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Hsouna J, Gritli T, Ilahi H, Han JC, Ellouze W, Zhang XX, Mansouri M, Rahi P, El Idrissi MM, Lamrabet M, Courty PE, Wipf D, Bekki A, Tambong JT, Mnasri B. Rhizobium aouanii sp. nov., efficient nodulating rhizobia isolated from Acacia saligna roots in Tunisia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74. [PMID: 39235833 PMCID: PMC11376454 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006515] [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] [Indexed: 09/06/2024] Open
Abstract
Three bacterial strains, 1AS14IT, 1AS12I and 6AS6, isolated from root nodules of Acacia saligna, were characterized using a polyphasic approach. Phylogenetic analysis based on rrs sequences placed all three strains within the Rhizobium leguminosarum complex. Further phylogeny, based on 1 756 bp sequences of four concatenated housekeeping genes (recA, atpD, glnII and gyrB), revealed their distinction from known rhizobia species of the R. leguminosarum complex (Rlc), forming a distinct clade. The closest related species, identified as Rhizobium laguerreae, with a sequence identity of 96.4% based on concatenated recA-atpD-glnII-gyrB sequences. The type strain, 1AS14IT, showed average nucleotide identity (ANI) values of 94.9, 94.3 and 94.1% and DNA-DNA hybridization values of 56.1, 57.4 and 60.0% with the type strains of closest known species: R. laguerreae, Rhizobium acaciae and 'Rhizobium indicum', respectively. Phylogenomic analyses using 81 up-to-date bacteria core genes and the Type (Strain) Genome Server pipeline further supported the uniqueness of strains 1AS14IT, 1AS12I and 6AS6. The relatedness of the novel strains to NCBI unclassified Rhizobium sp. (396 genomes) and metagenome-derived genomes showed ANI values from 76.7 to 94.8% with a species-level cut-off of 96%, suggesting that strains 1AS14I, 1AS12I and 6AS6 are a distinct lineage. Additionally, differentiation of strains 1AS14IT, 1AS12I and 6AS6 from their closest phylogenetic neighbours was achieved using phenotypic, physiological and fatty acid content analyses. Based on the genomic, phenotypic and biochemical data, we propose the establishment of a novel rhizobial species, Rhizobium aouanii sp. nov., with strain 1AS14IT designated as the type strain (=DSM 113914T=LMG 33206T). This study contributes to the understanding of microbial diversity in nitrogen-fixing symbioses, specifically within Acacia saligna ecosystems in Tunisia.
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- Jihed Hsouna
- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agrosystems, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901 Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
- University of Carthage, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agrosystems, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901 Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agrosystems, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901 Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
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- Agricultural Cultural Collection of China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100080, PR China
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4902 Victoria Avenue North, Vineland Station, Ontario, L0R 2E0, Canada
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- Agricultural Cultural Collection of China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100080, PR China
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- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agrosystems, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901 Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Biological Resource Center of Institut Pasteur (CRBIP), Paris, France
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- Faculty of Sciences, Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale et Microbienne, Biodiversité et Environnement, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco
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- Faculty of Sciences, Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale et Microbienne, Biodiversité et Environnement, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco
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- Agroécologie, Institut Agro Dijon, CNRS, Univ. Bourgogne, INRAE, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- Agroécologie, Institut Agro Dijon, CNRS, Univ. Bourgogne, INRAE, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- Biotechnology of Rhizobia and Plant Breeding Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Oran1, Sénia, Algeria
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agrosystems, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901 Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
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Kaziūnienė J, Pini F, Shamshitov A, Razbadauskienė K, Frercks B, Gegeckas A, Mažylytė R, Lapinskienė L, Supronienė S. Genetic Characterization of Rhizobium spp. Strains in an Organic Field Pea ( Pisum sativum L.) Field in Lithuania. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:1888. [PMID: 39065414 PMCID: PMC11280047 DOI: 10.3390/plants13141888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2024] [Revised: 07/03/2024] [Accepted: 07/06/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024]
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Biological nitrogen fixation in legume plants depends on the diversity of rhizobia present in the soil. Rhizobial strains exhibit specificity towards host plants and vary in their capacity to fix nitrogen. The increasing interest in rhizobia diversity has prompted studies of their phylogenetic relations. Molecular identification of Rhizobium is quite complex, requiring multiple gene markers to be analysed to distinguish strains at the species level or to predict their host plant. In this research, 50 rhizobia isolates were obtained from the root nodules of five different Pisum sativum L. genotypes ("Bagoo", "Respect", "Astronaute", "Lina DS", and "Egle DS"). All genotypes were growing in the same field, where ecological farming practices were applied, and no commercial rhizobia inoculants were used. The influence of rhizobial isolates on pea root nodulation and dry biomass accumulation was determined. 16S rRNA gene, two housekeeping genes recA and atpD, and symbiotic gene nodC were analysed to characterize rhizobia population. The phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that 46 isolates were linked to Rhizobium leguminosarum; species complex 1 isolate was identified as Rhizobium nepotum, and the remaining 3 isolates belonged to Rahnella spp., Paenarthrobacter spp., and Peribacillus spp. genera. RecA and atpD gene analysis showed that the 46 isolates identified as R. leguminosarum clustered into three genospecies groups (B), (E) and (K). Isolates that had the highest influence on plant dry biomass accumulation clustered into the (B) group. NodC gene phylogenetic analysis clustered 46 R. leguminosarum isolates into 10 groups, and all isolates were assigned to the R. leguminosarum sv. viciae.
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- Justina Kaziūnienė
- Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, LT-58344 Akademija, Lithuania (S.S.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, LT-58344 Akademija, Lithuania (S.S.)
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- Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, LT-58344 Akademija, Lithuania (S.S.)
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- Institute of Horticulture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Kaunas Str. 30, LT-54333 Babtai, Lithuania
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- Life Sciences Center, Institute of Biosciences, Vilnius University, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Life Sciences Center, Institute of Biosciences, Vilnius University, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, 53361 Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, LT-58344 Akademija, Lithuania (S.S.)
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Flores-Félix JD, Sánchez-Juanes F, Pulido-Suárez L, Velázquez E, León-Barrios M. The symbiovar mediterranense of Sinorhizobium meliloti nodulates Phaseolus vulgaris across Lanzarote (Canary Islands): A revision of this symbiovar supports a proposal to delimit symbiovars boundaries in Sinorhizobium and to define four new symbiovars. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126517. [PMID: 38772266 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2024.126517] [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: 02/08/2024] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/23/2024]
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The symbiovar mediterranense of Sinorhizobium meliloti was initially found in Phaseolus vulgaris nodules in Tunisia and in an eastern location of Lanzarote (Canary Islands). Here we show that the symbiovar mediterranense of S. meliloti also nodulates P. vulgaris in two western locations of this Island. The analyses of the symbiotic nodA and nodC genes reveal the complexity of the symbiovar mediterranense which encompasses strains belonging to several phylogenetic lineages and clusters. The comparison of the nodA and nodC phylogenies showed that the nodC was the most resolutive phylogenetic marker for the delineation of Sinorhizobium symbiovars. Considering that the similarity of this gene within several symbiovars, particularly mediterranense, is around 95 %, the cut-off value for their differentiation should be lower. Considering that a nodC gene cut-off similarity value of around 92 % is accepted for the genus Bradyrhizobium and that the symbiovar concept is identical in all rhizobial genera, we propose to apply this value for symbiovars delineation within all these genera. Therefore, using this cut-off value for the nodC gene analysis of Sinorhizobium symbiovars, we propose to merge the symbiovars aegeanense and fredii into the single symbiovar fredii and to define four novel symbiovars with the names asiaense, culleni, sudanense and tunisiaense.
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- José David Flores-Félix
- Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; Instituto de Investigación en Agrobiotecnología (CIALE), Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, Universidad de Salamanca, CSIC, Salamanca, Spain; Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Salamanca, Edificio Departamental de Biología, Av. Doctores de la Reina s/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Microbiología, Biología Celular y Genética, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; Instituto de Investigación en Agrobiotecnología (CIALE), Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; Unidad Asociada Grupo de Interacción Planta-Microorganismo, Universidad de Salamanca-IRNASA-CSIC, Salamanca, Spain.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Microbiología, Biología Celular y Genética, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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Martinez-Romero E, Peix A, Hungria M, Mousavi SA, Martinez-Romero J, Young P. Guidelines for the description of rhizobial symbiovars. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:006373. [PMID: 38743471 PMCID: PMC11165908 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
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Rhizobia are bacteria that form nitrogen-fixing nodules in legume plants. The sets of genes responsible for both nodulation and nitrogen fixation are carried in plasmids or genomic islands that are often mobile. Different strains within a species sometimes have different host specificities, while very similar symbiosis genes may be found in strains of different species. These specificity variants are known as symbiovars, and many of them have been given names, but there are no established guidelines for defining or naming them. Here, we discuss the requirements for guidelines to describe symbiovars, propose a set of guidelines, provide a list of all symbiovars for which descriptions have been published so far, and offer a mechanism to maintain a list in the future.
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología, IRNASA-CSIC, Salamanca, Spain
- Interacción Planta-Microorganismo, Universidad de Salamanca, Unidad Asociada al CSIC por el IRNASA, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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Janczarek M, Kozieł M, Adamczyk P, Buczek K, Kalita M, Gromada A, Mordzińska-Rak A, Polakowski C, Bieganowski A. Symbiotic efficiency of Rhizobium leguminosarum sv. trifolii strains originating from the subpolar and temperate climate regions. Sci Rep 2024; 14:6264. [PMID: 38491088 PMCID: PMC10943007 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56988-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024] Open
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Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) is a forage legume cultivated worldwide. This plant is capable of establishing a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with Rhizobium leguminosarum symbiovar trifolii strains. To date, no comparative analysis of the symbiotic properties and heterogeneity of T. pratense microsymbionts derived from two distinct geographic regions has been performed. In this study, the symbiotic properties of strains originating from the subpolar and temperate climate zones in a wide range of temperatures (10-25 °C) have been characterized. Our results indicate that all the studied T. pratense microsymbionts from two geographic regions were highly efficient in host plant nodulation and nitrogen fixation in a wide range of temperatures. However, some differences between the populations and between the strains within the individual population examined were observed. Based on the nodC and nifH sequences, the symbiotic diversity of the strains was estimated. In general, 13 alleles for nodC and for nifH were identified. Moreover, 21 and 61 polymorphic sites in the nodC and nifH sequences were found, respectively, indicating that the latter gene shows higher heterogeneity than the former one. Among the nodC and nifH alleles, three genotypes (I-III) were the most frequent, whereas the other alleles (IV-XIII) proved to be unique for the individual strains. Based on the nodC and nifH allele types, 20 nodC-nifH genotypes were identified. Among them, the most frequent were three genotypes marked as A (6 strains), B (5 strains), and C (3 strains). Type A was exclusively found in the temperate strains, whereas types B and C were identified in the subpolar strains. The remaining 17 genotypes were found in single strains. In conclusion, our data indicate that R. leguminosarum sv. trifolii strains derived from two climatic zones show a high diversity with respect to the symbiotic efficiency and heterogeneity. However, some of the R. leguminosarum sv. trifolii strains exhibit very good symbiotic potential in the wide range of the temperatures tested; hence, they may be used in the future for improvement of legume crop production.
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- Monika Janczarek
- Department of Industrial and Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, 19 Akademicka, 20-033, Lublin, Poland.
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- Department of Industrial and Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, 19 Akademicka, 20-033, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Industrial and Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, 19 Akademicka, 20-033, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Industrial and Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, 19 Akademicka, 20-033, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, 19 Akademicka, 20-033, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Industrial and Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, 19 Akademicka, 20-033, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medical Studies, Medical University in Lublin, 1 Chodźki, 20-093, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Natural Environment Biogeochemistry, Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 4 Doświadczalna, 20-290, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Natural Environment Biogeochemistry, Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 4 Doświadczalna, 20-290, Lublin, Poland
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Zhang J, Feng Y, Wang J, Wang E, Andrews M. Diverse Bradyrhizobium spp. with Similar Symbiosis Genes Nodulate Peanut in Different Regions of China: Characterization of Symbiovar sv. Arachis. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:3776. [PMID: 37960132 PMCID: PMC10647606 DOI: 10.3390/plants12213776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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A total of 219 rhizobial strains isolated from peanut grown in soils from six peanut croplands in Zhengyang county, Henan Province, were typed by PCR-RFLP of IGS sequences. Their phylogenetic relationships were refined on representative strains using sequence analyses of 16S rRNA genes, housekeeping genes (atpD, recA, glnII) and symbiosis genes (nodA, nodC and nifH). The 219 rhizobial isolates were classified into 13 IGS types, and twenty representatives were defined within eight Bradyrhizobium genospecies: B. guangdongense covering 5 IGS types (75.2% of total isolates), B. guangzhouense (2 IGS types, 2.7% total isolates), B. zhengyangense (1 IGS type, 11.3% total isolates) and five novel genospecies (5 IGS types, 0.9 to 3.2% total isolates). All representative strains had identical nodA, nodC and nifH sequences except for one nifH sequence. With this one exception, these sequences were identical to those of the type strains of Bradyrhizobium species and several Bradyrhizobium genospecies isolated from peanut in different regions of China. The nodC sequences of all strains showed < 67% similarity to the closest strains on the Genbank database indicating that they are representative of a novel Bradyrhiobium symbiovar. This study has shown that (1) diverse Bradyrhizobium spp. with similar symbiosis genes nodulate peanut in different regions of China. (2) Horizontal transfer of genes involved in nodulating peanut is common between Bradyrhizobium species in soils used to grow the crop in China. (3) The strains studied here are representative of a novel Bradyrhizobium symbiovar that nodulates peanut in China. We propose the name sv. arachis for this novel symbiovar indicating that the strains were isolated from Arachis hypogaea. Results here have practical implications in relation to the selection of rhizobial inoculants for peanut in China.
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- Junjie Zhang
- College of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (Y.F.); (J.W.)
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Food Production and Safety of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (Y.F.); (J.W.)
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- College of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (Y.F.); (J.W.)
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México 11340, Mexico;
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, New Zealand
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Zhang J, Wang N, Li S, Brunel B, Wang J, Feng Y, Yang T, Zong X. Genotypic composition and performance of pea-nodulating rhizobia from soils outside the native plant-host range. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1201140. [PMID: 37469428 PMCID: PMC10353855 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1201140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023] Open
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Cultivated soils need to shelter suitable rhizobia for legume cropping, especially in areas outside of the plant-host native range, where soils may lack efficient symbiotic partners. We analyzed the distribution patterns and traits of native rhizobia associated with Pisum sativum L. in soils of Hebei Province, a region that has recently experienced an expansion of pea production in China. A total of 43 rhizobial isolates were obtained from root-nodules and characterized genetically and symbiotically. The isolates discriminated into 12 genotypes as defined by PCR-RFLP of IGS DNA. Multiple locus sequence analysis (MLSA) based on the 16S rRNA, recA, atpD and gyrB of representative strains placed them into five clusters of four defined species (R. sophorae, R. indicum, R. changzhiense, and R. anhuiense) and a novel Rhizobium genospecies. R. sophorae was the dominant group (58%) followed by R. indicum (23%). The other groups composed of R. changzhiense (14%), R. anhuiense (1 isolate) and the new genospecies (1 isolate), were minor and site-specific. Based on nodC phylogeny, all representatives were intermingled within the symbiovar viciae with R. sophorae and R. changzhiense being a new record. All the tested strains showed efficient symbiotic fixation on pea plants, with half of them exhibiting better plant biomass performance. This suggests that the pea-nodulating rhizobia in Hebei Province form a specific community of efficient symbiotic rhizobia on pea, distinct from those reported in other countries.
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- Junjie Zhang
- College of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Food Production and Safety of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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- LSTM, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro Montpellier, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- College of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Li Z, Chi Y, Su X, Ye Z, Ren X. Rhizobium Soaking Promoted Maize Growth by Altering Rhizosphere Microbiomes and Associated Functional Genes. Microorganisms 2023; 11:1654. [PMID: 37512827 PMCID: PMC10383385 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11071654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Rhizobium is a Gram-negative bacterium, which dissolves minerals, produces growth hormones, promotes root growth, and protects plants from different soil-borne pathogens. In the present study, roots, stalks, and fresh weight of maize (Zea mays L.) were significantly increased after soaking in Bradyrhizobium japonicum compared with the control. Subsequently, transcriptome sequencing results of the whole maize plant soaked in B. japonicum showed that multiple growth and development-related genes were up-regulated more than 100-fold compared to the control. Furthermore, the abundance of plant growth promoting bacteria, such as Acidobacteria Subgroup_6 and Chloroflexi KD4-96, were increased significantly. On the contrary, the abundance of multiple pathogens, such as Curvularia, Fusarium and Mycocentrospora, were significantly decreased. Moreover, inoculation with B. japonicum could inhibit the infection of the pathogen Fusarium graminearum in maize. These results suggest that soaking seeds in B. japonicum may affect the expression of maize growth and development-related genes as the bacteria changes the soil microorganism community structure. These findings may help to expand the application of B. japonicum in crop production and provide new opportunities for food security.
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- Zhao Li
- Institute of Plant Protection and Agro-Products Safety, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230001, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection and Agro-Products Safety, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230001, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection and Agro-Products Safety, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230001, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection and Agro-Products Safety, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230001, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection and Agro-Products Safety, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230001, China
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Hnini M, El Attar I, Taha K, Aurag J. Genetic diversity, symbiotic efficiency, stress tolerance, and plant growth promotion traits of rhizobia nodulating Vachellia tortilis subsp. raddiana growing in dryland soils in southern Morocco. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126434. [PMID: 37210974 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2023.126434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In the present study, we analyzed the genetic diversity, phylogenetic relationships, stress tolerance, phytobeneficial traits, and symbiotic characteristics of rhizobial strains isolated from root nodules of Vachellia tortilis subsp. raddiana grown in soils collected in the extreme Southwest of the Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Subsequent to Rep-PCR fingerprinting, 16S rDNA gene sequencing of 15 representative strains showed that all of them belong to the genus Ensifer. Phylogenetic analysis and concatenation of the housekeeping genes gyrB, rpoB, recA, and dnaK revealed that the entire collection (except strain LMR678) shared 99.08 % to 99.92% similarity with Ensifer sp. USDA 257 and 96.92% to 98.79% with Sinorhizobium BJ1. Phylogenetic analysis of nodC and nodA sequences showed that all strains but one (LMR678) formed a phylogenetic group with the type strain "E. aridi" LMR001T (similarity over 98%). Moreover, it was relevant that most strains belong to the symbiovar vachelliae. In vitro tests revealed that five strains produced IAA, four solubilized inorganic phosphate, and one produced siderophores. All strains showed tolerance to NaCl concentrations ranging from 2 to 12% and grew at up to 10% of PEG6000. A greenhouse plant inoculation test conducted during five months demonstrated that most rhizobial strains were infective and efficient. Strains LMR688, LMR692, and LMR687 exhibited high relative symbiotic efficiency values (respectively 231.6 %, 171.96 %, and 140.84 %). These strains could be considered as the most suitable candidates for inoculation of V. t. subsp. raddiana, to be used as a pioneer plant for restoring arid soils threatened with desertification.
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- Mohamed Hnini
- Microbiology and Molecular Biology Team, Center of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Avenue Ibn Battouta, BP 1014, 10000 Rabat, Morocco
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- Microbiology and Molecular Biology Team, Center of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Avenue Ibn Battouta, BP 1014, 10000 Rabat, Morocco
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- Microbiology and Molecular Biology Team, Center of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Avenue Ibn Battouta, BP 1014, 10000 Rabat, Morocco
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- Microbiology and Molecular Biology Team, Center of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Environment, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Avenue Ibn Battouta, BP 1014, 10000 Rabat, Morocco.
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Hernández-Oaxaca D, Claro K, Rogel MA, Rosenblueth M, Martinez-Romero J, Martinez-Romero E. Novel symbiovars ingae, lysilomae and lysilomaefficiens in bradyrhizobia from tree-legume nodules. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126433. [PMID: 37207476 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2023.126433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 04/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Inga vera and Lysiloma tree legumes form nodules with Bradyrhizobium spp. from the japonicum group that represent novel genomospecies, for which we describe here using genome data, symbiovars lysilomae, lysilomaefficiens and ingae. Genes encoding Type three secretion system (TTSS) that could affect host specificity were found in ingae but not in lysilomae nor in lysilomaefficiens symbiovars and uptake hydrogenase hup genes (that affect nitrogen fixation) were observed in bradyrhizobia from the symbiovars ingae and lysilomaefficiens. nolA gene was found in the symbiovar lysilomaefficiens but not in strains from lysilomae. We discuss that multiple genes may dictate symbiosis specificity. Besides, toxin-antitoxin genes were found in the symbiosis islands in bradyrhizobia from symbiovars ingae and lysilomaefficiens. A limit (95%) to define symbiovars with nifH gene sequences was proposed here.
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- Genomic Science Center, UNAM Cuernavaca México, México
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- Genomic Science Center, UNAM Cuernavaca México, México
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Mousavi SA, Young JPW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria. Minutes of the closed annual meeting: videoconference on 11 October 2022 followed by online discussion until 31 December 2022. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73. [PMID: 37115621 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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- Seyed Abdollah Mousavi
- Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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Msaddak A, Mars M, Quiñones MA, Lucas MM, Pueyo JJ. Lupin, a Unique Legume That Is Nodulated by Multiple Microsymbionts: The Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24076496. [PMID: 37047476 PMCID: PMC10094711 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24076496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 03/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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Lupin is a high-protein legume crop that grows in a wide range of edaphoclimatic conditions where other crops are not viable. Its unique seed nutrient profile can promote health benefits, and it has been proposed as a phytoremediation plant. Most rhizobia nodulating Lupinus species belong to the genus Bradyrhizobium, comprising strains that are phylogenetically related to B. cytisi, B. hipponenese, B. rifense, B. iriomotense/B. stylosanthis, B. diazoefficiens, B. japonicum, B. canariense/B. lupini, and B. retamae/B. valentinum. Lupins are also nodulated by fast-growing bacteria within the genera Microvirga, Ochrobactrum, Devosia, Phyllobacterium, Agrobacterium, Rhizobium, and Neorhizobium. Phylogenetic analyses of the nod and nif genes, involved in microbial colonization and symbiotic nitrogen fixation, respectively, suggest that fast-growing lupin-nodulating bacteria have acquired their symbiotic genes from rhizobial genera other than Bradyrhizobium. Horizontal transfer represents a key mechanism allowing lupin to form symbioses with bacteria that were previously considered as non-symbiotic or unable to nodulate lupin, which might favor lupin’s adaptation to specific habitats. The characterization of yet-unstudied Lupinus species, including microsymbiont whole genome analyses, will most likely expand and modify the current lupin microsymbiont taxonomy, and provide additional knowledge that might help to further increase lupin’s adaptability to marginal soils and climates.
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- Abdelhakim Msaddak
- Department of Soil. Plant and Environmental Quality, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ICA-CSIC, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- Laboratory of Biodiversity and Valorization of Arid Areas Bioresources, BVBAA, Faculty of Sciences, University of Gabès, Erriadh, Zrig, Gabès 6072, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Biodiversity and Valorization of Arid Areas Bioresources, BVBAA, Faculty of Sciences, University of Gabès, Erriadh, Zrig, Gabès 6072, Tunisia
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- Department of Soil. Plant and Environmental Quality, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ICA-CSIC, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Soil. Plant and Environmental Quality, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ICA-CSIC, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Soil. Plant and Environmental Quality, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ICA-CSIC, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiotic Paraburkholderia Species: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives. NITROGEN 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/nitrogen4010010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/11/2023] Open
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A century after the discovery of rhizobia, the first Beta-proteobacteria species (beta-rhizobia) were isolated from legume nodules in South Africa and South America. Since then, numerous species belonging to the Burkholderiaceae family have been isolated. The presence of a highly branching lineage of nodulation genes in beta-rhizobia suggests a long symbiotic history. In this review, we focus on the beta-rhizobial genus Paraburkholderia, which includes two main groups: the South American mimosoid-nodulating Paraburkholderia and the South African predominantly papilionoid-nodulating Paraburkholderia. Here, we discuss the latest knowledge on Paraburkholderia nitrogen-fixing symbionts in each step of the symbiosis, from their survival in the soil, through the first contact with the legumes until the formation of an efficient nitrogen-fixing symbiosis in root nodules. Special attention is given to the strain P. phymatum STM815T that exhibits extraordinary features, such as the ability to: (i) enter into symbiosis with more than 50 legume species, including the agriculturally important common bean, (ii) outcompete other rhizobial species for nodulation of several legumes, and (iii) endure stressful soil conditions (e.g., high salt concentration and low pH) and high temperatures.
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Mahdhi A, Mars M, Rejili M. Members of Ensifer and Rhizobium genera are new bacterial endosymbionts nodulating Pisum sativum (L.). FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2023; 99:fiad001. [PMID: 36597782 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiad001] [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: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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A total of 84 Pisum sativum legume nodulating bacteria (LNB) were isolated from seven geographical sites from southern Tunisia. Phylogenetic analyses based on partial sequences of 16S rRNA gene and the housekeeping genes glnII, and recA grouped strains into six clusters, four of which belonged to the genus Rhizobium and two to the Ensifer genus. Among Rhizobium clusters, 41 strains were affiliated to Rhizobium leguminosarum, two strains to R. pisi, two strains to R. etli, and interestingly two strains belonged to previously undescribed Rhizobium species. The remaining two strains were closely related to Ensifer medicae (two strains) and Ensifer meliloti (two strains). A symbiotic nodC gene-based phylogeny and host specificity test showed that all Rhizobium strains nodulating pea belonged to the symbiovar viciae, whereas the Ensifer strains were associated with the symbiovar meliloti never described to date. All strains under investigation differed in the number of induced root nodules and the effectiveness of atmospheric nitrogen fixation. The R. leguminosarum PsZA23, R. leguminosarum PsGBL42, and E. medicae PsTA22a, forming the most effective symbiosis with the plant host, are potential candidates for inoculation programs.
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- A Mahdhi
- Laboratory of Biodiversity and Valorization of Arid Areas Bioresources (BVBAA) - Faculty of Sciences of Gabes, University of Gabes, Erriadh, Zrig 6072, Gabes, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Biodiversity and Valorization of Arid Areas Bioresources (BVBAA) - Faculty of Sciences of Gabes, University of Gabes, Erriadh, Zrig 6072, Gabes, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Biodiversity and Valorization of Arid Areas Bioresources (BVBAA) - Faculty of Sciences of Gabes, University of Gabes, Erriadh, Zrig 6072, Gabes, Tunisia
- Department of Life Sciences, College of Sciences, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, 11623, Saudi Arabia
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Adaptive Evolution of Rhizobial Symbiosis beyond Horizontal Gene Transfer: From Genome Innovation to Regulation Reconstruction. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:genes14020274. [PMID: 36833201 PMCID: PMC9957244 DOI: 10.3390/genes14020274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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There are ubiquitous variations in symbiotic performance of different rhizobial strains associated with the same legume host in agricultural practices. This is due to polymorphisms of symbiosis genes and/or largely unexplored variations in integration efficiency of symbiotic function. Here, we reviewed cumulative evidence on integration mechanisms of symbiosis genes. Experimental evolution, in concert with reverse genetic studies based on pangenomics, suggests that gain of the same circuit of key symbiosis genes through horizontal gene transfer is necessary but sometimes insufficient for bacteria to establish an effective symbiosis with legumes. An intact genomic background of the recipient may not support the proper expression or functioning of newly acquired key symbiosis genes. Further adaptive evolution, through genome innovation and reconstruction of regulation networks, may confer the recipient of nascent nodulation and nitrogen fixation ability. Other accessory genes, either co-transferred with key symbiosis genes or stochastically transferred, may provide the recipient with additional adaptability in ever-fluctuating host and soil niches. Successful integrations of these accessory genes with the rewired core network, regarding both symbiotic and edaphic fitness, can optimize symbiotic efficiency in various natural and agricultural ecosystems. This progress also sheds light on the development of elite rhizobial inoculants using synthetic biology procedures.
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Definition of the symbiovar viciae in the species Rhizobium azibense and biogeographic implications. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:18. [PMID: 36480106 PMCID: PMC9732059 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-022-03330-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 11/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Vicia faba L. (faba bean) is a legume cultivated worldwide which commonly establishes effective symbiosis with the symbiovar viciae of species from the Rhizobium leguminosarum phylogenetic group. However, on the basis of the rrs, recA, and atpD gene phylogenies, in this work we identified a strain named EFBRI 42 nodulating V. faba as Rhizobium azibense. This is the first report on the nodulation of Vicia by R. azibense which commonly nodulates P. vulgaris and to date encompasses strains harboring the nodC genes typical of the symbiovars gallicum and phaseoli. However, the strain EFBRI 42 carries a nodC gene typical of the symbiovar viciae for which we report here by the first time this symbiovar in R. azibense. This finding showed the existence of symbiotic genes horizontal transfer events during the coevolution of R. azibense with P. vulgaris and V. faba in their respective distribution centers of Mesoamerica and the Middle East.
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Identification of the symbiovar maamori in Mesorhizobium isolated from nodules of Ononis repens in the Maamora forest (Morocco). Symbiosis 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13199-022-00890-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Bouhnik O, Alami S, Lamin H, Lamrabet M, Bennis M, Ouajdi M, Bellaka M, Antri SE, Abbas Y, Abdelmoumen H, Bedmar EJ, Idrissi MME. The Fodder Legume Chamaecytisus albidus Establishes Functional Symbiosis with Different Bradyrhizobial Symbiovars in Morocco. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2022; 84:794-807. [PMID: 34625829 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-021-01888-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this work, we analyzed the symbiotic performance and diversity of rhizobial strains isolated from the endemic shrubby legume Chamaecytisus albidus grown in soils of three different agroforestry ecosystems representing arid and semi-arid forest areas in Morocco. The analysis of the rrs gene sequences from twenty-four representative strains selected after REP-PCR fingerprinting showed that all the strains belong to the genus Bradyrhizobium. Following multi-locus sequence analysis (MLSA) using the rrs, gyrB, recA, glnII, and rpoB housekeeping genes, five representative strains, CA20, CA61, CJ2, CB10, and CB61 were selected for further molecular studies. Phylogenetic analysis of the concatenated glnII, gyrB, recA, and rpoB genes showed that the strain CJ2 isolated from Sahel Doukkala soil is close to Bradyrhizobium canariense BTA-1 T (96.95%); that strains CA20 and CA61 isolated from the Amhach site are more related to Bradyrhizobium valentinum LmjM3T, with 96.40 and 94.57% similarity values; and that the strains CB10 and CB60 isolated from soil in the Bounaga site are more related to Bradyrhizobium murdochi CNPSo 4020 T and Bradyrhizobium. retamae Ro19T, with which they showed 95.45 and 97.34% similarity values, respectively. The phylogenetic analysis of the symbiotic genes showed that the strains belong to symbiovars lupini, genistearum, and retamae. All the five strains are able to nodulate Lupinus luteus, Retama monosperma, and Cytisus monspessilanus, but they do not nodulate Glycine max and Phaseolus vulgaris. The inoculation tests showed that the strains isolated from the 3 regions improve significantly the plant yield as compared to uninoculated plants. However, the strains of Bradyrhizobium sp. sv. retamae isolated from the site of Amhach were the most performing. The phenotypic analysis showed that the strains are able to use a wide range of carbohydrates and amino acids as sole carbon and nitrogen source. The strains isolated from the arid areas of Bounaga and Amhach were more tolerant to salinity and drought stress than strains isolated in the semi-arid area of Sahel Doukkala.
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- Omar Bouhnik
- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale Et Microbienne, Biodiversité Et Environnement, Faculté Des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, BP 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco.
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- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale Et Microbienne, Biodiversité Et Environnement, Faculté Des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, BP 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale Et Microbienne, Biodiversité Et Environnement, Faculté Des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, BP 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale Et Microbienne, Biodiversité Et Environnement, Faculté Des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, BP 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale Et Microbienne, Biodiversité Et Environnement, Faculté Des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, BP 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Recherche Forestière, Département Des Eaux Et Forêts, Avenue Omar Ibn El KhattabAgdal, BP 763, 10050, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Recherche Forestière, Département Des Eaux Et Forêts, Avenue Omar Ibn El KhattabAgdal, BP 763, 10050, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Recherche Forestière, Département Des Eaux Et Forêts, Avenue Omar Ibn El KhattabAgdal, BP 763, 10050, Rabat, Morocco
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- Faculté Polydiciplinaire, Université Sultan Moulay Slimane, Beni Mellal, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale Et Microbienne, Biodiversité Et Environnement, Faculté Des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, BP 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco
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- Departamento de Microbiología del Suelo y Sistemas Simbióticos Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC Apartado Postal 419, Granada, 18008, Spain
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- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale Et Microbienne, Biodiversité Et Environnement, Faculté Des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, BP 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco
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Dai YF, Wu XM, Wang HC, Li WH, Cai LT, Li JX, Wang F, Sehar S, Shamsi IH. Spatio-Temporal Variation in the Phyllospheric Microbial Biodiversity of Alternaria Alternata-Infected Tobacco Foliage. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:920109. [PMID: 35966692 PMCID: PMC9370072 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.920109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Phyllospheric microbial composition of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) is contingent upon certain factors, such as the growth stage of the plant, leaf position, and cultivar and its geographical location, which influence, either directly or indirectly, the growth, overall health, and production of the tobacco plant. To better understand the spatiotemporal variation of the community and the divergence of phyllospheric microflora, procured from healthy and diseased tobacco leaves infected by Alternaria alternata, the current study employed microbe culturing, high-throughput technique, and BIOLOG ECO. Microbe culturing resulted in the isolation of 153 culturable fungal isolates belonging to 33 genera and 99 bacterial isolates belonging to 15 genera. High-throughput sequencing revealed that the phyllosphere of tobacco was dominantly colonized by Ascomycota and Proteobacteria, whereas, the most abundant fungal and bacterial genera were Alternaria and Pseudomonas. The relative abundance of Alternaria increased in the upper and middle healthy groups from the first collection time to the third, whereas, the relative abundance of Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, and Methylobacterium from the same positions increased during gradual leaf aging. Non-metric multi-dimensional scaling (NMDs) showed clustering of fungal communities in healthy samples, while bacterial communities of all diseased and healthy groups were found scattered. FUNGuild analysis, from the first collection stage to the third one in both groups, indicated an increase in the relative abundance of Pathotroph-Saprotroph, Pathotroph-Saprotroph-Symbiotroph, and Pathotroph-Symbiotroph. Inclusive of all samples, as per the PICRUSt analysis, the predominant pathway was metabolism function accounting for 50.03%. The average values of omnilog units (OUs) showed relatively higher utilization rates of carbon sources by the microbial flora of healthy leaves. According to the analysis of genus abundances, leaf growth and leaf position were the important drivers of change in structuring the microbial communities. The current findings revealed the complex ecological dynamics that occur in the phyllospheric microbial communities over the course of a spatiotemporal varying environment with the development of tobacco brown spots, highlighting the importance of community succession.
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- Yuan-feng Dai
- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Crop Protection, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
- Guizhou Provincial Academician Workstation of Microbiology and Health, Guizhou Academy of Tobacco Science, Guiyang, China
- Bijie Tobacco Company, Bijie, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Crop Protection, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
- *Correspondence: Xiao-mao Wu
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- Guizhou Provincial Academician Workstation of Microbiology and Health, Guizhou Academy of Tobacco Science, Guiyang, China
- Han-cheng Wang
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- Guizhou Institute of Plant Protection, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, China
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- Guizhou Provincial Academician Workstation of Microbiology and Health, Guizhou Academy of Tobacco Science, Guiyang, China
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- Guizhou Tobacco Company of CNTC, China National Tobacco Corporation, Guiyang, China
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- Guizhou Provincial Academician Workstation of Microbiology and Health, Guizhou Academy of Tobacco Science, Guiyang, China
- Feng Wang
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resource, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resource, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Imran Haider Shamsi
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Klepa MS, Helene LCF, O´Hara G, Hungria M. Bradyrhizobium cenepequi sp. nov., Bradyrhizobium semiaridum sp. nov., Bradyrhizobium hereditatis sp. nov. and Bradyrhizobium australafricanum sp. nov., symbionts of different leguminous plants of Western Australia and South Africa and definition of three novel symbiovars. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Bradyrhizobium
is a heterogeneous bacterial genus capable of establishing symbiotic associations with a broad range of legume hosts, including species of economic and environmental importance. This study was focused on the taxonomic and symbiovar definition of four strains – CNPSo 4026T, WSM 1704T, WSM 1738T and WSM 4400T – previously isolated from nodules of legumes in Western Australia and South Africa. The 16S rRNA gene phylogenetic tree allocated the strains to the
Bradyrhizobium elkanii
supergroup. The multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) with partial sequences of six housekeeping genes – atpD, dnaK, glnII, gyrB, recA and rpoB – did not cluster the strains under study as conspecific to any described
Bradyrhizobium
species. Average nucleotide identity and digital DNA–DNA hybridization values were calculated for the four strains of this study and the closest species according to the MLSA phylogeny with the highest values being 95.46 and 62.20 %, respectively; therefore, both being lower than the species delineation cut-off values. The nodC and nifH phylogenies included strains WSM 1738T and WSM 4400T in the symbiovars retamae and vignae respectively, and also allowed the definition of three new symbiovars, sv. cenepequi, sv. glycinis, and sv. cajani. Analysis of morphophysiological characterization reinforced the identification of four novel proposed
Bradyrhizobium
species that are accordingly named as follows: Bradyrhizobium cenepequi sp. nov. (CNPSo 4026T=WSM 4798T=LMG 31653T), isolated from Vigna unguiculata; Bradyrhizobium semiaridum sp. nov. (WSM 1704T=CNPSo 4028T=LMG 31654T), isolated from Tephrosia gardneri; Bradyrhizobium hereditatis sp. nov. (WSM 1738T=CNPSo 4025T=LMG 31652T), isolated from Indigofera sp.; and Bradyrhizobium australafricanum sp. nov. (WSM 4400T=CNPSo 4015T=LMG 31648T) isolated from Glycine sp.
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- Milena Serenato Klepa
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, SBN, Quadra 2, Bloco L, Lote 06, Edifício Capes, 70.040-020, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
- Department of Microbiology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, C.P. 10011, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
- Embrapa Soja, C.P. 231, 86001-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, SBN, Quadra 2, Bloco L, Lote 06, Edifício Capes, 70.040-020, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
- Embrapa Soja, C.P. 231, 86001-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies (CRS), Murdoch University 90 South St. Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, C.P. 10011, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, SBN, Quadra 2, Bloco L, Lote 06, Edifício Capes, 70.040-020, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
- Embrapa Soja, C.P. 231, 86001-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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Hsouna J, Gritli T, Ilahi H, Ellouze W, Mansouri M, Chihaoui SA, Bouhnik O, Missbah El Idrissi M, Abdelmoumen H, Wipf D, Courty PE, Bekki A, Tambong JT, Mnasri B. Genotypic and symbiotic diversity studies of rhizobia nodulating Acacia saligna in Tunisia reveal two novel symbiovars within the Rhizobium leguminosarum complex and Bradyrhizobium. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126343. [PMID: 35759954 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2022.126343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Revised: 05/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Acacia saligna is an invasive alien species that has the ability to establish symbiotic relationships with rhizobia. In the present study, genotypic and symbiotic diversity of native rhizobia associated with A. saligna in Tunisia were studied. A total of 100 bacterial strains were selected and three different ribotypes were identified based on rrs PCR-RFLP analysis. Sequence analyses of rrs and four housekeeping genes (recA, atpD, gyrB and glnII) assigned 30 isolates to four putative new lineages and a single strain to Sinorhizobium meliloti. Thirteen slow-growing isolates representing the most dominant IGS (intergenic spacer) profile clustered distinctly from known rhizobia species within Bradyrhizobium with the closest related species being Bradyrhizobium shewense and Bradyrhizobium niftali, which had 95.17% and 95.1% sequence identity, respectively. Two slow-growing isolates, 1AS28L and 5AS6L, had B. frederekii as their closest species with a sequence identity of 95.2%, an indication that these strains could constitute a new lineage. Strains 1AS14I, 1AS12I and 6AS6 clustered distinctly from known rhizobia species but within the Rhizobium leguminosarum complex (Rlc) with the most closely related species being Rhizobium indicum with 96.3% sequence identity. Similarly, the remaining 11 strains showed 96.9 % and 97.2% similarity values with R. changzhiense and R. indicum, respectively. Based on nodC and nodA phylogenies and cross inoculation tests, these 14 strains of Rlc species clearly diverged from strains of Sinorhizobium and Rlc symbiovars, and formed a new symbiovar for which the name sv. "salignae" is proposed. Bacterial strains isolated in this study that were taxonomically assigned to Bradyrhizobium harbored different symbiotic genes and the data suggested a new symbiovar, for which sv. "cyanophyllae" is proposed. Isolates formed effective nodules on A. saligna.
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- Jihed Hsouna
- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agroecosystems, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901 Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agroecosystems, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901 Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agroecosystems, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901 Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4902 Victoria Avenue North, Vineland Station, Ontario L0R 2E0, Canada.
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- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agroecosystems, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901 Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agroecosystems, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901 Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
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- Faculty of Sciences, Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale et Microbienne, Biodiversité et Environnement, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
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- Faculty of Sciences, Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale et Microbienne, Biodiversité et Environnement, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
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- Faculty of Sciences, Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale et Microbienne, Biodiversité et Environnement, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
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- Agroécologie, Institut Agro Dijon, CNRS, Univ. Bourgogne, INRAE, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- Agroécologie, Institut Agro Dijon, CNRS, Univ. Bourgogne, INRAE, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- Laboratory of Rhizobia Biotechnology and Plant Breeding, University Oran1, Es Senia 31000, Algeria
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agroecosystems, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901 Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia.
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Mohamad R, Willems A, Le Quéré A, Prevent M, Maynaud G, Bonabaud M, Dubois E, Cleyet-Marel JC, Brunel B. Mesorhizobium ventifaucium sp. nov. and Mesorhizobium escarrei sp. nov., two novel root-nodulating species isolated from Anthyllis vulneraria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126341. [DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2022.126341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Borhani B, Khodakaramian G, Velázquez E. Diversity and phylogeny of the bacterial strains isolated from nodules of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) in Iran. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2022; 369:6590815. [PMID: 35604871 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnac045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The diversity of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) microsymbionts has been barely studied even though it is of great interest for being a spice and a medicinal plant. Here we analyzed fifty-nine bacterial strains isolated from fenugreek nodules originating from different geographic and climatic areas of Iran. Most of these strains exhibit phenotypic characteristics compatible with rhizobia and they nodulate fenugreek. Analysis of the recA and atpD genes shows that representative strains of ERIC-BOX-PCR groups cluster with the type strains of Ensifer meliloti and Ensifer kummerowiae as well as with strains capable of nodulating different Trigonella species found in other countries. The closeness of E. meliloti and E. kummerowiae suggests there is a need to revise the taxonomic status of the latter species. The nodC gene analysis shows that most Trigonella-nodulating strains belong to the symbiovar meliloti except those nodulating Trigonella arcuata in China, which belong to the symbiovar rigiduloides. This analysis shows that the type strains of E. kummerowiae, E. meliloti and E. medicae belonged to three well-defined groups within the symbiovar meliloti, with the Iranian strains belonging to the E. kummerowiae subgroup. The small group of strains unable to nodulate fenugreek isolated in this study belong to Enterobacter cloacae, reported for the first time as being a possible endophyte of fenugreek nodules.
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- Behzad Borhani
- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Buali Sina University, Hamedan, 65178-38695, Iran
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Buali Sina University, Hamedan, 65178-38695, Iran
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca 37001, Spain.,Instituto de Investigación en Agrobiotecnología (CIALE), Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.,Unidad Asociada USAL-IRNASA (CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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Ferraz Helene LC, Klepa MS, Hungria M. New Insights into the Taxonomy of Bacteria in the Genomic Era and a Case Study with Rhizobia. Int J Microbiol 2022; 2022:4623713. [PMID: 35637770 PMCID: PMC9148247 DOI: 10.1155/2022/4623713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Since early studies, the history of prokaryotes taxonomy has dealt with many changes driven by the development of new and more robust technologies. As a result, the number of new taxa descriptions is exponentially increasing, while an increasing number of others has been subject of reclassification, demanding from the taxonomists more effort to maintain an organized hierarchical system. However, expectations are that the taxonomy of prokaryotes will acquire a more stable status with the genomic era. Other analyses may continue to be necessary to determine microbial features, but the use of genomic data might be sufficient to provide reliable taxa delineation, helping taxonomy to reach the goal of correct classification and identification. Here we describe the evolution of prokaryotes' taxonomy until the genomic era, emphasizing bacteria and taking as an example the history of rhizobia taxonomy. This example was chosen because of the importance of the symbiotic nitrogen fixation of legumes with rhizobia to the nitrogen input to both natural ecosystems and agricultural crops. This case study reports the technological advances and the methodologies used to classify and identify bacterial species and indicates the actual rules required for an accurate description of new taxa.
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- Luisa Caroline Ferraz Helene
- Embrapa Soja, CP 4006, 86085-981 Londrina, PR, Brazil
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, SHIS QI 1 Conjunto B, Blocos A, B, C e D, Lago Sul, 71605-001 Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soja, CP 4006, 86085-981 Londrina, PR, Brazil
- Department of Microbiology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, CP 10011, 86057-970 Londrina, PR, Brazil
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, SBN, Quadra 2, Bloco L, Lote 06, Edifício Capes, 70040-020 Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soja, CP 4006, 86085-981 Londrina, PR, Brazil
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, SHIS QI 1 Conjunto B, Blocos A, B, C e D, Lago Sul, 71605-001 Brasília, DF, Brazil
- Department of Microbiology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, CP 10011, 86057-970 Londrina, PR, Brazil
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Eardly B, Meor Osman WA, Ardley J, Zandberg J, Gollagher M, van Berkum P, Elia P, Marinova D, Seshadri R, Reddy TBK, Ivanova N, Pati A, Woyke T, Kyrpides N, Loedolff M, Laird DW, Reeve W. The Genome of the Acid Soil-Adapted Strain Rhizobium favelukesii OR191 Encodes Determinants for Effective Symbiotic Interaction With Both an Inverted Repeat Lacking Clade and a Phaseoloid Legume Host. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:735911. [PMID: 35495676 PMCID: PMC9048898 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.735911] [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: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Although Medicago sativa forms highly effective symbioses with the comparatively acid-sensitive genus Ensifer, its introduction into acid soils appears to have selected for symbiotic interactions with acid-tolerant R. favelukesii strains. Rhizobium favelukesii has the unusual ability of being able to nodulate and fix nitrogen, albeit sub-optimally, not only with M. sativa but also with the promiscuous host Phaseolus vulgaris. Here we describe the genome of R. favelukesii OR191 and genomic features important for the symbiotic interaction with both of these hosts. The OR191 draft genome contained acid adaptation loci, including the highly acid-inducible lpiA/acvB operon and olsC, required for production of lysine- and ornithine-containing membrane lipids, respectively. The olsC gene was also present in other acid-tolerant Rhizobium strains but absent from the more acid-sensitive Ensifer microsymbionts. The OR191 symbiotic genes were in general more closely related to those found in Medicago microsymbionts. OR191 contained the nodA, nodEF, nodHPQ, and nodL genes for synthesis of polyunsaturated, sulfated and acetylated Nod factors that are important for symbiosis with Medicago, but contained a truncated nodG, which may decrease nodulation efficiency with M. sativa. OR191 contained an E. meliloti type BacA, which has been shown to specifically protect Ensifer microsymbionts from Medicago nodule-specific cysteine-rich peptides. The nitrogen fixation genes nifQWZS were present in OR191 and P. vulgaris microsymbionts but absent from E. meliloti-Medicago microsymbionts. The ability of OR191 to nodulate and fix nitrogen symbiotically with P. vulgaris indicates that this host has less stringent requirements for nodulation than M. sativa but may need rhizobial strains that possess nifQWZS for N2-fixation to occur. OR191 possessed the exo genes required for the biosynthesis of succinoglycan, which is required for the Ensifer-Medicago symbiosis. However, 1H-NMR spectra revealed that, in the conditions tested, OR191 exopolysaccharide did not contain a succinyl substituent but instead contained a 3-hydroxybutyrate moiety, which may affect its symbiotic performance with Medicago hosts. These findings provide a foundation for the genetic basis of nodulation requirements and symbiotic effectiveness with different hosts.
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- Bertrand Eardly
- Berks College, Penn State University, Reading, PA, United States
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- Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Murdoch University Associate, Murdoch, WA, Australia.,Sustainability and Biosecurity, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, South Perth, WA, Australia
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- Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Water Energy and Waste, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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Phylogenetic and symbiotic diversity of Lupinus albus and L. angustifolius microsymbionts in the maamora forest, morocco. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126338. [DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2022.126338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cangioli L, Vaccaro F, Fini M, Mengoni A, Fagorzi C. Scent of a Symbiont: The Personalized Genetic Relationships of Rhizobium-Plant Interaction. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:3358. [PMID: 35328782 PMCID: PMC8954435 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23063358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Many molecular signals are exchanged between rhizobia and host legume plants, some of which are crucial for symbiosis to take place, while others are modifiers of the interaction, which have great importance in the competition with the soil microbiota and in the genotype-specific perception of host plants. Here, we review recent findings on strain-specific and host genotype-specific interactions between rhizobia and legumes, discussing the molecular actors (genes, gene products and metabolites) which play a role in the establishment of symbiosis, and highlighting the need for research including the other components of the soil (micro)biota, which could be crucial in developing rational-based strategies for bioinoculants and synthetic communities' assemblage.
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- Lisa Cangioli
- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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Khairnar M, Hagir A, Parmar K, Sayyed RZ, James EK, Rahi P. Phylogenetic diversity and plant growth-promoting activities of rhizobia nodulating fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum Linn.) cultivated in different agroclimatic regions of India. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2022; 98:6526309. [PMID: 35142840 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiac014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum Linn.), is an extensively cultivated legume crop used as a herb, spice, and traditional medicine in India. The symbiotic efficiency and plant growth-promoting potential of fenugreek rhizobia depend on the symbiont strain and environmental factors. We isolated 176 root-nodulating bacteria from fenugreek cultivated in different agroclimatic regions of India. MALDI-TOF MS-based identification and phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA and five housekeeping genes classified the fenugreek-rhizobia as Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) meliloti. However, the strains represent separate sub-lineages of E. meliloti, distinct from all reported sub-lineages across the globe. We also observed the spatial distribution of fenugreek rhizobia, as the three sub-lineages of E. meliloti recorded during this study were specific to their respective agroclimatic regions. According to the symbiotic gene (nodC and nifH) phylogenies, all three sub-lineages of E. meliloti harboured symbiotic genes similar to symbiovar meliloti; as with the housekeeping genes, these also revealed a spatial distribution for different clades of sv. meliloti. The strains could nodulate fenugreek plants and they showed plant growth-promoting potential. Significant differences were found in the plant growth parameters in response to inoculation with the various strains, suggesting strain-level differences. This study demonstrates that fenugreek rhizobia in India are diverse and spatially distributed in different agro-climatic regions.
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- Mitesh Khairnar
- National Centre for Microbial Resource, National Centre for Cell Science, Pune 411007, India
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- National Centre for Microbial Resource, National Centre for Cell Science, Pune 411007, India
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- National Centre for Microbial Resource, National Centre for Cell Science, Pune 411007, India
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- Department of Microbiology, PSGVP Mandal's, Arts, Science, and Commerce College, Shahada 425409, India
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- The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK
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- National Centre for Microbial Resource, National Centre for Cell Science, Pune 411007, India
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Buernor AB, Kabiru MR, Bechtaoui N, Jibrin JM, Asante M, Bouraqqadi A, Dahhani S, Ouhdouch Y, Hafidi M, Jemo M. Grain Legume Yield Responses to Rhizobia Inoculants and Phosphorus Supplementation Under Ghana Soils: A Meta-Synthesis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:877433. [PMID: 35812914 PMCID: PMC9261782 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.877433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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A discrete number of studies have been conducted on the effects of rhizobia (Rhz) inoculants, phosphorus (P) management, and combined application of Rhz and P fertilizer on the enhancement of grain legume yield across soils of Ghana and elsewhere. However, the extent to which the various inoculated Rhz strains, P application, and combined application of Rhz + P studies contribute to improving yield, performed on a comprehensive analysis approach, and profit farmers are yet to be understood. This study reviewed different experimental studies conducted on soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.), cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp), and groundnut (Arachis hypogaea [L.]) to which Rhz inoculants, P supplements, or Rhz + P combination were applied to improve the yield in Ghana. Multiple-step search combinations of published articles and multivariate analysis computing approaches were used to assess the effects of Rhz inoculation, P application, or both application of Rhz and P on yield variation. The random forest (RF) regression model was further employed to quantify the relative importance of various predictor variables on yield. The meta-analysis results showed that cowpea exhibited the highest (61.7%) and groundnut (19.8%) the lowest average yield change. The RF regression model revealed that the combined application of Rhz and P fertilizer (10.5%) and Rhz inoculation alone (7.8%) were the highest explanatory variables to predict yield variation in soybean. The Rhz + P combination, Rhz inoculation, and genotype wang-Kae explained 11.6, 10.02, and 8.04% of yield variability for cowpea, respectively. The yield in the inoculated plants increased by 1.48-, 1.26-, and 1.16-fold when compared to that in the non-inoculated cowpea plants following inoculation with BR 3299, KNUST 1002, and KNUST 1006 strains, respectively. KNUST 1006 strain exhibited the highest yield increase ratio (1.3-fold) in groundnut plants. Inoculants formulation with a viable concentration of 109 cells g-1 and a minimum inoculum rate of 1.0 × 106 cells seed-1 achieved the highest average yield change for soybean but not for cowpea and groundnut. The meta-analysis calls for prospective studies to investigate the minimum rate of bacterial cells required for optimum inoculation responses in cowpea and groundnut.
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- AgroBioscience Program, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P), Benguerir, Morocco
- Centre for Dryland Agriculture, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
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- AgroBioscience Program, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P), Benguerir, Morocco
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- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), Tamale, Ghana
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- AgroBioscience Program, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P), Benguerir, Morocco
- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnologies, Agrosciences and Environment, Faculty of Science Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco
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- AgroBioscience Program, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P), Benguerir, Morocco
- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnologies, Agrosciences and Environment, Faculty of Science Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco
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- AgroBioscience Program, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P), Benguerir, Morocco
- *Correspondence: Martin Jemo
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Mpai T, Jaiswal SK, Cupido CN, Dakora FD. Ecological adaptation and phylogenetic analysis of microsymbionts nodulating Polhillia, Wiborgia and Wiborgiella species in the Cape fynbos, South Africa. Sci Rep 2021; 11:23614. [PMID: 34880288 PMCID: PMC8654865 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-02766-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Polhillia, Wiborgia and Wiborgiella species are shrub legumes endemic to the Cape fynbos of South Africa. They have the ability to fix atmospheric N2 when in symbiosis with soil bacteria called ‘rhizobia’. The aim of this study was to assess the morpho-physiological and phylogenetic characteristics of rhizobia associated with the nodulation of Polhillia, Wiborgia and Wiborgiella species growing in the Cape fynbos. The bacterial isolates from root nodules consisted of a mixture of fast and intermediate growers that differed in colony shape and size. The isolates exhibited tolerance to salinity (0.5–3% NaCl) and pH (pH 5–10) and different antibiotic concentrations, and could produce 0.51 to 51.23 µg mL−1 of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), as well as solubilize tri-calcium phosphate. The ERIC-PCR results showed high genomic diversity in the rhizobial population and grouped them into two major clusters. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA, atpD, glnII, gyrB, nifH and nodC gene sequences revealed distinct and novel evolutionary lineages related to the genus Rhizobium and Mesorhizobium, with some of them being very close to Mesorhizobium australicum. However, the phylogenetic analysis of glnII and nifH genes of some isolates showed incongruency.
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- Tiisetso Mpai
- Department of Crop Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Private Bag X680, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry, Tshwane University of Technology, Arcadia Campus, Private Bag X680, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tshwane University of Technology, Arcadia Campus, Private Bag X680, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa.
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Boivin S, Mahé F, Debellé F, Pervent M, Tancelin M, Tauzin M, Wielbo J, Mazurier S, Young P, Lepetit M. Genetic Variation in Host-Specific Competitiveness of the Symbiont Rhizobium leguminosarum Symbiovar viciae. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:719987. [PMID: 34567032 PMCID: PMC8457355 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.719987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Legumes of the Fabeae tribe form nitrogen-fixing root nodules resulting from symbiotic interaction with the soil bacteria Rhizobium leguminosarum symbiovar viciae (Rlv). These bacteria are all potential symbionts of the Fabeae hosts but display variable partner choice when co-inoculated in mixture. Because partner choice and symbiotic nitrogen fixation mostly behave as genetically independent traits, the efficiency of symbiosis is often suboptimal when Fabeae legumes are exposed to natural Rlv populations present in soil. A core collection of 32 Rlv bacteria was constituted based on the genomic comparison of a collection of 121 genome sequences, representative of known worldwide diversity of Rlv. A variable part of the nodD gene sequence was used as a DNA barcode to discriminate and quantify each of the 32 bacteria in mixture. This core collection was co-inoculated on a panel of nine genetically diverse Pisum sativum, Vicia faba, and Lens culinaris genotypes. We estimated the relative Early Partner Choice (EPC) of the bacteria with the Fabeae hosts by DNA metabarcoding on the nodulated root systems. Comparative genomic analyses within the bacterial core collection identified molecular markers associated with host-dependent symbiotic partner choice. The results revealed emergent properties of rhizobial populations. They pave the way to identify genes related to important symbiotic traits operating at this level.
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- Stéphane Boivin
- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, INRAE, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Biologie et Génétique des Interactions Plante-Parasite, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier SupAgro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, INRAE, CNRS, University of Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, INRAE, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, INRAE, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, INRAE, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
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- Agroecology, AgroSup Dijon, INRAE, University Burgundy Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, INRAE, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, INRAE, CNRS, Côte d’Azur University, Sophia-Antipolis, France
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Paulitsch F, Dos Reis FB, Hungria M. Twenty years of paradigm-breaking studies of taxonomy and symbiotic nitrogen fixation by beta-rhizobia, and indication of Brazil as a hotspot of Paraburkholderia diversity. Arch Microbiol 2021; 203:4785-4803. [PMID: 34245357 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-021-02466-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Twenty years ago, the first members of the genus Burkholderia capable of nodulating and fixing N2 during symbiosis with leguminous plants were reported. The discovery that β-proteobacteria could nodulate legumes represented a breakthrough event because, for over 100 years, it was thought that all rhizobia belonged exclusively to the α-Proteobacteria class. Over the past 20 years, efforts toward robust characterization of these bacteria with large-scale phylogenomic and taxonomic studies have led to the separation of clinically important and phytopathogenic members of Burkholderia from environmental ones, and the symbiotic nodulating species are now included in the genera Paraburkholderia and Trinickia. Paraburkholderia encompasses the vast majority of β-rhizobia and has been mostly found in South America and South Africa, presenting greater symbiotic affinity with native members of the families Mimosoideae and Papilionoideae, respectively. Being the main center of Mimosa spp. diversity, Brazil is also known as the center of symbiotic Paraburkholderia diversity. Of the 21 symbiotic Paraburkholderia species described to date, 11 have been isolated in Brazil, and others first isolated in different countries have also been found in this country. Additionally, besides the symbiotic N2-fixation capacity of some of its members, Paraburkholderia is considered rich in other beneficial interactions with plants and can promote growth through several direct and indirect mechanisms. Therefore, these bacteria can be considered biological resources employed as environmentally friendly alternatives that could reduce the agricultural dependence on agrochemical inputs.
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- Fabiane Paulitsch
- Embrapa Soja, C.P. 231, Londrina, Paraná, 86001-970, Brazil.,Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, C.P. 10011, Londrina, Paraná, 86057-970, Brazil.,Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, SBN, Quadra 2, Bloco L, Lote 06, Edifício Capes, Brasília, Distrito Federal, 70040-020, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soja, C.P. 231, Londrina, Paraná, 86001-970, Brazil. .,Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, C.P. 10011, Londrina, Paraná, 86057-970, Brazil.
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Gürkanlı CT. Genetic diversity of rhizobia associated with Pisum sativum L. in the Northern part of Turkey. Biologia (Bratisl) 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11756-021-00831-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cao Y, Tie D, Zhao JL, Wang XB, Yi JJ, Chai YF, Wang KF, Wang ET, Yue M. Diversity and distribution of Sophora davidii rhizobia in habitats with different irradiances and soil traits in Loess Plateau area of China. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126224. [PMID: 34218028 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2021.126224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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To investigate the diversity and distribution of rhizobia associated with Sophora davidii in habitats with different light and soil conditions at the Loess Plateau, we isolated rhizobia from root nodules of this plant grown at 14 sites at forest edge or understory in Shaanxi Province. Based on PCR-RFLP and phylogenies of 16S rRNA gene, housekeeping genes (atpD, dnaK, recA), and symbiosis genes (nodC and nifH), a total of 271 isolates were identified as 16 Mesorhizobium genospecies, belonging to four nodC lineages, and three nifH lineages. The dominance of M. waimense in the forest edge and of M. amorphae/Mesorhizobium sp. X in the understory habitat evidenced the illumination as a possible factor to affect the diversity and biogeographic patterns of rhizobia. However, the results of Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA) among the environmental factors and distribution of rhizobial genospecies illustrated that soil pH and contents of total phosphorus, total potassium and total organic carbon were the main determinants for the community structure of S. davidii rhizobia, while the illumination conditions and available P presented similar and minor effects. In addition, high similarity of nodC and nifH genes between Mesorhizobium robiniae and some S. davidii rhizobia under the forest of Robinia pseudoacacia might be evidence for symbiotic gene lateral transfer. These findings firstly brought an insight into the diversity and distribution of rhizobia associated with S. davidii, and revealed illumination conditions a possible factor with impacts less than the soil traits to drive the symbiosis association between rhizobia and their host legumes.
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- Ying Cao
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Taibai North Rd. 229, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China; Department of Life Science, Northwest University, Taibai North Rd. 229, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Taibai North Rd. 229, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China; Department of Life Science, Northwest University, Taibai North Rd. 229, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Taibai North Rd. 229, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China; Department of Life Science, Northwest University, Taibai North Rd. 229, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Taibai North Rd. 229, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China; Department of Life Science, Northwest University, Taibai North Rd. 229, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Taibai North Rd. 229, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China; Department of Life Science, Northwest University, Taibai North Rd. 229, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Taibai North Rd. 229, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China; Department of Life Science, Northwest University, Taibai North Rd. 229, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Taibai North Rd. 229, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China; Department of Life Science, Northwest University, Taibai North Rd. 229, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 11340, Cd. México, Mexico
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Taibai North Rd. 229, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China; Department of Life Science, Northwest University, Taibai North Rd. 229, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China.
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Efstathiadou E, Ntatsi G, Savvas D, Tampakaki AP. Genetic characterization at the species and symbiovar level of indigenous rhizobial isolates nodulating Phaseolus vulgaris in Greece. Sci Rep 2021; 11:8674. [PMID: 33883620 PMCID: PMC8060271 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-88051-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Phaseolus vulgaris (L.), commonly known as bean or common bean, is considered a promiscuous legume host since it forms nodules with diverse rhizobial species and symbiovars. Most of the common bean nodulating rhizobia are mainly affiliated to the genus Rhizobium, though strains belonging to Ensifer, Pararhizobium, Mesorhizobium, Bradyrhizobium, and Burkholderia have also been reported. This is the first report on the characterization of bean-nodulating rhizobia at the species and symbiovar level in Greece. The goals of this research were to isolate and characterize rhizobia nodulating local common bean genotypes grown in five different edaphoclimatic regions of Greece with no rhizobial inoculation history. The genetic diversity of the rhizobial isolates was assessed by BOX-PCR and the phylogenetic affiliation was assessed by multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) of housekeeping and symbiosis-related genes. A total of fifty fast-growing rhizobial strains were isolated and representative isolates with distinct BOX-PCR fingerpriniting patterns were subjected to phylogenetic analysis. The strains were closely related to R. anhuiense, R. azibense, R. hidalgonense, R. sophoriradicis, and to a putative new genospecies which is provisionally named as Rhizobium sp. I. Most strains belonged to symbiovar phaseoli carrying the α-, γ-a and γ-b alleles of nodC gene, while some of them belonged to symbiovar gallicum. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first time that strains assigned to R. sophoriradicis and harbored the γ-b allele were found in European soils. All strains were able to re-nodulate their original host, indicating that they are true microsymbionts of common bean.
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- Evdoxia Efstathiadou
- Laboratory of General and Agricultural Microbiology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Votanikos, 11855, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Vegetable Production, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Votanikos, 11855, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Vegetable Production, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Votanikos, 11855, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of General and Agricultural Microbiology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Votanikos, 11855, Athens, Greece.
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Alami S, Lamin H, Bennis M, Bouhnik O, Lamrabet M, El Hachimi ML, Abdelmoumen H, Bedmar EJ, Missbah El Idrissi M. Characterization of Retama sphaerocarpa microsymbionts in Zaida lead mine tailings in the Moroccan middle Atlas. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126207. [PMID: 34015589 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2021.126207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In the Moroccan Middle Atlas, the tailings rich in lead and other metal residues, in the abandoned Zaida mining district, represent a real threat to environment and the neighboring villages' inhabitants' health. In this semi-arid to arid area, phytostabilisation would be the best choice to limit the transfer of heavy metals to populations and groundwater. The aim of this work was to characterize the bacteria that nodulate Retama sphaerocarpa, spontaneous nitrogen fixing shrubby legume, native to the Zaida mining area, with great potential to develop for phytostabilisation. Forty-three bacteria isolated from root nodules of the plant were characterized. Based on REP-PCR and ARDRA, four strains were selected for further molecular analyzes. The 16S rRNA gene sequences analysis revealed that the isolated strains are members of the genus Bradyrhizobium, and the phylogenetic analysis of the housekeeping genes glnII, atpD, gyrB, rpoB, recA and dnaK individual sequences and their concatenation showed that the strains are close to B. algeriense RST89T and B. valentinum LmjM3T with similarity percentages of 89.07% to 95.66% which suggest that the newly isolated strains from this mining site may belong to a potential novel species. The phylogeny of the nodA and nodC genes showed that the strains belong to the symbiovar retamae of the genus Bradyrhizobium. These strains nodulate also R. monosperma, R. dasycarpa and Lupinus luteus.
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- Soufiane Alami
- Centre de Biotechnologies végétales et microbiennes, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, 4 Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies végétales et microbiennes, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, 4 Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies végétales et microbiennes, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, 4 Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies végétales et microbiennes, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, 4 Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies végétales et microbiennes, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, 4 Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies végétales et microbiennes, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, 4 Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, Rabat, Morocco
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), E-419, 18080 Granada, Spain
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- Centre de Biotechnologies végétales et microbiennes, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, 4 Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, Rabat, Morocco.
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Hailu Gunnabo A, Geurts R, Wolde-meskel E, Degefu T, E. Giller K, van Heerwaarden J. Phylogeographic distribution of rhizobia nodulating common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Ethiopia. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2021; 97:fiab046. [PMID: 33724341 PMCID: PMC8016211 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Rhizobia are soilborne bacteria that form symbiotic relations with legumes and fix atmospheric nitrogen. The nitrogen fixation potential depends on several factors such as the type of host and symbionts and on environmental factors that affect the distribution of rhizobia. We isolated bacteria nodulating common bean in Southern Ethiopia to evaluate their genetic diversity and phylogeography at nucleotide, locus (gene/haplotype) and species levels of genetic hierarchy. Phylogenetically, eight rhizobial genospecies (including previous collections) were determined that had less genetic diversity than found among reference strains. The limited genetic diversity of the Ethiopian collections was due to absence of many of the Rhizobium lineages known to nodulate beans. Rhizobium etli and Rhizobiumphaseoli were predominant strains of bean-nodulating rhizobia in Ethiopia. We found no evidence for a phylogeographic pattern in strain distribution. However, joint analysis of the current and previous collections revealed differences between the two collections at nucleotide level of genetic hierarchy. The differences were due to genospecies Rhizobium aethiopicum that was only isolated in the earlier collection.
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- Ashenafi Hailu Gunnabo
- Plant Production Systems Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Gelderland, The Netherlands, Postal code: 6708 PB
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Gelderland, The Netherlands, Postal code: 6708 PB
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- World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), c/o ILRI Campus, Gurd Shola PO Box 5689, Addis Ababa, 4 Ethiopia
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, c/o ILRI Campus, Gurd Shola PO Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Plant Production Systems Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Gelderland, The Netherlands, Postal code: 6708 PB
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- Plant Production Systems Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Gelderland, The Netherlands, Postal code: 6708 PB
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Bouhnik O, Lamin H, Alami S, Bennis M, Ouajdi M, Bellaka M, El Antry S, Abbas Y, Abdelmoumen H, Bedmar EJ, El Idrissi MM. The endemic Chamaecytisus albidus is nodulated by symbiovar genistearum of Bradyrhizobium in the Moroccan Maamora Forest. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126197. [PMID: 33838436 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2021.126197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Out of 54 isolates from root nodules of the Moroccan-endemic Chamaecytisus albidus plants growing in soils from the Maamora cork oak forest, 44 isolates formed nodules when used to infect their original host plant. A phenotypic analysis showed the metabolic diversity of the strains that used different carbohydrates and amino acids as sole carbon and nitrogen sources. The isolates grew on media with pH values ranging from 6 to 8. However, they did not tolerate high temperatures or drought and they did not grow on media with salt concentrations higher than 85 mM. REP-PCR fingerprinting grouped the strains into 12 clusters, of which representative strains were selected for ARDRA and rrs analyses. The rrs gene sequence analysis indicated that all 12 strains were members of the genus Bradyrhizobium and their phylogeny showed that they were grouped into two different clusters. Two strains from each group were selected for multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) using atpD, recA, gyrB and glnII housekeeping genes. The inferred phylogenetic trees confirmed that the strains clustered into two divergent clusters. Strains CM55 and CM57 were affiliated to the B. canariense/B. lupini group, whereas strains CM61 and CM64 were regrouped within the B. cytisi/B. rifense lineage. The analysis of the nodC symbiotic gene affiliated the strains to the symbiovar genistearum. The strains were also able to nodulate Retama monosperma, Lupinus luteus and Cytisus monspessulanus, but not Phaseolus vulgaris or Glycine max. Inoculation tests with C. albidus showed that some strains could be exploited as efficient inocula that could be used to improve plant growth in the Maamora forest.
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- Omar Bouhnik
- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale et Microbienne, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale et Microbienne, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale et Microbienne, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale et Microbienne, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Recherche Forestière, Département des Eaux et Forêts, Avenue Omar Ibn El Khattab, BP 763, Rabat-Agdal 10050, Morocco
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- Centre de Recherche Forestière, Département des Eaux et Forêts, Avenue Omar Ibn El Khattab, BP 763, Rabat-Agdal 10050, Morocco
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- Centre de Recherche Forestière, Département des Eaux et Forêts, Avenue Omar Ibn El Khattab, BP 763, Rabat-Agdal 10050, Morocco
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- Faculté Polydiciplinaire, Université Sultan Moulay Slimane, Beni Mellal, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale et Microbienne, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Rabat, Morocco
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- Departamento de Microbiología del Suelo y Sistemas Simbióticos, CSIC Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Apartado Postal 419, 18080 Granada, Spain
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- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale et Microbienne, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Rabat, Morocco.
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Selection of Rhizobium strains for inoculation of Lithuanian Pisum sativum breeding lines. Symbiosis 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s13199-021-00747-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Young JPW, Moeskjær S, Afonin A, Rahi P, Maluk M, James EK, Cavassim MIA, Rashid MHO, Aserse AA, Perry BJ, Wang ET, Velázquez E, Andronov EE, Tampakaki A, Flores Félix JD, Rivas González R, Youseif SH, Lepetit M, Boivin S, Jorrin B, Kenicer GJ, Peix Á, Hynes MF, Ramírez-Bahena MH, Gulati A, Tian CF. Defining the Rhizobium leguminosarum Species Complex. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:111. [PMID: 33477547 PMCID: PMC7831135 DOI: 10.3390/genes12010111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Bacteria currently included in Rhizobium leguminosarum are too diverse to be considered a single species, so we can refer to this as a species complex (the Rlc). We have found 429 publicly available genome sequences that fall within the Rlc and these show that the Rlc is a distinct entity, well separated from other species in the genus. Its sister taxon is R. anhuiense. We constructed a phylogeny based on concatenated sequences of 120 universal (core) genes, and calculated pairwise average nucleotide identity (ANI) between all genomes. From these analyses, we concluded that the Rlc includes 18 distinct genospecies, plus 7 unique strains that are not placed in these genospecies. Each genospecies is separated by a distinct gap in ANI values, usually at approximately 96% ANI, implying that it is a 'natural' unit. Five of the genospecies include the type strains of named species: R. laguerreae, R. sophorae, R. ruizarguesonis, "R. indicum" and R. leguminosarum itself. The 16S ribosomal RNA sequence is remarkably diverse within the Rlc, but does not distinguish the genospecies. Partial sequences of housekeeping genes, which have frequently been used to characterize isolate collections, can mostly be assigned unambiguously to a genospecies, but alleles within a genospecies do not always form a clade, so single genes are not a reliable guide to the true phylogeny of the strains. We conclude that access to a large number of genome sequences is a powerful tool for characterizing the diversity of bacteria, and that taxonomic conclusions should be based on all available genome sequences, not just those of type strains.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark;
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- Laboratory for Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions, ARRIAM, Pushkin, 196608 Saint-Petersburg, Russia;
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- National Centre for Microbial Resource, National Centre for Cell Science, Pune 411007, India;
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- Ecological Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK; (M.M.); (E.K.J.)
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- Ecological Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK; (M.M.); (E.K.J.)
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA;
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- Biotechnology Division, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh;
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- Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland;
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand;
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad De México 11340, Mexico;
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Instituto Hispanoluso de Investigaciones Agrarias (CIALE), Unidad Asociada Grupo de Interacción planta-microorganismo (Universidad de Salamanca-IRNASA-CSIC), 37007 Salamanca, Spain; (E.V.); (R.R.G.)
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- Department of Microbial Monitoring, ARRIAM, Pushkin, 196608 Saint-Petersburg, Russia;
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- Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Votanikos, 11855 Athens, Greece;
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- CICS-UBI—Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, 6201-506 Covilhã, Portugal;
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Instituto Hispanoluso de Investigaciones Agrarias (CIALE), Unidad Asociada Grupo de Interacción planta-microorganismo (Universidad de Salamanca-IRNASA-CSIC), 37007 Salamanca, Spain; (E.V.); (R.R.G.)
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- Department of Microbial Genetic Resources, National Gene Bank (NGB), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza 12619, Egypt;
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- Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, UMR INRAE 1355, Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, 06903 Sophia Antipolis, France;
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- Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, UMR INRAE-IRD-CIRAD-UM2-SupAgro, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA-A82/J, CEDEX 05, 34398 Montpellier, France;
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK;
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- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, UK;
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Salamanca (IRNASA-CSIC), Unidad Asociada Grupo de Interacción Planta-Microorganismo (Universidad de Salamanca-IRNASA-CSIC), 37008 Salamanca, Spain;
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada;
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- Departamento de Didáctica de las Matemáticas y de las Ciencias Experimentales. Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain;
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- Microbial Prospection, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur (H.P.) 176 061, India;
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Rhizobium Research Center, and College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China;
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Analysis of the Interaction between Pisum sativum L. and Rhizobium laguerreae Strains Nodulating This Legume in Northwest Spain. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9121755. [PMID: 33322342 PMCID: PMC7763339 DOI: 10.3390/plants9121755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Revised: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Pisum sativum L. (pea) is one of the most cultivated grain legumes in European countries due to the high protein content of its seeds. Nevertheless, the rhizobial microsymbionts of this legume have been scarcely studied in these countries. In this work, we analyzed the rhizobial strains nodulating the pea in a region from Northwestern Spain, where this legume is widely cultivated. The isolated strains were genetically diverse, and the phylogenetic analysis of core and symbiotic genes showed that these strains belong to different clusters related to R. laguerreae sv. viciae. Representative strains of these clusters were able to produce cellulose and cellulases, which are two key molecules in the legume infection process. They formed biofilms and produced acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs), which are involved in the quorum sensing regulation process. They also exhibited several plant growth promotion mechanisms, including phosphate solubilization, siderophore, and indole acetic acid production and symbiotic atmospheric nitrogen fixation. All strains showed high symbiotic efficiency on pea plants, indicating that strains of R. laguerreae sv. viciae are promising candidates for the biofertilization of this legume worldwide.
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Dove R, Wolfe ER, Stewart NU, Ballhorn DJ. Ecoregion—Rather Than Sympatric Legumes—Influences Symbiotic Bradyrhizobium Associations in Invasive Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius) in the Pacific Northwest. NORTHWEST SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.3955/046.094.0205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Robyn Dove
- Portland State University, Department of Biology, 1719 SW 10th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201
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- Portland State University, Department of Biology, 1719 SW 10th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201
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- Portland State University, Department of Biology, 1719 SW 10th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201
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- Portland State University, Department of Biology, 1719 SW 10th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201
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Youseif SH, Abd El-Megeed FH, Mohamed AH, Ageez A, Veliz E, Martínez-Romero E. Diverse Rhizobium strains isolated from root nodules of Trifolium alexandrinum in Egypt and symbiovars. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 44:126156. [PMID: 33232849 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 11/01/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Berseem clover (T. alexandrinum) is the main forage legume crop used as animal feed in Egypt. Here, eighty rhizobial isolates were isolated from root nodules of berseem clover grown in different regions in Egypt and were grouped by RFLP-16S rRNA ribotyping. Representative isolates were characterized using phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA, rpoB, glnA, pgi, and nodC genes. We also investigated the performance of these isolates using phenotypic tests and nitrogen fixation efficiency assays. The majority of strains (<90%) were closely related to Rhizobium aegyptiacum and Rhizobium aethiopicum and of the remaining strains, six belonged to the Rhizobium leguminosarum genospecies complex and only one strain was assigned to Agrobacterium fabacearum. Despite their heterogeneous chromosomal background, most of the strains shared nodC gene alleles corresponding to symbiovar trifolii. Some of the strains closely affiliated to R. aegyptiacum and R. aethiopicum had superior nodulation and nitrogen fixation capabilities in berseem clover, compared to the commercial inoculant (Okadein®) and N-added treatments. R. leguminosarum strain NGB-CR 17 that harbored a nodC allele typical of symbiovar viciae, was also able to form an effective symbiosis with clover. Two strains with nodC alleles of symbiovar trifolii, R. aegyptiacum strains NGB-CR 129 and 136, were capable of forming effective nodules in Phaseolus vulgaris in axenic greenhouse conditions. This adds the symbiovar trifolii which is well-established in the Egyptian soils to the list of symbiovars that form nodules in P. vulgaris.
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- Sameh H Youseif
- Department of Microbial Genetic Resources, National Gene Bank, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza 12619, Egypt.
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- Department of Microbial Genetic Resources, National Gene Bank, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza 12619, Egypt
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- Department of Microbial Genetic Resources, National Gene Bank, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza 12619, Egypt
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- Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza 12619, Egypt; Faculty of Biotechnology, MSA University, 6 October City, Egypt
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, Life Sciences Addition, 1 Shields Ave., Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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Martins da Costa E, de Lima W, de Almeida Ribeiro PR, de Souza Moreira FM. Acid and high-temperature tolerant Bradyrhizobium spp. strains from Brazilian soils are able to promote Acacia mangium and Stizolobium aterrimum growth. Symbiosis 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s13199-020-00732-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Paulitsch F, Delamuta JRM, Ribeiro RA, da Silva Batista JS, Hungria M. Phylogeny of symbiotic genes reveals symbiovars within legume-nodulating Paraburkholderia species. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126151. [PMID: 33171385 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Bacteria belonging to the genus Paraburkholderia are capable of establishing symbiotic relationships with plants belonging to the Fabaceae (=Leguminosae) family and fixing the atmospheric nitrogen in specialized structures in the roots called nodules, in a process known as biological nitrogen fixation (BNF). In the nodulation and BNF processes several bacterial symbiotic genes are involved, but the relations between symbiotic, core genes and host specificity are still poorly studied and understood in Paraburkholderia. In this study, eight strains of nodulating nitrogen-fixing Paraburkholderia isolated in Brazil, together with described species and other reference strains were used to infer the relatedness between core (16S rDNA, recA) and symbiotic (nod, nif, fix) genes. The diversity of genes involved in the nodulation (nodAC) and nitrogen fixation (nifH) abilities was investigated. Only two groups, one containing three Paraburkholderia species symbionts of Mimosa, and another one with P. ribeironis strains presented similar phylogenetic patterns in the analysis of core and symbiotic genes. In three other groups events of horizontal gene transfer of symbiotic genes were detected. Paraburkholderia strains with available genomes were used in the complementary analysis of nifHDK and fixABC and confirmed well-defined phylogenetic positions of symbiotic genes. In all analyses of nod, nif and fix genes the strains were distributed into five clades with high bootstrap support, allowing the proposal of five symbiovars in nodulating nitrogen-fixing Paraburkholderia, designated as mimosae, africana, tropicalis, atlantica and piptadeniae. Phylogenetic inferences within each symbiovar are discussed.
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- Fabiane Paulitsch
- Embrapa Soja, C.P. 231, 86001-970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, C.P. 10011, 86057-970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, SBN, Quadra 2, Bloco L, Lote 06, Edifício Capes, 70.040-020 Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
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- Embrapa Soja, C.P. 231, 86001-970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, SHIS QI 1 Conjunto B, Blocos A, B, C e D, Lago Sul, 71605-001 Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, SHIS QI 1 Conjunto B, Blocos A, B, C e D, Lago Sul, 71605-001 Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Biologia Estrutural, Molecular e Genética, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Avenida General Carlos Cavalcanti, 4748 - Uvaranas, C.P. 6001, Ponta Grossa, PR 84030‑900, Brazil.
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- Embrapa Soja, C.P. 231, 86001-970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, C.P. 10011, 86057-970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, SHIS QI 1 Conjunto B, Blocos A, B, C e D, Lago Sul, 71605-001 Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
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Efstathiadou E, Savvas D, Tampakaki AP. Genetic diversity and phylogeny of indigenous rhizobia nodulating faba bean (Vicia faba L.) in Greece. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126149. [PMID: 33161357 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The genetic diversity and phylogeny of fast-growing rhizobia isolated from root nodules of Vicia faba grown in different geographical regions of Greece were assessed. Although Rhizobium leguminosarum sv. viciae is the most common symbiont of Vicia spp. in European soils, there is no available information on native rhizobia nodulating faba bean in Greece. Seventy bacterial strains were isolated and grouped into sixteen distinct profiles based on BOX-PCR fingerprinting. The phylogenetic affiliation was further defined by sequence analysis of the rrs and multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) of three housekeeping genes (recA, atpD and gyrB). Fifty-eight isolates were affiliated with recently described genospecies gsF-2, represented by R. laguerreae FB206T, whereas six isolates were closely related to gsB and two isolates might belong to gsA. Two isolates assigned to R. hidalgonense and another two non-nodulating strains could not be assigned to any validly defined species and possibly belong to a new rhizobial lineage. Interestingly, R. laguerreae strains were commonly found at all sampling sites, suggesting that they could be the main symbionts of faba beans in Greek soils. According to the phylogenies of two symbiosis-related genes (nodC and nifH), all nodulating isolates belonged to symbiovar (sv.) viciae harboring four distinct nodC gene haplotypes and they were grouped into two clades together with strains assigned to R. laguerreae and genospecies of R. leguminosarum isolated from other countries and continents. This is the first report that R. hidalgonense strains belong to sv. viciae. No correlation was observed between the nodC haplotypes, geographic origin and chromosomal background of the isolates in the study.
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- Evdoxia Efstathiadou
- Laboratory of General and Agricultural Microbiology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Votanikos, 11855 Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Vegetable Production, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Votanikos, 11855 Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of General and Agricultural Microbiology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Votanikos, 11855 Athens, Greece.
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Helene LCF, Klepa MS, O'Hara G, Hungria M. Bradyrhizobium archetypum sp. nov., Bradyrhizobium australiense sp. nov. and Bradyrhizobium murdochi sp. nov., isolated from nodules of legumes indigenous to Western Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4623-4636. [PMID: 32667875 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The genus Bradyrhizobium is considered as the probable ancestor lineage of all rhizobia, broadly spread in a variety of ecosystems and with remarkable diversity. A polyphasic study was performed to characterize and clarify the taxonomic position of eight bradyrhizobial strains isolated from indigenous legumes to Western Australia. As expected for the genus, the 16S rRNA gene sequences were highly conserved, but the results of multilocus sequence analysis with four housekeeping genes (dnaK, glnII, gyrB and recA) confirmed three new distinct clades including the following strains: (1) WSM 1744T, WSM 1736 and WSM 1737; (2) WSM 1791T and WSM 1742; and (3) WSM 1741T, WSM 1735 and WSM 1790. The highest ANI values of the three groups in relation to the closest type strains were 92.4, 92.3 and 93.3 %, respectively, below the threshold of species circumscription. The digital DNA-DNA hybridization analysis also confirmed new species descriptions, with less than 52 % relatedness with the closest type strains. The phylogeny of the symbiotic gene nodC clustered the eight strains into the symbiovar retamae, together with seven Bradyrhizobium type strains, sharing from 94.2-98.1 % nucleotide identity (NI), and less than 88.7 % NI with other related strains and symbiovars. Morpho-physiological, phylogenetics, genomic and symbiotic traits were determined for the new groups and our data support the description of three new species, Bradyrhizobium archetypum sp. nov., Bradyrhizobium australiense sp. nov. and Bradyrhizobium murdochi sp. nov., with WSM 1744T (=CNPSo 4013T=LMG 31646T), WSM 1791T (=CNPSo 4014T=LMG 31647T) and WSM 1741T (=CNPSo 4020T=LMG 31651T) designated as type strains, respectively.
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- Luisa Caroline Ferraz Helene
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, SBN, Quadra 2, Bloco L, Lote 06, Edifício Capes, 70.040-020, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.,Embrapa Soja, C.P. 231, 86001-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, SBN, Quadra 2, Bloco L, Lote 06, Edifício Capes, 70.040-020, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.,Department of Microbiology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, C.P. 10011, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Embrapa Soja, C.P. 231, 86001-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies (CRS), Murdoch University 90 South St. Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, SBN, Quadra 2, Bloco L, Lote 06, Edifício Capes, 70.040-020, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.,Department of Microbiology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, C.P. 10011, 86057-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.,Embrapa Soja, C.P. 231, 86001-970, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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Lamin H, Alami S, Bouhnik O, Bennis M, Benkritly S, Abdelmoumen H, Bedmar EJ, Missbah-El Idrissi M. Identification of the endosymbionts from Sulla spinosissima growing in a lead mine tailings in Eastern Morocco as Mesorhizobium camelthorni sv. aridi. J Appl Microbiol 2020; 130:948-959. [PMID: 32866324 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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AIMS To identify the bacteria nodulating Sulla spinosissima growing profusely in a lead and zinc mine tailings in Eastern Morocco. METHODS AND RESULTS In all, 32 rhizobial cultures, isolated from root nodules of S. spinosissima growing in soils of the mining site, were tolerant to different heavy metals. The ERIC-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) fingerprinting analysis clustered the isolates into seven different groups, and the analysis of the 16S rRNA sequences of four selected representative strains, showed they were related to different species of the genus Mesorhizobium. The atpD, glnII and recA housekeeping genes analysis confirmed the affiliation of the four representative strains to Mesorhizobium camelthorni CCNWXJ40-4T , with similarity percentages varying from 96·30 to 98·30%. The sequences of the nifH gene had 97·33-97·78% similarities with that of M. camelthorni CCNWXJ40-4T ; however, the nodC phylogeny of the four strains diverged from the type and other reference strains of M. camelthorni and formed a separated cluster. The four strains nodulate also Astragalus gombiformis and A. armatus but did not nodulate A. boeticus, Vachellia gummifera, Prosopis chilensis, Cicer arietinum, Lens culinaris, Medicago truncatula, Lupinus luteus or Phaseolus vulgaris. CONCLUSIONS Based on similarities of the nodC symbiotic gene and differences in the host range, the strains isolated from S. spinosissima growing in soils of the Sidi Boubker mining site may form a different symbiovar within Mesorhizobium for which the name aridi is proposed. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY In this work, we show that strains of M. camelthorni species nodulating S. spinosissima in the arid area of Eastern Morocco constitute a distinct phylogenetic clade of nodulation genes; we named symbiovar aridi, which encompasses also mesorhizobia from other Mediterranean desert legumes.
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- H Lamin
- Centre de Biotechnologies végétales et microbiennes, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies végétales et microbiennes, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies végétales et microbiennes, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies végétales et microbiennes, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco
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- Laboratoire de Biotechnologie des Rhizobiums et Amélioration des Plantes (LBRAP), Département de Biotechnologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Oran1 Ahmed Ben Bella, Es Senia, Algeria
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- Centre de Biotechnologies végétales et microbiennes, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Granada, Spain
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- Centre de Biotechnologies végétales et microbiennes, Biodiversité et Environnement, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco
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Rejili M, Off K, Brachmann A, Marín M. Bradyrhizobium hipponense sp. nov., isolated from Lupinus angustifolius growing in the northern region of Tunisia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5539-5550. [PMID: 32897848 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Strain aSej3T was isolated from a root nodule of a Lupinus angustifolius plant growing in Bizerte, Tunisia. 16S rRNA gene analysis placed this strain within the genus Bradyrhizobium. Multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) including three housekeeping genes (glnII, gyrB and recA) grouped aSej3T together with Bradyrhizobium rifense CTAW71T, Bradyrhizobium cytisi CTAW11T, Bradyrhizobium ganzhouense RITF806T, Bradyrhizobium lupini USDA 3051T and Bradyrhizobium canariense BTA-1T. MLSA with five housekeeping genes (dnaK, glnII, gyrB, recA and rpoB) revealed that this strain shares less than 93.5 % nucleotide identity with other type strains. Genome sequencing and inspection revealed a genome size of 8.83 Mbp with a G+C content of 62.8 mol%. Genome-wide average nucleotide identity and digital DNA-DNA hybridization values were below 87.5 and 36.2 %, respectively, when compared to described Bradyrhizobium species. Strain aSej3T nodulated L. angustifolius plants under axenic conditions and its nodC gene clustered within the genistearum symbiovar. Altogether, the phylogenetic data and the chemotaxonomic characteristics of this strain support that aSej3T represents a new species for which we propose the name Bradyrhizobium hipponense sp. nov. with the type strain aSej3T (=DSM 108913T=LMG 31020T).
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- Mokhtar Rejili
- Laboratory of Biodiversity and Valorization of Arid Areas Bioresources (BVBAA), Faculty of Sciences, Gabes University, Tunisia
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- Chair of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany
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- Chair of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany
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- Chair of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany
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