African Journal of
Microbiology Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0808
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJMR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 5238

Full Length Research Paper

Isolation and identification of phytopathogenic bacteria in vegetable crops in West Africa (Côte D’ivoire)

Akoua Emmanuella Adioumani
  • Akoua Emmanuella Adioumani
  • institute Pasteur De Cote D’ivoire, Plateforme de Biologie Moléculaire, 01 BP 490 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Solange Kakou-Ngazoa
  • Solange Kakou-Ngazoa
  • institute Pasteur De Cote D’ivoire, Plateforme de Biologie Moléculaire, 01 BP 490 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Trebissou Jonhson Noel David
  • Trebissou Jonhson Noel David
  • Universite Felix Houphouet Boigny, Laboratoire de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Moléculaire, 01 BP V 34, 01 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Thibaud Martin
  • Thibaud Martin
  • Cirad, Universite Felix Houphouet Boigny, Cea-Ccbad, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Audrey Addablah
  • Audrey Addablah
  • institute Pasteur De Cote D’ivoire, Plateforme de Biologie Moléculaire, 01 BP 490 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Aristide Koudou
  • Aristide Koudou
  • institute Pasteur De Cote D’ivoire, Plateforme de Biologie Moléculaire, 01 BP 490 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Kan Stephane Kouassi
  • Kan Stephane Kouassi
  • institute Pasteur De Cote D’ivoire, Plateforme de Biologie Moléculaire, 01 BP 490 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Sina K. Mireille
  • Sina K. Mireille
  • institute Pasteur De Cote D’ivoire, Plateforme de Biologie Moléculaire, 01 BP 490 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire.
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N’golo Coulibaly
  • N’golo Coulibaly
  • institute Pasteur De Cote D’ivoire, Plateforme de Biologie Moléculaire, 01 BP 490 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire.
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S. Aoussi
  • S. Aoussi
  • institute Pasteur De Cote D’ivoire, Plateforme de Biologie Moléculaire, 01 BP 490 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Mireille Dosso
  • Mireille Dosso
  • institute Pasteur De Cote D’ivoire, Plateforme de Biologie Moléculaire, 01 BP 490 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire.
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  •  Received: 29 December 2021
  •  Accepted: 11 March 2022
  •  Published: 30 April 2022

Abstract

Yield losses in food crops due to plant pathogenic bacteria are significant and increasing over the years. The increasing losses caused by bacterial plant pathology are explained by the emerging resistance of bacteria to the chemical agents used in plant protection. Moreover, these chemical agents harm the environment through residue accumulation leading to soil pollution and the perturbation of the soil's inner ecosystem. The most important bacteria causing plant pathology belong to the genera of Pseudomonas, Ralstonia, Agrobacterium, Xanthomonas, Erwinia, Xylella, Pectobacterium, and Dickeya. However, in Côte d'Ivoire, only the Ralstonia species have been identified. Therefore, this study aims to identify plant pathogenic bacteria present in market garden plants in Côte d'Ivoire. Three sites in the cities of Anyama, Abidjan, and Bingerville were selected for the sampling and the detection of Pseudomonas syringea, Erwinia carotovora, Clavibacter michiganensis, Ralstonia solanacerum, and Xanthomonas campestris. The samples consisted of healthy and affected plant leaves and soils. In brief, 70 bacterial strains were isolated and phenotypically identified in this study. Among them, we noticed that 20% were isolated from the leaves and 80% from the soil. Regarding the bacterial species, C. michiganensis (37.14%), E. carotovora (18.57%), R. solanacerum (15.71%), X. campestris (14.28%), and P. syringae (11.42%) were identified. The molecular identification has confirmed the identification of the 5 plant pathogenic bacteria within all the studied sites. To the researchers’ knowledge, this study is the first to describe the identification of P. syringea, E. carotovora, C. michiganensis, and X. campestris isolated in plant crops in Côte d’Ivoire.

 

Key words: Phytobacteria, vegetable plants, PCR