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Aasfar A, Meftah Kadmiri I, Azaroual SE, Lemriss S, Mernissi NE, Bargaz A, Zeroual Y, Hilali A. Agronomic advantage of bacterial biological nitrogen fixation on wheat plant growth under contrasting nitrogen and phosphorus regimes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1388775. [PMID: 38779073 PMCID: PMC11109382 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1388775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Introduction Given their remarkable capacity to convert atmospheric nitrogen into plant-accessible ammonia, nitrogen-fixing microbial species hold promise as a sustainable alternative to chemical nitrogen fertilizers, particularly in economically significant crops like wheat. This study aimed to identify strains with optimal attributes for promoting wheat growth sustainably, with a primary emphasis on reducing reliance on chemical nitrogen fertilizers. Methods We isolated free nitrogen-fixing strains from diverse rhizospheric soils across Morocco. Subsequently, we conducted a rigorous screening process to evaluate their plant growth-promoting traits, including nitrogen fixation, phosphate solubilization, phytohormone production and their ability to enhance wheat plant growth under controlled conditions. Two specific strains, Rhodotorula mucilaginosa NF 516 and Arthrobacter sp. NF 528, were selected for in-depth evaluation, with the focus on their ability to reduce the need for chemical nitrogen supply, particularly when used in conjunction with TSP fertilizer and natural rock phosphate. These two sources of phosphate were chosen to assess their agricultural effectiveness on wheat plants. Results and discussion Twenty-two nitrogen-fixing strains (nif-H+) were isolated from various Moroccan rhizospheric soils, representing Bacillus sp., Pseudomonas sp., Arthrobacter sp., Burkholderia sp. and a yeast-like microorganism. These strains were carefully selected based on their potential to promote plant growth. The findings revealed that the application of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa NF 516 and Arthrobacter sp. NF 528 individually or in combination, significantly improved wheat plant growth and enhanced nutrients (N and P) uptake under reduced nitrogen regimes. Notably, their effectiveness was evident in response to both natural rock phosphate and TSP, demonstrating their important role in wheat production under conditions of low nitrogen and complex phosphorus inputs. This research underscores the significant role of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms, particularly Rhodotorula mucilaginosa NF 516 and Arthrobacter sp. NF 528, in wheat production under conditions of low nitrogen and complex phosphorus inputs. It showcases their potential to reduce chemical nitrogen fertilization requirements by up to 50% without compromising wheat plant yields. Our study emphasizes the importance of bacterial biological nitrogen fixation in meeting the remaining nitrogen requirements beyond this reduction. This underscores the vital role of microbial contributions in providing essential nitrogen for optimal plant growth and highlights the significance of biological nitrogen fixation in sustainable agriculture practices.
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- Abderrahim Aasfar
- Plant and Microbial Biotechnology Center, Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir, Morocco
- Laboratory of Health Sciences and Technologies, High Institute of Health Sciences, Hassan 1st University, Settat, Morocco
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- Plant and Microbial Biotechnology Center, Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir, Morocco
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- Plant and Microbial Biotechnology Center, Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir, Morocco
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- Department of Biosecurity PCL3, Laboratory of Research and Medical Analysis of Gendarmerie Royale, Rabat, Morocco
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- Plant and Microbial Biotechnology Center, Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir, Morocco
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- AgroBioSciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir, Morocco
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- Situation Innovation Group–Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP Group), Jorf Lasfar, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Health Sciences and Technologies, High Institute of Health Sciences, Hassan 1st University, Settat, Morocco
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Negi R, Sharma B, Kumar S, Chaubey KK, Kaur T, Devi R, Yadav A, Kour D, Yadav AN. Plant endophytes: unveiling hidden applications toward agro-environment sustainability. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2024; 69:181-206. [PMID: 37747637 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-023-01092-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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Endophytic microbes are plant-associated microorganisms that reside in the interior tissue of plants without causing damage to the host plant. Endophytic microbes can boost the availability of nutrient for plant by using a variety of mechanisms such as fixing nitrogen, solubilizing phosphorus, potassium, and zinc, and producing siderophores, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, and phytohormones that help plant for growth and protection against various abiotic and biotic stresses. The microbial endophytes have attained the mechanism of producing various hydrolytic enzymes such as cellulase, pectinase, xylanase, amylase, gelatinase, and bioactive compounds for plant growth promotion and protection. The efficient plant growth promoting endophytic microbes could be used as an alternative of chemical fertilizers for agro-environmental sustainability. Endophytic microbes belong to different phyla including Euryarchaeota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Mucoromycota, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, and Actinobacteria. The most pre-dominant group of bacteria belongs to Proteobacteria including α-, β-, γ-, and δ-Proteobacteria. The least diversity of the endophytic microbes have been revealed from Bacteroidetes, Deinococcus-Thermus, and Acidobacteria. Among reported genera, Achromobacter, Burkholderia, Bacillus, Enterobacter, Herbaspirillum, Pseudomonas, Pantoea, Rhizobium, and Streptomyces were dominant in most host plants. The present review deals with plant endophytic diversity, mechanisms of plant growth promotion, protection, and their role for agro-environmental sustainability. In the future, application of endophytic microbes have potential role in enhancement of crop productivity and maintaining the soil health in sustainable manner.
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- Rajeshwari Negi
- Department of Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, 173101, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Akal College of Basic Sciences, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, 173101, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, GLA University, Mathura, 281406, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Research and Innovation, School of Applied and Life Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Premnagar, Dehradun, 248007, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, 173101, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, 173101, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Akal College of Basic Sciences, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, 173101, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, 173101, Himachal Pradesh, India.
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Çelik Doğan C, Yüksel Dolgun HT, İkiz S, Kırkan Ş, Parın U. Detection of the Microbial Composition of Some Commercial Fermented Liquid Products via Metagenomic Analysis. Foods 2023; 12:3538. [PMID: 37835192 PMCID: PMC10572611 DOI: 10.3390/foods12193538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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The fermented liquid sector is developing all over the world due to its contribution to health. Our study has contributed to the debate about whether industrially manufactured fermented liquids live up to their claims by analyzing pathogens and beneficial bacteria using a 16S rRNA sequencing technique called metagenomic analysis. Paenibacillus, Lentibacillus, Bacillus, Enterococcus, Levilactobacillus, and Oenococcus were the most abundant bacterial genera observed as potential probiotics. Pseudomonas stutzeri, Acinetobacter, and Collimonas, which have plant-growth-promoting traits, were also detected. The fact that we encounter biocontroller bacteria that promote plant growth demonstrates that these organisms are widely used in foods and emphasizes the necessity of evaluating them in terms of public health. Their potential applications in agriculture may pose a danger to food hygiene and human health in the long term, so our data suggest that this should be evaluated.
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- Cansu Çelik Doğan
- Food Technology Program, Food Processing Department, Vocational School of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, 34320 Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, 09010 Aydın, Türkiye; (H.T.Y.D.); (Ş.K.); (U.P.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, 34320 Istanbul, Türkiye;
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, 09010 Aydın, Türkiye; (H.T.Y.D.); (Ş.K.); (U.P.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, 09010 Aydın, Türkiye; (H.T.Y.D.); (Ş.K.); (U.P.)
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Meena M, Yadav G, Sonigra P, Nagda A, Mehta T, Swapnil P, Marwal A, Zehra A. Advantageous features of plant growth-promoting microorganisms to improve plant growth in difficult conditions. PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTION - RECENT ADVANCES IN MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL APPROACHES 2023:279-296. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-91876-3.00019-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Soil microbiome disruption reveals specific and general plant-bacterial relationships in three agroecosystem soils. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0277529. [PMID: 36383522 PMCID: PMC9668122 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Soil microbiome disruption methods are regularly used to reduce populations of microbial pathogens, often resulting in increased crop growth. However, little is known about the effect of soil microbiome disruption on non-pathogenic members of the soil microbiome. Here, we applied soil microbiome disruption in the form of moist-heat sterilization (autoclaving) to reduce populations of naturally occurring soil microbiota. The disruption was applied to analyze bacterial community rearrangement mediated by four crops (corn, beet, lettuce, and tomato) grown in three historically distinct agroecosystem soils (conventional, organic, and diseased). Applying the soil disruption enhanced plant influence on rhizosphere bacterial colonization, and significantly different bacterial communities were detected between the tested crops. Furthermore, bacterial genera showed significant abundance increases in ways both unique-to and shared-by each tested crop. As an example, corn uniquely promoted abundances of Pseudomonas and Sporocytophaga, regardless of the disrupted soil in which it was grown. Whereas the promotion of Bosea, Dyadobacter and Luteoliobacter was shared by all four crops when grown in disrupted soils. In summary, soil disruption followed by crop introduction amplified the plant colonization of potential beneficial bacterial genera in the rhizosphere.
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Lin Y, Zhang H, Li P, Jin J, Li Z. The bacterial consortia promote plant growth and secondary metabolite accumulation in Astragalus mongholicus under drought stress. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:475. [PMID: 36203134 PMCID: PMC9541091 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03859-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Astragalus mongholicus is a widely used Traditional Chinese Medicine. However, cultivated A. mongholicus is often threatened by water shortage at all growth stage, and the content of medicinal compounds of cultivated A. mongholicus is much lower than that of wild plants. To alleviate drought stress on A. mongholicus and improve the accumulation of medicinal components in roots of A. mongholicus, we combined different bacteria with plant growth promotion or abiotic stress resistance characteristics and evaluated the role of bacterial consortium in helping plants tolerate drought stress and improving medicinal component content in roots simultaneously. Through the determination of 429 bacterial strains, it was found that 97 isolates had phosphate solubilizing ability, 63 isolates could release potassium from potash feldspar, 123 isolates could produce IAA, 58 isolates could synthesize ACC deaminase, and 21 isolates could secret siderophore. Eight bacterial consortia were constructed with 25 bacterial isolates with more than three functions or strong growth promoting ability, and six out of eight bacterial consortia significantly improved the root dry weight. However, only consortium 6 could increase the root biomass, astragaloside IV and calycosin-7-glucoside content in roots simultaneously. Under drought challenge, the consortium 6 could still perform these functions. Compared with non-inoculated plants, the root dry weight of consortium inoculated-plants increased by 120.0% and 78.8% under mild and moderate drought stress, the total content of astragaloside IV increased by 183.83% and 164.97% under moderate and severe drought stress, calycosin-7-glucoside content increased by 86.60%, 148.56% and 111.45% under mild, moderate and severe drought stress, respectively. Meanwhile, consortium inoculation resulted in a decrease in MDA level, while soluble protein and proline content and SOD, POD and CAT activities increased. These findings provide novel insights about multiple bacterial combinations to improve drought stress responses and contribute to accumulate more medicinal compounds.
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- Yixian Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, College of Life Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, College of Life Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, College of Life Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, College of Life Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, College of Life Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
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Wang Y, Shen Z, Feng F, Chen X, Song L, Wan Q, Ma L, Ge J, Cheng J, Ren L, Yu X. Isolation, characterization and application of the epoxiconazole-degrading strain Pseudomonas sp. F1 in a soil-vegetable system. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 305:135463. [PMID: 35753417 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Epoxiconazole (EPX) has a long half-life in soil and causes various toxicological effects in both the ecosystem and mammals. In this study, eight strains of bacteria capable of degrading EPX were isolated from pesticide-contaminated soil, with strain F1 showing the best effect. This strain was identified as Pseudomonas sp. by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and physiological-biochemical analyses. Our results indicated that strain F1 has a high capacity to degrade EPX, removing 92.1% of EPX within 6 days. The temperature and pH were the two most important environmental factors affecting EPX degradation, followed by substrate concentration and inoculum dose. In addition, strain F1 has a high capacity to promote EPX degradation in soils, with a lower t1/2 value (2.64 d) in F1-inoculated soil compared to the control (t1/2 = 96.3 d) without strain F1. The strain could efficiently colonize rhizosphere soil and enhance degradation of EPX, leading to a significant decrease in the accumulation and translocation of EPX in vegetables, thereby alleviating the effects of EPX-induced stress on plants. Moreover, we observed that strain F1-gfp was able to colonize the roots, stems and leaves of Brassica rapa var. chinensis. Such colonization may play a role in the efficient degradation of EPX within plants. To our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate biodegradation of EPX in a soil-vegetable system using an EPX-degrading bacterium. This study indicates that strain F1 is a promising candidate for simultaneous bioremediation of soil contaminated with EPX and safe food production.
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- Ya Wang
- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210014, China; School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210014, China; School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210014, China; School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210014, China; School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base, Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210014, China; School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China.
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Jin T, Ren J, Li Y, Bai B, Liu R, Wang Y. Plant growth-promoting effect and genomic analysis of the P. putida LWPZF isolated from C. japonicum rhizosphere. AMB Express 2022; 12:101. [PMID: 35917000 PMCID: PMC9346032 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-022-01445-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria are a type of beneficial bacteria which inhabit in the rhizosphere and possess the abilities to promote plant growth. Pseudomonas putida LWPZF is a plant growth-promoting bacterium isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Cercidiphyllum japonicum. Inoculation treatment with LWPZF could significantly promote the growth of C. japonicum seedlings. P. putida LWPZF has a variety of plant growth-promoting properties, including the ability to solubilize phosphate, synthesize ACC deaminase and IAA. The P. putida LWPZF genome contained a circular chromosome (6,259,530 bp) and a circular plasmid (160,969 bp) with G+C contents of 61.75% and 58.25%, respectively. There were 5632 and 169 predicted protein-coding sequences (CDSs) on the chromosome and the plasmid respectively. Genome sequence analysis revealed lots of genes associated with biosynthesis of IAA, pyoverdine, ACC deaminase, trehalose, volatiles acetoin and 2,3-butanediol, 4-hydroxybenzoate, as well as gluconic acid contributing phosphate solubilization. Additionally, we identified many heavy metal resistance genes, including arsenate, copper, chromate, cobalt-zinc-cadmium, and mercury. These results suggest that P. putida LWPZF shows strong potential in the fields of biofertilizer, biocontrol and heavy metal contamination soil remediation. The data presented in this study will allow us to better understand the mechanisms of plant growth promotion, biocontrol, and anti-heavy metal of P. putida LWPZF.
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- Tingting Jin
- Department of Life Sciences, Changzhi University, Changzhi, 046011, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Life Sciences, Changzhi University, Changzhi, 046011, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Life Sciences, Changzhi University, Changzhi, 046011, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Life Sciences, Changzhi University, Changzhi, 046011, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Life Sciences, Changzhi University, Changzhi, 046011, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Life Sciences, Changzhi University, Changzhi, 046011, People's Republic of China
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Microbial endophytes: application towards sustainable agriculture and food security. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 106:5359-5384. [PMID: 35902410 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-12078-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Microbial endophytes are ubiquitous and exist in each recognised plant species reported till date. Within the host plant, the entire community of microbes lives non-invasively within the active internal tissues without causing any harm to the plant. Endophytes interact with their host plant via metabolic communication enables them to generate signal molecules. In addition, the host plant's genetic recombination with endophytes helps them to imitate the host's physicochemical functions and develop identical active molecules. Therefore, when cultured separately, they begin producing the host plant phytochemicals. The fungal species Penicillium chrysogenum has portrayed the glory days of antibiotics with the invention of the antibiotic penicillin. Therefore, fungi have substantially supported social health by developing many bioactive molecules utilised as antioxidant, antibacterial, antiviral, immunomodulatory and anticancerous agents. But plant-related microbes have emanated as fountainheads of biologically functional compounds with higher levels of medicinal perspective in recent years. Researchers have been motivated by the endless need for potent drugs to investigate alternate ways to find new endophytes and bioactive molecules, which tend to be a probable aim for drug discovery. The current research trends with these promising endophytic organisms are reviewed in this review paper. KEY POINTS: • Identified 54 important bioactive compounds as agricultural relevance • Role of genome mining of endophytes and "Multi-Omics" tools in sustainable agriculture • A thorough description and graphical presentation of agricultural significance of plant endophytes.
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Khumairah FH, Setiawati MR, Fitriatin BN, Simarmata T, Alfaraj S, Ansari MJ, Enshasy HAE, Sayyed RZ, Najafi S. Halotolerant Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Isolated From Saline Soil Improve Nitrogen Fixation and Alleviate Salt Stress in Rice Plants. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:905210. [PMID: 35770168 PMCID: PMC9236307 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.905210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Salinity is one of the most damaging abiotic stresses due to climate change impacts that affect the growth and yield of crops, especially in lowland rice fields and coastal areas. This research aimed to isolate potential halotolerant plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria from different rhizo-microbiome and use them as effective bioinoculants to improve rice growth under salinity stress conditions. Bioassay using rice seedlings was performed in a randomized block design consisting of 16 treatments (control and 15 bacterial isolates) with three replications. Results revealed that isolates S3, S5, and S6 gave higher shoot height, root length, and plant dry weight compared with control (without isolates). Based on molecular characteristics, isolates S3 and S5 were identified as Pseudomonas stutzeri and Klebsiella pneumonia. These isolates were able to promote rice growth under salinity stress conditions as halotolerant plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria. These three potent isolates were found to produce indole-3-acetic acid and nitrogenase.
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- Fiqriah Hanum Khumairah
- Department of Soil Science, University of Padjadjaran, Jatinangor, Indonesia
- Department of Forestry Management, State Agricultural Polytechnic of Samarinda, Samarinda, Indonesia
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- Department of Soil Science, University of Padjadjaran, Jatinangor, Indonesia
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany, Hindu College Moradabad, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University Bareilly, Bareilly, India
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- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Institute of Bioproduct Development (IBD), Skudai, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Skudai, Malaysia
- City of Scientific Research and Technology Applications (SRTA), Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology, PSGVP Mandal’s S I Patil Arts, G B Patel Science, and STKVS Commerce College, Shahada, India
- Department of Entomology, Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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- Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van, Turkey
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Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria Burkholderia vietnamiensis B418 inhibits root-knot nematode on watermelon by modifying the rhizosphere microbial community. Sci Rep 2022; 12:8381. [PMID: 35589885 PMCID: PMC9120051 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-12472-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Burkholderia vietnamiensis B418 is a multifunctional plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) strain with nitrogen-fixing and phosphate-solubilizing capability which can be employed for root-knot nematode (RKN) management on various crops and vegetables. Here we investigated the control efficacy of B. vietnamiensis B418 inoculation against RKN on watermelon, applied either alone or combined with nematicides fosthiazate or avermectin, and their effects on bacterial and fungal microbiomes in rhizosphere soil. The results of field experiments showed individual application of B418 displayed the highest control efficacy against RKN by 71.15%. The combinations with fosthiazate and avermectin exhibited slight incompatibility with lower inhibitory effects of 62.71% and 67.87%, respectively, which were still notably higher than these nematicides applied separately. Analysis of microbiome assemblages revealed B418 inoculation resulted in a slight reduction for bacterial community and a significant increment for fungal community, suggesting that B418 could compete with other bacteria and stimulate fungal diversity in rhizosphere. The relative abundance of Xanthomonadales, Gemmatimonadales and Sphingomonadales increased while that of Actinomycetales reduced with B418 inoculation. The predominate Sordariomycetes of fungal community decreased dramatically in control treatment with B418 inoculation whereas there were increments in fosthiazate and avermectin treatments. Additionally, nitrogen (N) cycling by soil microbes was estimated by quantifying the abundance of microbial functional genes involved in N-transformation processes as B418 has the capability of N-fixation. The copy number of N-fixing gene nifH increased with B418 inoculation, and the highest increment reached 35.66% in control treatment. Our results demonstrate that B. vietnamiensis B418 is an effective biological nematicide for nematode management, which acts through the modulation of rhizosphere microbial community.
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Shao Y, Yin C, Lv F, Jiang S, Wu S, Han Y, Xue W, Ma Y, Zheng J, Zhan Y, Ke X, Lu W, Lin M, Shang L, Yan Y. The Sigma Factor AlgU Regulates Exopolysaccharide Production and Nitrogen-Fixing Biofilm Formation by Directly Activating the Transcription of pslA in Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13050867. [PMID: 35627252 PMCID: PMC9141998 DOI: 10.3390/genes13050867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501, a plant-associated diazotrophic bacterium, prefers to conform to a nitrogen-fixing biofilm state under nitrogen-deficient conditions. The extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factor AlgU is reported to play key roles in exopolysaccharide (EPS) production and biofilm formation in the Pseudomonas genus; however, the function of AlgU in P. stutzeri A1501 is still unclear. In this work, we mainly investigated the role of algU in EPS production, biofilm formation and nitrogenase activity in A1501. The algU mutant ΔalgU showed a dramatic decrease both in the EPS production and the biofilm formation capabilities. In addition, the biofilm-based nitrogenase activity was reduced by 81.4% in the ΔalgU mutant. The transcriptional level of pslA, a key Psl-like (a major EPS in A1501) synthesis-related gene, was almost completely inhibited in the algU mutant and was upregulated by 2.8-fold in the algU-overexpressing strain. A predicted AlgU-binding site was identified in the promoter region of pslA. The DNase I footprinting assays indicated that AlgU could directly bind to the pslA promoter, and β-galactosidase activity analysis further revealed mutations of the AlgU-binding boxes drastically reduced the transcriptional activity of the pslA promoter; moreover, we also demonstrated that AlgU was positively regulated by RpoN at the transcriptional level and negatively regulated by the RNA-binding protein RsmA at the posttranscriptional level. Taken together, these data suggest that AlgU promotes EPS production and nitrogen-fixing biofilm formation by directly activating the transcription of pslA, and the expression of AlgU is controlled by RpoN and RsmA at different regulatory levels.
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- Yahui Shao
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.S.); (C.Y.); (F.L.); (S.J.); (S.W.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (Y.M.); (J.Z.); (Y.Z.); (X.K.); (W.L.); (M.L.)
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.S.); (C.Y.); (F.L.); (S.J.); (S.W.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (Y.M.); (J.Z.); (Y.Z.); (X.K.); (W.L.); (M.L.)
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.S.); (C.Y.); (F.L.); (S.J.); (S.W.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (Y.M.); (J.Z.); (Y.Z.); (X.K.); (W.L.); (M.L.)
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.S.); (C.Y.); (F.L.); (S.J.); (S.W.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (Y.M.); (J.Z.); (Y.Z.); (X.K.); (W.L.); (M.L.)
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.S.); (C.Y.); (F.L.); (S.J.); (S.W.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (Y.M.); (J.Z.); (Y.Z.); (X.K.); (W.L.); (M.L.)
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.S.); (C.Y.); (F.L.); (S.J.); (S.W.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (Y.M.); (J.Z.); (Y.Z.); (X.K.); (W.L.); (M.L.)
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.S.); (C.Y.); (F.L.); (S.J.); (S.W.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (Y.M.); (J.Z.); (Y.Z.); (X.K.); (W.L.); (M.L.)
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.S.); (C.Y.); (F.L.); (S.J.); (S.W.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (Y.M.); (J.Z.); (Y.Z.); (X.K.); (W.L.); (M.L.)
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.S.); (C.Y.); (F.L.); (S.J.); (S.W.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (Y.M.); (J.Z.); (Y.Z.); (X.K.); (W.L.); (M.L.)
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.S.); (C.Y.); (F.L.); (S.J.); (S.W.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (Y.M.); (J.Z.); (Y.Z.); (X.K.); (W.L.); (M.L.)
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.S.); (C.Y.); (F.L.); (S.J.); (S.W.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (Y.M.); (J.Z.); (Y.Z.); (X.K.); (W.L.); (M.L.)
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.S.); (C.Y.); (F.L.); (S.J.); (S.W.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (Y.M.); (J.Z.); (Y.Z.); (X.K.); (W.L.); (M.L.)
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.S.); (C.Y.); (F.L.); (S.J.); (S.W.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (Y.M.); (J.Z.); (Y.Z.); (X.K.); (W.L.); (M.L.)
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- School of Basic Medicine, GuangXi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, China
- Correspondence: (L.S.); (Y.Y.)
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (Y.S.); (C.Y.); (F.L.); (S.J.); (S.W.); (Y.H.); (W.X.); (Y.M.); (J.Z.); (Y.Z.); (X.K.); (W.L.); (M.L.)
- Correspondence: (L.S.); (Y.Y.)
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Szymańska S, Lis MI, Piernik A, Hrynkiewicz K. Pseudomonas stutzeri and Kushneria marisflavi Alleviate Salinity Stress-Associated Damages in Barley, Lettuce, and Sunflower. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:788893. [PMID: 35350624 PMCID: PMC8957930 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.788893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Soil salinity is one of the most important abiotic factors limiting plant productivity. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of selected halotolerant plant growth-promoting endophytes (PGPEs, Pseudomonas stutzeri ISE12 and Kushneria marisflavi CSE9) on the growth parameters of barley (Hordeum vulgare), lettuce (Lactuca sativa), and sunflower (Helianthus annuus) cultivated under salt stress conditions. A negative effect of two higher tested salinities (150 and 300 mM NaCl) was observed on the growth parameters of all investigated plants, including germination percentage and index (decreasing compared to the non-saline control variant in the ranges 5.3-91.7 and 13.6-90.9%, respectively), number of leaves (2.2-39.2%), fresh weight (24.2-81.6%); however, differences in salt stress tolerance among the investigated crops were observed (H. annuus > H. vulgare > L. sativa). Our data showed that the most crucial traits affected by endophyte inoculation under salt stress were chlorophyll concentration, leaf development, water storage, root development, and biomass accumulation. Thus, the influence of endophytes was species specific. K. marisflavi CSE9 promoted the growth of all tested plant species and could be considered a universal PGPEs for many plant genotypes cultivated under saline conditions (e.g., increasing of fresh weight compared to the non-inoculated control variant of barley, lettuce, and sunflower in the ranges 11.4-246.8, 118.9-201.2, and 16.4-77.7%, respectively). P. stutzeri ISE12 stimulated growth and mitigated salinity stress only in the case of barley. Bioaugmentation of crops with halotolerant bacterial strains can alleviate salt stress and promote plant growth; however, the selection of compatible strains and the verification of universal plant stress indicators are the key factors.
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- Sonia Szymańska
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Geobotany and Landscape Planning, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Geobotany and Landscape Planning, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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Collet L, Vander Wauven C, Oudjama Y, Galleni M, Dutoit R. Highlighting the factors governing transglycosylation in the GH5_5 endo-1,4-β-glucanase RBcel1. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2022; 78:278-289. [PMID: 35234142 PMCID: PMC8900817 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798321013541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Transglycosylating glycoside hydrolases (GHs) offer great potential for the enzymatic synthesis of oligosaccharides. Although knowledge is progressing, there is no unique strategy to improve the transglycosylation yield. Obtaining efficient enzymatic tools for glycan synthesis with GHs remains dependent on an improved understanding of the molecular factors governing the balance between hydrolysis and transglycosylation. This enzymatic and structural study of RBcel1, a transglycosylase from the GH5_5 subfamily isolated from an uncultured bacterium, aims to unravel such factors. The size of the acceptor and donor sugars was found to be critical since transglycosylation is efficient with oligosaccharides at least the size of cellotetraose as the donor and cellotriose as the acceptor. The reaction pH is important in driving the balance between hydrolysis and transglycosylation: hydrolysis is favored at pH values below 8, while transglycosylation becomes the major reaction at basic pH. Solving the structures of two RBcel1 variants, RBcel1_E135Q and RBcel1_Y201F, in complex with ligands has brought to light some of the molecular factors behind transglycosylation. The structure of RBcel1_E135Q in complex with cellotriose allowed a +3 subsite to be defined, in accordance with the requirement for cellotriose as a transglycosylation acceptor. The structure of RBcel1_Y201F has been obtained with several transglycosylation intermediates, providing crystallographic evidence of transglycosylation. The catalytic cleft is filled with (i) donors ranging from cellotriose to cellohexaose in the negative subsites and (ii) cellobiose and cellotriose in the positive subsites. Such a structure is particularly relevant since it is the first structure of a GH5 enzyme in complex with transglycosylation products that has been obtained with neither of the catalytic glutamate residues modified.
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Jiang Y, Li Q, Mao W, Tang W, White JF, Li H. Endophytic bacterial community of Stellera chamaejasme L. and its role in improving host plants' competitiveness in grasslands. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:3322-3333. [PMID: 35001475 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Stellera chamaejasme has become a problematic weed in northern and south-western grasslands of China. To evaluate a possible role of endophytes in its strong competitive capacity, the endophytic bacterial community of S. chamaejasme was investigated by culture-dependent and independent methods, and the growth-promoting traits of some culturable isolates as well as the benefit of endophyte ST3CS3 (Brevundimonas sp.) on host plants growth were studied. The results showed that 823 OTUs were generated with a 97% similarity level in the culture-independent study. They were classified into 29 phyla, 61 classes, 147 orders, 237 families and 440 genera. Among them, Pseudomonas and Ralstonia were the most dominant genera in belowground parts (G) (64.25%) and aboveground parts (S) (26.54%) respectively. The diversity and species richness of endophytes in S were significantly higher than that of G (P < 0.001, t-test). Contrary to this, the number of culturable bacteria in S was a little lower than that of G (P > 0.05, t-test). Totally, 176 isolates belonging to 30 morphotypes were obtained in the culture-dependent study. Among them, Acinetobacter was the most dominant genus in G (51.30%), then followed by Pseudomonas (6.09%) and Brevundimonas (6.09%), while Lysinibacillus (21.31%) was the most dominant genus in S, followed by Pseudomonas (11.48%). Growth-promoting trait tests indicated that 93.65% of the tested isolates (63) exhibited nitrogen-fixing, IAA-synthesizing, phosphorus or potassium solubilizing capacity, in which 77.97% belonged to Proteobacteria, a phylum found to contain more active isolates. Pot experiments demonstrated that endophyte ST3CS3 can significantly improve host plants growth and increase its nitrogen and chlorophyll content (P < 0.01, t-test). Therefore, we suggest that strong competitiveness of S. chamaejasme may in part be due to possession of high ratios of plant growth-promoting proteobacterial endophytes such as Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter and Brevundimonas.
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- Yuejuan Jiang
- Medical School of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, 650032, China
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- Medical School of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Medical School of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA
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- Medical School of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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Tariq M, Jameel F, Ijaz U, Abdullah M, Rashid K. Biofertilizer microorganisms accompanying pathogenic attributes: a potential threat. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 28:77-90. [PMID: 35221573 PMCID: PMC8847475 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-022-01138-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Application of biofertilizers containing living or dormant plant growth promoting bacterial cells is considered to be an ecofriendly alternative of chemical fertilizers for improved crop production. Biofertilizers opened myriad doors towards sustainable agriculture as they effectively reduce heavy use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides by keeping soils profuse in micro and macronutrients, regulating plant hormones and restraining infections caused by the pests present in soil without inflicting environmental damage. Generally, pathogenicity and biosafety testing of potential plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) are not performed, and the bacteria are reported to be beneficial solely on testing plant growth promoting characteristics. Unfortunately, some rhizosphere and endophytic PGPB are reported to be involved in various diseases. Such PGPB can also spread virulence and multidrug resistance genes carried by them through horizontal gene transfer to other bacteria in the environment. Therefore, deployment of such microbial populations in open fields could lead to disastrous side effects on human health and environment. Careless declaration of bacteria as PGPB is more pronounced in research publications. Here, we present a comprehensive report of declared PGPB which are reported to be pathogenic in other studies. This review also suggests the employment of some additional safety assessment protocols before reporting a bacteria as beneficial and product development.
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- Mohsin Tariq
- Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Pseudomonas mediated nutritional and growth promotional activities for sustainable food security. CURRENT RESEARCH IN MICROBIAL SCIENCES 2021; 2:100084. [PMID: 34917993 PMCID: PMC8645841 DOI: 10.1016/j.crmicr.2021.100084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Fluorescent and non-fluorescent species of Pseudomonas are important for plant growth promotion, phytopathogenic control and plant disease management. Pseudomonas belong to Pseudomonadaceae family (10 groups on the basis of rRNA-DNA hybridization) classified into 6-subgroups of rRNA gene homology and RFLP. Pseudomonas species produce antagonistic mechanism such as ISR and compounds like cell wall degradation enzymes, and antibiotics to maintain a mutualistic relationship with the associated plant. Pseudomonas sp. synthesize auxins having properties similar to phytohormones like IAA, which act as signaling molecules for regulating plant growth.
Numerous microbial communities show synergistic and antagonistic interactions among themselves, resulting in benefit and harm to either or both the associated members. The association holds accountability for nutrients recycling and energy drift, resulting in the availability of macronutrients unavailable and insoluble forms of rhizospheric nutrients, crucial for vital processes in plants, e.g., act as co-factors of various phyto-enzyme and redox mediators. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria are known to enhance plant growth by increasing these macronutrients availability during their plant root colonization. In comparison to any other genera, Pseudomonas is the most favored bioinoculant due to its significant properties in both plant growth and phytopathogen control during its synergistic association with the host plant. These properties include siderophore production, phosphate solubilization, nitrogen fixation, phenazines, antibiotics, and induced systemic resistance carried out by various Pseudomonas species like Pseudomonas fluorescens, Pseudomonas putida, and Pseudomonas syringae. The association of Pseudomonas with crop plants procures several secretory and electron-based feedback mechanisms in order to regulate the plant growth and phytopathogen control activities through the secretion of several phytohormones (auxins, gibberellins, Indole-3-acetic acid), secondary metabolites (flavonoids) and enzymes (aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase). Ecologically significant applications of Pseudomonas in biocontrol and bioaugmentation are crucial for maintaining food security.
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Plant ecological genomics at the limits of life in the Atacama Desert. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2101177118. [PMID: 34725254 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2101177118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The Atacama Desert in Chile-hyperarid and with high-ultraviolet irradiance levels-is one of the harshest environments on Earth. Yet, dozens of species grow there, including Atacama-endemic plants. Herein, we establish the Talabre-Lejía transect (TLT) in the Atacama as an unparalleled natural laboratory to study plant adaptation to extreme environmental conditions. We characterized climate, soil, plant, and soil-microbe diversity at 22 sites (every 100 m of altitude) along the TLT over a 10-y period. We quantified drought, nutrient deficiencies, large diurnal temperature oscillations, and pH gradients that define three distinct vegetational belts along the altitudinal cline. We deep-sequenced transcriptomes of 32 dominant plant species spanning the major plant clades, and assessed soil microbes by metabarcoding sequencing. The top-expressed genes in the 32 Atacama species are enriched in stress responses, metabolism, and energy production. Moreover, their root-associated soils are enriched in growth-promoting bacteria, including nitrogen fixers. To identify genes associated with plant adaptation to harsh environments, we compared 32 Atacama species with the 32 closest sequenced species, comprising 70 taxa and 1,686,950 proteins. To perform phylogenomic reconstruction, we concatenated 15,972 ortholog groups into a supermatrix of 8,599,764 amino acids. Using two codon-based methods, we identified 265 candidate positively selected genes (PSGs) in the Atacama plants, 64% of which are located in Pfam domains, supporting their functional relevance. For 59/184 PSGs with an Arabidopsis ortholog, we uncovered functional evidence linking them to plant resilience. As some Atacama plants are closely related to staple crops, these candidate PSGs are a "genetic goldmine" to engineer crop resilience to face climate change.
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Ballesteros HGF, Rosman AC, Carvalho TLG, Grativol C, Hemerly AS. Cell wall formation pathways are differentially regulated in sugarcane contrasting genotypes associated with endophytic diazotrophic bacteria. PLANTA 2021; 254:109. [PMID: 34705112 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-021-03768-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Differences in cell wall components between two BNF-contrasting sugarcane genotypes might result from genetic variations particular to the genotype and from the efficiency in diazotrophic bacteria association. Sugarcane is a plant of the grass family (Poaceae) that is highly cultivated in Brazil, as an important energy resource. Commercial sugarcane genotypes may be successfully associated with beneficial endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria, which can influence several plant metabolic pathways, such as cell division and growth, synthesis of hormones, and defense compounds. In this study, we investigated how diazotrophic bacteria associated with sugarcane plants could be involved in the regulation of cell wall formation pathways. A molecular and structural characterization of the cell wall was compared between two genotypes of sugarcane with contrasting rates of Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF): SP70-1143 (high BNF) and Chunee (low BNF). Differentially expressed transcripts were identified in transcriptomes generated from SP70-1143 and Chunee. Expression profiles of cellulose and lignin genes, which were more expressed in SP70-1134, and callose genes, which were more expressed in Chunee, were validated by RT-qPCR and microscopic analysis of cell wall components in tissue sections. A similar expression profile in both BNF-contrasting genotypes was observed in naturally colonized plants and in plants inoculated with G. diazotrophicus. Cell walls of the high BNF genotype have a greater cellulose content, which might contribute to increase biomass. In parallel, callose was concentrated in the vascular tissues of the low BNF genotype and could possibly represent a barrier for an efficient bacterial colonization and dissemination in sugarcane tissues. Our data show a correlation between the gene profiles identified in the BNF-contrasting genotypes and a successful association with endophytic diazotrophic bacteria.
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- Helkin Giovani F Ballesteros
- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Plantas, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-590, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Plantas, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-590, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Plantas, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-590, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Plantas, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-590, Brazil
- Laboratório de Química e Função de Proteínas e Peptídeos, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Plantas, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-590, Brazil.
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Deng Y, Huang H, Lei F, Fu S, Zou K, Zhang S, Liu X, Jiang L, Liu H, Miao B, Liang Y. Endophytic Bacterial Communities of Ginkgo biloba Leaves During Leaf Developmental Period. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:698703. [PMID: 34671323 PMCID: PMC8521191 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.698703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Plant-specialized secondary metabolites have ecological functions in mediating interactions between plants and their entophytes. In this study, high-throughput gene sequencing was used to analyze the composition and abundance of bacteria from Ginkgo leaves at five different sampling times. The results indicated that the bacterial community structure varied during leaf developmental stage. Bacterial diversity was observed to be the highest at T2 stage and the lowest at T1 stage. Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, Cyanobacteria, and Bacteroidetes were found as the dominant phyla. The major genera also showed consistency across sampling times, but there was a significant variation in their abundance, such as Bacillus, Lysinibacillus, and Staphylococcus. Significant correlations were observed between endophytic bacteria and flavonoids. Especially, Staphylococcus showed a significant positive correlation with quercetin, and changes in the abundance of Staphylococcus also showed a strong correlation with flavonoid content. In order to determine the effect of flavonoids on endophytic bacteria of Ginkgo leaves, an extracorporeal culture of related strains (a strain of Staphylococcus and a strain of Deinococcus) was performed, and it was found that the effect of flavonoids on them remained consistent. The predicted result of Tax4Fun2 revealed that flavonoids might lead to a lower abundance of endophytic microorganisms, which further proved the correlation between bacterial communities and flavonoids. This study provided the first insight into the bacterial community composition during the development of Ginkgo leaves and the correlation between the endophytic bacteria and flavonoids.
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- Yan Deng
- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Changsha, China
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Re-vitalizing of endophytic microbes for soil health management and plant protection. 3 Biotech 2021; 11:399. [PMID: 34422540 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-021-02931-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Soil health management and increase crop productivity are challenging issues for researchers and scientists. Many research publications have given multiple technological solutions for improving soil health and crop productivity but main problem is sustainability of those technologies under field condition and different agro-climatic zone. Due to the random industrialization, deforestation, mining and other environmental factor reduce soil fertility and human health. Many alternative options e.g., crop rotation, green manuring, integrated farming, biofertilizer (plant-growth-promoting microorganism, microbial consortium of rhizosphere soils), and vermicomposting are available for adapting and improving the soil heath and crop productivity by farmers. Recent trends of new research dimension for sustainable agriculture, endophytic microbes and its consortium is one of the better alternative for increasing crop productivity, soil health and fertility management. However, current trends are focuses on the endophytic microbes, which are present mostly in all plant species. Endophytic microbes are isolated from plant parts-root, shoot, leaf, flower and seeds which have very potential ability of plant growth promotion and bio-controlling agent for enhancing plant growth and development. Mostly plant endophytes showed multi-dimensional (synergistic, mutualistic, symbiotic etc.) interactions within the host plants. It promotes the plant growth, protects from pathogen, and induces resistance against biotic and abiotic environmental stresses, and improves the soil fertility. Till date, most of the scientific research has been done on assuming that interaction of plant endophytes with the host is similar like the plant-growth-promoting microorganism (PGPM). It would be very interesting to explore the functional properties of plant endophytes to modulate the essential gene expression during biotic and abiotic stresses. Endophytes have the ability to induce the soil fertility by improving soil essential nutrient, enzymatic activity and influence the other physiochemical property. In this study, we have discussed details about functional properties of plant endophytes and their mechanism for enhancing plant productivity and soil health and fertility management under climate-resilient agricultural practices. Our main objective is to promote and explore the beneficial plant endophytes for enhancing sustainable agricultural productivity.
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Jiang M, Wang Z, Li X, Liu S, Song F, Liu F. Relationship between endophytic microbial diversity and grain quality in wheat exposed to multi-generational CO 2 elevation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 776:146029. [PMID: 33652312 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Revised: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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To explore the potential association between the diversity of endophytic microorganisms and modifications of grain quality in wheat exposed to multi-generational elevated CO2 concentration, the grain quality attributes and microbial diversity were tested after five generations successively grown in ambient CO2 concentration (F5_A, 400 μmol L-1) and elevated CO2 concentration (F5_E, 800 μmol L-1). Elevated CO2 concentration significantly increased the grain number and starch concentration, while decreased the grain protein concentration. Multi-generational exposure to elevated CO2 concentration also led to significant changes in grain amino acid concentration. In response to the elevated CO2 concentration, Pseudomonas, Rhodococcus, Ralstonia, and Klebsiella were the dominant bacterial genera, while Penicillium, Cutaneotrichosporon, Fusarium, Sarocladium, Acremonium and Aspergillus were the dominant fungal genera in wheat grain. A significantly positive correlation was found between Pseudomonas, Penicillium and ratio of starch to protein concentration, implying that the multi-generational CO2 elevation induced modifications in grain quality might be associated with the changes in grain microbial diversity. The results of this study suggest that the endophytic microbes may play an important role in modulating the grain nutritional quality in wheat under multi-generational e[CO2] exposure, through regulating starch and N metabolism and production of secondary metabolites.
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- Miao Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun 130102, China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering in Arid and Semiarid Areas, Ministry of Education of China, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun 130102, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun 130102, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun 130102, China.
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- University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Højbakkegård Allé 13, DK-2630 Tåstrup, Denmark; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering in Arid and Semiarid Areas, Ministry of Education of China, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, China
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Korshunova TY, Bakaeva MD, Kuzina EV, Rafikova GF, Chetverikov SP, Chetverikova DV, Loginov ON. Role of Bacteria of the Genus Pseudomonas in the Sustainable Development of Agricultural Systems and Environmental Protection (Review). APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s000368382103008x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Cyanobacterial inoculation as resource conserving options for improving the soil nutrient availability and growth of maize genotypes. Arch Microbiol 2021; 203:2393-2409. [PMID: 33661314 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-021-02223-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Harnessing the benefits of plant-microbe interactions towards better nutrient mobilization and plant growth is an important challenge for agriculturists globally. In our investigation, the focus was towards analyzing the soil-plant-environment interactions of cyanobacteria-based formulations (Anabaena-Nostoc consortium, BF1-4 and Anabaena-Trichoderma biofilm, An-Tr) as inoculants for ten maize genotypes (V1-V10). Field experimentation using seeds treated with the formulations illustrated a significant increase of 1.3- to 3.8-fold in C-N mobilizing enzyme activities in plants, along with more than five- to six-fold higher values of nitrogen fixation in rhizosphere soil samples. An increase of 22-30% in soil available nitrogen was also observed at flag leaf stage, and 13-16% higher values were also recorded in terms of cob yield of V6 with An-Tr biofilm inoculation. Savings of 30 kg N ha-1 season-1 was indicative of the reduced environmental pollution, due to the use of microbial options. The use of cyanobacterial formulations also enhanced the economic, environmental and energy use efficiency. This was reflected as 37-41% reduced costs lowered GHG emission by 58-68 CO2 equivalents and input energy requirement by 3651-4296 MJ, over the uninoculated control, on hectare basis. This investigation highlights the superior performance of these formulations, not only in terms of efficient C-N mobilization in maize, but also making maize cultivation a more profitable enterprise. Such interactions can be explored as resource-conserving options, for future evaluation across ecologies and locations, particularly in the global climate change scenario.
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Hu X, Wei X, Ling J, Chen J. Cobalt: An Essential Micronutrient for Plant Growth? FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:768523. [PMID: 34868165 PMCID: PMC8635114 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.768523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Cobalt is a transition metal located in the fourth row of the periodic table and is a neighbor of iron and nickel. It has been considered an essential element for prokaryotes, human beings, and other mammals, but its essentiality for plants remains obscure. In this article, we proposed that cobalt (Co) is a potentially essential micronutrient of plants. Co is essential for the growth of many lower plants, such as marine algal species including diatoms, chrysophytes, and dinoflagellates, as well as for higher plants in the family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. The essentiality to leguminous plants is attributed to its role in nitrogen (N) fixation by symbiotic microbes, primarily rhizobia. Co is an integral component of cobalamin or vitamin B12, which is required by several enzymes involved in N2 fixation. In addition to symbiosis, a group of N2 fixing bacteria known as diazotrophs is able to situate in plant tissue as endophytes or closely associated with roots of plants including economically important crops, such as barley, corn, rice, sugarcane, and wheat. Their action in N2 fixation provides crops with the macronutrient of N. Co is a component of several enzymes and proteins, participating in plant metabolism. Plants may exhibit Co deficiency if there is a severe limitation in Co supply. Conversely, Co is toxic to plants at higher concentrations. High levels of Co result in pale-colored leaves, discolored veins, and the loss of leaves and can also cause iron deficiency in plants. It is anticipated that with the advance of omics, Co as a constitute of enzymes and proteins and its specific role in plant metabolism will be exclusively revealed. The confirmation of Co as an essential micronutrient will enrich our understanding of plant mineral nutrition and improve our practice in crop production.
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- Xiu Hu
- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, China
- Xiangying Wei
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- He Xiangning College of Art and Design, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Environmental Horticulture and Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Apopka, FL, United States
- *Correspondence: Jianjun Chen
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Wang Z, Zhu Y, Jing R, Wu X, Li N, Liu H, Zhang X, Wang W, Liu Y. High-throughput sequencing-based analysis of the composition and diversity of endophytic bacterial community in seeds of upland rice. Arch Microbiol 2020; 203:609-620. [PMID: 32995980 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-020-02058-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Upland rice is an ecotype crop resulting from the long-term domestication and evolution of rice in dry land without a water layer. Generally, the stems and leaves are thick and luxuriant, while the leaves also typically broad and light. The root system is developed with abundant root hair, and the osmotic pressure of the root and cell juice concentration in the leaves is high, while this plant is drought-resistant, heat-resistant, and water absorbent. This study aims to reveal the "core flora" of the endophytes in upland rice seeds by examining their diversity and community structures. It further intends to reveal the impact of the soil environment on the formation of endophyte community structures in upland rice seeds by comparing the environmental soil microorganisms in upland rice habitats. In this study, high-throughput sequencing technology based on the Illumina Hiseq 2500 platform was used to investigate the structure and diversity of endophytic bacterial communities using upland rice varieties collected from different locations and soil samples from unified planting sites as materials. Here, 42 endophytic OTUs were found to coexist in the 14 samples. At the phylum level, the first dominant phyla in all the samples were Proteobacteria (93.81-99.99%). At the genus level, Pantoea (8.77-87.77%), Pseudomonas (1.15-61.58%), Methylobacterium (0.40-4.64%), Sphingomonas (0.26-3.85%), Microbacterium (0.01-4.67%) and Aurantimonas (0.04-4.34%), which represent the core microflora in upland rice seeds, served as the dominant genera that coexisted in all the upland rice seeds tested. This study significant for the isolation, screening, functional evaluation, and re-action of various functional microorganisms in upland rice to improve its agronomic traits. It also provides a specific reference for the interaction between microorganisms and plants.
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- Zhishan Wang
- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Health and Disease Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center At Shanghai, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice (Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center), Changsha, 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice (Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center), Changsha, 410125, China
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- Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources Collection and Preservation, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice (Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center), Changsha, 410125, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.
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Wang S, Cui J, Bilal M, Hu H, Wang W, Zhang X. Pseudomonas spp. as cell factories (MCFs) for value-added products: from rational design to industrial applications. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2020; 40:1232-1249. [PMID: 32907412 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2020.1809990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In recent years, there has been increasing interest in microbial biotechnology for the production of value-added compounds from renewable resources. Pseudomonas species have been proposed as a suitable workhorse for high-value secondary metabolite production because of their unique characteristics for fast growth on sustainable carbon sources, a clear inherited background, versatile intrinsic metabolism with diverse enzymatic capacities, and their robustness in an extreme environment. It has also been demonstrated that metabolically engineered Pseudomonas strains can produce several industrially valuable aromatic chemicals and natural products such as phenazines, polyhydroxyalkanoates, rhamnolipids, and insecticidal proteins from renewable feedstocks with remarkably high yields suitable for commercial application. In this review, we summarize cell factory construction in Pseudomonas for the biosynthesis of native and non-native bioactive compounds in P. putida, P. chlororaphis, P. aeruginosa, as well as pharmaceutical proteins production by P. fluorescens. Additionally, some novel strategies together with metabolic engineering strategies in order to improve the biosynthetic abilities of Pseudomonas as an ideal chassis are discussed. Finally, we proposed emerging opportunities, challenges, and essential strategies to enable the successful development of Pseudomonas as versatile microbial cell factories for the bioproduction of diverse bioactive compounds.
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- Songwei Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Wang D, Sun T, Zhao S, Pan L, Liu H, Tian X. Physiological change alters endophytic bacterial community in clubroot of tumorous stem mustard infected by Plasmodiophora brassicae. BMC Microbiol 2020; 20:244. [PMID: 32762653 PMCID: PMC7412676 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-020-01930-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Endophytic bacteria are considered as symbionts living within plants and are influenced by abiotic and biotic environments. Pathogen cause biotic stress, which may change physiology of plants and may affect the endophytic bacterial communiy. Here, we reveal how endophytic bacteria in tumorous stem mustard (Brassica juncea var. tumida) are affected by plant physiological changes caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae using 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing. RESULTS The results showed that Proteobacteria was the dominant group in both healthy roots and clubroots, but their abundance differed. At the genus level, Pseudomonas was dominant in clubroots, whereas Rhodanobacter was the dominant in healthy roots. Hierarchical clustering, UniFrac-weighted principal component analysis (PCA), non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) and analysis of similarities (ANOSIM) indicated significant differences between the endophytic bacterial communities in healthy roots and clubroots. The physiological properties including soluble sugar, soluble protein, methanol, peroxidase (POD) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) significantly differed between healthy roots and clubroots. The distance-based redundancy analysis (db-RDA) and two-factor correlation network showed that soluble sugar, soluble protein and methanol were strongly related to the endophytic bacterial community in clubroots, whereas POD and SOD correlated with the endophytic bacterial community in healthy roots. CONCLUSIONS Our results illustrate that physiologcial changes caused by P. brassicae infection may alter the endophytic bacterial community in clubroots of tumorous stem mustard.
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- Henan engineering research center of biological pesticide & fertilizer development and synergistic application, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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- Henan engineering research center of biological pesticide & fertilizer development and synergistic application, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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- Yangtze Normal University, Fuling, Chongqing, China
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- Henan engineering research center of biological pesticide & fertilizer development and synergistic application, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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- Henan engineering research center of biological pesticide & fertilizer development and synergistic application, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, China.
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Mahajan SG, Nandre VS, Salunkhe RC, Shouche YS, Kulkarni MV. Chemotaxis and physiological adaptation of an indigenous abiotic stress tolerant plant growth promoting Pseudomonas stutzeri: Amelioration of salt stress to Cicer arietinum. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2020.101652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Li Y, Li Q, Guan G, Chen S. Phosphate solubilizing bacteria stimulate wheat rhizosphere and endosphere biological nitrogen fixation by improving phosphorus content. PeerJ 2020; 8:e9062. [PMID: 32411531 PMCID: PMC7204819 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 04/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Phosphate (P) availability often limits biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) by diazotrophic bacteria. In soil, only 0.1% of the total P is available for plant uptake. P solubilizing bacteria can convert insoluble P to plant-available soluble P (ionic P and low molecular-weight organic P). However, limited information is available about the effects of synergistic application of diazotrophic bacteria and P solubilizing bacteria on the nitrogenase activity of rhizosphere and nifH expression of endosphere. In this study, we investigated the effects of co-inoculation with a diazotrophic bacterium (Paenibacillus beijingensis BJ-18) and a P-solubilizing bacterium (Paenibacillus sp. B1) on wheat growth, plant and soil total N, plant total P, soil available P, soil nitrogenase activity and the relative expression of nifH in plant tissues. Co-inoculation significantly increased plant biomass (length, fresh and dry weight) and plant N content (root: 27%, shoot: 30%) and P content (root: 63%, shoot: 30%). Co-inoculation also significantly increased soil total N (12%), available P (9%) and nitrogenase activity (69%) compared to P. beijingensis BJ-18 inoculation alone. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis showed co-inoculation doubled expression of nifH genes in shoots and roots. Soil nitrogenase activity and nifH expression within plant tissues correlated with P content of soil and plant tissues, which suggests solubilization of P by Paenibacillus sp. B1 increased N fixation in soils and the endosphere. In conclusion, P solubilizing bacteria generally improved soil available P and plant P uptake, and considerably stimulated BNF in the rhizosphere and endosphere of wheat seedlings.
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- Yongbin Li
- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and College of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and College of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and College of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and College of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
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Ren H, Qin X, Huang B, Fernández-García V, Lv C. Responses of soil enzyme activities and plant growth in a eucalyptus seedling plantation amended with bacterial fertilizers. Arch Microbiol 2020; 202:1381-1396. [PMID: 32179939 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-020-01849-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are widely used to improve plant nutrient uptake and assimilation and soil physicochemical properties. We investigated the effects of bacterial (Bacillus megaterium strain DU07) fertilizer applications in a eucalyptus (clone DH32-29) plantation in Guangxi, China in February 2011. We used two types of organic matter, i.e., fermented tapioca residue ("FTR") and filtered sludge from a sugar factory ("FS"). The following treatments were evaluated: (1) no PGPR and no organic matter applied (control), (2) 3 × 109 CFU/g (colony forming unit per gram) PGPR plus FS (bacterial fertilizer 1, hereafter referred to as BF1), (3) 4 × 109 CFU/g plus FS (BF2), (4) 9 × 109 CFU/g plus FS (BF3), (5) 9 × 109 CFU/g broth plus FTR (BF4). Soil and plant samples were collected 3 months (M3) and 6 months (M6) after the seedlings were planted. In general, bacterial fertilizer amendments significantly increased plant foliar total nitrogen (TN) and soil catalase activity in the short term (month 3, M3); whereas, it significantly increased foliar TN, chlorophyll concentration (Chl-ab), proline; plant height, diameter, and volume of timber; and soil urease activity, STN, and available N (Avail N) concentrations in the long term (month 6, M6). Redundancy analysis showed that soil available phosphorus was significantly positively correlated with plant growth in M3, and soil Avail N was negatively correlated with plant growth in M6. In M3, soil catalase was more closely correlated with plant parameters than other enzyme activities and soil nutrients, and in M6, soil urease, polyphenol oxidase, and peroxidase were more closely correlated with plant parameters than other environmental factors and soil enzyme activities. PCA results showed that soil enzyme activities were significantly improved under all treatments relative to the control. Hence, photosynthesis, plant growth, and soil N retention were positively affected by bacterial fertilizer in M6, and bacterial fertilizer applications had positive and significant influence on soil enzyme activities during the trial period. Thus, bacterial fertilizer is attractive for use as an environmentally friendly fertilizer in Eucalyptus plantations following proper field evaluation.
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- Han Ren
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, Forestry College, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, Forestry College, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, Forestry College, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Area of Ecology, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Leon, 24071, León, Spain
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, Forestry College, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China.
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Mosquito S, Bertani I, Licastro D, Compant S, Myers MP, Hinarejos E, Levy A, Venturi V. In Planta Colonization and Role of T6SS in Two Rice Kosakonia Endophytes. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2020; 33:349-363. [PMID: 31609645 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-09-19-0256-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Endophytes live inside plants and are often beneficial. Kosakonia is a novel bacterial genus that includes many diazotrophic plant-associated isolates. Plant-bacteria studies on two rice endophytic Kosakonia beneficial strains were performed, including comparative genomics, secretome profiling, in planta tests, and a field release trial. The strains are efficient rhizoplane and root endosphere colonizers and localized in the root cortex. Secretomics revealed 144 putative secreted proteins, including type VI secretory system (T6SS) proteins. A Kosakonia T6SS genomic knock-out mutant showed a significant decrease in rhizoplane and endosphere colonization ability. A field trial using rice seed inoculated with Kosakonia spp. showed no effect on plant growth promotion upon nitrogen stress and microbiome studies revealed that Kosakonia spp. were significantly more present in the inoculated rice. Comparative genomics indicated that several protein domains were enriched in plant-associated Kosakonia spp. This study highlights that Kosakonia is an important, recently classified genus involved in plant-bacteria interaction.
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- Susan Mosquito
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- CBM S.c.r.l., Area Science Park-Basovizza, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Bioresources Unit, Center for Health & Bioresources, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, 3430 Tulln, Vienna, Austria
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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Liu W, Huang L, Komorek R, Handakumbura PP, Zhou Y, Hu D, Engelhard MH, Jiang H, Yu XY, Jansson C, Zhu Z. Correlative surface imaging reveals chemical signatures for bacterial hotspots on plant roots. Analyst 2020; 145:393-401. [DOI: 10.1039/c9an01954e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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A universal sample holder allows correlative imaging analysis of plant roots to reveal chemical signatures for bacterial hotspots.
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Singer E, Bonnette J, Woyke T, Juenger TE. Conservation of Endophyte Bacterial Community Structure Across Two Panicum Grass Species. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2181. [PMID: 31611851 PMCID: PMC6777145 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Panicum represents a large genus of many North American prairie grass species. These include switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), a biofuel crop candidate with wide geographic range, as well as Panicum hallii, a close relative to switchgrass, which serves as a model system for the study of Panicum genetics due to its diploid genome and short growth cycles. For the advancement of switchgrass as a biofuel crop, it is essential to understand host microbiome interactions, which can be impacted by plant genetics and environmental factors inducing ecotype-specific phenotypic traits. We here compared rhizosphere and root endosphere bacterial communities of upland and lowland P. virgatum and P. hallii genotypes planted at two sites in Texas. Our analysis shows that sampling site predominantly contributed to bacterial community variance in the rhizosphere, however, impacted root endosphere bacterial communities much less. Instead we observed a relatively large core endophytic microbiome dominated by ubiquitously root-colonizing bacterial genera Streptomyces, Pseudomonas, and Bradyrhizobium. Endosphere communities displayed comparable diversity and conserved community structures across genotypes of both Panicum species. Functional insights into interactions between P. hallii and its root endophyte microbiome could hence inform testable hypotheses that are relevant for the improvement of switchgrass as a biofuel crop.
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- Esther Singer
- US Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, United States
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- US Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, United States
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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Ferreira CMH, Soares HMVM, Soares EV. Promising bacterial genera for agricultural practices: An insight on plant growth-promoting properties and microbial safety aspects. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 682:779-799. [PMID: 31146074 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Revised: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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In order to address the ever-increasing problem of the world's population food needs, the optimization of farming crops yield, the combat of iron deficiency in plants (chlorosis) and the elimination/reduction of crop pathogens are of key challenges to solve. Traditional ways of solving these problems are either unpractical on a large scale (e.g. use of manure) or are not environmental friendly (e.g. application of iron-synthetic fertilizers or indiscriminate use of pesticides). Therefore, the search for greener substitutes, such as the application of siderophores of bacterial source or the use of plant-growth promoting bacteria (PGPB), is presented as a very promising alternative to enhance yield of crops and performance. However, the use of microorganisms is not a risk-free solution and the potential biohazards associated with the utilization of bacteria in agriculture should be considered. The present work gives a current overview of the main mechanisms associated with the use of bacteria in the promotion of plant growth. The potentiality of several bacterial genera (Azotobacter, Azospirillum, Bacillus, Pantoea, Pseudomonas and Rhizobium) regarding to siderophore production capacity and other plant growth-promoting properties are presented. In addition, the field performance of these bacteria genera as well as the biosafety aspects related with their use for agricultural proposes are reviewed and discussed.
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- Carlos M H Ferreira
- REQUIMTE/LAQV, Departamento de Engenharia Química, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal; Bioengineering Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Department, ISEP-School of Engineering of Polytechnic Institute of Porto, rua Dr António Bernardino de Almeida, 431, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal; CEB-Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- REQUIMTE/LAQV, Departamento de Engenharia Química, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.
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- Bioengineering Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Department, ISEP-School of Engineering of Polytechnic Institute of Porto, rua Dr António Bernardino de Almeida, 431, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal; CEB-Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
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Svatos KBW, Abbott LK. Dairy soil bacterial responses to nitrogen application in simulated Italian ryegrass and white clover pasture. J Dairy Sci 2019; 102:9495-9504. [PMID: 31351712 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2018-16107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Through clearing and use of fertilizer and legumes, areas of southwestern Australia's unique coastal sand plains can support relatively low-cost dairies. However, the ancient, highly weathered nature of the soils in this region makes the dairies susceptible to a range of threats, including nutrient leaching and erosion. Despite this, Western Australian dairy cows typically produce up to 5,500 L of milk per head annually supported by inorganic nitrogen (N) fertilizer (commonly 50:50 urea and ammonium sulfate) at rates up to <320 kg of N/ha per year. Where hotspots exist (up to 2,000 kg of N/ha per year), total N exceeds pasture requirements. We investigated plant and soil bacteria responses to N fertilizer rates consistent with Australian legislated production practices on dairy farms for pure and mixed swards of white clover (Trifolium repens) and Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) in a long-term pasture experiment in controlled glasshouse conditions. Although the soil bacterial community structure at phylum level was similar for white clover and Italian ryegrass, relative abundances of specific subgroups of bacteria differed among plant species according to the N fertilizer regimen. Marked increases in relative abundance of some bacterial phyla and subphyla indicated potential inhibition of N cycling, especially for N hotspots in soil. Ammonium concentration in soil was less correlated with dominance of some N-cycling bacterial phyla than was nitrate concentration. Changes in bacterial community structure related to altered nutrient cycling highlight the potential for considering this area of research in policy assessment frameworks related to nutrient loads in dairy soils, especially for N.
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- Karl B W Svatos
- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth 6009, Western Australia, Australia; School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch 6150, Western Australia, Australia; Agriculture and Food Division, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, South Perth 6151, Western Australia, Australia.
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- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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Isolation, identification and plant growth promotion ability of endophytic bacteria associated with lupine root nodule grown in Tunisian soil. Arch Microbiol 2019; 201:1333-1349. [PMID: 31309236 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-019-01702-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/05/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The present study aims to characterize nodule endophytic bacteria of spontaneous lupine plants regarding their diversity and their plant growth promoting (PGP) traits. The potential of PGPR inoculation was investigated to improve white lupine growth across controlled, semi-natural and field conditions. Lupinus luteus and Lupinus angustifolius nodules were shown inhabited by a large diversity of endophytes. Several endophytes harbor numerous plant growth promotion traits such as phosphates solubilization, siderophores production and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase activity. In vivo analysis confirmed the plant growth promotion ability of two strains (Paenibacillus glycanilyticus LJ121 and Pseudomonas brenneri LJ215) in both sterilized and semi-natural conditions. Under field conditions, the co-inoculation of lupine by these strains increased shoot N content and grain yield by 25% and 36%, respectively. These two strains Paenibacillus glycanilyticus LJ121 and Pseudomonas brenneri LJ215 are effective plant growth-promoting bacteria and they may be used to develop an eco-friendly biofertilizer to boost white lupine productivity.
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Li J, Zheng B, Hu R, Liu Y, Jing Y, Xiao Y, Sun M, Chen W, Zhou Q. Pseudomonas species isolated from tobacco seed promote root growth and reduce lead contents in Nicotiana tobacum K326. Can J Microbiol 2019; 65:214-223. [PMID: 30457895 DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2018-0434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Endophytic bacteria are generally helpful for plant growth and protection. We isolated from tobacco seeds three Pseudomonas strains (K03, Y04, and N05) that could produce siderophores, indole-3-acetic acid, and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase, fix nitrogen, dissolve phosphorus and potassium, and tolerate heavy metals. In pot experiments, the three isolated strains significantly promoted root growth and increased the root enzyme activity in Nicotiana tobacum K326. Furthermore, bacterial inoculations increased the proportion of residual lead (Pb) by 8.36%-51.63% and decreased the total Pb content by 3.28%-6.38% in the contaminated soil during tobacco planting, compared with uninoculated soils. An effective decrease in Pb content was also found in tobacco leaves with bacterial inoculations. K03 inoculation decreased the Pb content in the upper leaves by 49.80%, and Y04 inoculation had the best effect, decreasing the Pb content in the middle leaves by 70.12%. Additionally, soil pH and root activity had significant effects on transformation and translocation of Pb. The study suggested that in response to Pb pollution in soil, a reasonable application of endophytes (e.g., Pseudomonas) might be a promising approach in promoting tobacco growth and reducing Pb content in tobacco, while simultaneously enhancing Pb stabilization in soils.
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- Juan Li
- a College of Agronomy, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, P.R. China
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- a College of Agronomy, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, P.R. China
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- a College of Agronomy, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, P.R. China
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- b Institute of Hunan Provincial Tobacco Science Research, Changsha 410004, P.R. China
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- c China Tobacco Hunan Industrial Co., Ltd., Changsha 410019, P.R. China
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- a College of Agronomy, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, P.R. China
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- a College of Agronomy, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, P.R. China
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- a College of Agronomy, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, P.R. China
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- a College of Agronomy, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, P.R. China
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Lin B, Song Z, Jia Y, Zhang Y, Wang L, Fan J, Lin Z. Biological characteristics and genome-wide sequence analysis of endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria Klebsiella variicola GN02. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2018.1555010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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- Biaosheng Lin
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, PR China
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Longyan University, Longyan, Fujian, PR China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Biotechnology, Longyan University, Longyan, Fujian, PR China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, PR China
- National Engineering Research Center of Juncao, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, PR China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, PR China
- National Engineering Research Center of Juncao, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, PR China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, PR China
- National Engineering Research Center of Juncao, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, PR China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, PR China
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Longyan University, Longyan, Fujian, PR China
- National Engineering Research Center of Juncao, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, PR China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, PR China
- National Engineering Research Center of Juncao, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, PR China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, PR China
- National Engineering Research Center of Juncao, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, PR China
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Majeed A, Muhammad Z, Ahmad H. Plant growth promoting bacteria: role in soil improvement, abiotic and biotic stress management of crops. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2018; 37:1599-1609. [PMID: 30178214 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-018-2341-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Agricultural production-a major contributing factor towards global food supply-is highly reliant on field crops which are under severe threats ranging from poor soil quality, biotic, abiotic stresses and changing climatic conditions. To overcome these challenges, larger exertions are required to boost production of agricultural crops in a defensible mode. Since the evolution of fertilizers and pesticides, global crop productivity has experienced an unprecedented elevation, but at the cost of environmental and ecological unsustainability. To enhance the agricultural outputs in a sustainable way, the novel and eco-friendly strategies must be employed in agriculture, which would lead to reduced use of hazardous chemicals. Thus, the utilization of our knowledge about natural growth stimulators can lead to decrease reliance on fertilizers and pesticide which are widely used for increasing crop productivity. Among beneficial microbes, plant growth promoting bacteria offers excellent opportunities for their wide utilization in agriculture to manage soil quality and other factors which correspond to limited growth and yield output of major field crops. The aim of this review is to examine the potential role of plant growth stimulating bacteria in soil fertility and enabling crops to cope with biotic and abiotic challenges.
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- Abdul Majeed
- Department of Botany, Government Degree College Naguman Peshawar, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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- Department of Botany, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Islamia College University Peshawar, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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Khare E, Mishra J, Arora NK. Multifaceted Interactions Between Endophytes and Plant: Developments and Prospects. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2732. [PMID: 30498482 PMCID: PMC6249440 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Microbial endophytes are present in all known plant species. The ability to enter and thrive in the plant tissues makes endophytes unique, showing multidimensional interactions within the host plant. Several vital activities of the host plant are known to be influenced by the presence of endophytes. They can promote plant growth, elicit defense response against pathogen attack, and can act as remediators of abiotic stresses. To date, most of the research has been done assuming that the interaction of endophytes with the host plant is similar to the plant growth-promoting (PGP) microbes present in the rhizosphere. However, a new appreciation of the difference of the rhizosphere environment from that of internal plant tissues is gaining attention. It would be interesting to explore the impact of endosymbionts on the host’s gene expression, metabolism, and other physiological aspects essential in conferring resistance against biotic and abiotic stresses. A more intriguing and inexplicable issue with many endophytes that has to be critically evaluated is their ability to produce host metabolites, which can be harnessed on a large scale for potential use in diverse areas. In this review, we discuss the concept of endophytism, looking into the latest insights related to the multifarious interactions beneficial for the host plant and exploring the importance of these associations in agriculture and the environment and in other vital aspects such as human health.
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- Ekta Khare
- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Environmental Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India
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Ke X, Feng S, Wang J, Lu W, Zhang W, Chen M, Lin M. Effect of inoculation with nitrogen-fixing bacterium Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501 on maize plant growth and the microbiome indigenous to the rhizosphere. Syst Appl Microbiol 2018; 42:248-260. [PMID: 30477902 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2018.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Revised: 09/21/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Plant growth promoting diazotrophs with the ability to associate with plant roots are in common use as inoculants to benefit crop yield and to mitigate chemical nitrogen fertilization. However, limited information is available in understanding to what extent the plant growth-promoting effect of the inoculum has on the plant's nitrogen acquisition as well as on the impact of inoculation on the indigenous rhizosphere microbial population. Here we reported on experiments that assessed how endophytic Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501 inoculated on maize improved plant growth and plant nitrogen content using a 15N dilution technique under two water regime conditions. The effects of inoculation and different water regimes were also assessed for the maize rhizospheric and surface soil communities by MiSeq community sequencing combined with qPCR of functional genes and transcripts (nifH and amoA) related to nitrogen cycling. Results support maize inoculated with P. stutzeri A1501 grew better and accumulated more nitrogen with a lower δ15N signature after 60 days than did plants inoculated with nifH-mutant and sterilized A1501 cells (non N2-fixing controls). Inoculant contribution to the plant was estimated to range from 0.30 to 0.82g N/plant, depending on water conditions. Inoculation with P. stutzeri A1501 significantly altered the composition of the diazotrophic community that P. stutzeri became dominant in the rhizosphere, and also increased the population of indigenous diazotrophs and ammonia oxidizers and functional genes transcripts. Redundancy analysis revealed that soil compartment and A1501 inoculation treatments were the main factors affecting the distribution of the diazotrophic community.
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- Xiubin Ke
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Life Science and Engineering College, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, Sichuan, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; Life Science and Engineering College, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, Sichuan, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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The Plant Growth-Promoting Fungus (PGPF) Alternaria sp. A13 Markedly Enhances Salvia miltiorrhiza Root Growth and Active Ingredient Accumulation under Greenhouse and Field Conditions. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19010270. [PMID: 29337927 PMCID: PMC5796216 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19010270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Revised: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Plant growth-promoting fungi (PGPF) have attracted considerable interest as bio-fertilisers due to their multiple beneficial effects on plant quantity and quality and their positive relationship with the ecological environment. Advancements in the development of PGPF for crops and economic plant cultivation applications have been achieved, but such improvements for the use of PGPF with popular medicinal herbs, such as Salvia miltiorrhiza, are rare. In this study, we collected S. miltiorrhiza specimens inhabiting wild, semi-wild, farmland and pot-cultured areas in the Henan province of China and isolated endophytes from the roots, shoots and leaves of these samples. Twenty-eight strains of the dominant genus Alternaria were identified and selected as candidate PGPF. Under greenhouse conditions, Alternaria sp. A13 simultaneously enhanced the dry root biomass and secondary metabolite accumulation of S. miltiorrhiza as the optimal PGPF of the 28 candidate isolates. To further assess the interaction between S. miltiorrhiza and Alternaria sp. A13, the effects on seedlings growth, active ingredient accumulation, and the activity of key enzymes for effective biosynthetic pathways were investigated over a period of six months under field conditions. Compared to uninoculated seedlings, S. miltiorrhiza seedlings colonised by Alternaria sp. A13 showed significant increment of 140% in fresh weight, 138% in dry weight, and enhancement in the contents of total phenolic acid, lithospermic acids A and B (LAA and LAB, respectively) of 210%, 128% and 213%, respectively. Examination of the related enzyme activities showed that the elicitation effect of A13 on LAB accumulation correlated with cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase (C4H) activity in the phenylpropanoid pathway under field conditions. Our results confirmed that Alternaria sp. A13 not only contributes to the stimulation of S. miltiorrhiza root growth, but also boosts the secondary metabolism, thus demonstrating its application potential as a bio-fertiliser for S. miltiorrhiza cultivation, especially in areas outside of its native growth regions.
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Li Q, Zhao J, Xiong C, Li X, Chen Z, Li P, Huang W. Tuber indicum shapes the microbial communities of ectomycorhizosphere soil and ectomycorrhizae of an indigenous tree (Pinus armandii). PLoS One 2017; 12:e0175720. [PMID: 28410376 PMCID: PMC5391931 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 03/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of an ectomycorrhizal fungus (Tuber indicum) on the diversity of microbial communities associated with an indigenous tree, Pinus armandii, and the microbial communities in the surrounding ectomycorhizosphere soil. High-throughput sequencing was used to analyze the richness of microbial communities in the roots or rhizosphere of treatments with or without ectomycorrhizae. The results indicated that the bacterial diversity of ectomycorhizosphere soil was significantly lower compared with the control soil. Presumably, the dominance of truffle mycelia in ectomycorhizosphere soil (80.91%) and ectomycorrhizae (97.64%) was the main factor that resulted in lower diversity and abundance of endophytic pathogenic fungi, including Fusarium, Monographella, Ustilago and Rhizopus and other competitive mycorrhizal fungi, such as Amanita, Lactarius and Boletus. Bacterial genera Reyranena, Rhizomicrobium, Nordella, Pseudomonas and fungal genera, Cuphophyllus, Leucangium, Histoplasma were significantly more abundant in ectomycorrhizosphere soil and ectomycorrhizae. Hierarchical cluster analysis of the similarities between rhizosphere and ectomycorrhizosphere soil based on the soil properties differed significantly, indicating the mycorrhizal synthesis may have a feedback effect on soil properties. Meanwhile, some soil properties were significantly correlated with bacterial and fungal diversity in the rhizosphere or root tips. Overall, this work illustrates the interactive network that exists among ectomycorrhizal fungi, soil properties and microbial communities associated with the host plant and furthers our understanding of the ecology and cultivation of T. indicum.
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- Qiang Li
- Biotechnology and Nuclear Technology Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- College of Life Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- College of Life Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Biotechnology and Nuclear Technology Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Biotechnology and Nuclear Technology Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Biotechnology and Nuclear Technology Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Biotechnology and Nuclear Technology Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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