and lack toxicity to the mammal receiving treatment.

This invention relates to polynucleotide sequences encoding a gene that can confer resistance to the plant pathogen Colletotrichum, which causes anthracnose stalk rot, leaf blight and top dieback in corn and other cereals. It further relates to plants and seeds of plants carrying chimeric genes comprising said polynucleotide sequences, which enhance or confer resistance to the plant pathogen Colletotrichum, and processes of making said plants and seeds. The invention further presents sequences that can be used as molecular markers that in turn can be used to identify the region of interest in corn lines resulting from new crosses and to quickly and efficiently introgress the gene from corn lines carrying said gene into other corn lines that do not carry said gene, in order to make them resistant to Colletotrichum and resistant to stalk rot.

Microbiological agents are provided for control of certain diseases of wheat and other cereals caused by Fusarium species, including Fusarium head blight of wheat and other cereals. These agents can also improve yield of wheat plants and cereals. The agents are novel isolates of Pantoea agglomerans and of Bacillus megaterium that exhibit the property of inhibiting fungal pathogens, particularly those produced by Fusarium species. Biocontrol compositions, and methods of using them to control plant pathogen development on wheat and cereal plants and for increasing plant yield, are also provided. The biocontrol compositions comprise a mixture of at least one microorganism selected from the group consisting of Pantoea agglomerans and Bacillus megaterium.

Disclosed are compounds of Formulae 1, 1A, 1B and 1C including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof,

wherein

• • R¹, R², R^4a1, R^4a2, A, A^a, G, M, W, Z¹, Z³, X, J, J¹ and n are as defined in the disclosure.

Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.

DNA-based methods employing amplification primers or probes for detecting, identifying, and quantifying in a test sample DNA from (i) any bacterium, (ii) the species Streptococcus agalactiae, Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Enterococcus faecium, Neisseria meningitidis, Listeria monocytogenes and Candida albicans, and (iii) any species of the genera Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Enterococcus, Neisseria and Candida are disclosed. DNA-based methods employing amplification primers or probes for detecting, identifying, and quantifying in a test sample antibiotic resistance genes selected from the group consisting of blatem, blarob, blashv, blaoxa, blaZ, aadB, aacC1, aacC2, aacC3, aacA4, aac6'-lla, ermA, ermB, ermC, mecA, vanA, vanB, vanC, satA, aac(6')-aph(2''), aad(6'), vat, vga, msrA, sul and int are also disclosed. The above microbial species, genera and resistance genes are all clinically relevant and commonly encountered in a variety of clinical specimens. These DNA-based assays are rapid, accurate and can be used in clinical microbiology laboratories for routine diagnosis. These novel diagnostic tools should be useful to improve the speed and accuracy of diagnosis of microbial infections, thereby allowing more effective treatments. Diagnostic kits for (i) the universal detection and quantification of bacteria, and/or (ii) the detection, identification and quantification of the above-mentioned bacterial and fungal species and/or genera, and/or (iii) the detection, identification and quantification of the above-mentioned antibiotic resistance genes are also claimed.

Unique DNA sequences are provided which are useful in identifying different pathogenic fungi, such as those which infect grape plants. These unique DNA sequences can be used to provide oligonucleotide primers in PCR based analysis for the identification of fungal pathogens. The DNA sequences of the present invention include the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of the ribosomal RNA gene regions of particular fungal pathogens, as well as oligonucleotide primers which are derived from these regions which are capable of identifying the particular pathogen.

The invention provides methods of treating inflammation in a specific organ or tissue of an individual. The method involves determining whether the individual has previously been infected with at least one pathogen that is pathogenic in the specific organ or tissue; and administering to the individual an anti-inflammatory composition comprising antigenic determinants, the antigenic determinants selected or formulated so that together they are specific for the at least one pathogen. The pathogen may be an endogenous or exogenous pathogen, and may further be a bacterial pathogen, a viral pathogen, a fungal pathogen, a protozoan pathogen, or a helminth pathogen.

The invention discloses a method for preparing biopesticide tetramycin from Streptomyces ahygroscopicus subsp.Wuzhouensis n.subsp, and application of a product prepared by the method in preventing and controlling diseases such as apple alternaria leaf spots and the like. The tetramycin prepared by the method improves the biological potency of the tetramycin (the biological potency of fermentation liquor is improved by 15.5 percent after 0.3 to 0.5 percent of normal propyl alcohol is added.), can prolong the quality guarantee period, improves the effect of preventing and controlling apple canker to over 95 percent, has good effect of preventing and controlling the diseases such as the apple alternaria leaf spots, tomato gray mold and the like, has effect of inhibiting yeast, gram-negative and gram positive bacteria, fungi (comprising fungal pathogens) and the like, has wide adaptability, and belongs to the environment-friendly biopesticide.

The invention relates to a colorimetric method for detecting bacterial or fungal pathogens by detecting peptidoglycan or (1-3)-β-D-glucan in a sample.

The present invention is directed to the design, synthesis and use of various β-peptides exhibiting antifungal activity. The β-peptides are relatively short in length, adopt globally amphiphilic conformations, and cause little lysis of human red blood cells at concentrations that kill Candida albicans, a common human fungal pathogen.

Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof,

wherein

• • A, B, D, R¹, R², R³, X and m are as defined in the disclosure.

Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.

This disclosure provides a method for detecting bacterial and fungal pathogens at clinically relevant concentrations in a clinical fluid sample using a visual color change test. The method includes the steps of: preparing the clinical fluid sample for heat lysing with water; heat lysing the clinical fluid sample to form a lysate that includes DNA and RNA forming a first mixture; mixing the lysate with a target primer set, EBT dye, a polymerase enzyme, and a chemical reaction buffer in a vial to form a reaction mixture; incubating the reaction mixture; amplifying the optional DNA and RNA and the target primer in the reaction mixture using LAMP; cooling the reaction mixture for a predetermined amount of time stopping the amplification; and identifying a color change in the reaction mixture that is indicative of the presence of bacterial or fungal pathogens.