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Yang M, Luo F, Song Y, Ma S, Ma Y, Fazal A, Yin T, Lu G, Sun S, Qi J, Wen Z, Li Y, Yang Y. The host niches of soybean rather than genetic modification or glyphosate application drive the assembly of root-associated microbial communities. Microb Biotechnol 2022; 15:2942-2957. [PMID: 36336802 PMCID: PMC9733649 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.14164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Plant roots significantly influence soil microbial diversity, and soil microorganisms play significant roles in both natural and agricultural ecosystems. Although the genetically modified (GM) crops with enhanced insect and herbicide resistance are thought to have unmatched yield and stress resistance advantages, thorough and in-depth case studies still need to be carried out in a real-world setting due to the potential effects of GM plants on soil microbial communities. In this study, three treatments were used: a recipient soybean variety Jack, a triple transgenic soybean line JD321, and the glyphosate-treated JD321 (JD321G). Three sampling stages (flowering, seed filling and maturing), as well as three host niches of soybean rhizosphere [intact roots (RT), rhizospheric soil (RS) and surrounding soil (SS)] were established. In comparison to Jack, the rhizospheric soil of JD321G had higher urease activity and lower nitrite reductase at the flowering stage. Different treatments and different sampling stages existed no significant effects on the compositions of microbial communities at different taxonomic levels. However, at the genus level, the relative abundance of three plant growth-promoting fungal genera (i.e. Mortierella, Chaetomium and Pseudombrophila) increased while endophytic bacteria Chryseobacterium and pathogenic bacteria Streptomyces decreased from the inside to the outside of the roots (i.e. RT → RS → SS). Moreover, two bacterial genera, Bradyrhizobium and Ensifer were more abundant in RT than in RS and SS, as well as three species, Agrobacterium radiobacter, Ensifer fredii and Ensifer meliloti, which are closely related to nitrogen-fixation. Furthermore, five clusters of orthologous groups (COGs) associated to nitrogen-fixation genes were higher in RT than in RS, whereas only one COG annotated as dinitrogenase iron-molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis protein was lower. Overall, the results imply that the rhizosphere host niches throughout the soil-plant continuum largely control the composition and function of the root-associated microbiome of triple transgenic soybean.
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- Minkai Yang
- Institute for Plant Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life SciencesNanjing UniversityNanjingChina
- Co‐Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern ChinaNanjing Forestry UniversityNanjingChina
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- Institute for Plant Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life SciencesNanjing UniversityNanjingChina
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- Institute for Plant Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life SciencesNanjing UniversityNanjingChina
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- Institute for Plant Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life SciencesNanjing UniversityNanjingChina
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- Institute for Plant Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life SciencesNanjing UniversityNanjingChina
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- Institute for Plant Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life SciencesNanjing UniversityNanjingChina
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- Co‐Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern ChinaNanjing Forestry UniversityNanjingChina
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- Institute for Plant Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life SciencesNanjing UniversityNanjingChina
- Co‐Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern ChinaNanjing Forestry UniversityNanjingChina
- School of Life SciencesHuaiyin Normal UniversityHuaianChina
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- Institute for Plant Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life SciencesNanjing UniversityNanjingChina
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- Institute for Plant Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life SciencesNanjing UniversityNanjingChina
- Co‐Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern ChinaNanjing Forestry UniversityNanjingChina
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- Institute for Plant Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life SciencesNanjing UniversityNanjingChina
- Co‐Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern ChinaNanjing Forestry UniversityNanjingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, College of Environmental and Resource SciencesZhejiang A&F UniversityHangzhouChina
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- Institute for Plant Molecular Biology, State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life SciencesNanjing UniversityNanjingChina
- Co‐Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern ChinaNanjing Forestry UniversityNanjingChina
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Fan D, Zhao Z, Wang Y, Ma J, Wang X. Crop-type-driven changes in polyphenols regulate soil nutrient availability and soil microbiota. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:964039. [PMID: 36090073 PMCID: PMC9449698 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.964039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Crop rotation is a typical agronomic practice to mitigate soil deterioration caused by continuous cropping. However, the mechanisms of soil biotic and abiotic factors in response to different cropping patterns in acidic and polyphenol-rich tea nurseries remain unclear. In this study, the composition and function of microbial communities were comparatively investigated in soils of tea seedlings continuously planted for 2 years (AC: autumn-cutting; SC: summer-cutting) and in soils rotation with strawberries alternately for 3 years (AR: autumn-cutting). The results showed that AR significantly improved the survival of tea seedlings but greatly reduced the contents of soil polyphenols. The lower soil polyphenol levels in AR were associated with the decline of nutrients (SOC, TN, Olsen-P) availability, which stimulates the proliferation of nutrient cycling-related bacteria and mixed-trophic fungi, endophytic fungi and ectomycorrhizal fungi, thus further satisfying the nutrient requirements of tea seedlings. Moreover, lower levels of polyphenols facilitated the growth of plant beneficial microorganisms (Bacillus, Mortierella, etc.) and suppressed pathogenic fungi (Pseudopestalotiopsis, etc.), creating a more balanced microbial community that is beneficial to plant health. Our study broadens the understanding of the ecological role of plant secondary metabolites and provides new insights into the sustainability of tea breeding.
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- Dongmei Fan
- Department of Tea Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Tea Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Hainan Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, China
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- Department of Tea Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Administration of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Lishui, Lishui, China
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- Department of Tea Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Xiaochang Wang,
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Das J, Kumar R, Yadav SK, Jha G. The alternative sigma factors, rpoN1 and rpoN2 are required for mycophagous activity of Burkholderia gladioli strain NGJ1. Environ Microbiol 2021; 24:2781-2796. [PMID: 34766435 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Bacteria utilize RpoN, an alternative sigma factor (σ54) to grow in diverse habitats, including nitrogen-limiting conditions. Here, we report that a rice-associated mycophagous bacterium Burkholderia gladioli strain NGJ1 encodes two paralogues of rpoN viz. rpoN1 and rpoN2. Both of them are upregulated during 24 h of mycophagous interaction with Rhizoctonia solani, a polyphagous fungal pathogen. Disruption of either one of rpoNs renders the mutant NGJ1 bacterium defective in mycophagy, whereas ectopic expression of respective rpoN genes restores mycophagy in the complementing strains. NGJ1 requires rpoN1 and rpoN2 for efficient biocontrol to prevent R. solani to establish disease in rice and tomato. Further, we have identified 17 genes having RpoN regulatory motif in NGJ1, majority of them encode potential type III secretion system (T3SS) effectors, nitrogen assimilation, and cellular transport-related functions. Several of these RpoN regulated genes as well as certain previously reported T3SS apparatus (hrcC and hrcN) and effector (Bg_9562 and endo-β-1,3-glucanase) encoding genes are upregulated in NGJ1 but not in ΔrpoN1 or ΔrpoN2 mutant bacterium, during mycophagous interaction with R. solani. This highlights that RpoN1 and RpoN2 modulate T3SS, nitrogen assimilation as well as cellular transport systems in NGJ1 and thereby promote bacterial mycophagy.
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- Joyati Das
- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, 110067, India
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Nouwen N, Chaintreuil C, Fardoux J, Giraud E. A glutamate synthase mutant of Bradyrhizobium sp. strain ORS285 is unable to induce nodules on Nod factor-independent Aeschynomene species. Sci Rep 2021; 11:20910. [PMID: 34686745 PMCID: PMC8536739 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-00480-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The Bradyrhizobium sp. strain ORS285 is able to establish a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with both Nod factor (NF) dependent and NF-independent Aeschynomene species. Here, we have studied the growth characteristics and symbiotic interaction of a glutamate synthase (GOGAT; gltD::Tn5) mutant of Bradyrhizobium ORS285. We show that the ORS285 gltD::Tn5 mutant is unable to use ammonium, nitrate and many amino acids as nitrogen source for growth and is unable to fix nitrogen under free-living conditions. Moreover, on several nitrogen sources, the growth rate of the gltB::Tn5 mutant was faster and/or the production of the carotenoid spirilloxanthin was much higher as compared to the wild-type strain. The absence of GOGAT activity has a drastic impact on the symbiotic interaction with NF-independent Aeschynomene species. With these species, inoculation with the ORS285 gltD::Tn5 mutant does not result in the formation of nodules. In contrast, the ORS285 gltD::Tn5 mutant is capable to induce nodules on NF-dependent Aeschynomene species, but these nodules were ineffective for nitrogen fixation. Interestingly, in NF-dependent and NF-independent Aeschynomene species inoculation with the ORS285 gltD::Tn5 mutant results in browning of the plant tissue at the site of the infection suggesting that the mutant bacteria induce plant defence responses.
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- Nico Nouwen
- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (LSTM), UMR IRD/SupAgro/INRAE/Université de Montpellier/CIRAD - Campus de Baillarguet, Montpellier, France.
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- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (LSTM), UMR IRD/SupAgro/INRAE/Université de Montpellier/CIRAD - Campus de Baillarguet, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (LSTM), UMR IRD/SupAgro/INRAE/Université de Montpellier/CIRAD - Campus de Baillarguet, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (LSTM), UMR IRD/SupAgro/INRAE/Université de Montpellier/CIRAD - Campus de Baillarguet, Montpellier, France
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Salas A, Cabrera JJ, Jiménez-Leiva A, Mesa S, Bedmar EJ, Richardson DJ, Gates AJ, Delgado MJ. Bacterial nitric oxide metabolism: Recent insights in rhizobia. Adv Microb Physiol 2021; 78:259-315. [PMID: 34147187 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2021.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a reactive gaseous molecule that has several functions in biological systems depending on its concentration. At low concentrations, NO acts as a signaling molecule, while at high concentrations, it becomes very toxic due to its ability to react with multiple cellular targets. Soil bacteria, commonly known as rhizobia, have the capacity to establish a N2-fixing symbiosis with legumes inducing the formation of nodules in their roots. Several reports have shown NO production in the nodules where this gas acts either as a signaling molecule which regulates gene expression, or as a potent inhibitor of nitrogenase and other plant and bacteria enzymes. A better understanding of the sinks and sources of NO in rhizobia is essential to protect symbiotic nitrogen fixation from nitrosative stress. In nodules, both the plant and the microsymbiont contribute to the production of NO. From the bacterial perspective, the main source of NO reported in rhizobia is the denitrification pathway that varies significantly depending on the species. In addition to denitrification, nitrate assimilation is emerging as a new source of NO in rhizobia. To control NO accumulation in the nodules, in addition to plant haemoglobins, bacteroids also contribute to NO detoxification through the expression of a NorBC-type nitric oxide reductase as well as rhizobial haemoglobins. In the present review, updated knowledge about the NO metabolism in legume-associated endosymbiotic bacteria is summarized.
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- Ana Salas
- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain; School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain.
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Roop RM, Barton IS, Hopersberger D, Martin DW. Uncovering the Hidden Credentials of Brucella Virulence. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2021; 85:e00021-19. [PMID: 33568459 PMCID: PMC8549849 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00021-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Bacteria in the genus Brucella are important human and veterinary pathogens. The abortion and infertility they cause in food animals produce economic hardships in areas where the disease has not been controlled, and human brucellosis is one of the world's most common zoonoses. Brucella strains have also been isolated from wildlife, but we know much less about the pathobiology and epidemiology of these infections than we do about brucellosis in domestic animals. The brucellae maintain predominantly an intracellular lifestyle in their mammalian hosts, and their ability to subvert the host immune response and survive and replicate in macrophages and placental trophoblasts underlies their success as pathogens. We are just beginning to understand how these bacteria evolved from a progenitor alphaproteobacterium with an environmental niche and diverged to become highly host-adapted and host-specific pathogens. Two important virulence determinants played critical roles in this evolution: (i) a type IV secretion system that secretes effector molecules into the host cell cytoplasm that direct the intracellular trafficking of the brucellae and modulate host immune responses and (ii) a lipopolysaccharide moiety which poorly stimulates host inflammatory responses. This review highlights what we presently know about how these and other virulence determinants contribute to Brucella pathogenesis. Gaining a better understanding of how the brucellae produce disease will provide us with information that can be used to design better strategies for preventing brucellosis in animals and for preventing and treating this disease in humans.
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- R Martin Roop
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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Bretl DJ, Ladd KM, Atkinson SN, Müller S, Kirby JR. Suppressor mutations reveal an NtrC-like response regulator, NmpR, for modulation of Type-IV Pili-dependent motility in Myxococcus xanthus. PLoS Genet 2018; 14:e1007714. [PMID: 30346960 PMCID: PMC6211767 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Revised: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 09/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Two-component signaling systems (TCS) regulate bacterial responses to environmental signals through the process of protein phosphorylation. Specifically, sensor histidine kinases (SK) recognize signals and propagate the response via phosphorylation of a cognate response regulator (RR) that functions to initiate transcription of specific genes. Signaling within a single TCS is remarkably specific and cross-talk between TCS is limited. However, regulation of the flow of information through complex signaling networks that include closely related TCS remains largely unknown. Additionally, many bacteria utilize multi-component signaling networks which provide additional genetic and biochemical interactions that must be regulated for signaling fidelity, input and output specificity, and phosphorylation kinetics. Here we describe the characterization of an NtrC-like RR that participates in regulation of Type-IV pilus-dependent motility of Myxococcus xanthus and is thus named NmpR, NtrC Modulator of Pili Regulator. A complex multi-component signaling system including NmpR was revealed by suppressor mutations that restored motility to cells lacking PilR, an evolutionarily conserved RR required for expression of pilA encoding the major Type-IV pilus monomer found in many bacterial species. The system contains at least four signaling proteins: a SK with a protoglobin sensor domain (NmpU), a hybrid SK (NmpS), a phospho-sink protein (NmpT), and an NtrC-like RR (NmpR). We demonstrate that ΔpilR bypass suppressor mutations affect regulation of the NmpRSTU multi-component system, such that NmpR activation is capable of restoring expression of pilA in the absence of PilR. Our findings indicate that pilus gene expression in M. xanthus is regulated by an extended network of TCS which interact to refine control of pilus function.
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- Daniel J. Bretl
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America
- Department of Bioinformatics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America
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Effects of microbial diversity on nitrite concentration in pao cai , a naturally fermented cabbage product from China. Food Microbiol 2018; 72:185-192. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2017.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Revised: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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