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Rangel LI, Leveau JHJ. Applied microbiology of the phyllosphere. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2024; 108:211. [PMID: 38358509 PMCID: PMC10869387 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-024-13042-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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The phyllosphere, or plant leaf surface, represents a microbial ecosystem of considerable size, holding extraordinary biodiversity and enormous potential for the discovery of new products, tools, and applications in biotechnology, agriculture, medicine, and elsewhere. This mini-review highlights the applied microbiology of the phyllosphere as an original field of study concerning itself with the genes, gene products, natural compounds, and traits that underlie phyllosphere-specific adaptations and services that have commercial and economic value for current or future innovation. Examples include plant-growth-promoting and disease-suppressive phyllobacteria, probiotics and fermented foods that support human health, as well as microbials that remedy foliar contamination with airborne pollutants, residual pesticides, or plastics. Phyllosphere microbes promote plant biomass conversion into compost, renewable energy, animal feed, or fiber. They produce foodstuffs such as thickening agents and sugar substitutes, industrial-grade biosurfactants, novel antibiotics and cancer drugs, as well as enzymes used as food additives or freezing agents. Furthermore, new developments in DNA sequence-based profiling of leaf-associated microbial communities allow for surveillance approaches in the context of food safety and security, for example, to detect enteric human pathogens on leafy greens, predict plant disease outbreaks, and intercept plant pathogens and pests on internationally traded goods. KEY POINTS: • Applied phyllosphere microbiology concerns leaf-specific adaptations for economic value • Phyllobioprospecting searches the phyllosphere microbiome for product development • Phyllobiomonitoring tracks phyllosphere microbial profiles for early risk detection.
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- Lorena I Rangel
- Cell & Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, Scotland, UK.
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
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Ayilara MS, Adeleke BS, Babalola OO. Bioprospecting and Challenges of Plant Microbiome Research for Sustainable Agriculture, a Review on Soybean Endophytic Bacteria. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2023; 85:1113-1135. [PMID: 36319743 PMCID: PMC10156819 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-022-02136-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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This review evaluates oilseed crop soybean endophytic bacteria, their prospects, and challenges for sustainable agriculture. Soybean is one of the most important oilseed crops with about 20-25% protein content and 20% edible oil production. The ability of soybean root-associated microbes to restore soil nutrients enhances crop yield. Naturally, the soybean root endosphere harbors root nodule bacteria, and endophytic bacteria, which help increase the nitrogen pool and reclamation of another nutrient loss in the soil for plant nutrition. Endophytic bacteria can sustain plant growth and health by exhibiting antibiosis against phytopathogens, production of enzymes, phytohormone biosynthesis, organic acids, and secondary metabolite secretions. Considerable effort in the agricultural industry is focused on multifunctional concepts and bioprospecting on the use of bioinput from endophytic microbes to ensure a stable ecosystem. Bioprospecting in the case of this review is a systemic overview of the biorational approach to harness beneficial plant-associated microbes to ensure food security in the future. Progress in this endeavor is limited by available techniques. The use of molecular techniques in unraveling the functions of soybean endophytic bacteria can explore their use in integrated organic farming. Our review brings to light the endophytic microbial dynamics of soybeans and current status of plant microbiome research for sustainable agriculture.
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- Modupe Stella Ayilara
- Food Security and Safety Focus Area, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, North-West University, Private Bag X2046, Mmabatho, 2735, South Africa
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Microbiology Unit, Faculty of Science, Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, PMB 353, Okitipupa, Nigeria
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- Food Security and Safety Focus Area, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, North-West University, Private Bag X2046, Mmabatho, 2735, South Africa.
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Ryabova OV, Gagarina AA. Actinomycetes as the Basis of Probiotics for Plants. APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s0003683822070055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Johnston-Monje D, Gutiérrez JP, Becerra Lopez-Lavalle LA. Stochastic Inoculum, Biotic Filtering and Species-Specific Seed Transmission Shape the Rare Microbiome of Plants. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:life12091372. [PMID: 36143410 PMCID: PMC9506401 DOI: 10.3390/life12091372] [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: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A plant’s health and productivity is influenced by its associated microbes. Although the common/core microbiome is often thought to be the most influential, significant numbers of rare or uncommon microbes (e.g., specialized endosymbionts) may also play an important role in the health and productivity of certain plants in certain environments. To help identify rare/specialized bacteria and fungi in the most important angiosperm plants, we contrasted microbiomes of the seeds, spermospheres, shoots, roots and rhizospheres of Arabidopsis, Brachypodium, maize, wheat, sugarcane, rice, tomato, coffee, common bean, cassava, soybean, switchgrass, sunflower, Brachiaria, barley, sorghum and pea. Plants were grown inside sealed jars on sterile sand or farm soil. Seeds and spermospheres contained some uncommon bacteria and many fungi, suggesting at least some of the rare microbiome is vertically transmitted. About 95% and 86% of fungal and bacterial diversity inside plants was uncommon; however, judging by read abundance, uncommon fungal cells are about half of the mycobiome, while uncommon bacterial cells make up less than 11% of the microbiome. Uncommon-seed-transmitted microbiomes consisted mostly of Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Bacteriodetes, Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes, which most heavily colonized shoots, to a lesser extent roots, and least of all, rhizospheres. Soil served as a more diverse source of rare microbes than seeds, replacing or excluding the majority of the uncommon-seed-transmitted microbiome. With the rarest microbes, their colonization pattern could either be the result of stringent biotic filtering by most plants, or uneven/stochastic inoculum distribution in seeds or soil. Several strong plant–microbe associations were observed, such as seed transmission to shoots, roots and/or rhizospheres of Sarocladium zeae (maize), Penicillium (pea and Phaseolus), and Curvularia (sugarcane), while robust bacterial colonization from cassava field soil occurred with the cyanobacteria Leptolyngbya into Arabidopsis and Panicum roots, and Streptomyces into cassava roots. Some abundant microbes such as Sakaguchia in rice shoots or Vermispora in Arabidopsis roots appeared in no other samples, suggesting that they were infrequent, stochastically deposited propagules from either soil or seed (impossible to know based on the available data). Future experiments with culturing and cross-inoculation of these microbes between plants may help us better understand host preferences and their role in plant productivity, perhaps leading to their use in crop microbiome engineering and enhancement of agricultural production.
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- David Johnston-Monje
- Max Planck Tandem Group in Plant Microbial Ecology, Universidad del Valle, Cali 76001, Colombia
- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali 763537, Colombia
- Department of Plant Microbe Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +57-315-545-6227
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Ryzhik IV, Pugovkin DV, Salakhov DO, Klindukh MP, Voskoboynikov GM. Physiological changes and rate of resistance of Acrosiphonia arcta (Dillwyn) Gain upon exposure to diesel fuel. Heliyon 2022; 8:e10177. [PMID: 36033327 PMCID: PMC9404261 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10177] [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: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The changes in the morpho-physiological state of green alga Acrosiphonia arcta upon exposure to diesel fuel (DF) at concentrations of 20; 100; 1,000; 2,000; 3,000 of maximum permissible concentrations (MPC) were studied. The main physiological stress markers, such as enzymes of the antioxidant system (AOS), non-enzymatic antioxidants (carotenoids) and free amino acids (as components of plant metabolome) were measured. In general, all concentrations of the petroleum product used changed the activity of the antioxidant system, changed the intensity of physiological processes (photosynthesis, free amino acid synthesis) and also affected the structure of microbiomes inhabiting the surface of algae. It was shown that the concentration of DF within 1 mg/l (20 MPC) was not lethal as plants were able to maintain physiological activity and the observed changes were reversible. Although DF exposure caused decreases in superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, proline concentration and photosynthetic rate, increases in catalase activity and pigment concentration were observed. After the effects of stress disappeared, most physiological parameters were restored, except for carotenoid content. Higher DF concentrations (100 MPC and higher) caused injury to cell structures and damage to the pigment apparatus. The restoration of functions after the termination of exposure to stress was not achieved. Epiphytic bacterial communities actively responded both to the introduction of a toxicant and to the changing physiological parameters of algae by the change in the numbers of cultured heterotrophic bacteria. The results of this study showed that the concentration of petroleum products in the water decreased to values not exceeding MPC in the presence of algae in the environment.
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- I V Ryzhik
- Murmansk Marine Biological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladimirskaya Str., 17, Murmansk, 183010, Russia.,Murmansk Arctic State University, Kapitana Egorova Str., 15, Murmansk, 183038, Russia
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- Murmansk Marine Biological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladimirskaya Str., 17, Murmansk, 183010, Russia
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- Murmansk Marine Biological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladimirskaya Str., 17, Murmansk, 183010, Russia
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- Murmansk Marine Biological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladimirskaya Str., 17, Murmansk, 183010, Russia
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- Murmansk Marine Biological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladimirskaya Str., 17, Murmansk, 183010, Russia
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Vuong P, Wise MJ, Whiteley AS, Kaur P. Small investments with big returns: environmental genomic bioprospecting of microbial life. Crit Rev Microbiol 2022; 48:641-655. [PMID: 35100064 DOI: 10.1080/1040841x.2021.2011833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Microorganisms and their natural products are major drivers of ecological processes and industrial applications. Microbial bioprospecting has been critical for the advancement in various fields such as pharmaceuticals, sustainable industries, food security and bioremediation. Next generation sequencing has been paramount in the exploration of diverse environmental microbiomes. It presents a culture-independent approach to investigating hitherto uncultured taxa, resulting in the creation of massive sequence databases, which are available in the public domain. Genome mining searches available (meta)genomic data for target biosynthetic genes, and combined with the large-scale public data, this in-silico bioprospecting method presents an efficient and extensive way to uncover microbial bioproducts. Bioinformatic tools have progressed to a stage where we can recover genomes from the environment; these metagenome-assembled genomes present a way to understand the metabolic capacity of microorganisms in a physiological and ecological context. Environmental sampling been extensive across various ecological settings, including microbiomes with unique physicochemical properties that could influence the discovery of novel functions and metabolic pathways. Although in-silico methods cannot completely substitute in-vitro studies, the contextual information it provides is invaluable for understanding the ecological and taxonomic distribution of microbial genotypes and to form effective strategies for future microbial bioprospecting efforts.
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- Paton Vuong
- UWA School of Agriculture & Environment, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- School of Physics, Mathematics and Computing, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Centre for Environment & Life Sciences, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Floreat, Australia
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- UWA School of Agriculture & Environment, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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Johnston-Monje D, Gutiérrez JP, Lopez-Lavalle LAB. Seed-Transmitted Bacteria and Fungi Dominate Juvenile Plant Microbiomes. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:737616. [PMID: 34745040 PMCID: PMC8569520 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.737616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Plant microbiomes play an important role in agricultural productivity, but there is still much to learn about their provenance, diversity, and organization. In order to study the role of vertical transmission in establishing the bacterial and fungal populations of juvenile plants, we used high-throughput sequencing to survey the microbiomes of seeds, spermospheres, rhizospheres, roots, and shoots of the monocot crops maize (B73), rice (Nipponbare), switchgrass (Alamo), Brachiaria decumbens, wheat, sugarcane, barley, and sorghum; the dicot crops tomato (Heinz 1706), coffee (Geisha), common bean (G19833), cassava, soybean, pea, and sunflower; and the model plants Arabidopsis thaliana (Columbia-0) and Brachypodium distachyon (Bd21). Unsterilized seeds were planted in either sterile sand or farm soil inside hermetically sealed jars, and after as much as 60 days of growth, DNA was extracted to allow for amplicon sequence-based profiling of the bacterial and fungal populations that developed. Seeds of most plants were dominated by Proteobacteria and Ascomycetes, with all containing operational taxonomic units (OTUs) belonging to Pantoea and Enterobacter. All spermospheres also contained DNA belonging to Pseudomonas, Bacillus, and Fusarium. Despite having only seeds as a source of inoculum, all plants grown on sterile sand in sealed jars nevertheless developed rhizospheres, endospheres, and phyllospheres dominated by shared Proteobacteria and diverse fungi. Compared to sterile sand-grown seedlings, growth on soil added new microbial diversity to the plant, especially to rhizospheres; however, all 63 seed-transmitted bacterial OTUs were still present, and the most abundant bacteria (Pantoea, Enterobacter, Pseudomonas, Klebsiella, and Massilia) were the same dominant seed-transmitted microbes observed in sterile sand-grown plants. While most plant mycobiome diversity was observed to come from soil, judging by read abundance, the dominant fungi (Fusarium and Alternaria) were also vertically transmitted. Seed-transmitted fungi and bacteria appear to make up the majority of juvenile crop plant microbial populations by abundance, and based on occupancy, there seems to be a pan-angiosperm seed-transmitted core bacterial microbiome. Further study of these seed-transmitted microbes will be important to understand their role in plant growth and health, as well as their fate during the plant life cycle and may lead to innovations for agricultural inoculant development.
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- David Johnston-Monje
- MaxPlanck Tandem Group in Plant Microbial Ecology, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.,International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Palmira, Colombia.,Department of Plant Microbe Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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Chialva M, Lanfranco L, Bonfante P. The plant microbiota: composition, functions, and engineering. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2021; 73:135-142. [PMID: 34392234 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2021.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Plants growing in nature live in association with beneficial, commensal, and pathogenic microbes, which make up the plant microbiota. The close interaction between plants and their microbiotas has raised fundamental questions about plant responses to these microbes and the identity of the main factors driving microbiota structure, diversity, and function in bulk soil, in the rhizosphere, and in the plant organs. Beneficial microorganisms have long been used as inoculants for crops; the current development of synthetic microbial communities and the identification of plant traits that respond to the microbiota form the basis for rational engineering of the plant microbiota to improve sustainable agriculture.
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- Matteo Chialva
- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Viale P.A. Mattioli 25, I-10125 Torino, Italy; Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Viale P.A. Mattioli 25, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Viale P.A. Mattioli 25, I-10125 Torino, Italy.
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Lima AS, Costa Junior HNP, Costa-Junior LM, Monteiro OS, Maia JGS, da Rocha CQ. Anthelmintic effect of essential rhizome oil from Hedychium coronarium Koenig (Zingiberaceae) introduced in Northeastern Brazil. Acta Trop 2021; 218:105912. [PMID: 33826931 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.105912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Revised: 03/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Hedychium coronarium is native to Tropical Asia and has been introduced into several Brazilian biomes. Significant biological properties described for the essential oil (EO) from this species' rhizomes include antimicrobial, larvicidal, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, phytotoxic, and anthelmintic activities. The primary constituents identified in this study by GC-MS in the EO were monoterpenes 1,8-cineole (33.5%), β-pinene (17.0%), α-terpineol (7.7%), α-pinene (7.3%), limonene (5.2%), and p-cymene (4.9%), comprising 75.6% of total oil compounds. The main monoterpenes' EO and standards were tested against N2 (susceptible) and UVR15 (resistant) adult nematode Caenorhabditis elegans strains, with varying dead rates in motility tests.. Nematocidal activity was not attributed to 1,8-cineole and β-pinene, the main H. coronarium rhizome oil components, as both exhibited an inhibitory concentration (IC50) ≥ 5 mg/mL. On the other hand, the α-pinene (IC50, 1.69 mg/mL) and (S)-(-)-limonene (IC50, 1.66 mg/mL) standards demonstrated more efficient action than rhizome oil in motility tests, with significant adult C. elegans nematode mortality rates. These results support the hypothesis that the combination of H. coronarium EO constituents can be helpful as a nematicidal product, due to their synergistic action.
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- Aldilene S Lima
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, 65080-805 São Luís, MA, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Patologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, 65080-805 São Luís, MA, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, 65080-805 São Luís, MA, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, 65080-805 São Luís, MA, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, 65080-805 São Luís, MA, Brazil.
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Anzalone A, Di Guardo M, Bella P, Ghadamgahi F, Dimaria G, Zago R, Cirvilleri G, Catara V. Bioprospecting of Beneficial Bacteria Traits Associated With Tomato Root in Greenhouse Environment Reveals That Sampling Sites Impact More Than the Root Compartment. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:637582. [PMID: 33927735 PMCID: PMC8078776 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.637582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Tomato is subject to several diseases that affect both field- and greenhouse-grown crops. To select cost-effective potential biocontrol agents, we used laboratory throughput screening to identify bacterial strains with versatile characteristics suitable for multipurpose uses. The natural diversity of tomato root-associated bacterial communities was bioprospected under a real-world environment represented by an intensive tomato cultivation area characterized by extraseasonal productions in the greenhouse. Approximately 400 tomato root-associated bacterial isolates, in majority Gram-negative bacteria, were isolated from three compartments: the soil close to the root surface (rhizosphere, R), the root surface (rhizoplane, RP), and the root interior (endorhizosphere, E). A total of 33% of the isolates produced siderophores and were able to solubilize phosphates and grow on NA with 8% NaCl. A total of 30% of the root-associated bacteria showed antagonistic activity against all the tomato pathogens tested, i.e., Clavibacter michiganesis pv. michiganensis, Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, Pseudomonas corrugata and Xanthomonas euvesicatoria pv. perforans, and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici. We found that the sampling site rather than the root compartment of isolation influenced bacterial composition in terms of analyzed phenotype. This was demonstrated through a diversity analysis including general characteristics and PGPR traits, as well as biocontrol activity in vitro. Analysis of 16S rRNA gene (rDNA) sequencing of 77 culturable endophytic bacteria that shared multiple beneficial activity revealed a predominance of bacteria in Bacillales, Enterobacteriales, and Pseudomonadales. Their in vitro antagonistic activity showed that Bacillus species were significantly more active than the isolates in the other taxonomic group. In planta activity against phytopathogenic bacteria of a subset of Bacillus and Pseudomonas isolates was also assessed.
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- Alice Anzalone
- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Teheran-Sierra LG, Funnicelli MIG, de Carvalho LAL, Ferro MIT, Soares MA, Pinheiro DG. Bacterial communities associated with sugarcane under different agricultural management exhibit a diversity of plant growth-promoting traits and evidence of synergistic effect. Microbiol Res 2021; 247:126729. [PMID: 33667983 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2021.126729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2020] [Revised: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Plant-associated microbiomes have been a target of interest for the prospection of microorganisms, which may be acting as effectors to increase agricultural productivity. For years, the search for beneficial microorganisms has been carried out from the characterization of functional traits of growth-promotion using tests with a few isolates. However, eventually, the expectations with positive results may not be realized when the evaluation is performed in association with plants. In our study, we accessed the cultivable sugarcane microbiome under two conditions of agronomic management: organic and conventional. From the use of a new customized culture medium, we recovered 944 endophytic and epiphytic bacterial communities derived from plant roots, stalks, leaves, and rhizospheric soil. This could be accomplished by using a large-scale approach, initially performing an in planta (Cynodon dactylon) screening process of inoculation to avoid early incompatibility. The inoculation was performed using the bacterial communities, considering that in this way, they could act synergistically. This process resulted in 38 candidate communities, 17 of which had higher Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) production and phosphate solubilization activity and, were submitted to a new in planta test using Brachiaria ruziziensis and quantification of functional traits for growth-promotion and physiological tests. Enrichment analysis of selected communities has shown that they derived mainly from epiphytic populations of sugarcane stalks under conventional management. The sequencing of the V3-V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene revealed 34 genera and 24 species distributed among the phylum Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, and Actinobacteria. We also observed a network of genera in these communities where the genus Chryseobacterium stands out with a greater degree of interaction, indicating a possible direct or indirect role as a keystone taxon in communities with plant-growth promotion capacities. From the results achieved, we can conclude that the approach is useful in the recovery of a set of sugarcane bacterial communities and that there is, evidence of synergistic action providing benefits to plants, and that they are compatible with plants of the same family (Poaceae). Thus, we are reporting the beneficial bacterial communities identified as suitable candidates with rated potential to be exploited as bioinoculants for crops.
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- Luis Guillermo Teheran-Sierra
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Câmpus Jaboticabal, Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane s/n, Jaboticabal, 14884- 900, SP, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Microbiologia Agropecuária, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Câmpus Jaboticabal, Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane s/n, Jaboticabal, 14884-900, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Câmpus Jaboticabal, Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane s/n, Jaboticabal, 14884- 900, SP, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Microbiologia Agropecuária, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Câmpus Jaboticabal, Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane s/n, Jaboticabal, 14884-900, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Câmpus Jaboticabal, Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane s/n, Jaboticabal, 14884- 900, SP, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Microbiologia Agropecuária, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Câmpus Jaboticabal, Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane s/n, Jaboticabal, 14884-900, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Câmpus Jaboticabal, Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane s/n, Jaboticabal, 14884- 900, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Biociências, Av. Fernando Corrêa, Nº 2367, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Câmpus Jaboticabal, Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane s/n, Jaboticabal, 14884- 900, SP, Brazil.
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Das J, Yadav SK, Ghosh S, Tyagi K, Magotra A, Krishnan A, Jha G. Enzymatic and non-enzymatic functional attributes of plant microbiome. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2021; 69:162-171. [PMID: 33493841 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2020.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Microbiome plays an important role in plant growth and adaptation to various environmental conditions. The cross-talk between host plant and microbes (including microbe-microbe interactions) plays a crucial role in shaping the microbiome. Recent studies have highlighted that plant microbiome is enriched in genes encoding enzymes and natural products. Several novel antimicrobial compounds, bioactive natural products and lytic/degrading enzymes with industrial implications are being identified from the microbiome. Moreover, advancements in metagenomics and culture techniques are facilitating the development of synthetic microbial communities to promote sustainable agriculture. We discuss the recent advancements, opportunities and challenges in harnessing the full potential of plant microbiome.
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- Joyati Das
- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Plant Microbe Interactions Laboratory, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Insuk C, Kuncharoen N, Cheeptham N, Tanasupawat S, Pathom-Aree W. Bryophytes Harbor Cultivable Actinobacteria With Plant Growth Promoting Potential. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:563047. [PMID: 33133038 PMCID: PMC7550540 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.563047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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This study was designed to investigate the cultivable actinobacteria associated with bryophytes and their plant growth promoting ability. Thirteen actinobacteria were isolated and tested for their ability to promote growth of plant in vitro and in planta. All isolates were able to produce IAA and siderophores. Six isolates were identified as members of the genus Micromonospora. Five isolates belonged to the genus Streptomyces and one each of Microbispora and Mycobacterium. Micromonospora sp. CMU55-4 was inoculated to rare moss [Physcomitrium sphaericum (C. Ludw.) Fürnr.] and could increase the amount of carotenoid, fresh weight, and dry weight of this moss. In addition, this strain promoted capsule production, and rescued P. sphaericum’s gametophytes during acclimatization to land. Strain CMU55-4 was identified as Micromonospora chalcea based on whole genome sequence analysis. Its plant growth promoting potential was further characterized through genome mining. The draft genome size was 6.6 Mb (73% GC). The genome contained 5,933 coding sequences. Functional annotation predicted encoded genes essential for siderophore production, phosphate solubilization that enable bacteria to survive under nutrient limited environment. Glycine-betaine accumulation and trehalose biosynthesis also aid plants under drought stress. M. chalcea CMU55-4 also exhibited genes for various carbohydrate metabolic pathways indicating those for efficient utilization of carbohydrates inside plant cells. Additionally, predictive genes for heat shock proteins, cold shock proteins, and oxidative stress such as glutathione biosynthesis were identified. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that bryophytes harbor plant growth promoting actinobacteria. A representative isolate, M. chalcea CMU55-4 promotes the growth of P. sphaericum moss and contains protein coding sequences related to plant growth promoting activities in its genome.
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- Chadabhorn Insuk
- Master of Science Program in Applied Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.,Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.,Research Center of Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Kusstatscher P, Wicaksono WA, Bergna A, Cernava T, Bergau N, Tissier A, Hause B, Berg G. Trichomes form genotype-specific microbial hotspots in the phyllosphere of tomato. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOME 2020; 15:17. [PMID: 33902724 PMCID: PMC8067393 DOI: 10.1186/s40793-020-00364-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND The plant phyllosphere is a well-studied habitat characterized by low nutrient availability and high community dynamics. In contrast, plant trichomes, known for their production of a large number of metabolites, are a yet unexplored habitat for microbes. We analyzed the phyllosphere as well as trichomes of two tomato genotypes (Solanum lycopersicum LA4024, S. habrochaites LA1777) by targeting bacterial 16S rRNA gene fragments. RESULTS Leaves, leaves without trichomes, and trichomes alone harbored similar abundances of bacteria (108-109 16S rRNA gene copy numbers per gram of sample). In contrast, bacterial diversity was found significantly increased in trichome samples (Shannon index: 4.4 vs. 2.5). Moreover, the community composition was significantly different when assessed with beta diversity analysis and corresponding statistical tests. At the bacterial class level, Alphaproteobacteria (23.6%) were significantly increased, whereas Bacilli (8.6%) were decreased in trichomes. The bacterial family Sphingomonadacea (8.4%) was identified as the most prominent, trichome-specific feature; Burkholderiaceae and Actinobacteriaceae showed similar patterns. Moreover, Sphingomonas was identified as a central element in the core microbiome of trichome samples, while distinct low-abundant bacterial families including Hymenobacteraceae and Alicyclobacillaceae were exclusively found in trichome samples. Niche preferences were statistically significant for both genotypes and genotype-specific enrichments were further observed. CONCLUSION Our results provide first evidence of a highly specific trichome microbiome in tomato and show the importance of micro-niches for the structure of bacterial communities on leaves. These findings provide further clues for breeding, plant pathology and protection as well as so far unexplored natural pathogen defense strategies.
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- Peter Kusstatscher
- Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB GmbH), Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Cell and Metabolic Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Metabolic Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Metabolic Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle, Germany
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- Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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Microbes in Our Food, an Ongoing Problem with New Solutions. Antibiotics (Basel) 2020; 9:antibiotics9090584. [PMID: 32911606 PMCID: PMC7559893 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics9090584] [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: 08/25/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Despite an increasing number of techniques that are designed to mitigate microbial contamination of food and the resulting food borne disease outbreaks, the United States and many other countries across the world continue to experience impressive numbers of such outbreaks. Microbial contamination can occur during activities that take place in the pre-harvest environment or in the processing facility post-harvest. Current treatments of food that are aimed at reducing bacterial numbers may be only partially effective because of the development of bacterial resistance, the formation of bacterial biofilms, and inactivation of the treatment compound by the food products themselves. This Special Issue will include basic research approaches that are aimed at enhancing our understanding of how contamination occurs throughout the food processing chain, as well as more immediate and applied approaches to the development and use of novel anti-microbials to combat microbes in food. Novel techniques that aim to evaluate the efficacy of novel anti-microbials are included. Overall, we present a broad spectrum of novel approaches to reduce microbial contamination on food at all stages of production.
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Agrahari RK, Singh P, Koyama H, Panda SK. Plant-microbe Interactions for Sustainable Agriculture in the Post-genomic Era. Curr Genomics 2020; 21:168-178. [PMID: 33071611 PMCID: PMC7521031 DOI: 10.2174/1389202921999200505082116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Revised: 03/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Plant-microbe interactions are both symbiotic and antagonistic, and the knowledge of both these interactions is equally important for the progress of agricultural practice and produce. This review gives an insight into the recent advances that have been made in the plant-microbe interaction study in the post-genomic era and the application of those for enhancing agricultural production. Adoption of next-generation sequencing (NGS) and marker assisted selection of resistant genes in plants, equipped with cloning and recombination techniques, has progressed the techniques for the development of resistant plant varieties by leaps and bounds. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of both plants and microbes have made the selection of desirable traits in plants and manipulation of the genomes of both plants and microbes effortless and less time-consuming. Stress tolerance in plants has been shown to be accentuated by association of certain microorganisms with the plant, the study and application of the same have helped develop stress-resistant varieties of crops. Beneficial microbes associated with plants are being extensively used for the development of microbial consortia that can be applied directly to the plants or the soil. Next-generation sequencing approaches have made it possible to identify the function of microbes associated in the plant microbiome that are both culturable and non-culturable, thus opening up new doors and possibilities for the use of these huge resources of microbes that can have a potential impact on agriculture.
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- Raj Kishan Agrahari
- 1Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu501-1193, Japan; 2Lab of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Graduate studies: Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India; 3Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan 305817, India
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- 1Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu501-1193, Japan; 2Lab of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Graduate studies: Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India; 3Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan 305817, India
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- 1Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu501-1193, Japan; 2Lab of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Graduate studies: Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India; 3Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan 305817, India
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- 1Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu501-1193, Japan; 2Lab of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Graduate studies: Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India; 3Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan 305817, India
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Rodriguez R, Durán P. Natural Holobiome Engineering by Using Native Extreme Microbiome to Counteract the Climate Change Effects. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:568. [PMID: 32582678 PMCID: PMC7287022 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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In the current scenario of climate change, the future of agriculture is uncertain. Climate change and climate-related disasters have a direct impact on biotic and abiotic factors that govern agroecosystems compromising the global food security. In the last decade, the advances in high throughput sequencing techniques have significantly improved our understanding about the composition, function and dynamics of plant microbiome. However, despite the microbiome have been proposed as a new platform for the next green revolution, our knowledge about the mechanisms that govern microbe-microbe and microbe-plant interactions are incipient. Currently, the adaptation of plants to environmental changes not only suggests that the plants can adapt or migrate, but also can interact with their surrounding microbial communities to alleviate different stresses by natural microbiome selection of specialized strains, phenomenon recently called "Cry for Help". From this way, plants have been co-evolved with their microbiota adapting to local environmental conditions to ensuring the survival of the entire holobiome to improve plant fitness. Thus, the strong selective pressure of native extreme microbiomes could represent a remarkable microbial niche of plant stress-amelioration to counteract the negative effect of climate change in food crops. Currently, the microbiome engineering has recently emerged as an alternative to modify and promote positive interactions between microorganisms and plants to improve plant fitness. In the present review, we discuss the possible use of extreme microbiome to alleviate different stresses in crop plants under the current scenario of climate change.
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- Rodrigo Rodriguez
- Biocontrol Research Laboratory, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Biocontrol Research Laboratory, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
- Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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Ulloa-Muñoz R, Olivera-Gonzales P, Castañeda-Barreto A, Villena GK, Tamariz-Angeles C. Diversity of endophytic plant-growth microorganisms from Gentianella weberbaueri and Valeriana pycnantha, highland Peruvian medicinal plants. Microbiol Res 2020; 233:126413. [PMID: 31981904 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2020.126413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2019] [Revised: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Microbial diversity in Peruvian mountain areas is poorly know, specially endophytic microorganisms of medicinal native plants from the Cordillera Blanca. So, nine bacterial and six fungal species were isolated from Gentianella weberbaueri and Valeriana pycnantha. According to 16S rDNA analysis, bacterial strains belong to genera Rahnella, Pseudomonas, Serratia, Rouxiella, and Bacillus; while ITS analysis showed that fungi belong to Pyrenochaeta, Scleroconidioma, Cryptococcus, and Plenodomus genera. Rahnella sp. GT24B and P. trivialis VT20B solubilized tricalcium phosphate and produced siderophores at 10 and 24 °C. Five bacteria strains produced indol-3-acetic acid (IAA) at 10 and 24 °C, where Rahnella sp. VT19B showed more production at 10 °C than 24 °C. Rahnella sp. GT24B, Serratia sp. VT28B, and Rahnella sp. GT25B inhibited Fusarium oxysporum growth up to 100, 78 and 74 %, respectively. R. inusitata VT25B and B. licheniformis GT10B showed high cellulolytic and proteolytic activities. On the other hand, only a few fungi moderately inhibited growth of F. oxysporum, and produced siderophores and cellulases. Most of bacteria inoculated on Medicago sativa "alfalfa" and Triticum aestivum "wheat" seeds got better root development, especially Rahnella sp. GT24B, Rouxiella sp.VT24B, Serratia sp. VT28B, and Rahnella sp. VT34B. Finally, this study is the first report of endophytic microorganisms associated to wild medicinal high-mountain Peruvian plants and it show a valuable microbial diversity and its possible role in promoting growth of crops and wild medicinal plants.
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- Rocío Ulloa-Muñoz
- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo, Av. Centenario 200, 02002 Independencia, Ancash Huaraz, Peru
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- Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Recursos Genéticos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo, Av. Centenario 200, 02002 Independencia, Ancash, Huaraz, Peru
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- Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Recursos Genéticos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo, Av. Centenario 200, 02002 Independencia, Ancash, Huaraz, Peru
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- Laboratorio de Micología y Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Av. La Molina s/n, Lima 12, Peru
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- Centro de Investigación de la Biodiversidad y Recursos Genéticos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo, Av. Centenario 200, 02002 Independencia, Ancash, Huaraz, Peru.
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Waigi MG, Wang J, Yang B, Gudda FO, Ling W, Liu J, Gao Y. Endophytic Bacteria in in planta Organopollutant Detoxification in Crops. REVIEWS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2020; 252:1-50. [PMID: 31451946 DOI: 10.1007/398_2019_33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Microbe-assisted organopollutant removal, or in planta crop decontamination, is based on an interactive system between organopollutant-degrading endophytic bacteria (DEBOP) and crops in alleviating organic toxins in plants. This script focuses on the fast-growing body of literature that has recently bloomed in organopollutant control in agricultural plants. The various facets of DEBOP under study include their colonization, distribution, plant growth-promoting mechanisms, and modes of action in the detoxification process in plants. Also, an assessment of the biotechnological advances, advantages, and bottlenecks in accelerating the implementation of this decontamination strategy will be undertaken. The highlighted key research directions from this review will shape the future of agro-environmental sustainability and preservation of human health.
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- Michael Gatheru Waigi
- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
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Prabha R, Singh DP, Gupta S, Gupta VK, El-Enshasy HA, Verma MK. Rhizosphere Metagenomics of Paspalum scrobiculatum L. (Kodo Millet) Reveals Rhizobiome Multifunctionalities. Microorganisms 2019; 7:microorganisms7120608. [PMID: 31771141 PMCID: PMC6956225 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms7120608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Multifunctionalities linked with the microbial communities associated with the millet crop rhizosphere has remained unexplored. In this study, we are analyzing microbial communities inhabiting rhizosphere of kodo millet and their associated functions and its impact over plant growth and survival. Metagenomics of Paspalum scrobiculatum L.(kodo millet) rhizopshere revealed taxonomic communities with functional capabilities linked to support growth and development of the plants under nutrient-deprived, semi-arid and dry biotic conditions. Among 65 taxonomically diverse phyla identified in the rhizobiome, Actinobacteria were the most abundant followed by the Proteobacteria. Functions identified for different genes/proteins led to revelations that multifunctional rhizobiome performs several metabolic functions including carbon fixation, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, iron and aromatic compound metabolism, stress response, secondary metabolite synthesis and virulence, disease, and defense. Abundance of genes linked with N, P, S, Fe and aromatic compound metabolism and phytohormone synthesis—along with other prominent functions—clearly justifies growth, development, and survival of the plants under nutrient deprived dry environment conditions. The dominance of actinobacteria, the known antibiotic producing communities shows that the kodo rhizobiome possesses metabolic capabilities to defend themselves against biotic stresses. The study opens avenues to revisit multi-functionalities of the crop rhizosphere for establishing link between taxonomic abundance and targeted functions that help plant growth and development in stressed and nutrient deprived soil conditions. It further helps in understanding the role of rhizosphere microbiome in adaptation and survival of plants in harsh abiotic conditions.
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- Ratna Prabha
- Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh 491107, India; (R.P.); (M.K.V.)
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- ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Kushmaur, Maunath Bhanjan 275101, UP, India
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- Department of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Rostock, Rostock 18057, Germany;
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, ERA Chair of Green Chemistry, Tallinn University of Technology, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia;
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- Institute of Bioproduct Development, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81310, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia;
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- Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh 491107, India; (R.P.); (M.K.V.)
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Thomas P, Agrawal M, Bharathkumar CB. Diverse cellular colonizing endophytic bacteria in field shoots and in vitro cultured papaya with physiological and functional implications. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2019; 166:729-747. [PMID: 30175853 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The study was envisaged to assess the extent of normally uncultivable endophytic bacteria in field papaya plants and in vitro established cultures adopting cultivation vs molecular analysis and microscopy. Surface-sterilized axillary shoot-buds of papaya 'Arka Surya' revealed high bacterial diversity as per 16S rRNA metagene amplicon sequencing (6 phyla, 10 classes, 21 families) with an abundance of Pseudomonas (Gammaproteobacteria), which also formed a common contaminant for in vitro cultured field explants. Molecular analysis of seedling shoot-tip-derived healthy proliferating cultures of three genotypes ('Arka Surya', 'Arka Prabhath', 'Red Lady') with regular monthly subculturing also displayed high bacterial diversity (11-16 phyla, >25 classes, >50 families, >200 genera) about 12-18 months after initial establishment. 'Arka Surya' and 'Red Lady' cultures bore predominantly Actinobacteria (75-78%) while 'Arka Prabhath' showed largely Alphaproteobacteria corroborating the slowly activated Methylobacterium sp. Bright-field direct microscopy on tissue sections and tissue homogenate and epi-fluorescence microscopy employing bacterial DNA probe SYTO-9 revealed abundant intracellular bacteria embracing the next-generation sequencing elucidated high taxonomic diversity. Phylogenetic investigation of communities by reconstruction of unobserved states- PICRUSt- functional annotation suggested significant operational roles for the bacterial-biome. Metabolism, environmental information processing, and genetic information processing constituted major Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes KEGG attributes. Papaya stocks occasionally displayed bacterial growth on culture medium arising from the activation of originally uncultivable organisms to cultivation. The organisms included Bacillus (35%), Methylobacterium (15%), Pseudomonas (10%) and seven other genera (40%). This study reveals a hidden world of diverse and abundant conventionally uncultivable cellular-colonizing endophytic bacteria in field shoots and micropropagating papaya stocks with high genotypic similarity and silent participation in various plant processes/pathways.
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- Pious Thomas
- Division of Biotechnology, Endophytic and Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru, India, 560 089
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- Division of Biotechnology, Endophytic and Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru, India, 560 089
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- Division of Biotechnology, Endophytic and Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru, India, 560 089
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Lima AS, Prieto KR, Santos CS, Paula Valerio H, Garcia-Ochoa EY, Huerta-Robles A, Beltran-Garcia MJ, Di Mascio P, Bertotti M. In-vivo electrochemical monitoring of H 2O 2 production induced by root-inoculated endophytic bacteria in Agave tequilana leaves. Biosens Bioelectron 2017; 99:108-114. [PMID: 28746900 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2017.07.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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A dual-function platinum disc microelectrode sensor was used for in-situ monitoring of H2O2 produced in A. tequilana leaves after inoculation of their endophytic bacteria (Enterobacter cloacae). Voltammetric experiments were carried out from 0.0 to -1.0V, a potential range where H2O2 is electrochemically reduced. A needle was used to create a small cavity in the upper epidermis of A. tequilana leaves, where the fabricated electrochemical sensor was inserted by using a manual three-dimensional micropositioner. Control experiments were performed with untreated plants and the obtained electrochemical results clearly proved the formation of H2O2 in the leaves of plants 3h after the E. cloacae inoculation, according to a mechanism involving endogenous signaling pathways. In order to compare the sensitivity of the microelectrode sensor, the presence of H2O2 was detected in the root hairs by 3,3-diaminobenzidine (DAB) stain 72h after bacterial inoculation. In-situ pH measurements were also carried out with a gold disc microelectrode modified with a film of iridium oxide and lower pH values were found in A. tequilana leaves treated with bacteria, which may indicate the plant produces acidic substances by biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. This microsensor could be an advantageous tool for further studies on the understanding of the mechanism of H2O2 production during the plant-endophyte interaction.
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- Alex S Lima
- Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry ICET, Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Patria 1201, Lomas del Valle, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Institute of Engineering, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Blvd. B. Juarez y Calle de la Normal s/n, Mexicali, BC, Mexico
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- Department of Chemistry ICET, Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Patria 1201, Lomas del Valle, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 748, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Carro L, Nouioui I. Taxonomy and systematics of plant probiotic bacteria in the genomic era. AIMS Microbiol 2017; 3:383-412. [PMID: 31294168 PMCID: PMC6604993 DOI: 10.3934/microbiol.2017.3.383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Recent decades have predicted significant changes within our concept of plant endophytes, from only a small number specific microorganisms being able to colonize plant tissues, to whole communities that live and interact with their hosts and each other. Many of these microorganisms are responsible for health status of the plant, and have become known in recent years as plant probiotics. Contrary to human probiotics, they belong to many different phyla and have usually had each genus analysed independently, which has resulted in lack of a complete taxonomic analysis as a group. This review scrutinizes the plant probiotic concept, and the taxonomic status of plant probiotic bacteria, based on both traditional and more recent approaches. Phylogenomic studies and genes with implications in plant-beneficial effects are discussed. This report covers some representative probiotic bacteria of the phylum Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes, but also includes minor representatives and less studied groups within these phyla which have been identified as plant probiotics.
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- Lorena Carro
- School of Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- School of Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Müller CA, Perz V, Provasnek C, Quartinello F, Guebitz GM, Berg G. Discovery of Polyesterases from Moss-Associated Microorganisms. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 83:e02641-16. [PMID: 27940546 PMCID: PMC5288828 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02641-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Accepted: 12/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The growing pollution of the environment with plastic debris is a global threat which urgently requires biotechnological solutions. Enzymatic recycling not only prevents pollution but also would allow recovery of valuable building blocks. Therefore, we explored the existence of microbial polyesterases in microbial communities associated with the Sphagnum magellanicum moss, a key species within unexploited bog ecosystems. This resulted in the identification of six novel esterases, which were isolated, cloned, and heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli The esterases were found to hydrolyze the copolyester poly(butylene adipate-co-butylene terephthalate) (PBAT) and the oligomeric model substrate bis[4-(benzoyloxy)butyl] terephthalate (BaBTaBBa). Two promising polyesterase candidates, EstB3 and EstC7, which clustered in family VIII of bacterial lipolytic enzymes, were purified and characterized using the soluble esterase substrate p-nitrophenyl butyrate (Km values of 46.5 and 3.4 μM, temperature optima of 48°C and 50°C, and pH optima of 7.0 and 8.5, respectively). In particular, EstC7 showed outstanding activity and a strong preference for hydrolysis of the aromatic ester bond in PBAT. Our study highlights the potential of plant-associated microbiomes from extreme natural ecosystems as a source for novel hydrolytic enzymes hydrolyzing polymeric compounds. IMPORTANCE In this study, we describe the discovery and analysis of new enzymes from microbial communities associated with plants (moss). The recovered enzymes show the ability to hydrolyze not only common esterase substrates but also the synthetic polyester poly(butylene adipate-co-butylene terephthalate), which is a common material employed in biodegradable plastics. The widespread use of such synthetic polyesters in industry and society requires the development of new sustainable technological solutions for their recycling. The discovered enzymes have the potential to be used as catalysts for selective recovery of valuable building blocks from this material.
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- Christina Andrea Müller
- Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
- ACIB GmbH, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
- ACIB GmbH, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Tulln an der Donau, Austria
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- ACIB GmbH, Tulln an der Donau, Austria
- Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Tulln an der Donau, Austria
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- Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
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