Modular, multi‐barcode amplicon sequencing for improved species‐level detection of fungal phytopathogens: A case study of pipeline establishment targeting the Ophiostomatales

Conrad Trollip; Jatinder Kaur; Alexander M. Piper; Francesco Martoni; Ross Mann; Quang Dinh; Angus J. Carnegie; Brendan Rodoni; Jaqueline Edwards

doi:10.1002/edn3.368

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Modular, multi‐barcode amplicon sequencing for improved species‐level detection of fungal phytopathogens: A case study of pipeline establishment targeting the Ophiostomatales

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Modular, multi‐barcode amplicon sequencing for improved species‐level detection of fungal phytopathogens: A case study of pipeline establishment targeting the Ophiostomatales

Conrad Trollip, Jatinder Kaur, Alexander M. Piper, Francesco Martoni, Ross Mann, Quang Dinh, Angus J. Carnegie, Brendan Rodoni and Jaqueline Edwards

Environmental DNA (Hoboken, N.J.), Vol.6(1), e368

01/2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.368

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biosecurity

fungal diagnostics and surveillance

modular metabarcoding

secondary fungal barcode (TEF-1a)

species-level resolution

Abstract Recent advances in the field of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding have produced a promising platform for early detection and broad‐spectrum monitoring of plant pests and pathogens. To date, the majority of fungal metabarcoding assays have relied upon universal primers amplifying segments of the ribosomal DNA, to ensure broad taxonomic coverage while studying changes in community composition, or more recently, to screen for presence/absence of target species. In a diagnostics framework however, single, universal molecular barcodes do not discriminate accurately enough for many groups of important fungal phytopathogens at the required species level. Here, a modular, multi‐barcode amplicon sequencing pipeline was established to provide rapid and reliable diagnostics targeting the Ophiostomatales, an order containing economically important phytopathogens vectored by bark and ambrosia beetles ( Curculionidae ). Using compositionally varied mock communities, we evaluated five barcoding loci: ITS1, ITS2, the large ribosomal sub‐unit (LSU), translation elongation factor 1‐alpha (TEF1α) and calmodulin (CAL), for their ability to provide species‐level resolution. The sensitivity and detection limit of the assay was established by spiking genomic DNA of the exotic Dutch elm disease pathogen, Ophiostoma novo‐ulmi Brasier, into both the controlled mock communities and eDNA sampled from Ips grandicollis (Eichhoff) beetles collected in New South Wales, Australia. The TEF1α barcode successfully detected the Dutch elm pathogen DNA with 100% accuracy down to approx. 5 pg/μl, while the ITS1 barcode had a 100% accuracy down to approx. 0.4 pg/μl within a given sample. Our results demonstrate that a dual‐barcode approach targeting the ITS1 and TEF1α regions simultaneously is sufficient for accurate species level detection and characterisation of the Ophiostomatales and offers confident detection of low‐abundance taxa (relative read abundances of 0.1%–0.01%). Multi‐barcode metabarcoding provides a framework which can quickly and efficiently be adapted to new targets when establishing high throughput diagnostics for post‐border biosecurity surveillance of fungal phytopathogens.

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Title: Modular, multi‐barcode amplicon sequencing for improved species‐level detection of fungal phytopathogens: A case study of pipeline establishment targeting the Ophiostomatales
Creators: Conrad Trollip - La Trobe University
Jatinder Kaur - Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (Victoria, Australia)
Alexander M. Piper - La Trobe University
Francesco Martoni - Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (Victoria, Australia)
Ross Mann - Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (Victoria, Australia)
Quang Dinh - Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (Victoria, Australia)
Angus J. Carnegie - NSW Department of Primary Industries
Brendan Rodoni - La Trobe University
Jaqueline Edwards - La Trobe University
Publication Details: Environmental DNA (Hoboken, N.J.), Vol.6(1), e368
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Identifiers: 991013176690602368
Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Modular, multi‐barcode amplicon sequencing for improved species‐level detection of fungal phytopathogens: A case study of pipeline establishment targeting the Ophiostomatales

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