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Ishida JK, Bini AP, Creste S, Van Sluys MA. Towards defining the core Saccharum microbiome: input from five genotypes. BMC Microbiol 2022; 22:193. [PMID: 35941528 PMCID: PMC9358853 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-022-02598-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background Plant microbiome and its manipulation inaugurate a new era for plant biotechnology with the potential to benefit sustainable crop production. Here, we used the large-scale 16S rDNA sequencing analysis to unravel the dynamic, structure, and composition of exophytic and endophytic microbial communities in two hybrid commercial cultivars of sugarcane (R570 and SP80–3280), two cultivated genotypes (Saccharum officinarum and Saccharum barberi) and one wild species (Saccharum spontaneum). Results Our analysis identified 1372 amplicon sequence variants (ASVs). The microbial communities’ profiles are grouped by two, root and bulk soils and stem and leave when these four components are compared. However, PCoA-based data supports that endophytes and epiphytes communities form distinct groups, revealing an active host-derived mechanism to select the resident microbiota. A strong genotype-influence on the assembly of microbial communities in Saccharum ssp. is documented. A total of 220 ASVs persisted across plant cultivars and species. The ubiquitous bacteria are two potential beneficial bacteria, Acinetobacter ssp., and Serratia symbiotica. Conclusions The results presented support the existence of common and cultivar-specific ASVs in two commercial hybrids, two cultivated canes and one species of Saccharum across tissues (leaves, stems, and roots). Also, evidence is provided that under the experimental conditions described here, each genotype bears its microbial community with little impact from the soil conditions, except in the root system. It remains to be demonstrated which aspect, genotype, environment or both, has the most significant impact on the microbial selection in sugarcane fields. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12866-022-02598-8.
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- Juliane K Ishida
- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 277, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil.,Present address: Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Pres. Antônio Carlos, 6627 - Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Centro de Cana, IAC-Apta, Ribeirão Preto, Av. Pádua Dias n11, CEP 13418-900, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Cana, IAC-Apta, Ribeirão Preto, Av. Pádua Dias n11, CEP 13418-900, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 277, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil.
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Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus Inoculation of Two Lettuce Cultivars Affects Leaf and Root Growth under Hydroponic Conditions. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/app12031585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The growth-promoting effects of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus inoculation on the leaf lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) cultivars “Black Seeded Simpson” and “Bibb/Limestone” were investigated. Plants of each cultivar were grown hydroponically in Kratky jars in a growth chamber-controlled environment in a completely randomized factorial design with three or four replications. Each experiment was repeated once. Factors were (1) with or without inoculant and (2) seven levels of nitrogen (N) fertilization ranging from deficient (37.5 mg L−1 N) to excessive (172.5 mg L−1 N). The shoot, root, and total biomass accumulation, nitrogen density, and carbon/nitrogen (C/N) ratios were measured for each variety. Black Seeded Simpson demonstrated a shifting of production towards aerial tissues, with significantly greater shoot production and reduced root production. The observed increase in shoot biomass was greatest at the slightly deficient N rate of 105 mg L−1 N where inoculated plants produced 14.8% more than uninoculated plants. Lower N density and higher C/N ratios in inoculated shoot tissues indicate greater N use efficiency. Bibb/Limestone responded to inoculation with an average increase of 10.9% in shoot production and with greater root biomass. Bibb/Limestone also exhibited lower N density in inoculated shoot tissues with a corresponding increase in the C/N ratio. For growers looking to maximize lettuce yields, G. diaz inoculation may present a beneficial additive to the growing system by increasing leaf yields while not increasing N fertilizer requirements.
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Oliveira MM, Ramos ETA, Drechsel MM, Vidal MS, Schwab S, Baldani JI. Gluconacin from Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus PAL5 is an active bacteriocin against phytopathogenic and beneficial sugarcane bacteria. J Appl Microbiol 2018; 125:1812-1826. [PMID: 30136440 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Revised: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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AIMS This study aimed to explore the possibility of using the Gluconacin from Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus strain PAL5 in the biological control of diverse sugarcane phytopathogenic bacteria. METHODS AND RESULTS An in silico analysis was first employed to determine the phylogenetic relationship between Gram-negative/positive bacteriocin producers and Gluconacin. The analysis showed that this trait is widespread among tested bacterial species and a well-conserved gene within the Acetobacteraceae family. The bacteriocin gene (GDI_0415) present in the genome of strain PAL5 was than cloned in pDEST™17 and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21-AI™. A bioassay showed growth inhibition of Xanthomonas albilineans by the recombinant bacteriocin. Subsequent bioassays indicated different levels of antagonistic activity against the majority of the sugarcane phytopathogenic bacteria (Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vasculorum, Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae, Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae, Xanthomonas vasicola pv. vasculorum). In addition, the bacteriocin was also antagonistic to some beneficial bacterial strains belonging to G. diazotrophicus and endophytic Bacillus species, which also colonize sugarcane plants. CONCLUSIONS The GDI_0415 gene, responsible for the production of Gluconacin, is well conserved within the Acetobacteraceae family and presented antagonistic activity against phytopathogenic and a few beneficial sugarcane bacteria. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The production of a recombinant protein, named Gluconacin, opens new avenues for the agro-biotechnology application in agriculture, mainly with regard to the sugarcane crop.
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- M M Oliveira
- UFRJ - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- EMBRAPA Agrobiologia, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
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- EMBRAPA Agrobiologia, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
- UFRRJ - Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
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- EMBRAPA Agrobiologia, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
- IFSC - Instituto Federal Santa Catarina - Palhoça Bilingue, Palhoça, SC, Brazil
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- EMBRAPA Agrobiologia, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
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- EMBRAPA Agrobiologia, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
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- EMBRAPA Agrobiologia, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
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Gluconic acid produced by Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus Pal5 possesses antimicrobial properties. Res Microbiol 2014; 165:549-58. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2014.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Revised: 06/12/2014] [Accepted: 06/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Idogawa N, Amamoto R, Murata K, Kawai S. Phosphate enhances levan production in the endophytic bacterium Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus Pal5. Bioengineered 2014; 5:173-9. [PMID: 24717418 DOI: 10.4161/bioe.28792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus is a gram-negative and endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacterium that has several beneficial effects in host plants; thus, utilization of this bacterium as a biofertilizer in agriculture may be possible. G. diazotrophicus synthesizes levan, a D-fructofuranosyl polymer with β-(2→6) linkages, as an exopolysaccharide and the synthesized levan improves the stress tolerance of the bacterium. In this study, we found that phosphate enhances levan production by G. diazotrophicus Pal5, a wild type strain that showed a stronger mucous phenotype on solid medium containing 28 mM phosphate than on solid medium containing 7 mM phosphate. A G. diazotrophicus Pal5 levansucrase disruptant showed only a weak mucous phenotype regardless of the phosphate concentration, indicating that the mucous phenotype observed on 28 mM phosphate medium was caused by levan. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the effect of a high concentration of phosphate on exopolysaccharide production.
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- Nao Idogawa
- Laboratory of Basic and Applied Molecular Biotechnology; Graduate School of Agriculture; Kyoto University; Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Basic and Applied Molecular Biotechnology; Graduate School of Agriculture; Kyoto University; Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Basic and Applied Molecular Biotechnology; Graduate School of Agriculture; Kyoto University; Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Basic and Applied Molecular Biotechnology; Graduate School of Agriculture; Kyoto University; Kyoto, Japan
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Mehnaz S. Microbes - friends and foes of sugarcane. J Basic Microbiol 2013; 53:954-71. [PMID: 23322584 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201200299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2012] [Accepted: 08/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Sugarcane is an important cash crop for many countries because it is a major source of several products including sugar and bioethanol. To obtain maximum yields there is a need to apply large quantities of chemical fertilizers.Worldwide yields are also severely affected by more than sixty diseases, mostly caused by fungi but viruses, phytoplasmas, nematodes and other pests can also damage this crop. For most of these diseases, chemical control is not available and breeders are struggling with the development of pest resistant varieties. Many members of the grass family Poaceae establish associations with beneficial microbes which promote their growth by direct and indirect mechanisms. They can be used as means to reduce the need for chemical fertilizer and to minimize the impacts of pathogen invasion. This review highlights the diversity of the microbes associated with sugarcane and the role of beneficial microbes for growth promotion and biocontrol. More extensive use of beneficial microbes will help the sugarcane grower not only to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers but also minimize the disease. In this paper, a brief description of both the non-pathogenic and pathogenic microbes associated with sugarcane is provided. Future prospects for the expanded use of beneficial microbes for sugarcane are also discussed and detailed herein.
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- Samina Mehnaz
- Department of Biological Sciences, Forman Christian College University, Lahore, Pakistan
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Pseudomonas and other Microbes in Disease-Suppressive Soils. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE REVIEWS 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4113-3_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Proteome of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus co-cultivated with sugarcane plantlets. J Proteomics 2009; 73:917-31. [PMID: 20026003 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2009.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2009] [Revised: 11/04/2009] [Accepted: 12/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus is a micro-aerobic bacterium able to fix atmospheric nitrogen in endophytic mode. A proteomic approach was used to analyze proteins differentially expressed in the presence and absence of sugarcane plantlets. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) showed 42 spots with altered levels of expression. Analysis of these spots by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight in tandem (MALDI-TOF-TOF) identified 38 proteins. Differentially expressed proteins were associated with carbohydrate and energy metabolism, folding, sorting and degradation processes, and transcription and translation. Among proteins expressed in co-cultivated bacteria, four belong to membrane systems; others, like a transcription elongation factor (GreA), a 60 kDa chaperonin (GroEL), and an outer membrane lipoprotein (Omp16) have also been described in other plant-bacteria associations, indicating a common protein expression pattern as a result of symbiosis. A high protein content of 60kDa chaperonin isoforms was detected as non-differentially expressed proteins of the bacteria proteome. These results allow the assessment of the physiological significance of specific proteins to G. diazotrophicus metabolism and to the pathways involved in bacteria-host endophytic interaction.
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Guedes HV, Dos Santos ST, Perin L, Teixeira KRDS, Reis VM, Baldani JI. Polyphasic characterization of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus isolates obtained from different sugarcane varieties. Braz J Microbiol 2008; 39:718-23. [PMID: 24031296 PMCID: PMC3768463 DOI: 10.1590/s1517-838220080004000023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2007] [Revised: 06/24/2008] [Accepted: 11/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A polyphasic approach was applied to characterize 35 G. diazotrophicus isolates obtained from sugarcane varieties cultivated in Brazil. The isolates were analyzed by phenotypic (use of different carbon sources) and genotypic tests (ARDRA and RISA-RFLP techniques). Variability among the isolates was observed in relation to the carbon source use preference. Glucose and sucrose were used by all isolates in contrast to myo-inositol, galactose and ribose that were not metabolized. The results of the analysis showed the presence of two groups clustered at 68% of similarity. The genetic distance was higher when RISA-RFLP analysis was used. Analysis of 16S rDNA sequences from isolates showed that all of them belonged to the G. diazotrophicus species. Neither effect of the plant part nor sugarcane variety was observed during the cluster analysis. The observed metabolic and genetic variability will be helpful during the strain selection studies for sugarcane inoculation in association with sugarcane breeding programs.
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- Helma V Guedes
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Embrapa Agrobiologia , Rio de Janeiro, RJ , Brasil
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Lery LMS, Coelho A, von Kruger WMA, Gonçalves MSM, Santos MF, Valente RH, Santos EO, Rocha SLG, Perales J, Domont GB, Teixeira KRS, Bertalan M, Ferreira PCG, Bisch PM. Protein expression profile of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus PAL5, a sugarcane endophytic plant growth-promoting bacterium. Proteomics 2008; 8:1631-44. [PMID: 18340630 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200700912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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This is the first broad proteomic description of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus, an endophytic bacterium, responsible for the major fraction of the atmospheric nitrogen fixed in sugarcane in tropical regions. Proteomic coverage of G. diazotrophicus PAL5 was obtained by two independent approaches: 2-DE followed by MALDI-TOF or TOF-TOF MS and 1-DE followed by chromatography in a C18 column online coupled to an ESI-Q-TOF or ESI-IT mass spectrometer. The 583 identified proteins were sorted into functional categories and used to describe potential metabolic pathways for nucleotides, amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, cofactors and energy production, according to the Enzyme Commission of Enzyme Nomenclature (EC) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) databases. The identification of such proteins and their possible insertion in conserved biochemical routes will allow comparisons between G. diazotrophicus and other bacterial species. Furthermore, the 88 proteins classified as conserved unknown or unknown constitute a potential target for functional genomic studies, aiming at the understanding of protein function and regulation of gene expression. The knowledge of metabolic fundamentals and coordination of these actions are crucial for the rational, safe and sustainable interference on crops. The entire dataset, including peptide sequence information, is available as Supporting Information and is the major contribution of this work.
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Saravanan VS, Madhaiyan M, Osborne J, Thangaraju M, Sa TM. Ecological occurrence of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus and nitrogen-fixing Acetobacteraceae members: their possible role in plant growth promotion. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2008; 55:130-40. [PMID: 17574542 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9258-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2006] [Accepted: 04/14/2007] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus has a long-standing history of bacterial-plant interrelationship as a symbiotic endophyte capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen. In low nitrogen fertilized sugarcane fields it plays a significant role and its occurrence was realised in most of the sugarcane growing countries. In this mini review, the association of G. diazotrophicus with sugarcane, other crop plants and with various hosts is discussed. The factors affecting survival in the rhizosphere and the putative soil mode of transmission are emphasized. In addition, other N(2)-fixing Acetobacteraceae members, including Gluconacetobacter azotocaptans, Gluconacetobacter johannae and Swaminathania salitolerans, occurring in coffee, corn and rice plants are also covered. Lastly, the plant-growth-promoting traits identified in this group of bacteria, including N(2) fixation, phytohormone synthesis, P and Zn solubilization and biocontrol, are analysed.
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- V S Saravanan
- School of Bio-Technology, Chemical and Bio-Medical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) University, Vellore 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Pedraza RO. Recent advances in nitrogen-fixing acetic acid bacteria. Int J Food Microbiol 2007; 125:25-35. [PMID: 18177965 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.11.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2006] [Revised: 10/10/2007] [Accepted: 11/27/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Nitrogen is an essential plant nutrient, widely applied as N-fertilizer to improve yield of agriculturally important crops. An interesting alternative to avoid or reduce the use of N-fertilizers could be the exploitation of plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), capable of enhancing growth and yield of many plant species, several of agronomic and ecological significance. PGPB belong to diverse genera, including Azospirillum, Azotobacter, Herbaspirillum, Bacillus, Burkholderia, Pseudomonas, Rhizobium, and Gluconacetobacter, among others. They are capable of promoting plant growth through different mechanisms including (in some cases), the biological nitrogen fixation (BNF), the enzymatic reduction of the atmospheric dinitrogen (N(2)) to ammonia, catalyzed by nitrogenase. Aerobic bacteria able to oxidize ethanol to acetic acid in neutral or acid media are candidates of belonging to the family Acetobacteraceae. At present, this family has been divided into ten genera: Acetobacter, Gluconacetobacter, Gluconobacter, Acidomonas, Asaia, Kozakia, Saccharibacter, Swaminathania, Neoasaia, and Granulibacter. Among them, only three genera include N(2)-fixing species: Gluconacetobacter, Swaminathania and Acetobacter. The first N(2)-fixing acetic acid bacterium (AAB) was described in Brazil. It was found inside tissues of the sugarcane plant, and first named as Acetobacter diazotrophicus, but then renamed as Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus. Later, two new species within the genus Gluconacetobacter, associated to coffee plants, were described in Mexico: G. johannae and G. azotocaptans. A salt-tolerant bacterium named Swaminathania salitolerans was found associated to wild rice plants. Recently, N(2)-fixing Acetobacter peroxydans and Acetobacter nitrogenifigens, associated with rice plants and Kombucha tea, respectively, were described in India. In this paper, recent advances involving nitrogen-fixing AAB are presented. Their natural habitats, physiological and genetic aspects, as well as their association with different plants and contribution through BNF are described as an overview.
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- Raúl O Pedraza
- Departamento de Ecología, Microbiología Agrícola. Facultad de Agronomía y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Av. Roca 1900, (4000) Tucumán, Argentina.
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Varella Coelho ML, Santos Nascimento JD, Fagundes PC, Madureira DJ, Oliveira SSD, Vasconcelos de Paiva Brito MA, Freire Bastos MDCD. Activity of staphylococcal bacteriocins against Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae involved in bovine mastitis. Res Microbiol 2007; 158:625-30. [PMID: 17719749 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2007.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2007] [Revised: 06/29/2007] [Accepted: 07/03/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The inhibitory activity of seven bacteriocins produced by Staphylococcus aureus (aureocins A70, A53, and 215FN) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (Pep5, epidermin, epilancin K7 and epicidin 280) was tested against strains of both S. aureus (165 strains) and Streptococcus agalactiae (74 strains) isolated from udders of cows suffering from bovine mastitis. Most strains of the two species were inhibited by epidermin (>85%), aureocin A53 (>67%) and by a combination of aureocins A70 and A53 (>91%), co-expressed in the genetic background of strain A70, the native producer of aureocin A70. Synergy between aureocins A70 and A53 was also demonstrated, which broadened the spectrum of strains inhibited. The remaining staphylococcins inhibited either none of, or a lower percentage (<48%) of, the mastitis-causing pathogens tested. Our results therefore show that the use of epidermin and/or a combination of aureocins A53 and A70 may represent a new non-antibiotic alternative for successfully inhibiting both mastitic staphylococci and streptococci.
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- Marcus Lívio Varella Coelho
- Departamento de Microbiologia Geral, Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes, UFRJ, CCS, Bloco I, Cidade Universitária, 21941-590 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Saravanan VS, Madhaiyan M, Thangaraju M. Solubilization of zinc compounds by the diazotrophic, plant growth promoting bacterium Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus. CHEMOSPHERE 2007; 66:1794-8. [PMID: 16956644 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.07.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2005] [Revised: 07/21/2006] [Accepted: 07/23/2006] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus an endophytic diazotroph also encountered as rhizosphere bacterium is reported to possess different plant growth promoting characteristics. In this study, we assessed the zinc solubilizing potential of G. diazotrophicus under in vitro conditions with different Zn compounds using glucose or sucrose as carbon sources. G. diazotrophicus showed variations in their solubilization potential with the strains used and the Zn compounds tested. G. diazotrophicus PAl5 efficiently solubilized the Zn compounds tested and ZnO was effectively solubilized than ZnCO(3) or Zn(3)(PO(4))(2). The soluble Zn concentration was determined in the culture supernatant through Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. Gas chromatography coupled Mass Spectrometry analysis revealed 5-ketogluconic acid, a derivative of gluconic acid as the major organic acid produced by G. diazotrophicus PAl5 cultured with glucose as carbon source. This organic anion may be an important agent that helped in the solubilization of insoluble Zn compounds.
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- V S Saravanan
- School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Muñoz-Rojas J, Fuentes-Ramírez LE, Caballero-Mellado J. Antagonism among Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus strains in culture media and in endophytic association. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2005; 54:57-66. [PMID: 16329972 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsec.2005.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2004] [Revised: 12/19/2004] [Accepted: 02/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In this study the antagonistic activity among 55 Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus strains, belonging to 13 electrophoretic types (ETs), in culture media was analyzed. Antagonistic effects were seen only in strains belonging to two ETs named ET-1 and ET-3. Two out of 29 ET-1 strains, and 3 out of 7 ET-3 strains of G. diazotrophicus showed antagonistic effects against many other strains belonging to all the ETs of this species analyzed, and against closely related strains of Gluconacetobacter species, including Gluconacetobacter johannae, Gluconacetobacter azotocaptans and Gluconacetobacter liquefaciens but not against other phylogenetically distant bacterial species. Results showed that the substance responsible of such antagonistic activity is a low molecular mass molecule (approximately 3400 Da), stable from pH 3.5 to 8.5, and very stable at 4 degrees C for 10 months. This substance was sensitive to proteases, and the antagonistic activity was lost after 2 h at 95 degrees C. All of these features show that the substance is related to bacteriocin-like molecules. The antagonistic substance should be chromosomally encoded because ET-3 strains of G. diazotrophicus do not harbor any plasmids. The antagonistic ability of ET-3 strains of G. diazotrophicus could be an advantage for the natural colonization of the sugarcane environment, as was observed in experiments with micropropagated sterile sugarcane plantlets co-inoculated with a bacteriocin-producer strain and a bacteriocin-sensitive strain of G. diazotrophicus. In these experiments, both in the rhizosphere as well as inside the roots, the bacteriocin-sensitive population decreased drastically. In addition, this study shows that inside the plants there may exist antagonistic interactions among endophytic bacteria like to those described among the rhizospheric community.
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- Jesús Muñoz-Rojas
- Programa de Ecología Molecular y Microbiana, Centro de Investigación sobre Fijación de Nitrógeno, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos
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Blanco Y, Blanch M, Piñón D, Legaz ME, Vicente C. Antagonism of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus (a sugarcane endosymbiont) against Xanthomonas albilineans (pathogen) studied in alginate-immobilized sugarcane stalk tissues. J Biosci Bioeng 2005; 99:366-71. [PMID: 16233803 DOI: 10.1263/jbb.99.366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2004] [Accepted: 12/30/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Xanthomonas albilineans, a pathogenic bacterium that produces leaf scald disease of sugarcane, secretes a xanthan-like gum that invades both xylem and phloem of the host. Xanthan production has been verified after experimental infection of stalk segments of healthy plants. Moreover, Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus is a nitrogen-fixing endosymbiont of sugarcane plants that antagonizes with X. albilineans by impeding the production of the bacterial gum. The physiological basis of this antagonism has been studied using tissues of sugarcane stalks previously inoculated with the endosymbiont, then immobilized in calcium alginate and maintained in a culture medium for Gluconacetobacter. Under these conditions, bacteria infecting immobilized tissues are able to secrete to the medium a lysozyme-like bacteriocin that inhibits the growth of X. albilineans.
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- Yolanda Blanco
- Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University, José Antonio Novais Av., 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Blanco Y, Arroyo M, Legaz ME, Vicente C. Isolation from Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus cell walls of specific receptors for sugarcane glycoproteins, which act as recognition factors. J Chromatogr A 2005; 1093:204-11. [PMID: 16233885 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2005.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2005] [Accepted: 07/07/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Glycoproteins from sugarcane stalks have been isolated from plants field-grown by size-exclusion chromatography. Some of these glycoproteins, previously labelled with fluorescein isothiocyanate, are able to bind to the cell wall of the sugarcane endophyte, N2-fixing Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus, and largely removed after washing the bacterial cells with sucrose. This implies that sugarcane glycoproteins use beta-(1-->2)-fructofuranosyl fructose domains in their glycosidic moiety to bind to specific receptors in the bacterial cell walls. These receptors have been isolated by affinity chromatography on a sugarcane glycoprotein-agarose matrix, desorbed with sucrose and characterized by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophresisand capillary electrophoresis (CE).
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- Y Blanco
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Porra RJ. The chequered history of the development and use of simultaneous equations for the accurate determination of chlorophylls a and b. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2002; 73:149-156. [PMID: 16245116 DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2672-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Over the last half century, the most frequently used assay for chlorophylls in higher plants and green algae, the Arnon assay [Arnon DI (1949) Plant Physiol 24: 1-15], employed simultaneous equations for determining the concentrations of chlorophylls a and b in aqueous 80% acetone extracts of chlorophyllous plant and algal materials. These equations, however, were developed using extinction coefficients for chlorophylls a and b derived from early inaccurate spectrophotometric data. Thus, Arnon's equations give inaccurate chlorophyll a and b determinations and, therefore, inaccurate chlorophyll a/b ratios, which are always low. This paper describes how the ratios are increasingly and alarmingly low as the proportion of chlorophyll a increases. Accurate extinction coefficients for chlorophylls a and b, and the more reliable simultaneous equations derived from them, have been published subsequently by many research groups; these new post-Arnon equations, however, have been ignored by many researchers. This Minireview records the history of the development of accurate simultaneous equations and some difficulties and anomalies arising from the retention of Arnon's seriously flawed equations.
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- Robert J Porra
- Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra, P.O. Box 1600, ACT 2601, Australia
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