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Patel JS, Selvaraj V, More P, Bahmani R, Borza T, Prithiviraj B. A Plant Biostimulant from Ascophyllum nodosum Potentiates Plant Growth Promotion and Stress Protection Activity of Pseudomonas protegens CHA0. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:1208. [PMID: 36986897 PMCID: PMC10053968 DOI: 10.3390/plants12061208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Abiotic stresses, including salinity stress, affect numerous crops, causing yield reduction, and, as a result, important economic losses. Extracts from the brown alga Ascophyllum nodosum (ANE), and compounds secreted by the Pseudomonas protegens strain, CHA0, can mitigate these effects by inducing tolerance against salt stress. However, the influence of ANE on P. protegens CHA0 secretion, and the combined effects of these two biostimulants on plant growth, are not known. Fucoidan, alginate, and mannitol are abundant components of brown algae and of ANE. Reported here are the effects of a commercial formulation of ANE, fucoidan, alginate, and mannitol, on pea (Pisum sativum), and on the plant growth-promoting activity of P. protegens CHA0. In most situations, ANE and fucoidan increased indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and siderophore production, phosphate solubilization, and hydrogen cyanide (HCN) production by P. protegens CHA0. Colonization of pea roots by P. protegens CHA0 was found to be increased mostly by ANE and fucoidan in normal conditions and under salt stress. Applications of P. protegens CHA0 combined with ANE, or with fucoidan, alginate, and mannitol, generally augmented root and shoot growth in normal and salinity stress conditions. Real-time quantitative PCR analyses of P. protegens revealed that, in many instances, ANE and fucoidan enhanced the expression of several genes involved in chemotaxis (cheW and WspR), pyoverdine production (pvdS), and HCN production (hcnA), but gene expression patterns overlapped only occasionally those of growth-promoting parameters. Overall, the increased colonization and the enhanced activities of P. protegens CHA0 in the presence of ANE and its components mitigated salinity stress in pea. Among treatments, ANE and fucoidan were found responsible for most of the increased activities of P. protegens CHA0 and the improved plant growth.
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Li S, Yue S, Huang P, Feng T, Zhang H, Yao R, Wang W, Zhang X, Hu H. Comparative metabolomics and transcriptomics analyses provide insights into the high yield mechanism of phenazines biosynthesis in
Pseudomonas chlororaphis
GP72. J Appl Microbiol 2022; 133:2790-2801. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.15727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Song Li
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Nong Le Biological Products Company Limited (NLBP), Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
- Shanghai Nongle Joint R&D Center on Biopesticides and Biofertilizers Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
- Shanghai Nongle Joint R&D Center on Biopesticides and Biofertilizers Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
- Shanghai Nongle Joint R&D Center on Biopesticides and Biofertilizers Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
- National Experimental Teaching Center for Life Sciences and Biotechnology Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China
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Lee JH, Anderson AJ, Kim YC. Root-Associated Bacteria Are Biocontrol Agents for Multiple Plant Pests. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10051053. [PMID: 35630495 PMCID: PMC9146382 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10051053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2022] [Revised: 05/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Biological control is an important process for sustainable plant production, and this trait is found in many plant-associated microbes. This study reviews microbes that could be formulated into pesticides active against various microbial plant pathogens as well as damaging insects or nematodes. The focus is on the beneficial microbes that colonize the rhizosphere where, through various mechanisms, they promote healthy plant growth. Although these microbes have adapted to cohabit root tissues without causing disease, they are pathogenic to plant pathogens, including microbes, insects, and nematodes. The cocktail of metabolites released from the beneficial strains inhibits the growth of certain bacterial and fungal plant pathogens and participates in insect and nematode toxicity. There is a reinforcement of plant health through the systemic induction of defenses against pathogen attack and abiotic stress in the plant; metabolites in the beneficial microbial cocktail function in triggering the plant defenses. The review discusses a wide range of metabolites involved in plant protection through biocontrol in the rhizosphere. The focus is on the beneficial firmicutes and pseudomonads, because of the extensive studies with these isolates. The review evaluates how culture conditions can be optimized to provide formulations containing the preformed active metabolites for rapid control, with or without viable microbial cells as plant inocula, to boost plant productivity in field situations.
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- Jang Hoon Lee
- Agricultural Solutions, BASF Korea Ltd., Seoul 04518, Korea;
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA;
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- Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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Mitra R, Xu T, Chen GQ, Xiang H, Han J. An updated overview on the regulatory circuits of polyhydroxyalkanoates synthesis. Microb Biotechnol 2021; 15:1446-1470. [PMID: 34473895 PMCID: PMC9049629 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are a promising and sustainable alternative to the petroleum‐based synthetic plastics. Regulation of PHA synthesis is receiving considerable importance as engineering the regulatory factors might help developing strains with improved PHA‐producing abilities. PHA synthesis is dedicatedly regulated by a number of regulatory networks. They tightly control the PHA content, granule size and their distribution in cells. Most PHA‐accumulating microorganisms have multiple regulatory networks that impart a combined effect on PHA metabolism. Among them, several factors ranging from global to specific regulators, have been identified and characterized till now. This review is an attempt to categorically summarize the diverse regulatory circuits that operate in some important PHA‐producing microorganisms. However, in several organisms, the detailed mechanisms involved in the regulation of PHA synthesis is not well‐explored and hence further research is needed. The information presented in this review might help researcher to identify the prevailing research gaps in PHA regulation.
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- Ruchira Mitra
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.,International College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.,College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.,College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Huang Y, Lu Z, Jiang T, Zeng Y, Zeng Y, Chen B. Oxygen availability affects the synthesis of quorum sensing signal in the facultative anaerobe Novosphingobium pentaromativorans US6-1. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:1191-1201. [PMID: 33439275 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11089-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Revised: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Bacterial populations rely on quorum sensing (QS) to coordinate their behaviors and are often challenged by the fluctuation in oxygen concentrations in their habitats. Oxygen is a crucial factor that affects bacterial metabolism in multiple ways. However, little is known about whether and how oxygen availability affects QS activities. To fill this gap, we used the facultative anaerobe Novosphingobium pentaromativorans US6-1 as a model system, and observed that the QS signal acyl homoserine-lactones (AHLs) were produced only in anoxic environments, such as biofilm, or liquid medium that initially contained less than 2 mg/L dissolved oxygen, but not in highly oxic environments. Comparative transcriptome analysis revealed that oxygen availability significantly affected the physiological activities in US6-1, including fatty acid metabolism, oxidative phosphorylation, citrate cycle, QS activities, and flagellar assembly. The absence of AHLs in the oxic culture was not due to degradation, but to the very low expression of the AHL synthase gene novI. High concentration of NADH during the middle log phase under static cultivation may be a trigger for AHL synthesis. This is the first report that production of AHLs is coupled with anoxic metabolism in a facultative anaerobe, which extends our knowledge on factors affecting bacterial QS occurrence. KEY POINTS: • AHL production is anoxic cultivation related. • Oxygen availability affects AHL synthesis by influencing novI expression. • Oxygen availability changes many metabolism activities including NADH production.
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- Yili Huang
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Process and Control, Department of Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Bulding NongB, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Process and Control, Department of Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Bulding NongB, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Process and Control, Department of Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Bulding NongB, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Process and Control, Department of Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Bulding NongB, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Process and Control, Department of Environmental Science, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Bulding NongB, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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Mohanan N, Gislason A, Sharma PK, Ghergab A, Plouffe J, Levin DB, de Kievit T. Quorum sensing and the anaerobic regulator (ANR) control polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production in Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2020; 366:5613363. [PMID: 31688920 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnz223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23 is a biocontrol agent that, in addition to producing antifungal compounds, synthesizes polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) polymers as a carbon and energy sink. Quorum sensing (QS) and the anaerobic regulator (ANR) are required for PA23-mediated fungal suppression; however, the role of these regulators in PHA production is unknown. Strains lacking either QS or ANR accumulated less PHA polymers when propagated on Ramsay's minimal medium (RMM) with glucose or octanoate as the carbon source. In the acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL)-deficient background, all six of the genes in the pha locus (phaC1, phaC2, phaZ, phaD, phaF, phaI) showed reduced expression in RMM glucose, and all except phaC2 were repressed in RMM octanoate. Although changes in gene activity were observed in the anr mutant, they were less pronounced. Analysis of the promoter regions for QS- and ANR-binding consensus sequences revealed putative phzboxes upstream of phaZ and phaI, but no anr boxes were identified. Our findings indicate that altered pha gene expression likely contributes to the lower PHA accumulation in the QS- and ANR-deficient strains, which may be in part indirectly mediated. This study is the first to show that mcl-PHA production is under QS and ANR control.
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- Nisha Mohanan
- Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada
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- Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada
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- Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada
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Ho J, Zhao M, Wojcik S, Taiaroa G, Butler M, Poulter R. The application of the CRISPR–Cas9 system in Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae. J Med Microbiol 2020; 69:478-486. [DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.001124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Introduction.Pseudomonas syringaepv. actinidiae (Psa) has emerged as a major bacterial pathogen of kiwifruit cultivation throughout the world.Aim.We aim to introduce a CRISPR–Cas9 system, a commonly used genome editing tool, into Psa. The protocols may also be useful in otherPseudomonasspecies.Methodology.Using standard molecular biology techniques, we modified plasmid pCas9, which carries the CRISPR–Cas9 sequences fromStreptococcus pyogenes,for use in Psa. The final plasmid, pJH1, was produced in a series of steps and is maintained with selection in bothEscherichia coliand Psa.Results.We have constructed plasmids carrying a CRISPR–Cas9 system based on that ofS. pyogenes, which can be maintained, under selection, in Psa. We have shown that the gene targeting capacity of the CRISPR–Cas9 system is active and that the Cas9 protein is able to cleave the targeted sites. The Cas9 was directed to several different sites in theP. syringaegenome. Using Cas9 we have generated Psa transformants that no longer carry the native plasmid present in Psa, and other transformants that lack the integrative, conjugative element, Pac_ICE1. Targeting of a specific gene, a chromosomal non-ribosomal peptide synthetase, led to gene knockouts with the transformants having deletions encompassing the target site.Conclusion.We have constructed shuttle plasmids carrying a CRISPR–Cas9 system that are maintained in bothE. coliandP. syringaepv. actinidiae. We have used this gene editing system to eliminate features of the accessory genome (plasmids or ICEs) from Psa and to target a single chromosomal gene.
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- Joycelyn Ho
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Anderson AJ, Kim YC. Insights into plant-beneficial traits of probiotic Pseudomonas chlororaphis isolates. J Med Microbiol 2020; 69:361-371. [DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.001157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas chlororaphisisolates have been studied intensively for their beneficial traits.P. chlororaphisspecies function as probiotics in plants and fish, offering plants protection against microbes, nematodes and insects. In this review, we discuss the classification ofP. chlororaphisisolates within four subspecies; the shared traits include the production of coloured antimicrobial phenazines, high sequence identity between housekeeping genes and similar cellular fatty acid composition. The direct antimicrobial, insecticidal and nematocidal effects ofP. chlororaphisisolates are correlated with known metabolites. Other metabolites prime the plants for stress tolerance and participate in microbial cell signalling events and biofilm formation among other things. Formulations ofP. chlororaphisisolates and their metabolites are currently being commercialized for agricultural use.
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- Anne J. Anderson
- Department of Biological Engineering, Utah State University, Logan UT84322, USA
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- Department of Applied Biology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea
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Shah N, Gislason AS, Becker M, Belmonte MF, Fernando WGD, de Kievit TR. Investigation of the quorum-sensing regulon of the biocontrol bacterium Pseudomonas chlororaphis strain PA23. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0226232. [PMID: 32109244 PMCID: PMC7048289 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas chlororaphis strain PA23 is a biocontrol agent capable of protecting canola from stem rot disease caused by the fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. PA23 produces several inhibitory compounds that are under control of a complex regulatory network. Included in this cascade is the PhzRI quorum sensing (QS) system, which plays an essential role in PA23 biocontrol, as well as CsaRI and AurRI, which have not yet been characterized in PA23. The focus of the current study was to employ RNA sequencing to explore the spectrum of PA23 genes under QS control. In this work, we investigated genes under the control of the main QS transcriptional regulator, PhzR, as well as those differentially expressed in an AHL-deficient strain, PA23-6863, which constitutively expresses an AiiA lactonase, rendering the strain QS defective. Transcriptomic profiling revealed 545 differentially expressed genes (365 downregulated; 180 upregulated) in the phzR mutant and 534 genes (382 downregulated; 152 upregulated) in the AHL-deficient PA23-6863. In both strains, decreased expression of phenazine, pyrrolnitrin, and exoprotease biosynthetic genes was observed. We have previously reported that QS activates expression of these genes and their encoded products. In addition, elevated siderophore and decreased chitinase gene expression was observed in the QS-deficient stains, which was confirmed by phenotypic analysis. Inspection of the promoter regions revealed the presence of "phz-box" sequences in only 58 of the 807 differentially expressed genes, suggesting that much of the QS regulon is indirectly regulated. Consistent with this notion, 41 transcriptional regulators displayed altered expression in one or both of the QS-deficient strains. Collectively, our findings indicate that QS governs expression of approximately 13% of the PA23 genome affecting diverse functions ranging from secondary metabolite production to general metabolism.
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- Nidhi Shah
- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Wu X, Chi X, Wang Y, Zhang K, Kai L, He Q, Tang J, Wang K, Sun L, Hao X, Xie W, Ge Y. vfr, A Global Regulatory Gene, is Required for Pyrrolnitrin but not for Phenazine-1-carboxylic Acid Biosynthesis in Pseudomonas chlororaphis G05. THE PLANT PATHOLOGY JOURNAL 2019; 35:351-361. [PMID: 31481858 PMCID: PMC6706016 DOI: 10.5423/ppj.oa.01.2019.0011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Revised: 04/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
In our previous study, pyrrolnitrin produced in Pseudomonas chlororaphis G05 plays more critical role in suppression of mycelial growth of some fungal pathogens that cause plant diseases in agriculture. Although some regulators for pyrrolnitrin biosynthesis were identified, the pyrrolnitrin regulation pathway was not fully constructed. During our screening novel regulator candidates, we obtained a white conjugant G05W02 while transposon mutagenesis was carried out between a fusion mutant G05ΔphzΔprn::lacZ and E. coli S17-1 (pUT/mini-Tn5Kan). By cloning and sequencing of the transposon-flanking DNA fragment, we found that a vfr gene in the conjugant G05W02 was disrupted with mini-Tn5Kan. In one other previous study on P. fluorescens, however, it was reported that the deletion of the vfr caused increased production of pyrrolnitrin and other antifungal metabolites. To confirm its regulatory function, we constructed the vfr-knockout mutant G05Δvfr and G05ΔphzΔprn::lacZΔvfr. By quantifying β-galactosidase activities, we found that deletion of the vfr decreased the prn operon expression dramatically. Meanwhile, by quantifying pyrrolnitrin production in the mutant G05Δvfr, we found that deficiency of the Vfr caused decreased pyrrolnitrin production. However, production of phenazine-1-carboxylic acid was same to that in the wild-type strain G05. Taken together, Vfr is required for pyrrolnitrin but not for phenazine-1-carboxylic acid biosynthesis in P. chlororaphis G05.
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- Xia Wu
- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025,
China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025,
China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025,
China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025,
China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025,
China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025,
China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025,
China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025,
China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025,
China
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- Institute of Applied Microbiology, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi 830001,
China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025,
China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025,
China
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Tribelli PM, Lujan AM, Pardo A, Ibarra JG, Fernández Do Porto D, Smania A, López NI. Core regulon of the global anaerobic regulator Anr targets central metabolism functions in Pseudomonas species. Sci Rep 2019; 9:9065. [PMID: 31227753 PMCID: PMC6588701 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45541-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
A comparative genome analysis of the global anaerobic regulator Anr regulon in five species of Pseudomonas with different life style was performed. Expression of this regulator was detected in all analyzed Pseudomonas. The predicted Anr regulon (pan-regulon) consisted of 253 genes. However, only 11 Anr-boxes located upstream of qor/hemF, hemN, cioA/PA3931, azu, rpsL, gltP, orthologous to PA2867, cspD, tyrZ, slyD and oprG, were common to all species. Whole genome in silico prediction of metabolic pathways identified genes belonging to heme biosynthesis, cytochromes and Entner-Doudoroff pathway as members of Anr regulon in all strains. Extending genome analysis to 28 Pseudomonas spp. spanning all phylogenetic groups showed Anr-boxes conservation in genes related to these functions. When present, genes related to anaerobic metabolism were predicted to hold Anr-boxes. Focused on the genomes of eight P. aeruginosa isolates of diverse origins, we observed a conserved regulon, sharing nearly 80% of the genes, indicating its key role in this opportunistic pathogen. The results suggest that the core Anr regulon comprises genes involved in central metabolism and aerobic electron transport chain, whereas those genes related to anaerobic metabolism and other functions constitute the accessory Anr-regulon, thereby differentially contributing to the ecological fitness of each Pseudomonas species.
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- Paula M Tribelli
- IQUIBICEN, CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Córdoba, Argentina.,CONICET, Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba (CIQUIBIC), Córdoba, Argentina
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- IQUIBICEN, CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- IQUIBICEN, CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Departamento de Química Biológica Ranwel Caputto, Córdoba, Argentina.,CONICET, Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba (CIQUIBIC), Córdoba, Argentina
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- IQUIBICEN, CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. .,Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Polymer Accumulation and pha Gene Expression in Phenazine (phz⁻) and Pyrrolnitrin (prn⁻) Defective Mutants of Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:polym10111203. [PMID: 30961128 PMCID: PMC6290614 DOI: 10.3390/polym10111203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Revised: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23 was isolated from the rhizosphere of soybeans and identified as a biocontrol bacterium against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, a fungal plant pathogen. This bacterium produces a number of secondary metabolites, including phenazine-1-carboxylic acid, 2-hydroxyphenazine, pyrrolnitrin (PRN), hydrogen cyanide, proteases, lipases and siderophores. It also synthesizes and accumulates polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) polymers as carbon and energy storage compounds under nutrient-limited conditions. Pseudomonads like P. chlororaphis metabolize glucose via the Entner-Doudoroff and Pentose Phosphate pathways, which provide precursors for phenazine production. Mutants defective in phenazine (PHZ; PA23-63), PRN (PA23-8), or both (PA23-63-1) accumulated higher concentrations of PHAs than the wild-type strain (PA23) when cultured in Ramsay’s Minimal Medium with glucose or octanoic acid as the carbon source. Expression levels of six pha genes, phaC1, phaZ, phaC2, phaD, phaF, and phaI, were compared with wild type PA23 by quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). The qPCR studies indicated that there was no change in levels of transcription of the PHA synthase genes phaC1 and phaC2 in the phz- (PA23-63) and phz-prn- (PA23-63-1) mutants in glucose medium. There was a significant increase in expression of phaC2 in octanoate medium. Transcription of phaD, phaF and phaI increased significantly in the phz-prn- (PA23-63-1) mutant. Mutations in regulatory genes like gacS, rpoS, and relA/spoT, which affect PHZ and PRN production, also resulted in altered gene expression. The expression of phaC1, phaC2, phaF, and phaI genes was down-regulated significantly in gacS and rpoS mutants. Thus, it appears that PHZ, PRN, and PHA production is regulated by common mechanisms. Higher PHA production in the phz- (PA23-63), prn- (PA23-8), and phz-prn- (PA23-63-1) mutants in octanoic medium could be correlated with higher expression of phaC2. Further, the greater PHA production observed in the phz- and prn- mutants was not due to increased transcription of PHA synthase genes in glucose medium, but due to more accessibility of carbon substrates and reducing power, which were otherwise used for the synthesis of PHZ and PRN.
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Biessy A, Filion M. Phenazines in plant-beneficialPseudomonasspp.: biosynthesis, regulation, function and genomics. Environ Microbiol 2018; 20:3905-3917. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Revised: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Adrien Biessy
- Department of Biology; Université de Moncton; Moncton New Brunswick Canada
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- Department of Biology; Université de Moncton; Moncton New Brunswick Canada
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Zhang B, Wang Y, Miao J, Lu Y, Lu R, Sun X, Luo W, Chi X, Feng Z, Ge Y. Reciprocal enhancement of gene expression between the phz and prn operon in Pseudomonas chlororaphis G05. J Basic Microbiol 2018; 58:793-805. [PMID: 29995319 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201800206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2018] [Revised: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In previous studies with Pseudomonas chlororaphis G05, two operons (phzABCDEFG and prnABCD) were confirmed to respectively encode enzymes for biosynthesis of phenazine-1-carboxylic acid and pyrrolnitrin that mainly contributed to suppression of some fungal phytopathogens. Although some regulators were identified to govern their expression, it is not known how two operons coordinately interact. By constructing the phz- or/and prn- deletion mutants, we found that in comparison with the wild-type strain G05, phenazine-1-carboxylic acid production in the mutant G05Δprn obviously decreased in GA broth in the absence of prn, and pyrrolnitrin production in the mutant G05Δphz remarkably declined in the absence of phz. By generating the phzA and prnA transcriptional and translational fusions with a truncated lacZ on shuttle vector or on the chromosome, we found that expression of the phz or prn operon was correspondingly increased in the presence of the prn or phz operon at the post-transcriptional level, not at the transcriptional level. These results indicated that the presence of one operon would promote the expression of the other one operon between the phz and prn. This reciprocal enhancement would keep the strain G05 producing more different antifungal compounds coordinately and living better with growth suppression of other microorganisms.
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- Baoshen Zhang
- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai, China
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Huang R, Feng Z, Chi X, Sun X, Lu Y, Zhang B, Lu R, Luo W, Wang Y, Miao J, Ge Y. Pyrrolnitrin is more essential than phenazines for Pseudomonas chlororaphis G05 in its suppression of Fusarium graminearum. Microbiol Res 2018; 215:55-64. [PMID: 30172309 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2018.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2018] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Fusarium graminearum is the major causal agent of Fusarium head blight (FHB) disease in cereal crops worldwide. Infection with this fungal phytopathogen can regularly cause severe yield and quality losses and mycotoxin contamination in grains. In previous other studies, one research group reported that pyrrolnitrin had an ability to suppress of mycelial growth of F. graminearum. Other groups revealed that phenazine-1-carboxamide, a derivative of phenazine-1-carboxylic acid, could also inhibit the growth of F. graminearum and showed great potentials in the bioprotection of crops from FHB disease. In our recent work with Pseudomonas chlororaphis strain G05, however, we found that although the phz operon (phenazine biosynthetic gene cluster) was knocked out, the phenazine-deficient mutant G05Δphz still exhibited effective inhibition of the mycelial growth of some fungal phytopathogens in pathogen inhibition assay, especially including F. graminearum, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Botrytis cinerea. With our further investigations, including deletion and complementation of the prn operon (pyrrolnitrin biosynthetic gene cluster), purification and identification of fungal compounds, we first verified that not phenazines but pyrrolnitrin biosynthesized in P. chlororaphis G05 plays an essential role in growth suppression of F. graminearum and the bioprotection of cereal crops against FHB disease.
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- Run Huang
- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China.
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Luo W, Miao J, Feng Z, Lu R, Sun X, Zhang B, Ding W, Lu Y, Wang Y, Chi X, Ge Y. Construction of a β-galactosidase-gene-based fusion is convenient for screening candidate genes involved in regulation of pyrrolnitrin biosynthesis in Pseudomonas chlororaphis G05. J GEN APPL MICROBIOL 2018; 64:259-268. [PMID: 29806629 DOI: 10.2323/jgam.2018.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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In our recent work, we found that pyrrolnitrin, and not phenazines, contributed to the suppression of the mycelia growth of Fusarium graminearum that causes heavy Fusarium head blight (FHB) disease in cereal crops. However, pyrrolnitrin production of Pseudomonas chlororaphis G05 in King's B medium was very low. Although a few regulatory genes mediating the prnABCD (the prn operon, pyrrolnitrin biosynthetic locus) expression have been identified, it is not enough for us to enhance pyrrolnitrin production by systematically constructing a genetically-engineered strain. To obtain new candidate genes involved in the regulation of the prn operon expression, we successfully constructed a fusion mutant G05ΔphzΔprn::lacZ, in which most of the coding regions of the prn operon and the phzABCDEFG (the phz operon, phenazine biosynthetic locus) were deleted, and the promoter region plus the first thirty condons of the prnA was in-frame fused with the truncated lacZ gene on its chromosome. The expression of the fused lacZ reporter gene driven by the promoter of the prn operon made it easy for us to detect the level of the prn expression in terms of the color variation of colonies on LB agar plates supplemented with 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-β-D-galactopyranoside (X-Gal). With this fusion mutant as a recipient strain, mini-Tn5-based random insertional mutagenesis was then conducted. By picking up colonies with color change, it is possible for us to screen and identify new candidate genes involved in the regulation of the prn expression. Identification of additional regulatory genes in further work could reasonably be expected to increase pyrrolnitrin production in G05 and to improve its biological control function.
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- Wangtai Luo
- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University
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- Department of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Ludong University
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