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JOURNAL OF NEMATOLOGY Article | DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2019-033 e2019-33 | Vol. 51 Phylogenetic studies on three Helicotylenchus species based on 28S rDNA and mtCOI sequence data K. Rybarczyk-Mydłowska*, E. Dmowska and K. Kowalewska Abstract Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS, Wilcza 64, 00-679, Warsaw, To facilitate the process of spiral nematode species delineation, pop- Poland. ulations of Helicotylenchus canadensis, H. pseudorobustus, and H. varicaudatus deriving from various locations and diverse natural *E-mail: [email protected] and anthropogenic environments from Poland were investigated and This paper was edited by Erik J. characterized. For the first time, 28S rDNA sequences are reported for Ragsdale. H. canadensis and H. varicaudatus, whereas new mtCOI sequences Received for publication August 30, were acquired for all three analyzed species. A Bayesian phylogenet- 2018. ic analysis of the 28S rDNA fragments revealed that H. canadensis and H. varicaudatus are members of a clade that is a sister group to all other Helicotylenchus species; however, the closest known sister group to H. canadensis is H. vulgaris type A. Both 28S rDNA- and mtCOI-based phylogenetic results suggest that this clade excludes H. pseudorobustus, whose most recent common ancestor with the former species was inferred to be the ancestor of all Helicotylenchus species. Moreover, within the mtCOI sequences obtained from H. pseudorobustus, unlike from the other two, a simultaneous presence of TAG and TAA codons was identified. This may indicate mitochon- drial genetic code alterations or other genomic rearrangements in H. pseudorobustus. Key words Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, Genetic code alterations, Helicot- ylenchus canadensis, H. pseudorobustus, H. varicaudatus, Riboso- mal DNA, Spiral nematodes. Spiral nematodes, which belong to the Helicotylen- not be overlooked. Analyses of molecular information chus spp. (Hoplolaimidae), are representatives of hidden in their genomes bring us closer to an expla- Tylenchomorpha, which is considered the most suc- nation why some groups of nematodes became more cessful lineage of plant parasitic nematodes. They successfully adapted to plant parasitism than others. evolved by gradual transitions from fungal feeders Unlike the closely related, sedentary endoparasitic through facultative plant parasites toward obligatory cyst nematodes, most representatives of the genus plant parasites (Holterman et al., 2017). Furthermore, Helicotylenchus (Steiner, 1945) are considered mild the phylogenetic tree of this group reveals main evo- plant pathogens of minor economic importance. lutionary pathways, leading from ectoparasitism or However, several species like H. dihystera (Cobb, migratory endoparasitism to the most specialized, 1893; Sher, 1961), H. digonicus (Perry in Perry, Darling sedentary endoparasitic lifestyles, exhibited by the & Thorne, 1959), H. multicinctus (Cobb, 1893; Golden, most harmful plant-damaging nematode species. 1956), H. pseudorobustus (Steiner, 1914; Golden, Although the majority of research focuses on the lat- 1956), or H. varicaudatus (Yuen, 1964) were proven to ter pests, the investigation of species that developed be associated with plant growth suppression or more less sophisticated mechanisms of parasitism should severe crop-plant damage (Perry et al., 1959; Siddiqi, © 2019 Authors. This is an Open Access article licensed under the Creative 1 Commons CC BY 4.0 license, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Phylogenetic studies on three Helicotylenchus species based on 28S rDNA and mtCOI sequence data 2000; Schreck Reis et al., 2010). They are classified characterization, occurrence, and distribution of plant as ectoparasites or semi-endoparasites and can be parasitic nematodes in Poland. Soil samples were found in root systems of diverse cultivated and un- derived from various habitats and vegetation types. cultivated plants (Siddiqi, 2000; Subbotin et al., 2011). Each sample (about 1 kg of soil) was taken to a depth In total, this cosmopolitan genus encompasses over of 30 cm from the root zone using a soil sampler. 200 described species (Uzma et al., 2015), of which Nematode extraction was performed by the decan- many await a more detailed characterization. tation and sieving method, followed by the centrifugal To determine particular Helicotylenchus species, flotation method (van Bezooijen, 2006). Nematodes a precise evaluation of morphological and morpho- were killed with hot water at 60°C. The parts of the metrical features is used, usually after the preliminary samples of selected Hoplolaimidae were fixed in TAF recognition of the characteristic coiled body shape and designated for morphological analysis. The rest observed in the relaxed state or after death. However, of the samples were fixed in DESS and given to mo- the available keys do not always allow for proper spe- lecular studies. cies identification due to high intra-specific and -mi nor inter-specific variability within the genus (Fortuner, Morphological identification 1984; Fortuner et al., 1984). The proposed diagnostic characters and features can match and overlap be- Morphological observations and morphometrical anal- tween closely related species. Therefore, to facilitate yses were performed using Leica light microscope the species identification process as well as to de- with Nomarski differential interference contrast. Mor- lineate more phylogenetically distant species, which phological identification was performed using identifi- share the same morphology (cryptic species), the cation keys and descriptions by Waseem (1961), Yuen support of a molecular approach is needed. (1964), Sher (1966), Brzeski (1998), and Andrássy To date, only about 20% of Helicotylenchus species (2007). Nematodes fixed in DESS were subjected to has been molecularly characterized using mostly ribo- morphological vouchering and DNA amplification pro- somal DNA fragments (18S, ITS, 28S rDNA; GenBank cedure of Yoder et al. (2006). Nematodes were identi- resources). Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase sub- fied on the temporary slides, and subsequently multi- unit I (mtCOI) sequences were reported for one spe- focal images were made for every specimen. cies, the recently described H. oleae (Palomares-Rius et al., 2018), and a cytochrome c oxidase subunit II DNA extraction sequence was reported solely for H. dihystera (Riep- samen et al., 2011). A combination of both the nuclear After morphological identification, analyzed nema- genome-derived large subunit ribosomal DNA gene tode individuals were marked with specific codes (28S rDNA) and more variable genes such as mtCOI and assigned for further molecular studies. Genomic has been suggested to comprise valuable markers for DNA from single nematode specimens was extracted subsequent phylogenetic analyses in this group (Sub- using either GenElute™ Mammalian Genomic DNA botin et al., 2011; Palomares-Rius et al., 2018). Miniprep Kit (Sigma-Aldrich) or QIAamp DNA Micro The objectives of this study were as follows: to Kit (Qiagen) according to the manufacturers’ instruc- deliver molecular characteristics of three Hecicotylen- tions. For each sample, DNA was eluted in 30 μ l H2O. chus species commonly occurring in Poland, namely, Extracted DNA was stored at −20°C. H. canadensis, H. pseudorobustus and H. varicau- datus, by the use of nuclear 28S rDNA and mtCOI Primers, DNA amplification, and data, and to further evaluate the potential of mtCOI sequences for species identification and phylogenetic sequencing study of the genus Helicotylenchus. The mitochondrial DNA fragments of the mtCOI as well as the genomic DNA fragments of the large sub- Materials and methods unit rDNA (28S rDNA) were amplified from the collect- ed Hoplolaimidae species. Initially, during the ongoing Sampling, nematode extraction, and survey project, the publicly available JB3 and JB4 conservation or JB5 mtCOI primers (Hu et al., 2002; Derycke et al., 2010) were tested for amplification of mtCOI Three Hoplolaimidae species originating from Poland fragments from numerous plant parasitic species. were analyzed: H. canadensis, H. pseudorobustus, However, from these primers, PCR amplification and H. varicaudatus. Nematodes were collected dur- failed. Therefore, a new set of primers was devel- ing a study conducted between 2010 and 2014 on the oped according to the slightly modified primer design 2 JOURNAL OF NEMATOLOGY Table 1. Overview of PCR primers designed in this study, which were used for mtCOI amplification from three Helicotylenchus spp. and one Rotylenchus sp. Name of species and Approximate Forward primer (5′-3′) Reverse primer (5′-3′) corresponding GenBank amplicon size sequence numbers M3.5F: M8aRa: 700 H. pseudorobustus: MG663105 GGAGTGGiACARGiTGAAC GCAACiACATAATAAGWATCATG R. uniformis: MG663121 M6.9R: 450 H. pseudorobustus: MG663104 ACCiACARTAAAiATATGATG H. varicaudatus: MG663116; MG663116; MG663116 R. uniformis: MG663122 M2Fb: RH1R: 600 H. canadensis: MG663099; ATTGGiGSTTTTGGTAATT CCAACAATGAATATATGATG MG663100 H. pseudorobustus: MG663106; MG663107; MG663109; MG663110; MG663111; MG663112; MG663113 H. varicaudatus: MG663115 RH2F: 350 H. canadensis: MG663098; GGTGGAAGAATTAATTTYTG MG663101 H. varicaudatus: MG663114; MG663118; MG663120 Note: i = inosine. aThis primer is a modified version of the COIR primer proposed by He et al. (2005). The primer was elongated by 4 nucleotides and two nucleotide modifications were incorporated; bThis primer is a short- ened and modified version of the COI-F1 primer proposed