pv. savastanoi NCPPB 3335 is the causal agent of olive knot disease and contains three virulence plasmids: pPsv48A (pA), 80 kb; pPsv48B (pB), 45 kb, and pPsv48C (pC), 42 kb. Here we show that pB contains a complete MPF (previously type IVA secretion system) and a functional origin of conjugational transfer adjacent to a relaxase of the MOB family; pC also contains a functional -MOB array, whereas pA contains an incomplete MPF (previously type IVB secretion system), but not a recognizable . Plasmid transfer occurred on solid and in liquid media, and on leaf surfaces of a non-host plant () with high (pB) or moderate frequency (pC); pA was transferred only occasionally after cointegration with pB. We found three plasmid-borne and three chromosomal relaxase genes, although the chromosomal relaxases did not contribute to plasmid dissemination. The MOB relaxase genes of pB and pC were functionally interchangeable, although with differing efficiencies. We also identified a functional MOB mobilization region in pC, which could only mobilize this plasmid. Plasmid pB could be efficiently transferred to strains of six phylogroups of , whereas pC could only be mobilized to two strains of phylogroup 3 (genomospecies 2). In two of the recipient strains, pB was stably maintained after 21 subcultures in liquid medium. The carriage of several relaxases by the native plasmids of impacts their transfer frequency and, by providing functional diversity and redundancy, adds robustness to the conjugation system.

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