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Crop Specificity of Fluorescent Pseudomonads and the Involvement of Root Agglutinins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-88728-3.50068-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Suppression of Soil-Borne Plant Pathogens by Fluorescent Pseudomonads: Mechanisms and Prospects. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-88728-3.50042-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Meyer JM, Hohnadel D, Khan A, Cornelis P. Pyoverdin-facilitated iron uptake in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: immunological characterization of the ferripyoverdin receptor. Mol Microbiol 1990; 4:1401-5. [PMID: 2126327 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1990.tb00719.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A purified polyclonal antiserum directed against the isolated main 80 kD IROMP (iron-regulated outer-membrane protein) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 detected only the 80 kD polypeptide of outer-membrane proteins from PAO1 cells grown in iron deficiency in Western blots. It was also shown to inhibit the uptake of 59Fe pyoverdin by PAO1 cells as well as its binding to purified outer membranes. Immunofluorescence experiments with intact PAO1 cells confirmed that the receptor is present only at the surface of cells grown under conditions of iron deficiency. All these data allow us to conclude that the 80 kD main IROMP of P. aeruginosa is indeed the receptor for the siderophore ferripyoverdin.
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- J M Meyer
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, CNRS, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
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In this review, we describe the outer membrane proteins of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and related strains from the Pseudomonas fluorescens rRNA homology group of the Pseudomonadaceae, with emphasis on the physiological function and biochemical characteristics of these proteins. The use of opr (for outer membrane protein) is proposed as the genetic designation for the P. aeruginosa outer membrane proteins and letters are assigned, in conjunction with this designation, to known outer membrane proteins. Proteins whose primary functions involve pore formation, transport of specific substrates, cell structure determination and membrane stabilization are discussed. The conservation of selected proteins in the above Pseudomonas species is also examined.
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- R E Hancock
- Department of Microbiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Austin JW, Stewart M, Murray RG. Structural and chemical characterization of the S layer of a Pseudomonas-like bacterium. J Bacteriol 1990; 172:808-17. [PMID: 2298701 PMCID: PMC208510 DOI: 10.1128/jb.172.2.808-817.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Sections and freeze-fractured preparations showed an S layer on the surface of Pseudomonas-like strain EU2. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of cell envelopes extracted with 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) at room temperature showed three proteins (45K, 55K, and 110K). The 55K protein was identified as the S-layer protein. Incubation in 1.5 M guanidine hydrochloride removed the S layer from cell envelopes and dissociated the structure into subunits. The soluble 55K protein reassembled into planar sheets upon removal of the guanidine hydrochloride by dialysis. Electron microscopy and image processing indicated that these sheets had p4 symmetry in projection with a lattice constant of 13.2 +/- 0.1 nm (corresponding to 9.3 nm between adjacent fourfold axes). In some instances these reassemblies appeared to form small three-dimensional crystals which gave particularly clear views of the structure in projection because of the superimposition of information from a number of layers. A model is proposed with molecules having rounded lobes connected by a narrower linker region and joining at the lobes to form the fourfold axes of the array. The pattern superficially resembles those of other bacterial S layers, such as those of Aeromonas salmonicida, Aeromonas hydrophila, and Azotobacter vinelandii. Extraction of cell envelopes with 1% SDS at 50 degrees C released the 110K protein from the envelopes and removed an amorphous backing layer from the S layer. The 45K protein displayed heat-modifiable migration in SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and was insoluble in SDS at 50 degrees C or in high concentrations of guanidine hydrochloride, suggesting that it was associated with the peptidoglycan.
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- J W Austin
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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Cornelis P, Hohnadel D, Meyer JM. Evidence for different pyoverdine-mediated iron uptake systems among Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains. Infect Immun 1989; 57:3491-7. [PMID: 2509364 PMCID: PMC259858 DOI: 10.1128/iai.57.11.3491-3497.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Fourteen strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa ATCC 15692, P. aeruginosa ATCC 27853, and 12 clinical isolates) were checked for the production of pyoverdine and for pyoverdine-mediated iron uptake. Under iron restriction, two isolates produced undetectable amounts of pyoverdine, but all the other strains produced a compound with physicochemical properties identical or close to those of the pyoverdine of P. aeruginosa ATCC 15692 (strain PAO1). The pyoverdines were purified and tested for their growth-promoting activity and for their ability to facilitate 59Fe uptake in homologous experiments involving each pyoverdine and its producing strain, as well as in heterologous systems involving all the other strains. The results of both types of experiments suggested the existence of three specificity groups. This was confirmed by analysis of the amino acid composition of the pyoverdines, which differed for each group. A partially purified polyclonal antiserum raised against a major 80-kilodalton (kDa) iron-regulated outer membrane protein (IROMP) of P. aeruginosa PAO1 recognized the 80-kDa IROMPs from P. aeruginosa PAO1 and the clinical isolates belonging to the same group, whereas the IROMPs from the strains belonging to the two other groups were not detected. A second antiserum raised against the P. aeruginosa ATCC 27853 80-kDa IROMP gave similar results by reacting specifically with the 80-kDa IROMP from the strains belonging to this group. Thus, together with the already known pyoverdine from P. aeruginosa PAO1, two new types of pyoverdines produced by strains belonging to this species were characterized.
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- P Cornelis
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Strasbourg, France
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Scheffer RJ, Elgersma DM, Weger LA, Strobel GA. Pseudomonas for biological control of dutch elm disease. I. Labeling, detection and identification of pseudomonas isolates injected into elms; comparison of various methods. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01977732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Smit G, Logman TJ, Boerrigter ME, Kijne JW, Lugtenberg BJ. Purification and partial characterization of the Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae Ca2+-dependent adhesin, which mediates the first step in attachment of cells of the family Rhizobiaceae to plant root hair tips. J Bacteriol 1989; 171:4054-62. [PMID: 2738027 PMCID: PMC210161 DOI: 10.1128/jb.171.7.4054-4062.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The Ca2+-dependent adhesin which mediates the first step in attachment of bacteria of the family Rhizobiaceae to plant root hair tips was isolated from the surface of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae cells; its ability to inhibit attachment of R. leguminosarum to pea root hair tips was used as a bioassay. Isolated adhesin was found to be able to inhibit attachment of both carbon-limited and manganese-limited R. leguminosarum cells. A multicolumn purification procedure was developed which resulted in pure adhesin, as judged from silver staining of isoelectric focusing and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electropherograms. The crucial step in purification was the elution of rhizobial proteins by a CaCl2 gradient from a hydroxyapatite matrix. The specific activity increased 1,250 times during purification. The isoelectric point of the adhesin was determined to be 5.1, and the molecular mass was 14 kilodaltons (kDa), as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. By using gel filtration in the presence and absence of Ca2+, the molecular mass of the adhesin was determined to be 15 and 6 kDa, respectively. The adhesin appeared to be a calcium-binding protein. The purified adhesin inhibited attachment of various other rhizobia to pea root hair tips. Also, cell surface preparations of several other rhizobial strains, including Agrobacterium, Bradyrhizobium, and Phyllobacterium spp., showed adhesin activity, suggesting that a common plant receptor is used for attachment of Rhizobiaceae cells and that the adhesin is common among Rhizobiaceae. No attachment-inhibiting activity was detected in cell surface preparations from various other bacterial strains tested. Cell surface preparations from Sym or Ti plasmid-cured Rhizobium and Agrobacterium strains, respectively, also showed adhesin activity, indicating that Sym or Ti plasmid-borne genes are not required for the synthesis and biogenesis of the adhesin. The adhesin was also found to be involved in the attachment of rhizobia to the root hairs of various other legumes and nonlegume plants, including monocotyledonous ones. Since the adhesin appears to be specific for Rhizobiaceae and is Ca2+ dependent, we propose to designate it rhicadhesin. A more detailed model for rhizobial attachment to plant root hairs is discussed.
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- G Smit
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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de Maagd RA, Wientjes FB, Lugtenberg BJ. Evidence for divalent cation (Ca2+)-stabilized oligomeric proteins and covalently bound protein-peptidoglycan complexes in the outer membrane of Rhizobium leguminosarum. J Bacteriol 1989; 171:3989-95. [PMID: 2500420 PMCID: PMC210152 DOI: 10.1128/jb.171.7.3989-3995.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Two unusual characteristics of some outer membrane proteins of Rhizobium leguminosarum are described. First, most of the major outer membrane proteins could only be visualized by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis after lysozyme treatment of the isolated cell envelopes, suggesting a very strong, possibly covalent, interaction of these proteins with the peptidoglycan. These peptidoglycan-associated outer membrane proteins belonged to two distinct groups of immunologically related proteins, groups II and III, as defined by typing with monoclonal antibodies. As members of both groups of proteins could be radioactively labeled by growing cells in the presence of N-[3H]acetylglucosamine, we propose that variation in the apparent molecular weight of the antigens within each group is caused by varying numbers of peptidoglycan subunit residues on only two or three different outer membrane proteins. Second, group III outer membrane proteins, with masses of 35 to 46 kilodaltons, formed oligomers stabilized by divalent cations which resisted complete denaturation in 2% sodium dodecyl sulfate at 100 degrees C. Reconstitution experiments showed that of the divalent cations tested, Ca2+ and, to a lesser extent, Mn2+ and Sr2+ were the best stabilizers.
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- R A de Maagd
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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de Weger LA, van Loosdrecht MC, Klaassen HE, Lugtenberg B. Mutational changes in physiochemical cell surface properties of plant-growth-stimulating Pseudomonas spp. do not influence the attachment properties of the cells. J Bacteriol 1989; 171:2756-61. [PMID: 2708317 PMCID: PMC209961 DOI: 10.1128/jb.171.5.2756-2761.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Bacteriophage-resistant mutant strains of the root-colonizing Pseudomonas strains WCS358 and WCS374 lack the O-antigenic side chain of the lipopolysaccharide, as was shown by the loss of the typical lipopolysaccharide ladder pattern after analysis by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. These strains differed from their parent strains in cell surface hydrophobicity and in cell surface charge. The observed variation in these physicochemical characteristics could be explained by the differences in sugar composition. The mutant strains had no altered properties of adherence to sterile potato roots compared with their parental strains, nor were differences observed in the firm adhesion to hydrophilic, lipophilic, negatively charged, or positively charged artificial surfaces. These results show that neither physicochemical cell surface properties nor the presence of the O-antigenic side chain plays a major role in the firm adhesion of these bacterial cells to solid surfaces, including potato roots.
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- L A de Weger
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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Marugg JD, de Weger LA, Nielander HB, Oorthuizen M, Recourt K, Lugtenberg B, van der Hofstad GA, Weisbeek PJ. Cloning and characterization of a gene encoding an outer membrane protein required for siderophore-mediated uptake of Fe3+ in Pseudomonas putida WCS358. J Bacteriol 1989; 171:2819-26. [PMID: 2540157 PMCID: PMC209969 DOI: 10.1128/jb.171.5.2819-2826.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In iron-limited environments plant-growth-stimulating Pseudomonas putida WCS358 produces a yellow-green fluorescent siderophore called pseudobactin 358. Ferric pseudobactin 358 is efficiently taken up by cells of WCS358 but not by cells of another rhizophere-colonizing strain, Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS374. A gene bank containing partial Sau3A DNA fragments from WCS358 was constructed in a derivative of the broad-host-range cosmid pLAFR1. By mobilization of this gene bank to strain WCS374 a cosmid clone, pMR, which made WCS374 competent for the utilization of pseudobactin 358 was identified. By subcloning of the 29.4-kilobase (kb) insert of pMR the essential genetic information was localized on a BglII fragment of 5.3 kb. Tn5 mutagenesis limited the responsible gene to a region of approximately 2.5 kb within this fragment. Since the gene encodes an outer membrane protein with a predicted molecular mass of 90,000 daltons, it probably functions as the receptor for ferric pseudobactin 358. The gene is flanked by pseudobactin 358 biosynthesis genes on both sides and is on a separate transcriptional unit. WCS374 cells carrying pMR derivatives with Tn5 insertions in the putative receptor gene did not produce the 90,000-dalton protein anymore and were unable to take up Fe3+ via pseudobactin 358. In WCS358 cells as well as in WCS374 cells the gene is expressed only under iron-limited conditions.
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- J D Marugg
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Barbhaiya HB, Rao KK. Effect of iron on the production of pyoverdine and outer membrane proteins ofPseudomonas aeruginosa PA01. Curr Microbiol 1989. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01568830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Glick BR, Menhart N, Soong NW, Farmer WH, Viswanatha T, Pasternak JJ. Isolation and partial characterization of siderophore mutants ofAzotobacter vinelandii. Curr Microbiol 1988. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01570875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Hohnadel D, Meyer JM. Specificity of pyoverdine-mediated iron uptake among fluorescent Pseudomonas strains. J Bacteriol 1988; 170:4865-73. [PMID: 3170485 PMCID: PMC211531 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.10.4865-4873.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Pyoverdine-mediated iron transport was determined for seven fluorescent Pseudomonas strains belonging to different species. For all strains, cell or cell outer membrane and iron(III)-pyoverdine combinations were compared with their homologous counterparts in uptake, binding, and cross-feeding experiments. For four strains (Pseudomonas putida ATCC 12633, Pseudomonas fluorescens W, P. fluorescens ATCC 17400, and Pseudomonas tolaasii NCPPB 2192), the pyoverdine-mediated iron transport appeared to be strictly strain specific; pyoverdine-facilitated iron uptake by iron-starved cells and binding of ferripyoverdine to the purified outer membranes of such cells were efficient only in the case of the homologous systems. Cross-feeding assays, in liquid or solid cultures, resulted, however, especially for P. fluorescens ATCC 17400, in some discrepancies compared with uptake and binding assays, suggesting that growth experiments are the least likely to yield correct information on specificity of the pyoverdine-mediated iron transport. For the three other strains (P. fluorescens ATCC 13525, P. chlororaphis ATCC 9446, and P. aeruginosa ATCC 15692), cross-reactivity was demonstrated by the uptake, binding, and cross-feeding experiments. In an attempt to determine which parts of the iron transport system were responsible for the specificity, the differences in amino acid composition of the pyoverdines, together with the differences observed at the level of the iron-sensitive outer membrane protein pattern of the seven strains, are discussed.
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- D Hohnadel
- Institut de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Strasbourg, France
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Siderophore-mediated uptake of Fe3+ by the plant growth-stimulating Pseudomonas putida strain WCS358 and by other rhizosphere microorganisms. J Bacteriol 1988; 170:4693-8. [PMID: 2971647 PMCID: PMC211509 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.10.4693-4698.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Under iron-limited conditions, Pseudomonas putida WCS358 produces a siderophore, pseudobactin 358, which is essential for the plant growth-stimulating ability of this strain. Cells of strain WCS358, provided that they have been grown under Fe3+ limitation, take up 55Fe3+ from the 55Fe3+-labeled pseudobactin 358 complex with Km and Vmax values of 0.23 microM and 0.14 nmol/mg of cell dry weight per min, respectively. Uptake experiments with cells treated with various metabolic inhibitors showed that this Fe3+ uptake process was dependent on the proton motive force. Furthermore, strain WCS358 was shown to be able to take up Fe3+ complexed to the siderophore of another plant-beneficial P. fluorescens strain, WCS374. The tested pathogenic rhizobacteria and rhizofungi were neither able to grow on Fe3+-deficient medium in the presence of pseudobactin 358 nor able to take up 55Fe3+ from 55Fe3+-pseudobactin 358. The same applies for three cyanide-producing Pseudomonas strains which are supposed to be representatives of the minor pathogens. These results indicate that the extraordinary ability of strain WCS358 to compete efficiently for Fe3+ is based on the fact that the pathogenic and deleterious rhizosphere microorganisms, in contrast to strain WCS358 itself, are not able to take up Fe3+ from Fe3+-pseudobactin 358 complexes.
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de Maagd R, van Rossum C, Lugtenberg BJ. Recognition of individual strains of fast-growing rhizobia by using profiles of membrane proteins and lipopolysaccharides. J Bacteriol 1988; 170:3782-5. [PMID: 3403513 PMCID: PMC211364 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.8.3782-3785.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Membrane protein and lipopolysaccharide profiles of Rhizobium leguminosarum (biovars viciae, trifolii, and phaseoli), R. meliloti, and Agrobacterium tumefaciens strains were analyzed and compared by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Differences in one or both profiles allowed us to distinguish all 18 R. leguminosarum strains tested in this study from each other.
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- R de Maagd
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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Barbhaiya H, Rao K. Iron uptake and detection of an outer membrane iron-siderophore receptor protein from Pseudomanas aeruginosa PA01. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1988. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1988.tb02991.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Marugg JD, Nielander HB, Horrevoets AJ, van Megen I, van Genderen I, Weisbeek PJ. Genetic organization and transcriptional analysis of a major gene cluster involved in siderophore biosynthesis in Pseudomonas putida WCS358. J Bacteriol 1988; 170:1812-9. [PMID: 2450869 PMCID: PMC211035 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.4.1812-1819.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In iron-limited environments, the plant-growth-stimulating Pseudomonas putida WCS358 produces a yellow-green fluorescent siderophore called pseudobactin 358. The transcriptional organization and the iron-regulated expression of a major gene cluster involved in the biosynthesis and transport of pseudobactin 358 were analyzed in detail. The cluster comprises a region with a minimum length of 33.5 kilobases and contains at least five transcriptional units, of which some are relatively large. The directions of transcription of four transcriptional units were determined by RNA-RNA hybridization and by analysis in Escherichia coli minicells. The latter also demonstrated that large polypeptides were encoded by these transcriptional units. The results allowed us to localize several promoter regions on the DNA. The iron-dependent expression of at least two genes within this cluster appears to be regulated at the transcriptional level.
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- J D Marugg
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Deininger CA, Mueller GM, Wolber PK. Immunological characterization of ice nucleation proteins from Pseudomonas syringae, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and Erwinia herbicola. J Bacteriol 1988; 170:669-75. [PMID: 3123461 PMCID: PMC210707 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.2.669-675.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Antibodies were raised against the InaW protein, the product of the ice nucleation gene of Pseudomonas fluorescens MS1650, after protein isolation from an Escherichia coli clone. On Western blots (immunoblots), these antibodies recognized InaW protein and InaZ protein (the ice nucleation gene product of Pseudomonas syringae S203), produced by both E. coli clones and the source organisms. The InaZ protein appeared in P. syringae S203 during stationary phase; its appearance was correlated with the appearance of the ice nucleation-active phenotype. In contrast, the InaW protein occurred at relatively constant levels throughout the growth phases of P. fluorescens MS1650; the ice nucleation activity was also constant. Western analyses of membrane preparations of P. syringae PS31 and Erwinia herbicola MS3000 with this antibody revealed proteins which were synthesized with development of the nucleating phenotype. In these species the presence or absence of the nucleating phenotype was controlled by manipulation of culture conditions. In all nucleation-positive cultures examined, cross-reacting low-molecular-weight bands were observed; these bands appeared to be products of proteolytic degradation of ice nucleation proteins. The proteolysis pattern of InaZ protein seen on Western blots showed a periodic pattern of fragment sizes, suggesting a highly repetitive site for protease action. A periodic primary structure is predicted by the DNA sequence of the inaZ gene.
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- C A Deininger
- Advanced Genetic Sciences, Inc., Oakland, California 94608
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Bossier P, Hofte M, Verstraete W. Ecological Significance of Siderophores in Soil. ADVANCES IN MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 1988. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-5409-3_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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De Weger LA, van der Vlugt CI, Wijfjes AH, Bakker PA, Schippers B, Lugtenberg B. Flagella of a plant-growth-stimulating Pseudomonas fluorescens strain are required for colonization of potato roots. J Bacteriol 1987; 169:2769-73. [PMID: 3294806 PMCID: PMC212183 DOI: 10.1128/jb.169.6.2769-2773.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The role of motility in the colonization of potato roots by Pseudomonas bacteria was studied. Four Tn5-induced flagella-less mutants of the plant-growth-stimulating P. fluorescens WCS374 appeared to be impaired in their ability to colonize growing potato roots.
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Cody YS, Gross DC. Outer membrane protein mediating iron uptake via pyoverdinpss, the fluorescent siderophore produced by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. J Bacteriol 1987; 169:2207-14. [PMID: 3032911 PMCID: PMC212132 DOI: 10.1128/jb.169.5.2207-2214.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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In an iron-limited environment Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B301D produces a yellow-green fluorescent siderophore called pyoverdinpss which functions in high-affinity iron transport. Two-dimensional electrophoretic comparisons of the outer membrane proteins of strain B301D identified nine proteins which were expressed at low (50 nM) but not at high (10 microM) iron concentrations. Except for the minor protein 8e, the iron-regulated proteins exhibited high molecular weights ranging from approximately 74,000 to 80,000. A mutant of strain B301D incapable of iron uptake (Iu-) from ferric pyoverdinpss lacked the 74,000-molecular-weight protein 4a, which was the major iron-regulated outer membrane protein. In contrast, a nonfluorescent mutant (Flu-) unable to synthesize pyoverdinpss showed no quantitative or qualitative difference in its outer membrane profile from that of the wild-type strain. In plant pathogenicity tests the Iu- and Flu- strains caused typical brown necrotic and sunken lesions in immature sweet cherry fruit which were indistinguishable from those of the wild-type strain. Thus, excretion of pyoverdinpss and subsequent Fe(III) uptake do not have a determinative role in the pathogenicity or virulence of P. syringae pv. syringae.
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de Weger LA, Jann B, Jann K, Lugtenberg B. Lipopolysaccharides of Pseudomonas spp. that stimulate plant growth: composition and use for strain identification. J Bacteriol 1987; 169:1441-6. [PMID: 3558319 PMCID: PMC211965 DOI: 10.1128/jb.169.4.1441-1446.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The outer membrane proteins of a series of fluorescent, root-colonizing, plant-growth-stimulating Pseudomonas spp. having been characterized (L. A. de Weger et al., J. Bacteriol. 165:585-594, 1986), the lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) of these strains were examined. The chemical composition of the LPSs of the three best-studied plant-growth-stimulating Pseudomonas strains WCS358, WCS361, and WCS374 and of P. aeruginosa PAO1 as a reference strain was determined and appeared to differ from strain to strain. The 2,6-dideoxy-2-aminosugar quinovasamine was the most abundant compound in the LPS of strain WCS358. Analysis by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of purified LPS and of proteinase K-treated cell envelopes revealed ladderlike patterns for most of these strains. These patterns were not substantially influenced by differences in culture conditions. Analysis of proteinase K-treated cell envelopes of 24 root-colonizing Pseudomonas spp. revealed a unique band pattern for each strain, suggesting a great variety in the LPS structures present in these root colonizers. Therefore, electrophoretic analysis of LPS can be used for characterization and identification of the fluorescent root-colonizing Pseudomonas strains.
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The role of siderophores in potato tuber yield increase by Pseudomonas putida in a short rotation of potato. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1986. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01977588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Wee S, Madiraju MV, Wilkinson BJ. Iron-dependent production of a heat-modifiable, 23,000-Mr outer membrane protein in Paracoccus denitrificans. J Bacteriol 1986; 168:455-7. [PMID: 3759911 PMCID: PMC213478 DOI: 10.1128/jb.168.1.455-457.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Production of a 23,000-Mr major outer membrane protein of Paracoccus denitrificans ATCC 13543 was dependent upon the addition of iron to a succinate-salts medium. The 23,000-Mr protein was not produced in an iron-deficient medium, but production of five outer membrane proteins in the 85,000- to 72,000-Mr range and of catechol were induced. The 23,000-Mr protein was not produced in a complex medium even when ferric citrate was added to the medium. Production of the protein was influenced by the carbon source and was decreased by peptone.
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Elsas J, Dijkstra A, Govaert J, Veen J. Survival of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Bacillus subtilis introduced into two soils of different texture in field microplots. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1986. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1986.tb01724.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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