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Shamseldin A, Epstein B, Sadowsky MJ, Zhang Q. Comparative genomic analysis of diverse rhizobia and effective nitrogen-fixing clover-nodulating Rhizobium strains adapted to Egyptian dry ecosystems. Symbiosis 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s13199-021-00764-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Martínez-Romero E, Aguirre-Noyola JL, Taco-Taype N, Martínez-Romero J, Zuñiga-Dávila D. Plant microbiota modified by plant domestication. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126106. [PMID: 32847781 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Revised: 06/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Human life became largely dependent on agricultural products after distinct crop-domestication events occurred around 10,000 years ago in different geographical sites. Domestication selected suitable plants for human agricultural practices with unexpected consequences on plant microbiota, which has notable effects on plant growth and health. Among other traits, domestication has changed root architecture, exudation, or defense responses that could have modified plant microbiota. Here we present the comparison of reported data on the microbiota from widely consumed cereals and legumes and their ancestors showing that different bacteria were found in domesticated and wild plant microbiomes in some cases. Considering the large variability in plant microbiota, adequate sampling efforts and function-based approaches are needed to further support differences between the microbiota from wild and domesticated plants. The study of wild plant microbiomes could provide a valuable resource of unexploited beneficial bacteria for crops.
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Microbiana, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Microbiana, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru
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Symbiont shift towards Rhizobium nodulation in a group of phylogenetically related Phaseolus species. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2014; 79:1-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Revised: 06/05/2014] [Accepted: 06/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Rogel MA, Bustos P, Santamaría RI, González V, Romero D, Cevallos MÁ, Lozano L, Castro-Mondragón J, Martínez-Romero J, Ormeño-Orrillo E, Martínez-Romero E. Genomic basis of symbiovar mimosae in Rhizobium etli. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:575. [PMID: 25005495 PMCID: PMC4125696 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Symbiosis genes (nod and nif) involved in nodulation and nitrogen fixation in legumes are plasmid-borne in Rhizobium. Rhizobial symbiotic variants (symbiovars) with distinct host specificity would depend on the type of symbiosis plasmid. In Rhizobium etli or in Rhizobium phaseoli, symbiovar phaseoli strains have the capacity to form nodules in Phaseolus vulgaris while symbiovar mimosae confers a broad host range including different mimosa trees. Results We report on the genome of R. etli symbiovar mimosae strain Mim1 and its comparison to that from R. etli symbiovar phaseoli strain CFN42. Differences were found in plasmids especially in the symbiosis plasmid, not only in nod gene sequences but in nod gene content. Differences in Nod factors deduced from the presence of nod genes, in secretion systems or ACC-deaminase could help explain the distinct host specificity. Genes involved in P. vulgaris exudate uptake were not found in symbiovar mimosae but hup genes (involved in hydrogen uptake) were found. Plasmid pRetCFN42a was partially contained in Mim1 and a plasmid (pRetMim1c) was found only in Mim1. Chromids were well conserved. Conclusions The genomic differences between the two symbiovars, mimosae and phaseoli may explain different host specificity. With the genomic analysis presented, the term symbiovar is validated. Furthermore, our data support that the generalist symbiovar mimosae may be older than the specialist symbiovar phaseoli. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-575) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Phylogenetic evidence of the transfer of nodZ and nolL genes from Bradyrhizobium to other rhizobia. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2013; 67:626-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2013] [Revised: 02/27/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Soria-Díaz ME, Rodríguez-Carvajal MA, Tejero-Mateo P, Espartero JL, Morón B, Sousa C, Megías M, Thomas-Oates J, Gil-Serrano AM. Structural determination of the Nod factors produced byRhizobium gallicumbv. gallicum R602. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2006; 255:164-73. [PMID: 16436076 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2005.00065.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Rhizobium gallicum is a fast-growing bacterium found in European, Australian and African soils; it was first isolated in France. It is a microsymbiont which is able to nodulate plants of the genus Phaseolus. Rhizobium gallicum bv. gallicum R602 produces four extracellular signal molecules consisting of a linear backbone of N-acetyl glucosamine, bearing on the nonreducing terminal residue an N-methyl group and different N-acyl substituents. The four acyloligosaccharides terminate with a sulfated N-acetylglucosaminitol. This unit may be also acetylated. These structures were determined using carbohydrate and methylation analysis, mass spectrometric analysis and one-dimensional- and two-dimensional-nuclear magnetic resonance experiments. This work establishes the common structure that a lipochito-oligosaccharide must have so that the Rhizobium that produces and excretes it is able to nodulate plants of Phaseolus vulgaris. The substituents common to all the molecules are an N-methyl group and a C(18:1) fatty acid on the nonreducing terminal residue.
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- M Eugenia Soria-Díaz
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
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Deshayes C, Laval F, Montrozier H, Daffé M, Etienne G, Reyrat JM. A glycosyltransferase involved in biosynthesis of triglycosylated glycopeptidolipids in Mycobacterium smegmatis: impact on surface properties. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:7283-91. [PMID: 16237011 PMCID: PMC1272997 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.21.7283-7291.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The cell envelope of mycobacteria is a complex structure that plays an important role in the interactions of the cell with its environment and in the protection against the antimicrobial activity of the immune system. Glycopeptidolipids (GPLs) are species- or type species-specific glycolipids that are present at the surface of a number of mycobacteria and that are characterized by a high variability in glycosylation patterns. These GPLs possess various biological activities that depend mostly on the sugars capping the core molecule. In Mycobacterium smegmatis, the GPL core can be substituted by either two or three deoxyhexoses. In this study, we show that Gtf3 is a glycosyltransferase responsible for the synthesis of the triglycosylated GPLs. Biochemical analysis of these molecules, with a combination of mass spectrometry and chemical degradation methods, has shown that they contain three deoxyhexose moieties. The presence of the triglycosylated GPLs is associated with cell surface modifications that lead to a decrease in sliding motility as well as a modification in cellular aggregation and colony appearance on Congo red. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that Gtf3 is a member of a yet-uncharacterized glycosyltransferase family conserved among the mycobacteria.
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- Caroline Deshayes
- Inserm-UMR570, Faculté de Médecine Necker-Enfants Malades, 156 rue de Vaugirard, Paris Cedex 15, F-75730, France
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Snoeck C, Verreth C, Hernández-Lucas I, Martínez-Romero E, Vanderleyden J. Identification of a third sulfate activation system in Sinorhizobium sp. strain BR816: the CysDN sulfate activation complex. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:2006-14. [PMID: 12676676 PMCID: PMC154821 DOI: 10.1128/aem.69.4.2006-2014.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2002] [Accepted: 01/15/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Sinorhizobium sp. strain BR816 possesses two nodPQ copies, providing activated sulfate (3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphosulfate [PAPS]) needed for the biosynthesis of sulfated Nod factors. It was previously shown that the Nod factors synthesized by a nodPQ double mutant are not structurally different from those of the wild-type strain. In this study, we describe the characterization of a third sulfate activation locus. Two open reading frames were fully characterized and displayed the highest similarity with the Sinorhizobium meliloti housekeeping ATP sulfurylase subunits, encoded by the cysDN genes. The growth characteristics as well as the levels of Nod factor sulfation of a cysD mutant (FAJ1600) and a nodP1 nodQ2 cysD triple mutant (FAJ1604) were determined. FAJ1600 shows a prolonged lag phase only with inorganic sulfate as the sole sulfur source, compared to the wild-type parent. On the other hand, FAJ1604 requires cysteine for growth and produces sulfate-free Nod factors. Apigenin-induced nod gene expression for Nod factor synthesis does not influence the growth characteristics of any of the strains studied in the presence of different sulfur sources. In this way, it could be demonstrated that the "household" CysDN sulfate activation complex of Sinorhizobium sp. strain BR816 can additionally ensure Nod factor sulfation, whereas the symbiotic PAPS pool, generated by the nodPQ sulfate activation loci, can be engaged for sulfation of amino acids. Finally, our results show that rhizobial growth defects are likely the reason for a decreased nitrogen fixation capacity of bean plants inoculated with cysD mutant strains, which can be restored by adding methionine to the plant nutrient solution.
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- Carla Snoeck
- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, Heverlee, Belgium
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Gressent F, Mantegazza N, Cullimore JV, Driguez H, Ranjeva R, Bono JJ. High-affinity nod factor binding site from Phaseolus vulgaris cell suspension cultures. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2002; 15:834-839. [PMID: 12182341 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi.2002.15.8.834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The lipo-chitooligosaccharidic Nod factors produced by rhizobia are key molecules in the establishment of symbiosis with legumes and probably are recognized by the host plant via specific receptors. Here, we report on the presence of a binding site in cell cultures of Phaseolus vulgaris displaying a high affinity for Nod factors from Rhizobium tropici (NodRt-V) (Me, S, C18:1), a symbiont of this legume. The binding site shares common properties with NFBS2, a Nod-factor binding site previously characterised in Medicago varia, in terms of affinity, preferential plasma-membrane location, and sensitivity to proteases and lysine reactive reagents. However, the bean site poorly recognizes the Nod factors produced by Sinorhizobium meliloti, the symbiont of Medicago. The study of selectivity toward the Nod factors reveals that the length and degree of unsaturation of the acyl chain and the length of the oligosaccharidic moiety are important determinants of high affinity binding to the bean site; whereas, the N-methyl and O-sulfuryl groups play a minor role. Thus, the common characteristics of P. vulgaris and M. varia Nod-factor binding sites suggest that they probably correspond to structurally related proteins, but their different selectivity suggests that they may be involved in a differential perception system for Nod factors in legumes.
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- Frederic Gressent
- Signaux et Messages Cellulaires chez les Végétaux, UMR CNRS-UPS 5546, Pĵle de Biotechnologie Végétale, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Pacios-Bras C, van der Burgt YEM, Deelder AM, Vinuesa P, Werner D, Spaink HP. Novel lipochitin oligosaccharide structures produced by Rhizobium etli KIM5s. Carbohydr Res 2002; 337:1193-202. [PMID: 12110194 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(02)00111-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The novel lipochitin oligosaccharide (LCOs) structures produced by Rhizobium etli KIM5s were characterized using a nanoHPLC reverse-phase system coupled to an ion-trap mass spectrometer. This technique was shown to be more sensitive for structural elucidation of LCOs than previously used mass spectrometric methods. The structures of the LCOs of R. etli KIM5s, the majority containing six monosaccharide residues, differed from those synthesized by all other rhizobia analyzed to date. In addition, novel structures in which the chitin backbone was deacetylated at one or more GlcNAc moieties were found as minor compounds. The difference in host range of this strain compared to that of other known bean microsymbionts is discussed.
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- Cristina Pacios-Bras
- Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 64, NL-2333 AL, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Snoeck C, Luyten E, Poinsot V, Savagnac A, Vanderleyden J, Promé JC. Rhizobium sp. BR816 produces a complex mixture of known and novel lipochitooligosaccharide molecules. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2001; 14:678-684. [PMID: 11332733 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi.2001.14.5.678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Rhizobial lipochitooligosaccharide (LCO) signal molecules induce various plant responses, leading to nodule development. We report here the LCO structures of the broadhost range strain Rhizobium sp. BR816. The LCOs produced are all pentamers, carrying common C18:1 or C18:0 fatty acyl chains, N-methylated and C-6 carbamoylated on the nonreducing terminal N-acetylglucosamine and sulfated on the reducing/terminal residue. A second acetyl group can be present on the penultimate N-acetylglucosamine from the nonreducing terminus. Two novel characteristics were observed: the reducing/terminal residue can be a glucosaminitol (open structure) and the degree of acetylation of this glucosaminitol or of the reducing residue can vary.
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- C Snoeck
- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, Heverlee, Belgium
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D'Haeze W, Mergaert P, Promé JC, Holsters M. Nod factor requirements for efficient stem and root nodulation of the tropical legume Sesbania rostrata. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:15676-84. [PMID: 10821846 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.21.15676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 synthesizes mainly pentameric Nod factors with a household fatty acid, an N-methyl, and a 6-O-carbamoyl group at the nonreducing-terminal residue and with a d-arabinosyl, an l-fucosyl group, or both at the reducing-terminal residue. Nodulation on Sesbania rostrata was carried out with a set of bacterial mutants that produce well characterized Nod factor populations. Purified Nod factors were tested for their capacity to induce root hair formation and for their stability in an in vitro degradation assay with extracts of uninfected adventitious rootlets. The glycosylations increased synergistically the nodulation efficiency and the capacity to induce root hairs, and they protected the Nod factor against degradation. The d-arabinosyl group was more important than the l-fucosyl group for nodulation efficiency. Replacement of the 6-O-l-fucosyl group by a 6-O-sulfate ester did not affect Nod factor stability, but reduced nodulation efficiency, indicating that the l-fucosyl group may play a role in recognition. The 6-O-carbamoyl group contributes to nodulation efficiency, biological activity, and protection, but could be replaced by a 6-O-acetyl group for root nodulation. The results demonstrate that none of the studied substitutions is strictly required for triggering normal nodule formation. However, the nodulation efficiency was greatly determined by the synergistic presence of substitutions. Within the range tested, fluctuations of Nod factor amounts had little impact on the symbiotic phenotype.
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- W D'Haeze
- Vakgroep Moleculaire Genetica en Departement Plantengenetica, Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Universiteit Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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Díaz CL, Spaink HP, Kijne JW. Heterologous rhizobial lipochitin oligosaccharides and chitin oligomers induce cortical cell divisions in red clover roots, transformed with the pea lectin gene. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2000; 13:268-276. [PMID: 10707352 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi.2000.13.3.268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Division of cortical cells in roots of leguminous plants is triggered by lipochitin oligosaccharides (LCOs) secreted by the rhizobial microsymbiont. Previously, we have shown that presence of pea lectin in transgenic white clover hairy roots renders these roots susceptible to induction of root nodule formation by pea-specific rhizobia (C. L. Díaz, L. S. Melchers, P. J. J. Hooykaas, B. J. J. Lugtenberg, and J. W. Kijne, Nature 338:579-581, 1989). Here, we report that pea lectin-transformed red clover hairy roots form nodule primordium-like structures after inoculation with pea-, alfalfa-, and Lotus-specific rhizobia, which normally do not nodulate red clover. External application of a broad range of purified LCOs showed all of them to be active in induction of cortical cell divisions and cell expansion in a radial direction, resulting in formation of structures that resemble nodule primordia induced by clover-specific rhizobia. This activity was obvious in about 50% of the red clover plants carrying hairy roots transformed with the pea lectin gene. Also, chitopentaose, chitotetraose, chitotriose, and chitobiose were able to induce cortical cell divisions and cell expansion in a radial direction in transgenic roots, but not in control roots. Sugar-binding activity of pea lectin was essential for its effect. These results show that transformation of red clover roots with pea lectin results in a broadened response of legume root cortical cells to externally applied potentially mitogenic oligochitin signals.
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- C L Díaz
- Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
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