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Grosu E, Singh Rathore D, Garcia Cabellos G, Enright AM, Mullins E. Ensifer adhaerens strain OV14 seed application enhances Triticum aestivum L. and Brassica napus L. development. Heliyon 2024; 10:e27142. [PMID: 38495150 PMCID: PMC10943344 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 02/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024] Open
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Given the challenges imposed by climate change and societal challenges, the European Union established ambitious goals as part of its Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy. Focussed on accelerating the transition to systems of sustainable food production, processing and consumption, a key element of F2F is to reduce the use of fertilisers by at least 20% and plant protection products by up to 50% by 2030. In recent years, a substantial body of research has highlighted the potential impact of microbial-based applications to support crop production practices through both biotic/abiotic stresses via maintaining or even improving yields and reducing reliance on intensive chemical inputs. Here, we have characterised the ability of a new soil-borne free-living bacterium strain Ensifer adhaerens OV14 (EaOV14) to significantly enhance crop vigour index by up to 50% for monocot (wheat, Triticum aestivum L., p < 0.0001) and by up to 40% for dicot (oilseed rape, Brassica napus L., p < 0.0001) species under in-vitro conditions (n = 360 seedlings/treatment). The beneficial effect was further studied under controlled glasshouse growing conditions (n = 60 plants/treatment) where EaOV14 induced significantly increased seed yield of spring oilseed rape compared to the controls (p < 0.0001). Moreover, using bespoke rhizoboxes, enhanced root architecture (density, roots orientation, roots thickness etc.) was observed for spring oilseed rape and winter wheat, with the median number of roots 55% and 33% higher for oilseed rape and wheat respectively, following EaOV14 seed treatment compared to the control. In addition, EaOV14 treatment increased root tip formation and root volume, suggesting the formation of a more robust root system architecture post-seed treatment. However, like other microbial formulations, the trade-offs associated with field translation, such as loss or limited functionality due to inoculum formulation or environmental distress, need further investigation. Moreover, the delivery method requires further optimisation to identify the optimal inoculum formulation that will maximise the expected beneficial impact on yield under field growing conditions.
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- Elena Grosu
- Crop Science Department, Teagasc, Oak Park, Carlow, Ireland
- EnviroCORE, South East Technological University Carlow, Kilkenny Road, Carlow, Ireland
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- EnviroCORE, South East Technological University Carlow, Kilkenny Road, Carlow, Ireland
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- Crop Science Department, Teagasc, Oak Park, Carlow, Ireland
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Romanenko L, Otstavnykh N, Tanaka N, Kurilenko V, Svetashev V, Tekutyeva L, Mikhailov V, Isaeva M. Characterization and Genomic Analysis of Fererhizobium litorale gen. nov., sp. nov., Isolated from the Sandy Sediments of the Sea of Japan Seashore. Microorganisms 2023; 11:2385. [PMID: 37894043 PMCID: PMC10609224 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11102385] [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: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 09/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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The taxonomic status of two gram-negative, whitish-pigmented motile bacteria KMM 9576T and KMM 9553 isolated from a sandy sediment sample from the Sea of Japan seashore was defined. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that strains KMM 9576T and KMM 9553 represent a distinct lineage within the family Rhizobiaceae, sharing 100% 16S rRNA sequence similarity and 99.5% average nucleotide identity (ANI) to each other. The strains showed the highest 16S rRNA sequence similarities of 97.4% to Sinorhizobium garamanticum LMG 24692T, 96.9% to Ensifer adhaerens NBRC 100388T, and 96.8% to Pararhizobium giardinii NBRC 107135T. The ANI values between strain KMM 9576T and Ensifer adhaerens NBRC 100388T, Sinorhizobium fredii USDA 205T, Pararhizobium giardinii NBRC 107135T, and Rhizobium leguminosarum NBRC 14778T were 79.9%, 79.6%, 79.4%, and 79.2%, respectively. The highest core-proteome average amino acid identity (cpAAI) values of 82.1% and 83.1% were estimated between strain KMM 9576T and Rhizobium leguminosarum NBRC 14778T and 'Rhizobium album' NS-104, respectively. The DNA GC contents were calculated from a genome sequence to be 61.5% (KMM 9576T) and 61.4% (KMM 9553). Both strains contained the major ubiquinone Q-10 and C18:1ω7c as the dominant fatty acid followed by 11-methyl C18:1ω7c and C19:0 cyclo, and polar lipids consisted of phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, an unidentified aminophospholipid, and two unidentified phospholipids. Based on phylogenetic and phylogenomic analyses, and phenotypic characterization, strains KMM 9576T and KMM 9553 are concluded to represent a novel genus and species, for which the name Fererhizobium litorale gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of the type species is strain KMM 9576T (=NRIC 0957T).
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- Lyudmila Romanenko
- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100 Let Vladivostoku, 159, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (N.O.); (V.K.); (V.M.)
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100 Let Vladivostoku, 159, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (N.O.); (V.K.); (V.M.)
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- NODAI Culture Collection Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan;
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100 Let Vladivostoku, 159, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (N.O.); (V.K.); (V.M.)
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- A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Palchevskogo Street 17, Vladivostok 690041, Russia;
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- ARNIKA, Territory of PDA Nadezhdinskaya, Centralnaya St. 42, Volno-Nadezhdinskoye, Primorsky krai, Vladivostok 692481, Russia;
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100 Let Vladivostoku, 159, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (N.O.); (V.K.); (V.M.)
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100 Let Vladivostoku, 159, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (N.O.); (V.K.); (V.M.)
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Ershov AP, Babich TL, Grouzdev DS, Sokolova DS, Semenova EM, Avtukh AN, Poltaraus AB, Ianutsevich EA, Nazina TN. Genome Analysis and Potential Ecological Functions of Members of the Genus Ensifer from Subsurface Environments and Description of Ensifer oleiphilus sp. nov. Microorganisms 2023; 11:2314. [PMID: 37764159 PMCID: PMC10538136 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11092314] [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: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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The current work deals with genomic analysis, possible ecological functions, and biotechnological potential of two bacterial strains, HO-A22T and SHC 2-14, isolated from unique subsurface environments, the Cheremukhovskoe oil field (Tatarstan, Russia) and nitrate- and radionuclide-contaminated groundwater (Tomsk region, Russia), respectively. New isolates were characterized using polyphasic taxonomy approaches and genomic analysis. The genomes of the strains HO-A22T and SHC 2-14 contain the genes involved in nitrate reduction, hydrocarbon degradation, extracellular polysaccharide synthesis, and heavy metal detoxification, confirming the potential for their application in various environmental biotechnologies. Genomic data were confirmed by cultivation studies. Both strains were found to be neutrophilic, chemoorganotrophic, facultatively anaerobic bacteria, growing at 15-33 °C and 0-1.6% NaCl (w/v). The 16S rRNA gene sequences of the strains were similar to those of the type strains of the genus Ensifer (99.0-100.0%). Nevertheless, genomic characteristics of strain HO-A22T were below the thresholds for species delineation: the calculated average nucleotide identity (ANI) values were 83.7-92.4% (<95%), and digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH) values were within the range of 25.4-45.9% (<70%), which supported our conclusion that HO-A22T (=VKM B-3646T = KCTC 92427T) represented a novel species of the genus Ensifer, with the proposed name Ensifer oleiphilus sp. nov. Strain SHC 2-14 was assigned to the species 'Ensifer canadensis', which has not been validly published. This study expanded the knowledge about the phenotypic diversity among members of the genus Ensifer and its potential for the biotechnologies of oil recovery and radionuclide pollution treatment.
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- Alexey P. Ershov
- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (A.P.E.); (T.L.B.); (D.S.S.); (E.M.S.); (E.A.I.)
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- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (A.P.E.); (T.L.B.); (D.S.S.); (E.M.S.); (E.A.I.)
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- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (A.P.E.); (T.L.B.); (D.S.S.); (E.M.S.); (E.A.I.)
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- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (A.P.E.); (T.L.B.); (D.S.S.); (E.M.S.); (E.A.I.)
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- Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290 Pushchino, Russia;
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
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- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (A.P.E.); (T.L.B.); (D.S.S.); (E.M.S.); (E.A.I.)
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- Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (A.P.E.); (T.L.B.); (D.S.S.); (E.M.S.); (E.A.I.)
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Fusco GM, Nicastro R, Rouphael Y, Carillo P. The Effects of the Microbial Biostimulants Approved by EU Regulation 2019/1009 on Yield and Quality of Vegetable Crops. Foods 2022; 11:2656. [PMID: 36076841 PMCID: PMC9455239 DOI: 10.3390/foods11172656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The use of microbial biostimulants such as plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPB) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) has gained popularity in recent years as a sustainable approach to boost yield as well as the quality of produce. The beneficial effects of microbial biostimulants have been reported numerous times. However, information is missing concerning quantitative assessment of the overall impact of microbial biostimulants on the yield and quality of vegetable crops. Here we provide for the first time a comprehensive, semi-systematic review of the effects of microbial biostimulants allowed by Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, including microorganisms belonging to the AMF (phylum Glomeromycota), or to Azospirillum, Azotobacter and Rhizobium genera, on vegetable crops' quality and yield, with rigorous inclusion and exclusion criteria based on the PRISMA method. We identified, selected and critically evaluated all the relevant research studies from 2010 onward in order to provide a critical appraisal of the most recent findings related to these EU-allowed microbial biostimulants and their effects on vegetable crops' quality and yield. Moreover, we highlighted which vegetable crops received more beneficial effects from specific microbial biostimulants and the protocols employed for plant inoculation. Our study is intended to draw more attention from the scientific community to this important instrument to produce nutrient-dense vegetables in a sustainable manner. Finally, our semi-systematic review provides important microbial biostimulant application guidelines and gives extension specialists and vegetable growers insights into achieving an additional benefit from microbial biostimulant application.
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- Giovanna Marta Fusco
- Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy
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- Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Italy
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- Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy
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Rajkumari J, Katiyar P, Dheeman S, Pandey P, Maheshwari DK. The changing paradigm of rhizobial taxonomy and its systematic growth upto postgenomic technologies. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 38:206. [PMID: 36008736 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-022-03370-w] [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: 06/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rhizobia are a diazotrophic group of bacteria that are usually isolated form the nodules in roots, stem of leguminous plants and are able to form nodules in the host plant owing to the presence of symbiotic genes. The rhizobial community is highly diverse, and therefore, the taxonomy and genera-wise classification of rhizobia has been constantly changing since the last three decades. This is mainly due to technical advancements, and shifts in definitions, resulting in a changing paradigm of rhizobia taxonomy. Initially, the taxonomic definitions at the species and sub species level were based on phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA sequence, followed by polyphasic approach to have phenotypic, biochemical, and genetic analysis including multilocus sequence analysis. Rhizobia mainly belonging to α- and β-proteobacteria, and recently new additions from γ-proteobacteria had been classified. Nowadays rhizobial taxonomy has been replaced by genome-based taxonomy that allows gaining more insights of genomic characteristics. These omics-technologies provide genome specific information that considers nodulation and symbiotic genes, along with molecular markers as taxonomic traits. Taxonomy based on complete genome sequence (genotaxonomy), average nucleotide identity, is now being considered as primary approach, resulting in an ongoing paradigm shift in rhizobial taxonomy. Also, pairwise whole-genome comparisons, phylogenomic analyses offer correlations between DNA and DNA re-association values that have delineated biologically important species. This review elaborates the present classification and taxonomy of rhizobia, vis-a-vis development of technical advancements, parameters and controversies associated with it, and describe the updated information on evolutionary lineages of rhizobia.
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- Jina Rajkumari
- Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, 788011, India
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, 249-404, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Sardar Bhagwan Singh University, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, 248161, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, 788011, India.
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, 249-404, India.
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Kuzmanović N, Fagorzi C, Mengoni A, Lassalle F, diCenzo GC. Taxonomy of Rhizobiaceae revisited: proposal of a new framework for genus delimitation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:005243. [PMID: 35238735 PMCID: PMC9558580 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The alphaproteobacterial family Rhizobiaceae is highly diverse, with 168 species with validly published names classified into 17 genera with validly published names. Most named genera in this family are delineated based on genomic relatedness and phylogenetic relationships, but some historically named genera show inconsistent distribution and phylogenetic breadth. The most problematic is Rhizobium , which is notorious for being highly paraphyletic, as most newly described species in the family are assigned to this genus without consideration of their proximity to existing genera, or the need to create novel genera. Moreover, many Rhizobiaceae genera lack synapomorphic traits that would give them biological and ecological significance. We propose a common framework for genus delimitation within the family Rhizobiaceae , wherein genera are defined as monophyletic groups in a core-genome gene phylogeny, that are separated from related species using a pairwise core-proteome average amino acid identity (cpAAI) threshold of approximately 86 %. We further propose that additional genomic or phenotypic evidence can justify division of species into separate genera even if they share greater than 86 % cpAAI. Applying this framework, we propose to reclassify Rhizobium rhizosphaerae and Rhizobium oryzae into Xaviernesmea gen. nov. Data is also provided to support the formation of Peteryoungia aggregata comb. nov., Endobacterium yantingense comb. nov., Neorhizobium petrolearium comb. nov., Pararhizobium arenae comb. nov., Pseudorhizobium tarimense comb. nov. and Mycoplana azooxidifex comb. nov. Lastly, we present arguments that the unification of the genera Ensifer and Sinorhizobium in Opinion 84 of the Judicial Commission is no longer justified by current genomic and phenotypic data. Despite pairwise cpAAI values for all Ensifer species and all Sinorhizobium species being >86 %, additional genomic and phenotypic data suggest that they significantly differ in their biology and ecology. We therefore propose emended descriptions of Ensifer and Sinorhizobium , which we argue should be considered as separate genera.
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- Nemanja Kuzmanović
- Julius Kühn Institute, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI), Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forests, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Parasites and Microbes, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK
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- Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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de Lajudie P, Mousavi SA, Young JPW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria Minutes of the closed meeting by videoconference, 6 July 2020. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:004784. [PMID: 33956594 PMCID: PMC8289204 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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- Philippe de Lajudie
- IRD, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, SupAgro, LSTM, Montpellier, France
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- Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Biology, University of Turku, Finland
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Volpiano CG, Sant’Anna FH, Ambrosini A, de São José JFB, Beneduzi A, Whitman WB, de Souza EM, Lisboa BB, Vargas LK, Passaglia LMP. Genomic Metrics Applied to Rhizobiales ( Hyphomicrobiales): Species Reclassification, Identification of Unauthentic Genomes and False Type Strains. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:614957. [PMID: 33841347 PMCID: PMC8026895 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.614957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Taxonomic decisions within the order Rhizobiales have relied heavily on the interpretations of highly conserved 16S rRNA sequences and DNA-DNA hybridizations (DDH). Currently, bacterial species are defined as including strains that present 95-96% of average nucleotide identity (ANI) and 70% of digital DDH (dDDH). Thus, ANI values from 520 genome sequences of type strains from species of Rhizobiales order were computed. From the resulting 270,400 comparisons, a ≥95% cut-off was used to extract high identity genome clusters through enumerating maximal cliques. Coupling this graph-based approach with dDDH from clusters of interest, it was found that: (i) there are synonymy between Aminobacter lissarensis and Aminobacter carboxidus, Aurantimonas manganoxydans and Aurantimonas coralicida, "Bartonella mastomydis," and Bartonella elizabethae, Chelativorans oligotrophicus, and Chelativorans multitrophicus, Rhizobium azibense, and Rhizobium gallicum, Rhizobium fabae, and Rhizobium pisi, and Rhodoplanes piscinae and Rhodoplanes serenus; (ii) Chelatobacter heintzii is not a synonym of Aminobacter aminovorans; (iii) "Bartonella vinsonii" subsp. arupensis and "B. vinsonii" subsp. berkhoffii represent members of different species; (iv) the genome accessions GCF_003024615.1 ("Mesorhizobium loti LMG 6,125T"), GCF_003024595.1 ("Mesorhizobium plurifarium LMG 11,892T"), GCF_003096615.1 ("Methylobacterium organophilum DSM 760T"), and GCF_000373025.1 ("R. gallicum R-602 spT") are not from the genuine type strains used for the respective species descriptions; and v) "Xanthobacter autotrophicus" Py2 and "Aminobacter aminovorans" KCTC 2,477T represent cases of misuse of the term "type strain". Aminobacter heintzii comb. nov. and the reclassification of Aminobacter ciceronei as A. heintzii is also proposed. To facilitate the downstream analysis of large ANI matrices, we introduce here ProKlust ("Prokaryotic Clusters"), an R package that uses a graph-based approach to obtain, filter, and visualize clusters on identity/similarity matrices, with settable cut-off points and the possibility of multiple matrices entries.
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- Camila Gazolla Volpiano
- Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Departamento de Diagnóstico e Pesquisa Agropecuária, Secretaria Estadual da Agricultura, Pecuária e Desenvolvimento Rural, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Centro Politécnico, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Departamento de Diagnóstico e Pesquisa Agropecuária, Secretaria Estadual da Agricultura, Pecuária e Desenvolvimento Rural, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Departamento de Diagnóstico e Pesquisa Agropecuária, Secretaria Estadual da Agricultura, Pecuária e Desenvolvimento Rural, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Fagorzi C, Ilie A, Decorosi F, Cangioli L, Viti C, Mengoni A, diCenzo GC. Symbiotic and Nonsymbiotic Members of the Genus Ensifer (syn. Sinorhizobium) Are Separated into Two Clades Based on Comparative Genomics and High-Throughput Phenotyping. Genome Biol Evol 2020; 12:2521-2534. [PMID: 33283865 PMCID: PMC7719227 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaa221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Rhizobium–legume symbioses serve as paradigmatic examples for the study of mutualism evolution. The genus Ensifer (syn. Sinorhizobium) contains diverse plant-associated bacteria, a subset of which can fix nitrogen in symbiosis with legumes. To gain insights into the evolution of symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF), and interkingdom mutualisms more generally, we performed extensive phenotypic, genomic, and phylogenetic analyses of the genus Ensifer. The data suggest that SNF likely emerged several times within the genus Ensifer through independent horizontal gene transfer events. Yet, the majority (105 of 106) of the Ensifer strains with the nodABC and nifHDK nodulation and nitrogen fixation genes were found within a single, monophyletic clade. Comparative genomics highlighted several differences between the “symbiotic” and “nonsymbiotic” clades, including divergences in their pangenome content. Additionally, strains of the symbiotic clade carried 325 fewer genes, on average, and appeared to have fewer rRNA operons than strains of the nonsymbiotic clade. Initial characterization of a subset of ten Ensifer strains identified several putative phenotypic differences between the clades. Tested strains of the nonsymbiotic clade could catabolize 25% more carbon sources, on average, than strains of the symbiotic clade, and they were better able to grow in LB medium and tolerate alkaline conditions. On the other hand, the tested strains of the symbiotic clade were better able to tolerate heat stress and acidic conditions. We suggest that these data support the division of the genus Ensifer into two main subgroups, as well as the hypothesis that pre-existing genetic features are required to facilitate the evolution of SNF in bacteria.
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- Camilla Fagorzi
- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Genexpress Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Genexpress Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.,Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Melior H, Maaß S, Li S, Förstner KU, Azarderakhsh S, Varadarajan AR, Stötzel M, Elhossary M, Barth-Weber S, Ahrens CH, Becher D, Evguenieva-Hackenberg E. The Leader Peptide peTrpL Forms Antibiotic-Containing Ribonucleoprotein Complexes for Posttranscriptional Regulation of Multiresistance Genes. mBio 2020; 11:e01027-20. [PMID: 32546623 PMCID: PMC7298713 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01027-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bacterial ribosome-dependent attenuators are widespread posttranscriptional regulators. They harbor small upstream open reading frames (uORFs) encoding leader peptides, for which no functions in trans are known yet. In the plant symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti, the tryptophan biosynthesis gene trpE(G) is preceded by the uORF trpL and is regulated by transcription attenuation according to tryptophan availability. However, trpLE(G) transcription is initiated independently of the tryptophan level in S. meliloti, thereby ensuring a largely tryptophan-independent production of the leader peptide peTrpL. Here, we provide evidence for a tryptophan-independent role of peTrpL in trans We found that peTrpL increases the resistance toward tetracycline, erythromycin, chloramphenicol, and the flavonoid genistein, which are substrates of the major multidrug efflux pump SmeAB. Coimmunoprecipitation with a FLAG-peTrpL suggested smeR mRNA, which encodes the transcription repressor of smeABR, as a peptide target. Indeed, upon antibiotic exposure, smeR mRNA was destabilized and smeA stabilized in a peTrpL-dependent manner, showing that peTrpL acts in the differential regulation of smeABR Furthermore, smeR mRNA was coimmunoprecipitated with peTrpL in antibiotic-dependent ribonucleoprotein (ARNP) complexes, which, in addition, contained an antibiotic-induced antisense RNA complementary to smeRIn vitro ARNP reconstitution revealed that the above-mentioned antibiotics and genistein directly support complex formation. A specific region of the antisense RNA was identified as a seed region for ARNP assembly in vitro Altogether, our data show that peTrpL is involved in a mechanism for direct utilization of antimicrobial compounds in posttranscriptional regulation of multiresistance genes. Importantly, this role of peTrpL in resistance is conserved in other AlphaproteobacteriaIMPORTANCE Leader peptides encoded by transcription attenuators are widespread small proteins that are considered nonfunctional in trans We found that the leader peptide peTrpL of the soil-dwelling plant symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti is required for differential, posttranscriptional regulation of a multidrug resistance operon upon antibiotic exposure. Multiresistance achieved by efflux of different antimicrobial compounds ensures survival and competitiveness in nature and is important from both evolutionary and medical points of view. We show that the leader peptide forms antibiotic- and flavonoid-dependent ribonucleoprotein complexes (ARNPs) for destabilization of smeR mRNA encoding the transcription repressor of the major multidrug resistance operon. The seed region for ARNP assembly was localized in an antisense RNA, whose transcription is induced by antimicrobial compounds. The discovery of ARNP complexes as new players in multiresistance regulation opens new perspectives in understanding bacterial physiology and evolution and potentially provides new targets for antibacterial control.
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- Hendrik Melior
- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- ZB MED-Information Centre for Life Sciences, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- ZB MED-Information Centre for Life Sciences, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Agroscope & SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Wädenswil, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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Hördt A, López MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Göker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. [PMID: 32373076 PMCID: PMC7179689 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 259] [Impact Index Per Article: 64.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The class Alphaproteobacteria is comprised of a diverse assemblage of Gram-negative bacteria that includes organisms of varying morphologies, physiologies and habitat preferences many of which are of clinical and ecological importance. Alphaproteobacteria classification has proved to be difficult, not least when taxonomic decisions rested heavily on a limited number of phenotypic features and interpretation of poorly resolved 16S rRNA gene trees. Despite progress in recent years regarding the classification of bacteria assigned to the class, there remains a need to further clarify taxonomic relationships. Here, draft genome sequences of a collection of genomes of more than 1000 Alphaproteobacteria and outgroup type strains were used to infer phylogenetic trees from genome-scale data using the principles drawn from phylogenetic systematics. The majority of taxa were found to be monophyletic but several orders, families and genera, including taxa recognized as problematic long ago but also quite recent taxa, as well as a few species were shown to be in need of revision. According proposals are made for the recognition of new orders, families and genera, as well as the transfer of a variety of species to other genera and of a variety of genera to other families. In addition, emended descriptions are given for many species mainly involving information on DNA G+C content and (approximate) genome size, both of which are confirmed as valuable taxonomic markers. Similarly, analysis of the gene content was shown to provide valuable taxonomic insights in the class. Significant incongruities between 16S rRNA gene and whole genome trees were not found in the class. The incongruities that became obvious when comparing the results of the present study with existing classifications appeared to be caused mainly by insufficiently resolved 16S rRNA gene trees or incomplete taxon sampling. Another probable cause of misclassifications in the past is the partially low overall fit of phenotypic characters to the sequence-based tree. Even though a significant degree of phylogenetic conservation was detected in all characters investigated, the overall fit to the tree varied considerably.
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- Anton Hördt
- Department of Bioinformatics, Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Brunswick, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Brunswick, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Brunswick, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Brunswick, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Brunswick, Germany
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Microorganisms, Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Brunswick, Germany
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- Department of Microorganisms, Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Brunswick, Germany
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- Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Brunswick, Germany
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Melior H, Li S, Madhugiri R, Stötzel M, Azarderakhsh S, Barth-Weber S, Baumgardt K, Ziebuhr J, Evguenieva-Hackenberg E. Transcription attenuation-derived small RNA rnTrpL regulates tryptophan biosynthesis gene expression in trans. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 47:6396-6410. [PMID: 30993322 PMCID: PMC6614838 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Revised: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Ribosome-mediated transcription attenuation is a basic posttranscriptional regulation mechanism in bacteria. Liberated attenuator RNAs arising in this process are generally considered nonfunctional. In Sinorhizobium meliloti, the tryptophan (Trp) biosynthesis genes are organized into three operons, trpE(G), ppiD-trpDC-moaC-moeA, and trpFBA-accD-folC, of which only the first one, trpE(G), contains a short ORF (trpL) in the 5′-UTR and is regulated by transcription attenuation. Under conditions of Trp sufficiency, transcription is terminated between trpL and trpE(G), and a small attenuator RNA, rnTrpL, is produced. Here, we show that rnTrpL base-pairs with trpD and destabilizes the polycistronic trpDC mRNA, indicating rnTrpL-mediated downregulation of the trpDC operon in trans. Although all three trp operons are regulated in response to Trp availability, only in the two operons trpE(G) and trpDC the Trp-mediated regulation is controlled by rnTrpL. Together, our data show that the trp attenuator coordinates trpE(G) and trpDC expression posttranscriptionally by two fundamentally different mechanisms: ribosome-mediated transcription attenuation in cis and base-pairing in trans. Also, we present evidence that rnTrpL-mediated regulation of trpDC genes expression in trans is conserved in Agrobacterium and Bradyrhizobium, suggesting that the small attenuator RNAs may have additional conserved functions in the control of bacterial gene expression.
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- Hendrik Melior
- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, 35392, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, 35392, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Virology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, 35392, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, 35392, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, 35392, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, 35392, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, 35392, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Virology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, 35392, Germany
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Cubo MT, Alías-Villegas C, Balsanelli E, Mesa D, de Souza E, Espuny MR. Diversity of Sinorhizobium (Ensifer) meliloti Bacteriophages in the Rhizosphere of Medicago marina: Myoviruses, Filamentous and N4-Like Podovirus. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:22. [PMID: 32038600 PMCID: PMC6992544 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Using different Sinorhizobium meliloti strains as hosts, we isolated eight new virulent phages from the rhizosphere of the coastal legume Medicago marina. Half of the isolated phages showed a very narrow host range while the other half exhibited a wider host range within the strains tested. Electron microscopy studies showed that phages M_ort18, M_sf1.2, and M_sf3.33 belonged to the Myoviridae family with feature long, contractile tails and icosaedral head. Phages I_sf3.21 and I_sf3.10T appeared to have filamentous shape and produced turbid plaques, which is a characteristic of phages from the Inoviridae family. Phage P_ort11 is a member of the Podoviridae, with an icosahedral head and a short tail and was selected for further characterization and genome sequencing. P_ort11 contained linear, double-stranded DNA with a length of 75239 bp and 103 putative open reading frames. BLASTP analysis revealed strong similarities to Escherichia phage N4 and other N4-like phages. This is the first report of filamentous and N4-like phages that infect S. meliloti.
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- María Teresa Cubo
- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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Zhao T, Cheng K, Cao YH, Ouwehand AC, Jiao CF, Yao S. Identification and Antibiotic Resistance Assessment of Ensifer adhaerens YX1, a Vitamin B 12 -Producing Strain Used as a Food and Feed Additive. J Food Sci 2019; 84:2925-2931. [PMID: 31546283 DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.14804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Revised: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This study provides phenotypic and molecular analyses of the antibiotic resistance of Ensifer adhaerens strain YX1 (CICC 11008s), a strain that was identified using a polyphasic taxonomy approach. The antibiotic resistance profile of E. adhaerens YX1 was assessed using the Clinical & Laboratory Standards Inst. (CLSI) method. The strain was susceptible to ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, norfloxacin, ofloxacin, gentamicin, tobramycin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, imipenem, and ceftazidime, and resistant to kanamycin, streptomycin, fosfomycin, and nitrofurantoin. The antibiotic resistance genes nsfA, nsfB, fosA, aph, and aadA1 were not detected in E. adhaerens YX1 via PCR using gene-specific primers. Subsequently, the genome sequence of E. adhaerens was screened for antibiotic genes. Although no antibiotic resistance genes were identified using the ResFinder database, five genes copies of one resistance gene, adeF, were detected using the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database (CARD). The results of this study will be useful for understanding the phenotypic and genotypic aspects of E. adhaerens antibiotic resistance. No safety issues were identified for E. adhaerens YX1 in terms of antibiotic resistance. Performing similar studies will be conducive to the safety assessment and control of the use of E. adhaerens in the food and feed industry. PRACTICAL APPLICATION: Few relevant reports are currently available regarding antibiotic resistance assessments or other safety evaluations for Ensifer adhaerens. Because of a lack of relevant information on the safety of this bacterium, including the genetic basis of antibiotic resistance in the production strain, it has not been recommended for use in the "qualified presumption of safety" (QPS) list and subsequent updated lists. The current study shows no safety issue of E. adhaerens YX1 in terms of its antibiotic resistance. These results are important as they provide an initial basis for an understanding of the antibiotic resistance/susceptibility of E. adhaerens YX1 (CICC 11008s), which produces vitamin B12 and is widely used in the food and feed industry.
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- Ting Zhao
- China National Research Inst. of Food & Fermentation Industries Co., Ltd, China Center of Industrial Culture Collection, Building 6, No. 24 Yard, Jiuxianqiao Middle Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100015, China
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- China National Research Inst. of Food & Fermentation Industries Co., Ltd, China Center of Industrial Culture Collection, Building 6, No. 24 Yard, Jiuxianqiao Middle Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100015, China
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- China National Research Inst. of Food & Fermentation Industries Co., Ltd, China Center of Industrial Culture Collection, Building 6, No. 24 Yard, Jiuxianqiao Middle Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100015, China
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- DuPont Nutrition & Health, Sokeritehtaantie 20, 02460, Kantvik, Finland
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- Hebei Yuxing Bio-engineering Co., Ltd., Xicheng District, Ningjin, Xingtai, Heibei, 055550, China
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- China National Research Inst. of Food & Fermentation Industries Co., Ltd, China Center of Industrial Culture Collection, Building 6, No. 24 Yard, Jiuxianqiao Middle Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100015, China
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Kappler U, Nasreen M, McEwan A. New insights into the molecular physiology of sulfoxide reduction in bacteria. Adv Microb Physiol 2019; 75:1-51. [PMID: 31655735 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2019.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Sulfoxides occur in biology as products of the S-oxygenation of small molecules as well as in peptides and proteins and their formation is often associated with oxidative stress and can affect biological function. In bacteria, sulfoxide damage can be reversed by different types of enzymes. Thioredoxin-dependent peptide methionine sulfoxide reductases (MSR proteins) repair oxidized methionine residues and are found in all Domains of life. In bacteria MSR proteins are often found in the cytoplasm but in some bacteria, including pathogenic Neisseria, Streptococci, and Haemophilus they are extracytoplasmic. Mutants lacking MSR proteins are often sensitive to oxidative stress and in pathogens exhibit decreased virulence as indicated by reduced survival in host cell or animal model systems. Molybdenum enzymes are also known to reduce S-oxides and traditionally their physiological role was considered to be in anaerobic respiration using dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) as an electron acceptor. However, it now appears that some enzymes (MtsZ) of the DMSO reductase family of Mo enzymes use methionine sulfoxide as preferred physiological substrate and thus may be involved in scavenging/recycling of this amino acid. Similarly, an enzyme (MsrP/YedY) of the sulfite oxidase family of Mo enzymes has been shown to be involved in repair of methionine sulfoxides in periplasmic proteins. Again, some mutants deficient in Mo-dependent sulfoxide reductases exhibit reduced virulence, and there is evidence that these Mo enzymes and some MSR systems are induced by hypochlorite produced by the innate immune system. This review describes recent advances in the understanding of the molecular microbiology of MSR systems and the broadening of the role of Mo-dependent sulfoxide reductase to encompass functions beyond anaerobic respiration.
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- Ulrike Kappler
- Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria Minutes of the meeting by video conference, 11 July 2018. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1835-1840. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Tóth E, Szuróczki S, Kéki Z, Bóka K, Szili-Kovács T, Schumann P. Gellertiella hungarica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the family Rhizobiaceae isolated from a spa in Budapest. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4565-4571. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Erika Tóth
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Anatomy, Faculty of Science, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Herman O. Str. 15, Hungary
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- Leibniz-Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstrasse 7B, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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Osman WAM, van Berkum P, León-Barrios M, Velázquez E, Elia P, Tian R, Ardley J, Gollagher M, Seshadri R, Reddy TBK, Ivanova N, Woyke T, Pati A, Markowitz V, Baeshen MN, Baeshen NN, Kyrpides N, Reeve W. High-quality draft genome sequence of Ensifer meliloti Mlalz-1, a microsymbiont of Medicago laciniata (L.) miller collected in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain. Stand Genomic Sci 2017; 12:58. [PMID: 28975015 PMCID: PMC5613336 DOI: 10.1186/s40793-017-0270-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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10.1601/nm.1335 Mlalz-1 (INSDC = ATZD00000000) is an aerobic, motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod that was isolated from an effective nitrogen-fixing nodule of Medicago laciniata (L.) Miller from a soil sample collected near the town of Guatiza on the island of Lanzarote, the Canary Islands, Spain. This strain nodulates and forms an effective symbiosis with the highly specific host M. laciniata. This rhizobial genome was sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Genomic Encyclopedia for Bacteria and Archaea-Root Nodule Bacteria (GEBA-RNB) sequencing project. Here the features of 10.1601/nm.1335 Mlalz-1 are described, together with high-quality permanent draft genome sequence information and annotation. The 6,664,116 bp high-quality draft genome is arranged in 99 scaffolds of 100 contigs, containing 6314 protein-coding genes and 74 RNA-only encoding genes. Strain Mlalz-1 is closely related to 10.1601/nm.1335 10.1601/strainfinder?urlappend=%3Fid%3DIAM+12611 T, 10.1601/nm.1334 A 321T and 10.1601/nm.17831 10.1601/strainfinder?urlappend=%3Fid%3DORS+1407 T, based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. gANI values of ≥98.1% support the classification of strain Mlalz-1 as 10.1601/nm.1335. Nodulation of M. laciniata requires a specific nodC allele, and the nodC gene of strain Mlalz-1 shares ≥98% sequence identity with nodC of M. laciniata-nodulating 10.1601/nm.1328 strains, but ≤93% with nodC of 10.1601/nm.1328 strains that nodulate other Medicago species. Strain Mlalz-1 is unique among sequenced 10.1601/nm.1335 strains in possessing genes encoding components of a T2SS and in having two versions of the adaptive acid tolerance response lpiA-acvB operon. In 10.1601/nm.1334 strain 10.1601/strainfinder?urlappend=%3Fid%3DWSM+419, lpiA is essential for enhancing survival in lethal acid conditions. The second copy of the lpiA-acvB operon of strain Mlalz-1 has highest sequence identity (> 96%) with that of 10.1601/nm.1334 strains, which suggests genetic recombination between strain Mlalz-1 and 10.1601/nm.1334 and the horizontal gene transfer of lpiA-acvB.
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Bldg. 006, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Microbiología, Biología Celular y Genética, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Genetica and Instituto Hispanoluso de Investigaciones Agrarias (CIALE), Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Bldg. 006, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA
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- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA Australia
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- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA Australia
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- Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, WA Australia
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA USA
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA Australia
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Saeki Y, Nakamura M, Mason MLT, Yano T, Shiro S, Sameshima-Saito R, Itakura M, Minamisawa K, Yamamoto A. Effect of Flooding and the nosZ Gene in Bradyrhizobia on Bradyrhizobial Community Structure in the Soil. Microbes Environ 2017; 32:154-163. [PMID: 28592720 PMCID: PMC5478539 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me16132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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We investigated the effects of the water status (flooded or non-flooded) and presence of the nosZ gene in bradyrhizobia on the bradyrhizobial community structure in a factorial experiment that examined three temperature levels (20°C, 25°C, and 30°C) and two soil types (andosol and gray lowland soil) using microcosm incubations. All microcosms were inoculated with Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA6T, B. japonicum USDA123, and B. elkanii USDA76T, which do not possess the nosZ gene, and then half received B. diazoefficiens USDA110Twt (wt for the wild-type) and the other half received B. diazoefficiens USDA110ΔnosZ. USDA110Twt possesses the nosZ gene, which encodes N2O reductase; 110ΔnosZ, a mutant variant, does not. Changes in the community structure after 30- and 60-d incubations were investigated by denaturing-gradient gel electrophoresis and an image analysis. USDA6T and 76T strains slightly increased in non-flooded soil regardless of which USDA110T strain was present. In flooded microcosms with the USDA110Twt strain, USDA110Twt became dominant, whereas in microcosms with the USDA110ΔnosZ, a similar change in the community structure occurred to that in non-flooded microcosms. These results suggest that possession of the nosZ gene confers a competitive advantage to B. diazoefficiens USDA110T in flooded soil. We herein demonstrated that the dominance of B. diazoefficiens USDA110Twt within the soil bradyrhizobial population may be enhanced by periods of flooding or waterlogging systems such as paddy-soybean rotations because it appears to have the ability to thrive in moderately anaerobic soil.
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- Yuichi Saeki
- Faculty of Agriculture, University of MiyazakiMiyazaki 889–2192Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, University of MiyazakiMiyazaki 889–2192Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, University of MiyazakiMiyazaki 889–2192Japan
- College of Agriculture, Central Luzon State UniversityScience City of Muñoz, 3120 Nueva EcijaPhilippines
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- Faculty of Agriculture, University of MiyazakiMiyazaki 889–2192Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane UniversityShimane 690–8504Japan
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- College of Agriculture, Academic Institute, Shizuoka UniversityShizuoka 422–8529Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku UniversitySendai, Miyagi 980–8577Japan
- Center for Ecological Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Kyoto Sangyo UniversityKyoto 603–8555Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku UniversitySendai, Miyagi 980–8577Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, University of MiyazakiMiyazaki 889–2192Japan
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Muñoz-Azcarate O, González AM, Santalla M. Natural rhizobial diversity helps to reveal genes and QTLs associated with biological nitrogen fixation in common bean. AIMS Microbiol 2017; 3:435-466. [PMID: 31294170 PMCID: PMC6604995 DOI: 10.3934/microbiol.2017.3.435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Common bean is one of the most important crops for human feed, and the most important legume for direct consumption by millions of people, especially in developing countries. It is a promiscuous host legume in terms of nodulation, able to associate with a broad and diverse range of rhizobia, although the competitiveness for nodulation and the nitrogen fixation capacity of most of these strains is generally low. As a result, common bean is very inefficient for symbiotic nitrogen fixation, and nitrogen has to be supplied with chemical fertilizers. In the last years, symbiotic nitrogen fixation has received increasing attention as a sustainable alternative to nitrogen fertilizers, and also as a more economic and available one in poor countries. Therefore, optimization of nitrogen fixation of bean-rhizobia symbioses and selection of efficient rhizobial strains should be a priority, which begins with the study of the natural diversity of the symbioses and the rhizobial populations associated. Natural rhizobia biodiversity that nodulates common bean may be a source of adaptive alleles acting through phenotypic plasticity. Crosses between accessions differing for nitrogen fixation may combine alleles that never meet in nature. Another way to discover adaptive genes is to use association genetics to identify loci that common bean plants use for enhanced biological nitrogen fixation and, in consequence, for marker assisted selection for genetic improvement of symbiotic nitrogen fixation. In this review, rhizobial biodiversity resources will be discussed, together with what is known about the loci that underlie such genetic variation, and the potential candidate genes that may influence the symbiosis' fitness benefits, thus achieving an optimal nitrogen fixation capacity in order to help reduce reliance on nitrogen fertilizers in common bean.
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- Olaya Muñoz-Azcarate
- Departamento de Recursos Fitogenéticos, Grupo de Biología de Agrosistemas, Misión Biológica de Galicia-CSIC. P.O. Box 28. 36080 Pontevedra, Spain
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- Departamento de Recursos Fitogenéticos, Grupo de Biología de Agrosistemas, Misión Biológica de Galicia-CSIC. P.O. Box 28. 36080 Pontevedra, Spain
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- Departamento de Recursos Fitogenéticos, Grupo de Biología de Agrosistemas, Misión Biológica de Galicia-CSIC. P.O. Box 28. 36080 Pontevedra, Spain
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Diagne N, Swanson E, Pesce C, Fall F, Diouf F, Bakhoum N, Fall D, Ndigue Faye M, Oshone R, Simpson S, Morris K, Thomas WK, Moulin L, Diouf D, Tisa LS. Permanent Draft Genome Sequence of Ensifer sp. Strain LCM 4579, a Salt-Tolerant, Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Isolated from Senegalese Soil. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2017; 5:e00117-17. [PMID: 28385842 PMCID: PMC5383890 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.00117-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Accepted: 02/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The genus Ensifer (formerly Sinorhizobium) contains many species able to form nitrogen-fixing nodules on plants of the legume family. Here, we report the 6.1-Mb draft genome sequence of Ensifer sp. strain LCM 4579, with a G+C content of 62.4% and 5,613 candidate protein-encoding genes.
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- Nathalie Diagne
- Centre National de Recherches Agronomiques, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (CNRA/ISRA), Bambey, Senegal
- Laboratoire Mixte International Adaptation des Plantes et Microorganismes Associés aux Stress Environnementaux (LAPSE), Centre de Recherche de Bel Air, Dakar-Bel Air, Sénégal
- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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- Centre National de Recherches Agronomiques, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (CNRA/ISRA), Bambey, Senegal
- Laboratoire Mixte International Adaptation des Plantes et Microorganismes Associés aux Stress Environnementaux (LAPSE), Centre de Recherche de Bel Air, Dakar-Bel Air, Sénégal
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- Centre National de Recherches Agronomiques, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (CNRA/ISRA), Bambey, Senegal
- Laboratoire Mixte International Adaptation des Plantes et Microorganismes Associés aux Stress Environnementaux (LAPSE), Centre de Recherche de Bel Air, Dakar-Bel Air, Sénégal
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- Centre National de Recherches Agronomiques, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (CNRA/ISRA), Bambey, Senegal
- Laboratoire Mixte International Adaptation des Plantes et Microorganismes Associés aux Stress Environnementaux (LAPSE), Centre de Recherche de Bel Air, Dakar-Bel Air, Sénégal
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- Centre National de Recherches Agronomiques, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (CNRA/ISRA), Bambey, Senegal
- Laboratoire Mixte International Adaptation des Plantes et Microorganismes Associés aux Stress Environnementaux (LAPSE), Centre de Recherche de Bel Air, Dakar-Bel Air, Sénégal
- Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie IRD/ISRA/UCAD, Centre de Recherche de Bel Air, Dakar, Senegal
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- Laboratoire Mixte International Adaptation des Plantes et Microorganismes Associés aux Stress Environnementaux (LAPSE), Centre de Recherche de Bel Air, Dakar-Bel Air, Sénégal
- Centre National de Recherches Forestières, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (CNRA/ISRA), Hann Dakar, Senegal
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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- Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement (IRD), UMR IPME 34394, Montpellier, France
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- Centre National de Recherches Agronomiques, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (CNRA/ISRA), Bambey, Senegal
- Laboratoire Mixte International Adaptation des Plantes et Microorganismes Associés aux Stress Environnementaux (LAPSE), Centre de Recherche de Bel Air, Dakar-Bel Air, Sénégal
- Département de Biologie Végétale, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Dakar, Senegal
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- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Chen WH, Yang SH, Li ZH, Zhang XX, Sui XH, Wang ET, Chen WX, Chen WF. Ensifer shofinae sp. nov., a novel rhizobial species isolated from root nodules of soybean (Glycine max). Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:144-149. [PMID: 28209394 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2017.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Revised: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Two bacterial strains isolated from root nodules of soybean were characterized phylogenetically as members of a distinct group in the genus Ensifer based on 16S rRNA gene comparisons. They were also verified as a separated group by the concatenated sequence analyses of recA, atpD and glnII (with similarities ≤93.9% to the type strains for defined species), and by the average nucleotide identities (ANI) between the whole genome sequence of the representative strain CCBAU 251167T and those of the closely related strains in Ensifer glycinis and Ensifer fredii (90.5% and 90.3%, respectively). Phylogeny of symbiotic genes (nodC and nifH) grouped these two strains together with some soybean-nodulating strains of E. fredii, E. glycinis and Ensifer sojae. Nodulation tests indicated that the representative strain CCBAU 251167T could form root nodules with capability of nitrogen fixing on its host plant and Glycine soja, Cajanus cajan, Vigna unguiculata, Phaseolus vulgaris and Astragalus membranaceus, and it formed ineffective nodules on Leucaena leucocephala. Strain CCBAU 251167T contained fatty acids 18:1 ω9c, 18:0 iso and 20:0, differing from other related strains. Utilization of l-threonine and d-serine as carbon source, growth at pH 6.0 and intolerance of 1% (w/v) NaCl distinguished strain CCBAU 251167T from other type strains of the related species. The genome size of CCBAU 251167T was 6.2Mbp, comprising 7,581 predicted genes with DNA G+C content of 59.9mol% and 970 unique genes. Therefore, a novel species, Ensifer shofinae sp. nov., is proposed, with CCBAU 251167T (=ACCC 19939T=LMG 29645T) as type strain.
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- Wen Hao Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology; College of Biological Sciences and Rhizobium Research Center, China Agricultural University; MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology; Beijing 100193, PR China; Engineering Research Centre of Plant Growth Regulators, Ministry of Education; College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University; Beijing 100193, PR China; College of Life Science & Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin 644000, Sichuan Province, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology; College of Biological Sciences and Rhizobium Research Center, China Agricultural University; MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology; Beijing 100193, PR China; Shandong Shofine Seed Technology Co. Ltd., Jiaxiang 272400, PR China
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- Engineering Research Centre of Plant Growth Regulators, Ministry of Education; College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University; Beijing 100193, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources Collection and Preservation, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology; College of Biological Sciences and Rhizobium Research Center, China Agricultural University; MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology; Beijing 100193, PR China
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México D. F. 11340, Mexico.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology; College of Biological Sciences and Rhizobium Research Center, China Agricultural University; MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology; Beijing 100193, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology; College of Biological Sciences and Rhizobium Research Center, China Agricultural University; MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology; Beijing 100193, PR China.
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Habibi S, Ayubi AG, Ohkama-Ohtsu N, Sekimoto H, Yokoyama T. Genetic Characterization of Soybean Rhizobia Isolated from Different Ecological Zones in North-Eastern Afghanistan. Microbes Environ 2017; 32:71-79. [PMID: 28321006 PMCID: PMC5371078 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me16119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Seventy rhizobial isolates were obtained from the root nodules of two soybean (Glycine max) cultivars: Japanese cultivar Enrei and USA cultivar Stine3300, which were inoculated with different soil samples from Afghanistan. In order to study the genetic properties of the isolates, the DNA sequences of the 16S rRNA gene and symbiotic genes (nodD1 and nifD) were elucidated. Furthermore, the isolates were inoculated into the roots of two soybean cultivars, and root nodule numbers and nitrogen fixation abilities were subsequently evaluated in order to assess symbiotic performance. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, the Afghanistan isolates obtained from soybean root nodules were classified into two genera, Bradyrhizobium and Ensifer. Bradyrhizobium isolates accounted for 54.3% (38) of the isolates, and these isolates had a close relationship with Bradyrhizobium liaoningense and B. yuanmingense. Five out of the 38 Bradyrhizobium isolates showed a novel lineage for B. liaoningense and B. yuanmingense. Thirty-two out of the 70 isolates were identified as Ensifer fredii. An Ensifer isolate had identical nodD1 and nifD sequences to those in B. yuanmingense. This result indicated that the horizontal gene transfer of symbiotic genes occurred from Bradyrhizobium to Ensifer in Afghanistan soil. The symbiotic performance of the 14 tested isolates from the root nodules of the two soybean cultivars indicated that Bradyrhizobium isolates exhibited stronger acetylene reduction activities than Ensifer isolates. This is the first study to genetically characterize soybean-nodulating rhizobia in Afghanistan soil.
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- Safiullah Habibi
- United Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyJapan
- Faculty of Agriculture, Kabul UniversityAfghanistan
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyJapan
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyJapan
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Li Y, Yan J, Yu B, Wang ET, Li X, Yan H, Liu W, Xie Z. Ensifer alkalisoli sp. nov. isolated from root nodules of Sesbania cannabina grown in saline–alkaline soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5294-5300. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Yan Li
- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, PR China
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 11340 Mexico City, D.F., México
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences and Rhizobium Research Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, PR China
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Shamseldin A, Abdelkhalek A, Sadowsky MJ. Recent changes to the classification of symbiotic, nitrogen-fixing, legume-associating bacteria: a review. Symbiosis 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s13199-016-0462-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Khalifa AYZ, Alsyeeh AM, Almalki MA, Saleh FA. Characterization of the plant growth promoting bacterium, Enterobacter cloacae MSR1, isolated from roots of non-nodulating Medicago sativa. Saudi J Biol Sci 2015; 23:79-86. [PMID: 26858542 PMCID: PMC4705252 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2015.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Revised: 06/04/2015] [Accepted: 06/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The aim of the present study was to characterize the endophytic bacterial strain designated MSR1 that was isolated from inside the non-nodulating roots of Medicago sativa after surface-sterilization. MSR1 was identified as Enterobacter cloacae using both 16S rDNA gene sequence analysis and API20E biochemical identification system (Biomerieux, France). Furthermore, this bacterium was characterized using API50CH kit (Biomerieux, France) and tested for antibacterial activities against some food borne pathogens. The results showed that E. cloacae consumed certain carbohydrates such as glycerol, d-xylose, d-maltose and esculin melibiose as a sole carbon source and certain amino acids such as arginine, tryptophan ornithine as nitrogen source. Furthermore, MSR1 possessed multiple plant-growth promoting characteristics; phosphate solubility, production of phytohormones acetoin and bioactive compounds. Inoculation of Pisum sativum with MSR1 significantly improved the growth parameters (the length and dry weight) of this economically important grain legume compared to the non-treated plants. To our knowledge, this is the first report addressing E. cloacae which exist in roots of alfalfa growing in Al-Ahsaa region. The results confirmed that E. cloacae exhibited traits for plant growth promoting and could be developed as an eco-friendly biofertilizer for P. sativum and probably for other important plant species in future.
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- Ashraf Y Z Khalifa
- Biological Sciences Department, College of Science, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia; Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, University of Beni-Suef, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Biological Sciences Department, College of Science, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological Sciences Department, College of Science, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Agricultural and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia; Department of Special Food and Nutrition, Food Technology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt
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Mousavi SA, Willems A, Nesme X, de Lajudie P, Lindström K. Revised phylogeny of Rhizobiaceae: Proposal of the delineation of Pararhizobium gen. nov., and 13 new species combinations. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:84-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2014.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2014] [Revised: 12/07/2014] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Larrainzar E, Gil-Quintana E, Seminario A, Arrese-Igor C, González EM. Nodule carbohydrate catabolism is enhanced in the Medicago truncatula A17-Sinorhizobium medicae WSM419 symbiosis. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:447. [PMID: 25221545 PMCID: PMC4145349 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The symbiotic association between Medicago truncatula and Sinorhizobium meliloti is a well-established model system in the legume–Rhizobium community. Despite its wide use, the symbiotic efficiency of this model has been recently questioned and an alternative microsymbiont, S. medicae, has been proposed. However, little is known about the physiological mechanisms behind the higher symbiotic efficiency of S. medicae WSM419. In the present study, we inoculated M. truncatula Jemalong A17 with either S. medicae WSM419 or S. meliloti 2011 and compared plant growth, photosynthesis, N2-fixation rates, and plant nodule carbon and nitrogen metabolic activities in the two systems. M. truncatula plants in symbiosis with S. medicae showed increased biomass and photosynthesis rates per plant. Plants grown in symbiosis with S. medicae WSM419 also showed higher N2-fixation rates, which were correlated with a larger nodule biomass, while nodule number was similar in both systems. In terms of plant nodule metabolism, M. truncatula–S. medicae WSM419 nodules showed increased sucrose-catabolic activity, mostly associated with sucrose synthase, accompanied by a reduced starch content, whereas nitrogen-assimilation activities were comparable to those measured in nodules infected with S. meliloti 2011. Taken together, these results suggest that S. medicae WSM419 is able to enhance plant carbon catabolism in M. truncatula nodules, which allows for the maintaining of high symbiotic N2-fixation rates, better growth and improved general plant performance.
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- Estíbaliz Larrainzar
- Departamento de Ciencias del Medio Natural/Environmental Sciences, Universidad Pública de Navarra Pamplona, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias del Medio Natural/Environmental Sciences, Universidad Pública de Navarra Pamplona, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias del Medio Natural/Environmental Sciences, Universidad Pública de Navarra Pamplona, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias del Medio Natural/Environmental Sciences, Universidad Pública de Navarra Pamplona, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias del Medio Natural/Environmental Sciences, Universidad Pública de Navarra Pamplona, Spain
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Isolation and characterization of an endophytic bacterium, Bacillus megaterium BMN1, associated with root-nodules of Medicago sativa L. growing in Al-Ahsaa region, Saudi Arabia. ANN MICROBIOL 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s13213-014-0946-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Muratova A, Pozdnyakova N, Makarov O, Baboshin M, Baskunov B, Myasoedova N, Golovleva L, Turkovskaya O. Degradation of phenanthrene by the rhizobacterium Ensifer meliloti. Biodegradation 2014; 25:787-95. [DOI: 10.1007/s10532-014-9699-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Accepted: 07/14/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Reeve W, Ballard R, Drew E, Tian R, Bräu L, Goodwin L, Huntemann M, Han J, Tatiparthi R, Chen A, Mavrommatis K, Markowitz V, Palaniappan K, Ivanova N, Pati A, Woyke T, Kyrpides N. Genome sequence of the Medicago-nodulating Ensifer meliloti commercial inoculant strain RRI128. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:602-13. [PMID: 25197447 PMCID: PMC4149011 DOI: 10.4056/sigs.4929626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Ensifer meliloti strain RRI128 is an aerobic, motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod. RRI128 was isolated from a nodule recovered from the roots of barrel medic (Medicago truncatula) grown in the greenhouse and inoculated with soil collected from Victoria, Australia. The strain is used in commercial inoculants in Australia. RRI128 nodulates and forms an effective symbiosis with a diverse range of lucerne cultivars (Medicago sativa) and several species of annual medic (M. truncatula, Medicago littoralis and Medicago tornata), but forms an ineffective symbiosis with Medicago polymorpha. Here we describe the features of E. meliloti strain RRI128, together with genome sequence information and annotation. The 6,900,273 bp draft genome is arranged into 156 scaffolds of 157 contigs, contains 6,683 protein-coding genes and 87 RNA-only encoding genes, and is one of 100 rhizobial genomes sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Genomic Encyclopedia for Bacteria and Archaea-Root Nodule Bacteria (GEBA-RNB) project.
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- Wayne Reeve
- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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- South Australian Research and Development Institute, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia
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- South Australian Research and Development Institute, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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Reeve W, Ballard R, Howieson J, Drew E, Tian R, Bräu L, Munk C, Davenport K, Chain P, Goodwin L, Pagani I, Huntemann M, Mavrommatis K, Pati A, Markowitz V, Ivanova N, Woyke T, Kyrpides N. Genome sequence of Ensifer medicae strain WSM1115; an acid-tolerant Medicago-nodulating microsymbiont from Samothraki, Greece. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:514-26. [PMID: 25197437 PMCID: PMC4148968 DOI: 10.4056/sigs.4938652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ensifer medicae strain WSM1115 forms effective nitrogen fixing symbioses with a range of annual Medicago species and is used in commercial inoculants in Australia. WSM1115 is an aerobic, motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod. It was isolated from a nodule recovered from the root of burr medic (Medicago polymorpha) collected on the Greek Island of Samothraki. WSM1115 has a broad host range for nodulation and N2 fixation capacity within the genus Medicago, although this does not extend to all medic species. WSM1115 is considered saprophytically competent in moderately acid soils (pH(CaCl2) 5.0), but it has failed to persist at field sites where soil salinity exceeded 10 ECe (dS/m). Here we describe the features of E. medicae strain WSM1115, together with genome sequence information and its annotation. The 6,861,065 bp high-quality-draft genome is arranged into 7 scaffolds of 28 contigs, contains 6,789 protein-coding genes and 83 RNA-only encoding genes, and is one of 100 rhizobial genomes sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Genomic Encyclopedia for Bacteria and Archaea-Root Nodule Bacteria (GEBA-RNB) project.
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- Wayne Reeve
- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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- South Australian Research and Development Institute, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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- South Australian Research and Development Institute, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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Rudder S, Doohan F, Creevey CJ, Wendt T, Mullins E. Genome sequence of Ensifer adhaerens OV14 provides insights into its ability as a novel vector for the genetic transformation of plant genomes. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:268. [PMID: 24708309 PMCID: PMC4051167 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2013] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Recently it has been shown that Ensifer adhaerens can be used as a plant transformation technology, transferring genes into several plant genomes when equipped with a Ti plasmid. For this study, we have sequenced the genome of Ensifer adhaerens OV14 (OV14) and compared it with those of Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 (C58) and Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 (1021); the latter of which has also demonstrated a capacity to genetically transform crop genomes, albeit at significantly reduced frequencies. RESULTS The 7.7 Mb OV14 genome comprises two chromosomes and two plasmids. All protein coding regions in the OV14 genome were functionally grouped based on an eggNOG database. No genes homologous to the A. tumefaciens Ti plasmid vir genes appeared to be present in the OV14 genome. Unexpectedly, OV14 and 1021 were found to possess homologs to chromosomal based genes cited as essential to A. tumefaciens T-DNA transfer. Of significance, genes that are non-essential but exert a positive influence on virulence and the ability to genetically transform host genomes were identified in OV14 but were absent from the 1021 genome. CONCLUSIONS This study reveals the presence of homologs to chromosomally based Agrobacterium genes that support T-DNA transfer within the genome of OV14 and other alphaproteobacteria. The sequencing and analysis of the OV14 genome increases our understanding of T-DNA transfer by non-Agrobacterium species and creates a platform for the continued improvement of Ensifer-mediated transformation (EMT).
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- Steven Rudder
- Department of Crop Science, Teagasc Crops Research Centre, Oak Park, Carlow, Ireland
- UCD Earth Institute and UCD School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- UCD Earth Institute and UCD School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Animal and Bioscience Research Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Teagasc, Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath, Ireland
- Current address: Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3FL, UK
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- Department of Crop Science, Teagasc Crops Research Centre, Oak Park, Carlow, Ireland
- UCD Earth Institute and UCD School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- Current address: Carlsberg Research Centre, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 4-10, 1799 Copenhagen V, Denmark
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- Department of Crop Science, Teagasc Crops Research Centre, Oak Park, Carlow, Ireland
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Garau G, Terpolilli J, Hill Y, Tian R, Howieson J, Bräu L, Goodwin L, Han J, Reddy T, Huntemann M, Pati A, Woyke T, Mavromatis K, Markowitz V, Ivanova N, Kyrpides N, Reeve W. Genome sequence of Ensifer medicae Di28; an effective N2-fixing microsymbiont of Medicago murex and M. polymorpha. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:4. [PMID: 25780497 PMCID: PMC4334989 DOI: 10.1186/1944-3277-9-4] [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: 06/13/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Ensifer medicae Di28 is an aerobic, motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod that can exist as a soil saprophyte or as a legume microsymbiont of Medicago spp. Di28 was isolated in 1998 from a nodule recovered from the roots of M. polymorpha growing in the south east of Sardinia (Italy). Di28 is an effective microsymbiont of the annual forage legumes M. polymorpha and M. murex and is capable of establishing a partially effective symbiotic association with the perennial M. sativa. Here we describe the features of E. medicae Di28, together with genome sequence information and its annotation. The 6,553,624 bp standard draft genome is arranged into 104 scaffolds of 104 contigs containing 6,394 protein-coding genes and 75 RNA-only encoding genes. This rhizobial genome is one of 100 sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Genomic Encyclopedia for Bacteria and Archaea-Root Nodule Bacteria (GEBA-RNB) project.
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- Giovanni Garau
- Dipartimento di Agraria, S.T.A.A., University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Deakin, VIC, Australia
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, NM, USA ; Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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Reeve W, Tian R, Bräu L, Goodwin L, Munk C, Detter C, Tapia R, Han C, Liolios K, Huntemann M, Pati A, Woyke T, Mavrommatis K, Markowitz V, Ivanova N, Kyrpides N, Willems A. Genome sequence of Ensifer arboris strain LMG 14919(T); a microsymbiont of the legume Prosopis chilensis growing in Kosti, Sudan. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 9:473-83. [PMID: 25197433 PMCID: PMC4148966 DOI: 10.4056/sigs.4828625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Ensifer arboris LMG 14919T is an aerobic, motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod that can exist as a soil saprophyte or as a legume microsymbiont of several species of legume trees. LMG 14919T was isolated in 1987 from a nodule recovered from the roots of the tree Prosopis chilensis growing in Kosti, Sudan. LMG 14919T is highly effective at fixing nitrogen with P. chilensis (Chilean mesquite) and Acacia senegal (gum Arabic tree or gum acacia). LMG 14919T does not nodulate the tree Leucena leucocephala, nor the herbaceous species Macroptilium atropurpureum, Trifolium pratense, Medicago sativa, Lotus corniculatus and Galega orientalis. Here we describe the features of E. arboris LMG 14919T, together with genome sequence information and its annotation. The 6,850,303 bp high-quality-draft genome is arranged into 7 scaffolds of 12 contigs containing 6,461 protein-coding genes and 84 RNA-only encoding genes, and is one of 100 rhizobial genomes sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Genomic Encyclopedia for Bacteria and Archaea-Root Nodule Bacteria (GEBA-RNB) project.
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- Wayne Reeve
- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
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Tak N, Gehlot HS, Kaushik M, Choudhary S, Tiwari R, Tian R, Hill Y, Bräu L, Goodwin L, Han J, Liolios K, Huntemann M, Palaniappan K, Pati A, Mavromatis K, Ivanova N, Markowitz V, Woyke T, Kyrpides N, Reeve W. Genome sequence of Ensifer sp. TW10; a Tephrosia wallichii (Biyani) microsymbiont native to the Indian Thar Desert. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 9:304-14. [PMID: 24976887 PMCID: PMC4062627 DOI: 10.4056/sigs.4598281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ensifer sp. TW10 is a novel N2-fixing bacterium isolated from a root nodule of the perennial legume Tephrosia wallichii Graham (known locally as Biyani) found in the Great Indian (or Thar) desert, a large arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent. Strain TW10 is a Gram-negative, rod shaped, aerobic, motile, non-spore forming, species of root nodule bacteria (RNB) that promiscuously nodulates legumes in Thar Desert alkaline soil. It is fast growing, acid-producing, and tolerates up to 2% NaCl and capable of growth at 40oC. In this report we describe for the first time the primary features of this Thar Desert soil saprophyte together with genome sequence information and annotation. The 6,802,256 bp genome has a GC content of 62% and is arranged into 57 scaffolds containing 6,470 protein-coding genes, 73 RNA genes and a single rRNA operon. This genome is one of 100 RNB genomes sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Genomic Encyclopedia for Bacteria and Archaea-Root Nodule Bacteria (GEBA-RNB) project.
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- Nisha Tak
- BNF and Stress Biology Lab, Department of Botany, JNV University, Jodhpur, India
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- BNF and Stress Biology Lab, Department of Botany, JNV University, Jodhpur, India
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- BNF and Stress Biology Lab, Department of Botany, JNV University, Jodhpur, India
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- BNF and Stress Biology Lab, Department of Botany, JNV University, Jodhpur, India
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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Terpolilli J, Garau G, Hill Y, Tian R, Howieson J, Bräu L, Goodwin L, Han J, Liolios K, Huntemann M, Pati A, Woyke T, Mavromatis K, Markowitz V, Ivanova N, Kyrpides N, Reeve W. Genome sequence of Ensifer medicae strain WSM1369; an effective microsymbiont of the annual legume Medicago sphaerocarpos. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 9:420-30. [PMID: 24976897 PMCID: PMC4062641 DOI: 10.4056/sigs.4838624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ensifer medicae WSM1369 is an aerobic, motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod that can exist as a soil saprophyte or as a legume microsymbiont of Medicago. WSM1369 was isolated in 1993 from a nodule recovered from the roots of Medicago sphaerocarpos growing at San Pietro di Rudas, near Aggius in Sardinia (Italy). WSM1369 is an effective microsymbiont of the annual forage legumes M. polymorpha and M. sphaerocarpos. Here we describe the features of E. medicae WSM1369, together with genome sequence information and its annotation. The 6,402,557 bp standard draft genome is arranged into 307 scaffolds of 307 contigs containing 6,656 protein-coding genes and 79 RNA-only encoding genes. This rhizobial genome is one of 100 sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Genomic Encyclopedia for Bacteria and Archaea-Root Nodule Bacteria (GEBA-RNB) project.
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- Jason Terpolilli
- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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- Dipartimento di Agraria, S.T.A.A., University of Sassari, Italy
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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Galardini M, Bazzicalupo M, Biondi E, Brambilla E, Brilli M, Bruce D, Chain P, Chen A, Daligault H, Davenport KW, Deshpande S, Detter JC, Goodwin LA, Han C, Han J, Huntemann M, Ivanova N, Klenk HP, Kyrpides NC, Markowitz V, Mavrommatis K, Mocali S, Nolan M, Pagani I, Pati A, Pini F, Pitluck S, Spini G, Szeto E, Teshima H, Woyke T, Mengoni A. Permanent draft genome sequences of the symbiotic nitrogen fixing Ensifer meliloti strains BO21CC and AK58. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 9:325-33. [PMID: 24976889 PMCID: PMC4062632 DOI: 10.4056/sigs.3797438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Ensifer (syn. Sinorhizobium) meliloti is an important symbiotic bacterial species that fixes nitrogen. Strains BO21CC and AK58 were previously investigated for their substrate utilization and their plant-growth promoting abilities showing interesting features. Here, we describe the complete genome sequence and annotation of these strains. BO21CC and AK58 genomes are 6,985,065 and 6,974,333 bp long with 6,746 and 6,992 genes predicted, respectively.
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- Marco Galardini
- Department of Biology, University of Firenze, via Madonna del Piano 6, I-50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Firenze, via Madonna del Piano 6, I-50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Interdisciplinary Research Institute - CNRS, Villenenuve d'Ascq, France
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Edmund Mach Foundation, San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura - Centro di Ricerca per l'Agropedologia e la Pedologia, Firenze, Italy
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Research Institute - CNRS, Villenenuve d'Ascq, France
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Firenze, via Madonna del Piano 6, I-50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Firenze, via Madonna del Piano 6, I-50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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Terpolilli J, Hill Y, Tian R, Howieson J, Bräu L, Goodwin L, Han J, Liolios K, Huntemann M, Pati A, Woyke T, Mavromatis K, Markowitz V, Ivanova N, Kyrpides N, Reeve W. Genome sequence of Ensifer meliloti strain WSM1022; a highly effective microsymbiont of the model legume Medicago truncatula A17. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 9:315-24. [PMID: 24976888 PMCID: PMC4062635 DOI: 10.4056/sigs.4608286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ensifer meliloti WSM1022 is an aerobic, motile, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod that can exist as a soil saprophyte or as a legume microsymbiont of Medicago. WSM1022 was isolated in 1987 from a nodule recovered from the roots of the annual Medicago orbicularis growing on the Cyclades Island of Naxos in Greece. WSM1022 is highly effective at fixing nitrogen with M. truncatula and other annual species such as M. tornata and M. littoralis and is also highly effective with the perennial M. sativa (alfalfa or lucerne). In common with other characterized E. meliloti strains, WSM1022 will nodulate but fixes poorly with M. polymorpha and M. sphaerocarpos and does not nodulate M. murex. Here we describe the features of E. meliloti WSM1022, together with genome sequence information and its annotation. The 6,649,661 bp high-quality-draft genome is arranged into 121 scaffolds of 125 contigs containing 6,323 protein-coding genes and 75 RNA-only encoding genes, and is one of 100 rhizobial genomes sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Genomic Encyclopedia for Bacteria and Archaea-Root Nodule Bacteria (GEBA-RNB) project.
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- Jason Terpolilli
- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia
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Saeki Y, Shiro S, Tajima T, Yamamoto A, Sameshima-Saito R, Sato T, Yamakawa T. Mathematical ecology analysis of geographical distribution of soybean-nodulating Bradyrhizobia in Japan. Microbes Environ 2013; 28:470-8. [PMID: 24240318 PMCID: PMC4070701 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me13079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2013] [Accepted: 09/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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We characterized the relationship between the genetic diversity of indigenous soybean-nodulating bradyrhizobia from weakly acidic soils in Japan and their geographical distribution in an ecological study of indigenous soybean rhizobia. We isolated bradyrhizobia from three kinds of Rj-genotype soybeans. Their genetic diversity and community structure were analyzed by PCR-RFLP analysis of the 16S-23S rRNA gene internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region with 11 Bradyrhizobium USDA strains as references. We used data from the present study and previous studies to carry out mathematical ecological analyses, multidimensional scaling analysis with the Bray-Curtis index, polar ordination analysis, and multiple regression analyses to characterize the relationship between soybean-nodulating bradyrhizobial community structures and their geographical distribution. The mathematical ecological approaches used in this study demonstrated the presence of ecological niches and suggested the geographical distribution of soybean-nodulating bradyrhizobia to be a function of latitude and the related climate, with clusters in the order Bj123, Bj110, Bj6, and Be76 from north to south in Japan.
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- Yuichi Saeki
- Department of Biochemistry and Applied Biosciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889–2192, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Agriculture and Engineering, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889–2192, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Applied Biosciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889–2192, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Applied Biosciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889–2192, Japan
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- Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita 010–0195, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812–8581, Japan
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Wang YC, Wang F, Hou BC, Wang ET, Chen WF, Sui XH, Chen WX, Li Y, Zhang YB. Proposal of Ensifer psoraleae sp. nov., Ensifer sesbaniae sp. nov., Ensifer morelense comb. nov. and Ensifer americanum comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:467-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Shiro S, Matsuura S, Saiki R, Sigua GC, Yamamoto A, Umehara Y, Hayashi M, Saeki Y. Genetic diversity and geographical distribution of indigenous soybean-nodulating bradyrhizobia in the United States. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:3610-8. [PMID: 23563944 PMCID: PMC3675916 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00236-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We investigated the relationship between the genetic diversity of indigenous soybean-nodulating bradyrhizobia and their geographical distribution in the United States using nine soil isolates from eight states. The bradyrhizobia were inoculated on three soybean Rj genotypes (non-Rj, Rj(2)Rj(3), and Rj(4)). We analyzed their genetic diversity and community structure by means of restriction fragment length polymorphisms of PCR amplicons to target the 16S-23S rRNA gene internal transcribed spacer region, using 11 USDA Bradyrhizobium strains as reference strains. We also performed diversity analysis, multidimensional scaling analysis based on the Bray-Curtis index, and polar ordination analysis to describe the structure and geographical distribution of the soybean-nodulating bradyrhizobial community. The major clusters were Bradyrhizobium japonicum Bj123, in the northern United States, and Bradyrhizobium elkanii, in the middle to southern regions. Dominance of bradyrhizobia in a community was generally larger for the cluster belonging to B. elkanii than for the cluster belonging to B. japonicum. The indigenous American soybean-nodulating bradyrhizobial community structure was strongly correlated with latitude. Our results suggest that this community varies geographically.
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- Sokichi Shiro
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Agriculture and Engineering, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Applied Biosciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Applied Biosciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- USDA Agricultural Research Service, Coastal Plains Soil Water & Plant Research Center, Florence, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Applied Biosciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Ibaraki, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Applied Biosciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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Wang YC, Wang F, Hou BC, Wang ET, Chen WF, Sui XH, Chen WX, Li Y, Zhang YB. WITHDRAWN: Ensifer psoraleae sp. nov. and Ensifer sesbaniae sp. nov., isolated from the root nodules of Psoralea corylifolia, Sesbania cannabina and other legumes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013:S0723-2020(13)00011-8. [PMID: 23453021 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2012] [Revised: 01/07/2013] [Accepted: 01/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- Yuan Chun Wang
- State Key Lab for Agrobiotechnology and MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Huang Y, Zhang J, Yu Z, Zeng Y, Chen Y. Isolation and characterization of acyl homoserine lactone-producing bacteria during an urban river biofilm formation. Arch Microbiol 2012; 194:1043-8. [PMID: 23090571 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-012-0849-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2012] [Revised: 09/24/2012] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The presence and diversity of acyl homoserine lactone (AHL)-producers in an urban river biofilm were investigated during 60-day biofilm formation. AHL biosensors detected the presence of AHL-producers in 1-60-day river biofilms. Screening for AHL-producers resulted in 17 Aeromonas spp., 3 Pseudomonas spp., 3 Ensifer spp., and 1 Acinetobacter sp. Among these isolates, six of them were closely related to Acinetobacter tjernbergiae, Aeromonas allosaccharophila, Aeromonas aquariorum, Aeromonas jandaei, Pseudomonas panipatensis, and Ensifer adhaerens and represented novel AHL-producing species. Thin layer chromatography revealed that C4-homoserine lactone was prevailing in Aeromonas spp., whereas C6- and C8-homoserine lactones and their derivatives were prevailing in other strains. Using degenerate primers, novel AHL synthetase genes from the three Ensifer spp. were successfully amplified. This study reports for the first time the diversity of AHL-producers from a river biofilm and the variety of novel AHL synthetase genes in Ensifer group.
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- Yili Huang
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Process and Control, Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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Distribution and diversity of acyl homoserine lactone producing bacteria from four different soils. Curr Microbiol 2012; 66:10-5. [PMID: 23007525 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-012-0234-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2012] [Accepted: 09/10/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The distribution and diversity of acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) producing bacteria in black, brown, red, and meadow soils were investigated using culture-dependent method. One out of seventy six and five out of fifty isolates from the black and the brown soil were AHL-biosensor active, respectively. They were affiliated to the genera Ensifer and Pseudomonas and the family Enterobacteriaceae. Thin layer chromatography showed that the most of them produced AHLs with acyl side chain of 6 or 8 carbons. No AHL-producer was found in red and meadow soils. A potential novel AHL-based quorum sensing and quenching system was identified by sequencing in the black soil isolate Ensifer adhaerens X097 that harbored two AHL synthetase-like proteins and one amidohydrolase-like protein. This is the first report of comparison of AHL-producers among different soils. Our data showed that composition of AHL-producers were niche specific and were not in proportion with community population.
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Phylogenetic multilocus sequence analysis identifies seven novel
Ensifer
genospecies isolated from a less-well-explored biogeographical region in East Africa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2286-2295. [DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.039230-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The diversity of 71 rhizobial strains belonging to the genus
Ensifer
, isolated from root nodules of woody legumes growing in southern Ethiopia, was studied using multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) and phenotypic approaches. Phylogenetic analyses based on core genes revealed that 43 strains were clustered in seven distinct and consistent positions (genospecies I–VII), while another 25 strains were also distinct but were discrepant in their placement on the different gene trees. The remaining three strains occupied the same phylogenetic branches as defined
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species and thus were not distinct. Irrespective of their chromosomal background, the majority of the test strains were highly related with respect to their nifH and nodC gene sequences, suggesting that these symbionts might have acquired these genes recently from a common origin. On the nifH phylogenetic tree, the branch containing the test strains and reference species isolated from woody legumes in Africa was clearly separate from those isolated outside the continent, suggesting that these symbionts have a long history of separate evolution within
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for this gene. A cross-inoculation study showed that our strains were capable of eliciting effective nodulation on the homologous host and on other host species. This suggests a potential to improve nitrogen fixation by selecting for broad-host-range inoculants. Our study confirms the presence of a wide diversity of
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in East Africa and, while contributing to the general knowledge of the biodiversity within the genus, also highlights the need to focus on previously less-well-explored biogeographical regions to unravel as-yet-unidentified rhizobial resources.
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Fterich A, Mahdhi M, Lafuente A, Pajuelo E, Caviedes MA, Rodriguez-Llorente ID, Mars M. Taxonomic and symbiotic diversity of bacteria isolated from nodules of Acacia tortilis subsp. raddiana in arid soils of Tunisia. Can J Microbiol 2012; 58:738-51. [PMID: 22616625 DOI: 10.1139/w2012-048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A collection of rhizobia isolated from Acacia tortilis subsp. raddiana nodules from various arid soils in Tunisia was analyzed for their diversity at both taxonomic and symbiotic levels. The isolates were found to be phenotypically diverse. The majority of the isolates tolerated 3% NaCl and grew at 40 °C. Genetic characterization emphasized that most of the strains (42/50) belong to the genus Ensifer, particularly the species Ensifer meliloti, Ensifer garamanticus, and Ensifer numidicus. Symbiotic properties of isolates showed diversity in their capacity to nodulate their host plant and to fix atmospheric nitrogen. The most effective isolates were closely related to E. garamanticus. Nodulation tests showed that 3 strains belonging to Mesorhizobium genus failed to renodulate their host plant, which is surprising for symbiotic rhizobia. Furthermore, our results support the presence of non-nodulating endophytic bacteria belonging to the Acinetobacter genus in legume nodules.
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- A Fterich
- Laboratoire de biotechnologies végétales appliquées à l'amélioration des cultures, Faculté des sciences de Gabès, Université de Gabès, Cité Erriadh, Zrig 6072 Gabès, Tunisia
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International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Agrobacterium and Rhizobium: minutes of the meeting, 7 September 2010, Geneva, Switzerland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 61:3089-3093. [PMID: 22156799 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.036913-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Black M, Moolhuijzen P, Chapman B, Barrero R, Howieson J, Hungria M, Bellgard M. The genetics of symbiotic nitrogen fixation: comparative genomics of 14 rhizobia strains by resolution of protein clusters. Genes (Basel) 2012; 3:138-66. [PMID: 24704847 PMCID: PMC3899959 DOI: 10.3390/genes3010138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2012] [Revised: 02/10/2012] [Accepted: 02/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The symbiotic relationship between legumes and nitrogen fixing bacteria is critical for agriculture, as it may have profound impacts on lowering costs for farmers, on land sustainability, on soil quality, and on mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. However, despite the importance of the symbioses to the global nitrogen cycling balance, very few rhizobial genomes have been sequenced so far, although there are some ongoing efforts in sequencing elite strains. In this study, the genomes of fourteen selected strains of the order Rhizobiales, all previously fully sequenced and annotated, were compared to assess differences between the strains and to investigate the feasibility of defining a core ‘symbiome’—the essential genes required by all rhizobia for nodulation and nitrogen fixation. Comparison of these whole genomes has revealed valuable information, such as several events of lateral gene transfer, particularly in the symbiotic plasmids and genomic islands that have contributed to a better understanding of the evolution of contrasting symbioses. Unique genes were also identified, as well as omissions of symbiotic genes that were expected to be found. Protein comparisons have also allowed the identification of a variety of similarities and differences in several groups of genes, including those involved in nodulation, nitrogen fixation, production of exopolysaccharides, Type I to Type VI secretion systems, among others, and identifying some key genes that could be related to host specificity and/or a better saprophytic ability. However, while several significant differences in the type and number of proteins were observed, the evidence presented suggests no simple core symbiome exists. A more abstract systems biology concept of nitrogen fixing symbiosis may be required. The results have also highlighted that comparative genomics represents a valuable tool for capturing specificities and generalities of each genome.
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- Michael Black
- Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, Perth, WA 6150, Australia.
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- Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, Perth, WA 6150, Australia.
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- Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, Perth, WA 6150, Australia.
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- Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, Perth, WA 6150, Australia.
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- Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, Perth, WA 6150, Australia.
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- Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, Perth, WA 6150, Australia.
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Djedidi S, Yokoyama T, Tomooka N, Ohkama-Ohtsu N, Risal CP, Abdelly C, Sekimoto H. Phenotypic and genetic characterization of rhizobia associated with alfalfa in the Hokkaido and Ishigaki regions of Japan. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 34:453-61. [PMID: 21684705 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2011.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2011] [Revised: 04/01/2011] [Accepted: 04/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Twenty five rhizobial isolates were obtained from root nodules of Medicago sativa inoculated with soil samples collected from the Sapporo region and Ishigaki Island in Japan. To study their diversity and characterize them in relation to the climatic conditions of their soils of origin, a polyphasic approach analyzing stress tolerance, symbiotic and genetic properties was used. Stress tolerance assays revealed marked variations in salinity, pH and temperature tolerance. Isolates originating from a sub-tropical climate in alkaline soil (Ishigaki Island) tolerated high temperature, salinity and pH levels. Moreover, isolates recovered from a temperate climate in acidic soil (Sapporo) were sensitive to high temperature and salinity, and tolerated acidic pH. Phylogenetic analysis of conserved 16S rRNA and recA genes, and symbiotic nodA and nifDK revealed 25 isolates to be closely related to Ensifer meliloti. Furthermore, the branch patterns of phylogenetic trees constructed from different genes revealed the existence of at least two E. meliloti types in the soils studied. These results may be relevant to programs directed towards improving crop productivity through biofertilization with locally adapted and genetically defined strains.
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- Salem Djedidi
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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