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Nazir R, Warmink JA, Voordes DC, van de Bovenkamp HH, van Elsas JD. Inhibition of mushroom formation and induction of glycerol release-ecological strategies of Burkholderia terrae BS001 to create a hospitable niche at the fungus Lyophyllum sp. strain Karsten. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2013; 65:245-54. [PMID: 22915155 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0100-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Accepted: 07/25/2012] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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We investigated the ecological strategies exerted by the soil bacterium Burkholderia terrae BS001 at the hyphae of the soil saprotrophic fungus Lyophyllum sp. strain Karsten. Recently, this bacterium has been reported to form biofilms around, and to comigrate with, growing hyphae of Lyophyllum sp. strain Karsten. In addition, it was found to be able to utilize fungal metabolites. Here, we extend this work to shed some light on the interactions between the bacterial and fungal partner which allow ecological success for the former. In standing liquid microcosms inoculated with Lyophyllum sp. strain Karsten, we detected, upon prolonged incubation, the formation of a mycelial mat at the liquid-air interface. From this mat, primordia were formed after 4-6 weeks, which eventually resulted in mushrooms. However, upon addition of strain BS001 to the bulk liquid, mushroom formation from the fungal mat was clearly inhibited, as evidenced by (1) the formation of significantly lower numbers of primordia and (2) a delay of the onset of primordia formation. Moreover and importantly, the presence of strain BS001 caused the fungus to secrete large amounts of exudates at the mycelial mat, whereas such exudation was absent from control (uninoculated) or Escherichia coli K12- or Variovorax paradoxus BS64-inoculated microcosms. In the exudates, glycerol was the main carbonaceous component, and this compound could be easily utilized by strain BS001. Thus, in different experimental set-ups with the fungal partner, strain BS001 was shown to grow in the fungal exudates on the mat. The two fungal-interactive phenotypes were specific for B. terrae strain BS001, as the other bacteria used in our study, i.e. E. coli K12 and V. paradoxus BS64, did not exhibit any of these phenomena.
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- Rashid Nazir
- Department of Microbial Ecology, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, Linneausborg, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 Groningen, Netherlands.
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Triveni S, Prasanna R, Shukla L, Saxena AK. Evaluating the biochemical traits of novel Trichoderma-based biofilms for use as plant growth-promoting inoculants. ANN MICROBIOL 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s13213-012-0573-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Draft genome sequence of the soil bacterium Burkholderia terrae strain BS001, which interacts with fungal surface structures. J Bacteriol 2012; 194:4480-1. [PMID: 22843604 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00725-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Burkholderia terrae BS001 is a soil bacterium which was originally isolated from the mycosphere of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria proxima. It exhibits a range of fungus-interacting traits which reveal its propensity to actively interact at fungal interfaces. Here, we present the approximately 11.5-Mb (G+C content, 61.52%) draft genome sequence of B. terrae BS001 with the aim of providing insight into the genomic basis of its ecological success in fungus-affected soil settings.
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Martin G, Guggiari M, Bravo D, Zopfi J, Cailleau G, Aragno M, Job D, Verrecchia E, Junier P. Fungi, bacteria and soil pH: the oxalate-carbonate pathway as a model for metabolic interaction. Environ Microbiol 2012; 14:2960-70. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02862.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2011] [Revised: 07/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Laboratory of Microbiology; Institute of Biology; University of Neuchâtel; CH-2000; Neuchâtel; Switzerland
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- Biogeosciences Laboratory; Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, ; University of Lausanne; CH-1015; Lausanne; Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Microbiology; Institute of Biology; University of Neuchâtel; CH-2000; Neuchâtel; Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Microbiology; Institute of Biology; University of Neuchâtel; CH-2000; Neuchâtel; Switzerland
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- Biogeosciences Laboratory; Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, ; University of Lausanne; CH-1015; Lausanne; Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Microbiology; Institute of Biology; University of Neuchâtel; CH-2000; Neuchâtel; Switzerland
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Bharadwaj DP, Alström S, Lundquist PO. Interactions among Glomus irregulare, arbuscular mycorrhizal spore-associated bacteria, and plant pathogens under in vitro conditions. MYCORRHIZA 2012; 22:437-447. [PMID: 22081167 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-011-0418-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2011] [Accepted: 10/17/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi interact with bacteria (AM fungi-associated bacteria, AMB) in the mycorrhizosphere. We previously identified a set of AMB that enhance AM fungal colonization, plant growth, and inhibit pathogens. Here, we used transformed carrot root cultures in a two-compartment plate system for further in vitro studies on interactions taking place among Glomus irregulare (syn.Glomus intraradices), AMB, and plant pathogens. We found that exudates of G. irregulare stimulated growth of all ten AMB isolates tested in multi-well plates. AMB growth stimulation was observed also during co-cultivation of three of these AMB with G. irregulare in the hyphal compartment. In addition, co-cultivation stimulated growth of G. irregulare hyphae and spore production, as well as G. irregulare root colonization. GC/MS analysis in a preliminary screening of metabolites revealed differences in concentrations of several identified but also unidentified compounds in G. irregulare hyphal exudates. Exudates in presence of three different AMB isolates co-cultivated with G. irregulare contained several additional compounds that differed in amount compared with G. irregulare alone. The results indicate that G. irregulare exudates contain carbohydrates, amino acids, and unidentified compounds that could serve as a substrate to stimulate AMB growth. With regard to effects on plant pathogens, growth inhibition of Rhizoctonia solani, Verticillium dahliae, and Pectobacterium carotovorum ssp. carotovorum was evident in the presence of the AMB isolates tested together with the G. irregulare exudates. These in vitro studies suggest that G. irregulare and AMB stimulate growth of each other and that they together seem to provide an additive effect against growth of both fungal and bacterial pathogens.
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- Dharam Parkash Bharadwaj
- Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7026, SE-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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Mela F, Fritsche K, de Boer W, van den Berg M, van Veen JA, Maharaj NN, Leveau JHJ. Comparative genomics of bacteria from the genus Collimonas: linking (dis)similarities in gene content to phenotypic variation and conservation. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2012; 4:424-432. [PMID: 23760828 DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2012.00336.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Collimonas is a genus of soil bacteria comprising three recognized species: C. fungivorans, C. pratensis and C. arenae. Collimonads share the ability to degrade chitin (chitinolysis), feed on living fungal hyphae (mycophagy), and dissolve minerals (weathering), but vary in their inhibition of fungi (fungistasis). To better understand this phenotypic variability, we analysed the genomic content of four strains representing three Collimonas species (Ter14, Ter6, Ter91 and Ter10) by hybridization to a microarray based on reference strain C. fungivorans Ter331. The analysis revealed genes unique to strain Ter331 (e.g. those on the extrachromosomal element pTer331) and genes present in some but not all of the tested strains. Among the latter were several candidates that may contribute to fungistasis, including genes for the production and secretion of antifungals. We hypothesize that differential possession of these genes underlies the specialization of Collimonas strains towards different fungal hosts. We identified a set of 136 genes that were common in all tested Collimonas strains, but absent from the genomes of three other members of the family Oxalobacteraceae. Predicted products of these 'Collimonas core' genes include lytic, secreted enzymes such as chitinases, peptidases, nucleases and phosphatases with a putative role in mycophagy and weathering.
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- F Mela
- Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, the Netherlands Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Furuno S, Foss S, Wild E, Jones KC, Semple KT, Harms H, Wick LY. Mycelia promote active transport and spatial dispersion of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2012; 46:5463-5470. [PMID: 22559873 DOI: 10.1021/es300810b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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To cope with heterogeneous subsurface environments mycelial microorganisms have developed a unique ramified growth form. By extending hyphae, they can obtain nutrients from remote places and transport them even through air gaps and in small pore spaces, repectively. To date, studies have been focusing on the role that networks play in the distribution of nutrients. Here, we investigated the role of mycelia for the translocation of nonessential substances, using polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as model compounds. We show that the hyphae of the mycelial soil oomycete Pythium ultimum function as active translocation vectors for a wide range of PAHs. Visualization by two-photon excitation microscopy (TPEM) demonstrated the uptake and accumulation of phenanthrene (PHE) in lipid vesicles and its active transport by cytoplasmic streaming of the hyphae ('hyphal pipelines'). In mycelial networks, contaminants were translocated over larger distances than by diffusion. Given their transport capacity and ubiquity, hyphae may substantially distribute remote hydrophobic contaminants in soil, thereby improving their bioavailability to bacterial degradation. Hyphal contaminant dispersal may provide an untapped potential for future bioremediation approaches.
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- Shoko Furuno
- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ , Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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Optimization of conditions for in vitro development of Trichoderma viride-based biofilms as potential inoculants. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2012; 57:431-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s12223-012-0154-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2011] [Accepted: 04/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Demba Diallo M, Monteil CL, Vinatzer BA, Clarke CR, Glaux C, Guilbaud C, Desbiez C, Morris CE. Pseudomonas syringae naturally lacking the canonical type III secretion system are ubiquitous in nonagricultural habitats, are phylogenetically diverse and can be pathogenic. ISME JOURNAL 2012; 6:1325-35. [PMID: 22237542 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The type III secretion system (T3SS) is an important virulence factor of pathogenic bacteria, but the natural occurrence of variants of bacterial plant pathogens with deficiencies in their T3SS raises questions about the significance of the T3SS for fitness. Previous work on T3SS-deficient plant pathogenic bacteria has focused on strains from plants or plant debris. Here we have characterized T3SS-deficient strains of Pseudomonas syringae from plant and nonplant substrates in pristine nonagricultural contexts, many of which represent recently described clades not yet found associated with crop plants. Strains incapable of inducing a hypersensitive reaction (HR(-)) in tobacco were detected in 65% of 126 samples from headwaters of rivers (mountain creeks and lakes), snowpack, epilithic biofilms, wild plants and leaf litter and constituted 2 to 100% of the P. syringae population associated with each sample. All HR(-) strains lacked at least one gene in the canonical hrp/hrc locus or the associated conserved effector locus, but most lacked all six of the genes tested (hrcC, hrpL, hrpK1, avrE1 and hrpW1) and represented several disparate phylogenetic clades. Although most HR(-) strains were incapable of causing symptoms on cantaloupe seedlings as expected, strains in the recently described TA-002 clade caused severe symptoms in spite of the absence of any of the six conserved genes of the canonical T3SS according to PCR and Southern blot assays. The phylogenetic context of the T3SS variants we observed provides insight into the evolutionary history of P. syringae as a pathogen and as an environmental saprophyte.
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Mutually facilitated dispersal between the nonmotile fungus Aspergillus fumigatus and the swarming bacterium Paenibacillus vortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:19731-6. [PMID: 22106274 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1102097108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In the heterogeneous environment surrounding plant roots (the rhizosphere), microorganisms both compete and cooperate. Here, we show that two very different inhabitants of the rhizosphere, the nonmotile fungus Aspergillus fumigatus and the swarming bacterium Paenibacillus vortex, can facilitate each other's dispersal. A. fumigatus conidia (nonmotile asexual fungal spores) can be transported by P. vortex swarms over distances of at least 30 cm and at rates of up to 10.8 mm h(-1). Moreover, conidia can be rescued and transported by P. vortex from niches of adverse growth conditions. Potential benefit to the bacteria may be in crossing otherwise impenetrable barriers in the soil: fungal mycelia seem to act as bridges to allow P. vortex to cross air gaps in agar plates. Transport of conidia was inhibited by proteolytic treatment of conidia or the addition of purified P. vortex flagella, suggesting specific contacts between flagella and proteins on the conidial surface. Conidia were transported by P. vortex into locations where antibiotics inhibited bacteria growth, and therefore, growth and sporulation of A. fumigatus were not limited by bacterial competition. Conidia from other fungi, similar in size to those fungi from A. fumigatus, were not transported as efficiently by P. vortex. Conidia from a range of fungi were not transported by another closely related rhizosphere bacterium, Paenibacillus polymyxa, or the more distantly related Proteus mirabilis, despite both being efficient swarmers.
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Furuno S, Remer R, Chatzinotas A, Harms H, Wick LY. Use of mycelia as paths for the isolation of contaminant-degrading bacteria from soil. Microb Biotechnol 2011; 5:142-8. [PMID: 22014110 PMCID: PMC3815281 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2011.00309.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Mycelia of fungi and soil oomycetes have recently been found to act as effective paths boosting bacterial mobility and bioaccessibility of contaminants in vadose environments. In this study, we demonstrate that mycelia can be used for targeted separation and isolation of contaminant‐degrading bacteria from soil. In a ‘proof of concept’ study we developed a novel approach to isolate bacteria from contaminated soil using mycelia of the soil oomycete Pythium ultimum as translocation networks for bacteria and the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon naphthalene (NAPH) as selective carbon source. NAPH‐degrading bacterial isolates were affiliated with the genera Xanthomonas, Rhodococcus and Pseudomonas. Except for Rhodococcus the NAPH‐degrading isolates exhibited significant motility as observed in standard swarming and swimming motility assays. All steps of the isolation procedures were followed by cultivation‐independent terminal 16S rRNA gene terminal fragment length polymorphism (T‐RFLP) analysis. Interestingly, a high similarity (63%) between both the cultivable NAPH‐degrading migrant and the cultivable parent soil bacterial community profiles was observed. This suggests that mycelial networks generally confer mobility to native, contaminant‐degrading soil bacteria. Targeted, mycelia‐based dispersal hence may have high potential for the isolation of bacteria with biotechnologically useful properties.
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- Shoko Furuno
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Microbiology, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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Viollet A, Corberand T, Mougel C, Robin A, Lemanceau P, Mazurier S. Fluorescent pseudomonads harboring type III secretion genes are enriched in the mycorrhizosphere of Medicago truncatula. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2011; 75:457-67. [PMID: 21204867 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.01021.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Type III secretion systems (T3SSs) of Gram-negative bacteria mediate direct interactions with eukaryotic cells. Pseudomonas spp. harboring T3SS genes (T3SS+) were previously shown to be more abundant in the rhizosphere than in bulk soil. To discriminate the contribution of roots and associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on the enrichment of T3SS+ fluorescent pseudomonads in the rhizosphere of Medicago truncatula, their frequency was assessed among pseudomonads isolated from mycorrhizal and nonmycorrhizal roots and from bulk soil. T3SS genes were identified by PCR targeting a conserved hrcRST DNA fragment. Polymorphism of hrcRST in T3SS+ isolates was assessed by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism and sequencing. Genotypic diversity of all pseudomonads isolated, whether or not harboring T3SS, was described by BOX-PCR. T3SS+ pseudomonads were significantly more abundant in mycorrhizal than in nonmycorrhizal roots and in bulk soil, and all were shown to belong to the phylogenetic group of Pseudomonas fluorescens on the basis of 16S rRNA gene identity. Four hrcRST genotypes were described; two only included isolates from mycorrhizal roots. T3SS+ and T3SS- pseudomonads showed different genetic backgrounds as indicated by their different BOX-PCR types. Taken together, these data suggest that T3SSs are implicated in interactions between fluorescent pseudomonads and AM in medic rhizosphere.
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- Amandine Viollet
- INRA, Université de Bourgogne, UMR 1229 Microbiologie du Sol et de l'Environnement, CMSE, Dijon, France
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Interactions between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and soil bacteria. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 89:917-30. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-3004-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2010] [Revised: 11/03/2010] [Accepted: 11/03/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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