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Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiotic Paraburkholderia Species: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives. NITROGEN 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/nitrogen4010010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/11/2023] Open
Abstract
A century after the discovery of rhizobia, the first Beta-proteobacteria species (beta-rhizobia) were isolated from legume nodules in South Africa and South America. Since then, numerous species belonging to the Burkholderiaceae family have been isolated. The presence of a highly branching lineage of nodulation genes in beta-rhizobia suggests a long symbiotic history. In this review, we focus on the beta-rhizobial genus Paraburkholderia, which includes two main groups: the South American mimosoid-nodulating Paraburkholderia and the South African predominantly papilionoid-nodulating Paraburkholderia. Here, we discuss the latest knowledge on Paraburkholderia nitrogen-fixing symbionts in each step of the symbiosis, from their survival in the soil, through the first contact with the legumes until the formation of an efficient nitrogen-fixing symbiosis in root nodules. Special attention is given to the strain P. phymatum STM815T that exhibits extraordinary features, such as the ability to: (i) enter into symbiosis with more than 50 legume species, including the agriculturally important common bean, (ii) outcompete other rhizobial species for nodulation of several legumes, and (iii) endure stressful soil conditions (e.g., high salt concentration and low pH) and high temperatures.
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Bellés-Sancho P, Liu Y, Heiniger B, von Salis E, Eberl L, Ahrens CH, Zamboni N, Bailly A, Pessi G. A novel function of the key nitrogen-fixation activator NifA in beta-rhizobia: Repression of bacterial auxin synthesis during symbiosis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:991548. [PMID: 36247538 PMCID: PMC9554594 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.991548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Rhizobia fix nitrogen within root nodules of host plants where nitrogenase expression is strictly controlled by its key regulator NifA. We recently discovered that in nodules infected by the beta-rhizobial strain Paraburkholderia phymatum STM815, NifA controls expression of two bacterial auxin synthesis genes. Both the iaaM and iaaH transcripts, as well as the metabolites indole-acetamide (IAM) and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) showed increased abundance in nodules occupied by a nifA mutant compared to wild-type nodules. Here, we document the structural changes that a P. phymatum nifA mutant induces in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) nodules, eventually leading to hypernodulation. To investigate the role of the P. phymatum iaaMH genes during symbiosis, we monitored their expression in presence and absence of NifA over different stages of the symbiosis. The iaaMH genes were found to be under negative control of NifA in all symbiotic stages. While a P. phymatum iaaMH mutant produced the same number of nodules and nitrogenase activity as the wild-type strain, the nifA mutant produced more nodules than the wild-type that clustered into regularly-patterned root zones. Mutation of the iaaMH genes in a nifA mutant background reduced the presence of these nodule clusters on the root. We further show that the P. phymatum iaaMH genes are located in a region of the symbiotic plasmid with a significantly lower GC content and exhibit high similarity to two genes of the IAM pathway often used by bacterial phytopathogens to deploy IAA as a virulence factor. Overall, our data suggest that the increased abundance of rhizobial auxin in the non-fixing nifA mutant strain enables greater root infection rates and a role for bacterial auxin production in the control of early stage symbiotic interactions.
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- Paula Bellés-Sancho
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Agroscope, Molecular Ecology and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Agroscope, Molecular Ecology and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Zurich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Van Dingenen J, Garcia Mendez S, Beirinckx S, Vlaminck L, De Keyser A, Stuer N, Verschaete S, Clarysse A, Pannecoucque J, Rombauts S, Roldan-Ruiz I, Willems A, Goormachtig S. Flemish soils contain rhizobia partners for Northwestern Europe-adapted soybean cultivars. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:3334-3354. [PMID: 35212122 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In Europe, soybean (Glycine max) used for food and feed has to be imported, causing negative socioeconomic and environmental impacts. To increase the local production, breeding generated varieties that grow in colder climates, but the yield using the commercial inoculants is not satisfactory in Belgium because of variable nodulation efficiencies. To look for indigenous nodulating strains possibly adapted to the local environment, we initiated a nodulation trap by growing early-maturing cultivars under natural and greenhouse conditions in 107 garden soils in Flanders. Nodules occurred in 18 and 21 soils in the garden and greenhouse experiments respectively. By combining 16S rRNA PCR on single isolates with HiSeq 16S metabarcoding on nodules, we found a large bacterial richness and diversity from different soils. Furthermore, using Oxford Nanopore Technologies sequencing of DNA from one nodule, we retrieved the entire genome of a Bradyrhizobium species, not previously isolated, but profusely present in that nodule. These data highlight the need of combining diverse identification techniques to capture the true nodule rhizobial community. Eight selected rhizobial isolates were subdivided by whole-genome analysis in three genera containing six genetically distinct species that, except for two, aligned with known type strains and were all able to nodulate soybean in the laboratory.
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- Judith Van Dingenen
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
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- Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Plant Sciences Unit, Merelbeke, 9820, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
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- Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Plant Sciences Unit, Merelbeke, 9820, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, 9052, Belgium
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Bellés-Sancho P, Lardi M, Liu Y, Eberl L, Zamboni N, Bailly A, Pessi G. Metabolomics and Dual RNA-Sequencing on Root Nodules Revealed New Cellular Functions Controlled by Paraburkholderia phymatum NifA. Metabolites 2021; 11:metabo11070455. [PMID: 34357349 PMCID: PMC8305402 DOI: 10.3390/metabo11070455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Paraburkholderia phymatum STM815 is a nitrogen-fixing endosymbiont that nodulate the agriculturally important Phaseolus vulgaris and several other host plants. We previously showed that the nodules induced by a STM815 mutant of the gene encoding the master regulator of nitrogen fixation NifA showed no nitrogenase activity (Fix−) and increased in number compared to P. vulgaris plants infected with the wild-type strain. To further investigate the role of NifA during symbiosis, nodules from P. phymatum wild-type and nifA mutants were collected and analyzed by metabolomics and dual RNA-Sequencing, allowing us to investigate both host and symbiont transcriptome. Using this approach, several metabolites’ changes could be assigned to bacterial or plant responses. While the amount of the C4-dicarboxylic acid succinate and of several amino acids was lower in Fix− nodules, the level of indole-acetamide (IAM) and brassinosteroids increased. Transcriptome analysis identified P. phymatum genes involved in transport of C4-dicarboxylic acids, carbon metabolism, auxin metabolism and stress response to be differentially expressed in absence of NifA. Furthermore, P. vulgaris genes involved in autoregulation of nodulation (AON) are repressed in nodules in absence of NifA potentially explaining the hypernodulation phenotype of the nifA mutant. These results and additional validation experiments suggest that P. phymatum STM815 NifA is not only important to control expression of nitrogenase and related enzymes but is also involved in regulating its own auxin production and stress response. Finally, our data indicate that P. vulgaris does sanction the nifA nodules by depleting the local carbon allocation rather than by mounting a strong systemic immune response to the Fix− rhizobia.
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- Paula Bellés-Sancho
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; (P.B.-S.); (M.L.); (Y.L.); (L.E.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; (P.B.-S.); (M.L.); (Y.L.); (L.E.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; (P.B.-S.); (M.L.); (Y.L.); (L.E.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; (P.B.-S.); (M.L.); (Y.L.); (L.E.)
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- ETH Zürich, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland;
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; (P.B.-S.); (M.L.); (Y.L.); (L.E.)
- Correspondence: (A.B.); (G.P.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; (P.B.-S.); (M.L.); (Y.L.); (L.E.)
- Correspondence: (A.B.); (G.P.)
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Efstathiadou E, Ntatsi G, Savvas D, Tampakaki AP. Genetic characterization at the species and symbiovar level of indigenous rhizobial isolates nodulating Phaseolus vulgaris in Greece. Sci Rep 2021; 11:8674. [PMID: 33883620 PMCID: PMC8060271 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-88051-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Phaseolus vulgaris (L.), commonly known as bean or common bean, is considered a promiscuous legume host since it forms nodules with diverse rhizobial species and symbiovars. Most of the common bean nodulating rhizobia are mainly affiliated to the genus Rhizobium, though strains belonging to Ensifer, Pararhizobium, Mesorhizobium, Bradyrhizobium, and Burkholderia have also been reported. This is the first report on the characterization of bean-nodulating rhizobia at the species and symbiovar level in Greece. The goals of this research were to isolate and characterize rhizobia nodulating local common bean genotypes grown in five different edaphoclimatic regions of Greece with no rhizobial inoculation history. The genetic diversity of the rhizobial isolates was assessed by BOX-PCR and the phylogenetic affiliation was assessed by multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) of housekeeping and symbiosis-related genes. A total of fifty fast-growing rhizobial strains were isolated and representative isolates with distinct BOX-PCR fingerpriniting patterns were subjected to phylogenetic analysis. The strains were closely related to R. anhuiense, R. azibense, R. hidalgonense, R. sophoriradicis, and to a putative new genospecies which is provisionally named as Rhizobium sp. I. Most strains belonged to symbiovar phaseoli carrying the α-, γ-a and γ-b alleles of nodC gene, while some of them belonged to symbiovar gallicum. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first time that strains assigned to R. sophoriradicis and harbored the γ-b allele were found in European soils. All strains were able to re-nodulate their original host, indicating that they are true microsymbionts of common bean.
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- Evdoxia Efstathiadou
- Laboratory of General and Agricultural Microbiology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Votanikos, 11855, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Vegetable Production, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Votanikos, 11855, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Vegetable Production, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Votanikos, 11855, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of General and Agricultural Microbiology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Votanikos, 11855, Athens, Greece.
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Bellés-Sancho P, Lardi M, Liu Y, Hug S, Pinto-Carbó MA, Zamboni N, Pessi G. Paraburkholderia phymatum Homocitrate Synthase NifV Plays a Key Role for Nitrogenase Activity during Symbiosis with Papilionoids and in Free-Living Growth Conditions. Cells 2021; 10:cells10040952. [PMID: 33924023 PMCID: PMC8073898 DOI: 10.3390/cells10040952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Homocitrate is an essential component of the iron-molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase, the bacterial enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of dinitrogen (N2) to ammonia. In nitrogen-fixing and nodulating alpha-rhizobia, homocitrate is usually provided to bacteroids in root nodules by their plant host. In contrast, non-nodulating free-living diazotrophs encode the homocitrate synthase (NifV) and reduce N2 in nitrogen-limiting free-living conditions. Paraburkholderia phymatum STM815 is a beta-rhizobial strain, which can enter symbiosis with a broad range of legumes, including papilionoids and mimosoids. In contrast to most alpha-rhizobia, which lack nifV, P. phymatum harbors a copy of nifV on its symbiotic plasmid. We show here that P. phymatum nifV is essential for nitrogenase activity both in root nodules of papilionoid plants and in free-living growth conditions. Notably, nifV was dispensable in nodules of Mimosa pudica despite the fact that the gene was highly expressed during symbiosis with all tested papilionoid and mimosoid plants. A metabolome analysis of papilionoid and mimosoid root nodules infected with the P. phymatum wild-type strain revealed that among the approximately 400 measured metabolites, homocitrate and other metabolites involved in lysine biosynthesis and degradation have accumulated in all plant nodules compared to uninfected roots, suggesting an important role of these metabolites during symbiosis.
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- Paula Bellés-Sancho
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; (P.B.-S.); (M.L.); (Y.L.); (S.H.); (M.A.P.-C.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; (P.B.-S.); (M.L.); (Y.L.); (S.H.); (M.A.P.-C.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; (P.B.-S.); (M.L.); (Y.L.); (S.H.); (M.A.P.-C.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; (P.B.-S.); (M.L.); (Y.L.); (S.H.); (M.A.P.-C.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; (P.B.-S.); (M.L.); (Y.L.); (S.H.); (M.A.P.-C.)
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- ETH Zürich, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland;
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; (P.B.-S.); (M.L.); (Y.L.); (S.H.); (M.A.P.-C.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +41-44-63-52904
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Hug S, Liu Y, Heiniger B, Bailly A, Ahrens CH, Eberl L, Pessi G. Differential Expression of Paraburkholderia phymatum Type VI Secretion Systems (T6SS) Suggests a Role of T6SS-b in Early Symbiotic Interaction. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:699590. [PMID: 34394152 PMCID: PMC8356804 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.699590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Paraburkholderia phymatum STM815, a rhizobial strain of the Burkholderiaceae family, is able to nodulate a broad range of legumes including the agriculturally important Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean). P. phymatum harbors two type VI Secretion Systems (T6SS-b and T6SS-3) in its genome that contribute to its high interbacterial competitiveness in vitro and in infecting the roots of several legumes. In this study, we show that P. phymatum T6SS-b is found in the genomes of several soil-dwelling plant symbionts and that its expression is induced by the presence of citrate and is higher at 20/28°C compared to 37°C. Conversely, T6SS-3 shows homologies to T6SS clusters found in several pathogenic Burkholderia strains, is more prominently expressed with succinate during stationary phase and at 37°C. In addition, T6SS-b expression was activated in the presence of germinated seeds as well as in P. vulgaris and Mimosa pudica root nodules. Phenotypic analysis of selected deletion mutant strains suggested a role of T6SS-b in motility but not at later stages of the interaction with legumes. In contrast, the T6SS-3 mutant was not affected in any of the free-living and symbiotic phenotypes examined. Thus, P. phymatum T6SS-b is potentially important for the early infection step in the symbiosis with legumes.
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- Sebastian Hug
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Agroscope, Research Group Molecular Diagnostics, Genomics and Bioinformatics, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Wädenswil, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Agroscope, Research Group Molecular Diagnostics, Genomics and Bioinformatics, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Wädenswil, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- *Correspondence: Gabriella Pessi,
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Ramírez MDA, España M, Sekimoto H, Okazaki S, Yokoyama T, Ohkama-Ohtsu N. Genetic Diversity and Characterization of Symbiotic Bacteria Isolated from Endemic Phaseolus Cultivars Located in Contrasting Agroecosystems in Venezuela. Microbes Environ 2021; 36:ME20157. [PMID: 34092740 PMCID: PMC8209454 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me20157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Phaseolus vulgaris is a grain cultivated in vast areas of different countries. It is an excellent alternative to the other legumes in the Venezuelan diet and is of great agronomic interest due to its resistance to soil acidity, drought, and high temperatures. Phaseolus establishes symbiosis primarily with Rhizobium and Ensifer species in most countries, and this rhizobia-legume interaction has been studied in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. However, there is currently no evidence to show that rhizobia nodulate the endemic cultivars of P. vulgaris in Venezuela. Therefore, we herein investigated the phylogenetic diversity of plant growth-promoting and N2-fixing nodulating bacteria isolated from the root nodules of P. vulgaris cultivars in a different agroecosystem in Venezuela. In comparisons with other countries, higher diversity was found in isolates from P. vulgaris nodules, ranging from α- and β-proteobacteria. Some isolates belonging to several new phylogenetic lineages within Bradyrhizobium, Ensifer, and Mesorhizobium species were also specifically isolated at some topographical regions. Additionally, some isolates exhibited tolerance to high temperature, acidity, alkaline pH, salinity stress, and high Al levels; some of these characteristics may be related to the origin of the isolates. Some isolates showed high tolerance to Al toxicity as well as strong plant growth-promoting and antifungal activities, thereby providing a promising agricultural resource for inoculating crops.
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- María Daniela Artigas Ramírez
- Iriomote Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, 870 Uehara, Yaeyama, Taketomi, Okinawa, 907–1541, Japan
- Institute of Global Innovation Research and Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Saiwai-cho 3–5–8, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183–8538, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya 321–8505, Japan
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Saiwai-cho 3–5–8, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183–8538, Japan
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Saiwai-cho 3–5–8, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183–8538, Japan
- Faculty of Food and Agricultural Science, Fukushima University, Kanayagawa 1, Fukushima city, Fukushima, 960–1296, Japan
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Saiwai-cho 3–5–8, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183–8538, Japan
- Institute of Global Innovation Research and Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Saiwai-cho 3–5–8, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183–8538, Japan
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Esmaeel Q, Jacquard C, Sanchez L, Clément C, Ait Barka E. The mode of action of plant associated Burkholderia against grey mould disease in grapevine revealed through traits and genomic analyses. Sci Rep 2020; 10:19393. [PMID: 33173115 PMCID: PMC7655954 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76483-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Plant-associated Burkholderia spp. have been shown to offer a promising alternative method that may address concerns with ecological issue associated with pesticide overuse in agriculture. However to date, little work has studied the role of Burkholderia species as biocontrol agents for grapevine pathogens. To this end, two Burkholderia strains, BE17 and BE24 isolated from the maize rhizosphere in France, were investigated to determine their biocontrol potential and their ability to induce systemic resistance against grey mould disease in grapevine. Results showed the capacity of both strains to inhibit spore germination and mycelium growth of Botrytis cinerea. Experimental inoculation with BE17 and BE24 showed a significant protection of bacterized-plantlets against grey mould compared to the non-bacterized control. BE17 and BE24-bacterized plants accumulated more reactive oxygen species and an increased callose deposition was observed in leaves of bacterized plantlets compared to the control plantlets. In bacterized plants, gene expression analysis subsequent to B. cinerea challenge showed that strains BE17 and BE24 significantly increased the relative transcript level of pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins PR5 and PR10, two markers involved in the Salicylic acid (SA)-signaling pathway. Furthermore, in silico analysis of strains revealed the presence of genes involved in plant growth promotion and biocontrol highlighting the attractiveness of these strains for sustainable agricultural applications.
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- Qassim Esmaeel
- Unité de Résistance Induite et Bioprotection des Plantes EA 4707, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France.
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- Unité de Résistance Induite et Bioprotection des Plantes EA 4707, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- Unité de Résistance Induite et Bioprotection des Plantes EA 4707, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- Unité de Résistance Induite et Bioprotection des Plantes EA 4707, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
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- Unité de Résistance Induite et Bioprotection des Plantes EA 4707, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France.
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Mavima L, Beukes CW, Palmer M, De Meyer SE, James EK, Maluk M, Gross E, Dos Reis Junior FB, Avontuur JR, Chan WY, Venter SN, Steenkamp ET. Paraburkholderia youngii sp. nov. and 'Paraburkholderia atlantica' - Brazilian and Mexican Mimosa-associated rhizobia that were previously known as Paraburkholderia tuberum sv. mimosae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 44:126152. [PMID: 33276286 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 10/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Previous studies have recognized South and Central/Latin American mimosoid legumes in the genera Mimosa, Piptadenia and Calliandra as hosts for various nodulating Paraburkholderia species. Several of these species have been validly named in the last two decades, e.g., P. nodosa, P. phymatum, P. diazotrophica, P. piptadeniae, P. ribeironis, P. sabiae and P. mimosarum. There are still, however, a number of diverse Paraburkholderia strains associated with these legumes that have an unclear taxonomic status. In this study, we focus on 30 of these strains which originate from the root nodules of Brazilian and Mexican Mimosa species. They were initially identified as P. tuberum and subsequently placed into a symbiovar (sv. mimosae) based on their host preferences. A polyphasic approach for the delineation of these strains was used, consisting of genealogical concordance analysis (using atpD, gyrB, acnA, pab and 16S rRNA gene sequences), together with comparisons of Average Nucleotide Identity (ANI), DNA G+C content ratios and phenotypic characteristics with those of the type strains of validly named Paraburkholderia species. Accordingly, these 30 strains were delineated into two distinct groups, of which one is conspecific with 'P. atlantica' CNPSo 3155T and the other new to Science. We propose the name Paraburkholderia youngii sp. nov. with type strain JPY169T (= LMG 31411T; SARCC751T) for this novel species.
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- Lazarus Mavima
- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, United States of America
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- MALDIID Pty Ltd, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia; Laboratory of Microbiology, Department Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK
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- The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK
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- Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, km 16 Rodovia Ilhéus - Itabuna, CEP 45662-900 Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; Biotechnology Platform, Agricultural Research Council Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (ARC-OVI), Onderstepoort, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Paulitsch F, Delamuta JRM, Ribeiro RA, da Silva Batista JS, Hungria M. Phylogeny of symbiotic genes reveals symbiovars within legume-nodulating Paraburkholderia species. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126151. [PMID: 33171385 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Bacteria belonging to the genus Paraburkholderia are capable of establishing symbiotic relationships with plants belonging to the Fabaceae (=Leguminosae) family and fixing the atmospheric nitrogen in specialized structures in the roots called nodules, in a process known as biological nitrogen fixation (BNF). In the nodulation and BNF processes several bacterial symbiotic genes are involved, but the relations between symbiotic, core genes and host specificity are still poorly studied and understood in Paraburkholderia. In this study, eight strains of nodulating nitrogen-fixing Paraburkholderia isolated in Brazil, together with described species and other reference strains were used to infer the relatedness between core (16S rDNA, recA) and symbiotic (nod, nif, fix) genes. The diversity of genes involved in the nodulation (nodAC) and nitrogen fixation (nifH) abilities was investigated. Only two groups, one containing three Paraburkholderia species symbionts of Mimosa, and another one with P. ribeironis strains presented similar phylogenetic patterns in the analysis of core and symbiotic genes. In three other groups events of horizontal gene transfer of symbiotic genes were detected. Paraburkholderia strains with available genomes were used in the complementary analysis of nifHDK and fixABC and confirmed well-defined phylogenetic positions of symbiotic genes. In all analyses of nod, nif and fix genes the strains were distributed into five clades with high bootstrap support, allowing the proposal of five symbiovars in nodulating nitrogen-fixing Paraburkholderia, designated as mimosae, africana, tropicalis, atlantica and piptadeniae. Phylogenetic inferences within each symbiovar are discussed.
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- Fabiane Paulitsch
- Embrapa Soja, C.P. 231, 86001-970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, C.P. 10011, 86057-970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, SBN, Quadra 2, Bloco L, Lote 06, Edifício Capes, 70.040-020 Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
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- Embrapa Soja, C.P. 231, 86001-970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, SHIS QI 1 Conjunto B, Blocos A, B, C e D, Lago Sul, 71605-001 Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, SHIS QI 1 Conjunto B, Blocos A, B, C e D, Lago Sul, 71605-001 Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Biologia Estrutural, Molecular e Genética, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Avenida General Carlos Cavalcanti, 4748 - Uvaranas, C.P. 6001, Ponta Grossa, PR 84030‑900, Brazil.
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- Embrapa Soja, C.P. 231, 86001-970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, C.P. 10011, 86057-970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, SHIS QI 1 Conjunto B, Blocos A, B, C e D, Lago Sul, 71605-001 Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
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Liu Y, Bellich B, Hug S, Eberl L, Cescutti P, Pessi G. The Exopolysaccharide Cepacian Plays a Role in the Establishment of the Paraburkholderia phymatum - Phaseolus vulgaris Symbiosis. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1600. [PMID: 32765457 PMCID: PMC7378592 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Paraburkholderia phymatum is a rhizobial strain that belongs to the beta-proteobacteria, a group known to form efficient nitrogen-fixing symbioses within root nodules of several legumes, including the agriculturally important common bean. The establishment of the symbiosis requires the exchange of rhizobial and plant signals such as lipochitooligosaccharides (Nod factors), polysaccharides, and flavonoids. Inspection of the genome of the competitive rhizobium P. phymatum revealed the presence of several polysaccharide biosynthetic gene clusters. In this study, we demonstrate that bceN, a gene encoding a GDP-D-mannose 4,6-dehydratase, which is involved in the production of the exopolysaccharide cepacian, an important component of biofilms produced by closely related opportunistic pathogens of the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), is required for efficient plant colonization. Wild-type P. phymatum was shown to produce cepacian while a bceN mutant did not. Additionally, the bceN mutant produced a significantly lower amount of biofilm and formed less root nodules compared to the wild-type strain with Phaseolus vulgaris as host plant. Finally, expression of the operon containing bceN was induced by the presence of germinated P. vulgaris seeds under nitrogen limiting conditions suggesting a role of this polysaccharide in the establishment of this ecologically important symbiosis.
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- Yilei Liu
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Shamseldin A, Velázquez E. The promiscuity of Phaseolus vulgaris L. (common bean) for nodulation with rhizobia: a review. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 36:63. [PMID: 32314065 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-020-02839-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Phaseolus vulgaris L. (common bean) is a legume indigenous to American countries currently cultivated in all continents, which is nodulated by different rhizobial species and symbiovars. Most of species able to nodulate this legume worldwide belong to the genus Rhizobium, followed by those belonging to the genera Ensifer (formerly Sinorhizobium) and Pararhizobium (formerly Rhizobium) and minority by species of the genus Bradyrhizobium. All these genera belong to the phylum alpha-Proteobacteria, but the nodulation of P. vulgaris has also been reported for some species belonging to Paraburkholderia and Cupriavidus from the beta-Proteobacteria. Several species nodulating P. vulgaris were originally isolated from nodules of this legume in American countries and are linked to the symbiovars phaseoli and tropici, which are currently present in other continents probably because they were spread in their soils together with the P. vulgaris seeds. In addition, this legume can be nodulated by species and symbiovars originally isolated from nodules of other legumes due its high promiscuity, a concept currently related with the ability of a legume to be nodulated by several symbiovars rather than by several species. In this article we review the species and symbiovars able to nodulate P. vulgaris in different countries and continents and the challenges on the study of the P. vulgaris endosymbionts diversity in those countries where they have not been studied yet, that will allow to select highly effective rhizobial strains in order to guarantee the success of P. vulgaris inoculation.
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- Abdelaal Shamseldin
- Environmental Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute (GEBRI), City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications, New Borg El-Arab, Alexandria, Egypt.
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- Departamento de Microbiología Y Genética and CIALE, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.,Unidad Asociada Grupo de Interacción Planta-Microorganismo (Universidad de Salamanca-IRNASA-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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Benjelloun I, Thami Alami I, Douira A, Udupa SM. Phenotypic and Genotypic Diversity Among Symbiotic and Non-symbiotic Bacteria Present in Chickpea Nodules in Morocco. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1885. [PMID: 31620094 PMCID: PMC6759536 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Environmental pollution problems and increased demand for green technologies in production are forcing farmers to introduce agricultural practices with a lower impact on the environment. Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) in arid and semi-arid environments is frequently affected by harsh environmental stresses such as heat, drought and salinity, which limit its growth and productivity and affect biological nitrogen fixation ability of rhizobia. Climate change had further aggravated these stresses. Inoculation with appropriate stress tolerant rhizobia is necessary for an environmentally friendly and sustainable agricultural production. In this study, endophytic bacteria isolated from chickpea nodules from different soil types and regions in Morocco, were evaluated for their phenotypic and genotypic diversity in order to select the most tolerant ones for further inoculation of this crop. Phenotypic characterization of 135 endophytic bacteria from chickpea nodules showed a wide variability for tolerance to heavy metals and antibiotics, variable response to extreme temperatures, salinity, pH and water stress. 56% of isolates were able to nodulate chickpea. Numerical analysis of rep-PCR results showed that nodulating strains fell into 22 genotypes. Sequencing of 16S rRNA gene of endophytic bacteria from chickpea nodules revealed that 55% of isolated bacteria belong to Mesorhizobium genus. Based on MLSA of core genes (recA, atpD, glnII and dnaK), tasted strains were distributed into six clades and were closely related to Mesorhizobium ciceri, Mesorhizobium opportunistum, Mesorhizobium qingshengii, and Mesorhizobium plurifarium. Most of nodulating strains were belonging to a group genetically distinct from reference Mesorhizobium species. Three isolates belong to genus Burkholderia of the class β- proteobacteria, and 55 other strains belong to the class γ- proteobacteria. Some of the stress tolerant isolates have great potential for further inoculation of chickpea in the arid and semiarid environments to enhance biological nitrogen fixation and productivity in the context of climate change adaptation and mitigation.
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- Imane Benjelloun
- Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Agronomical Research, Rabat, Morocco
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco
- ICARDA-INRA Cooperative Research Project, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Rabat, Morocco
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- Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Agronomical Research, Rabat, Morocco
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco
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- ICARDA-INRA Cooperative Research Project, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Rabat, Morocco
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Pérez-Jaramillo JE, de Hollander M, Ramírez CA, Mendes R, Raaijmakers JM, Carrión VJ. Deciphering rhizosphere microbiome assembly of wild and modern common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in native and agricultural soils from Colombia. MICROBIOME 2019; 7:114. [PMID: 31412927 PMCID: PMC6694607 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-019-0727-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Modern crop varieties are typically cultivated in agriculturally well-managed soils far from the centers of origin of their wild relatives. How this habitat expansion impacted plant microbiome assembly is not well understood. RESULTS Here, we investigated if the transition from a native to an agricultural soil affected rhizobacterial community assembly of wild and modern common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and if this led to a depletion of rhizobacterial diversity. The impact of the bean genotype on rhizobacterial assembly was more prominent in the agricultural soil than in the native soil. Although only 113 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) out of a total of 15,925 were shared by all eight bean accessions grown in native and agricultural soils, this core microbiome represented a large fraction (25.9%) of all sequence reads. More OTUs were exclusively found in the rhizosphere of common bean in the agricultural soil as compared to the native soil and in the rhizosphere of modern bean accessions as compared to wild accessions. Co-occurrence analyses further showed a reduction in complexity of the interactions in the bean rhizosphere microbiome in the agricultural soil as compared to the native soil. CONCLUSIONS Collectively, these results suggest that habitat expansion of common bean from its native soil environment to an agricultural context had an unexpected overall positive effect on rhizobacterial diversity and led to a stronger bean genotype-dependent effect on rhizosphere microbiome assembly.
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- Juan E. Pérez-Jaramillo
- Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), P.O. Box 50, Wageningen, 6708 PB The Netherlands
- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, Leiden, 2333 BE The Netherlands
- Institute of Biology, University of Antioquia, Calle 67 #53-108, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), P.O. Box 50, Wageningen, 6708 PB The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biology, University of Antioquia, Calle 67 #53-108, Medellín, Colombia
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- Embrapa Meio Ambiente, Rodovia SP 340 - km 127.5, Jaguariúna, 13820-000 Brazil
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), P.O. Box 50, Wageningen, 6708 PB The Netherlands
- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, Leiden, 2333 BE The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), P.O. Box 50, Wageningen, 6708 PB The Netherlands
- Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, Leiden, 2333 BE The Netherlands
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Lablab Purpureus Influences Soil Fertility and Microbial Diversity in a Tropical Maize-Based No-Tillage System. SOIL SYSTEMS 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/soilsystems3030050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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There are multiple mechanisms by which enhanced diversity of plant communities improves soil structure and function. One critical pathway mediating this relationship is through changes to soil prokaryotic communities. Here, nine different cropping systems were studied to evaluate how legume and grass cover crops influence soil fertility and microbial communities in a maize-based no tillage system. The soil’s bacterial and archaeal communities were sequenced (Illumina GAIIx, 12 replicates for treatment) and correlated with eight different soil features. The microbial community composition differed widely between planting treatments, with three primary “community types” emerging in multivariate space: (1) A community type associated with bare soil linked with low P, low pH, and high aluminum [Al]; (2) a community type associated with Lablab beans linked with high soil N, total organic carbon and other base cation concentrations, and high pH; and (3) a community type of all other non-lablab planting arrangements linked with higher soil P (relative to bare soil), but lower soil fertility (N and base cations). Lablab-based arrangements also expressed the highest microbial richness and alpha diversity. The inclusion of Lablab in maize-based cropping systems represents a potential alternative to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers and increase the chemical and biological quality in agricultural soils under the no-tillage system.
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Ramírez MDA, España M, Aguirre C, Kojima K, Ohkama-Ohtsu N, Sekimoto H, Yokoyama T. Burkholderia and Paraburkholderia are Predominant Soybean Rhizobial Genera in Venezuelan Soils in Different Climatic and Topographical Regions. Microbes Environ 2019; 34:43-58. [PMID: 30773514 PMCID: PMC6440732 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me18076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The climate, topography, fauna, and flora of Venezuela are highly diverse. However, limited information is currently available on the characterization of soybean rhizobia in Venezuela. To clarify the physiological and genetic diversities of soybean rhizobia in Venezuela, soybean root nodules were collected from 11 soil types located in different topographical regions. A total of 395 root nodules were collected and 120 isolates were obtained. All isolates were classified in terms of stress tolerance under different concentrations of NaCl and Al3+. The tolerance levels of isolates to NaCl and Al3+ varied. Based on sampling origins and stress tolerance levels, 44 isolates were selected for further characterization. An inoculation test indicated that all isolates showed the capacity for root nodulation on soybean. Based on multilocus sequence typing (MLST), 20 isolates were classified into the genera Rhizobium and Bradyrhizobium. The remaining 24 isolates were classified into the genus Burkholderia or Paraburkholderia. There is currently no evidence to demonstrate that the genera Burkholderia and Paraburkholderia are the predominant soybean rhizobia in agricultural fields. Of the 24 isolates classified in (Para) Burkholderia, the nodD-nodB intergenic spacer regions of 10 isolates and the nifH gene sequences of 17 isolates were closely related to the genera Rhizobium and Bradyrhizobium, respectively. The root nodulation numbers of five (Para) Burkholderia isolates were higher than those of the 20 α-rhizobia. Furthermore, among the 44 isolates tested, one Paraburkholderia isolate exhibited the highest nitrogen-fixation activity in root nodules.
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- María Daniela Artigas Ramírez
- United Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT)Saiwai-cho 3–5–8, Fuchu, Tokyo 183–8509Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology183–8509Japan
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT)Saiwai-cho 3–5–8, Fuchu, Tokyo 183–8509Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya UniversityUtsunomiya 321–8505Japan
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT)Saiwai-cho 3–5–8, Fuchu, Tokyo 183–8509Japan
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Esmaeel Q, Jacquard C, Clément C, Sanchez L, Ait Barka E. Genome sequencing and traits analysis of Burkholderia strains reveal a promising biocontrol effect against grey mould disease in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 35:40. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-019-2613-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Mannaa M, Park I, Seo YS. Genomic Features and Insights into the Taxonomy, Virulence, and Benevolence of Plant-Associated Burkholderia Species. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 20:E121. [PMID: 30598000 PMCID: PMC6337347 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20010121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Revised: 12/24/2018] [Accepted: 12/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The members of the Burkholderia genus are characterized by high versatility and adaptability to various ecological niches. With the availability of the genome sequences of numerous species of Burkholderia, many studies have been conducted to elucidate the unique features of this exceptional group of bacteria. Genomic and metabolic plasticity are common among Burkholderia species, as evidenced by their relatively large multi-replicon genomes that are rich in insertion sequences and genomic islands and contain a high proportion of coding regions. Such unique features could explain their adaptability to various habitats and their versatile lifestyles, which are reflected in a multiplicity of species including free-living rhizospheric bacteria, plant endosymbionts, legume nodulators, and plant pathogens. The phytopathogenic Burkholderia group encompasses several pathogens representing threats to important agriculture crops such as rice. Contrarily, plant-beneficial Burkholderia have also been reported, which have symbiotic and growth-promoting roles. In this review, the taxonomy of Burkholderia is discussed emphasizing the recent updates and the contributions of genomic studies to precise taxonomic positioning. Moreover, genomic and functional studies on Burkholderia are reviewed and insights are provided into the mechanisms underlying the virulence and benevolence of phytopathogenic and plant-beneficial Burkholderia, respectively, on the basis of cutting-edge knowledge.
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- Mohamed Mannaa
- Department of Integrated Biological Science, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea.
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- Department of Oriental Food and Culinary Arts, Youngsan University, Busan 48015, Korea.
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- Department of Integrated Biological Science, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Korea.
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Estrada-de Los Santos P, Palmer M, Chávez-Ramírez B, Beukes C, Steenkamp ET, Briscoe L, Khan N, Maluk M, Lafos M, Humm E, Arrabit M, Crook M, Gross E, Simon MF, Dos Reis Junior FB, Whitman WB, Shapiro N, Poole PS, Hirsch AM, Venter SN, James EK. Whole Genome Analyses Suggests that Burkholderia sensu lato Contains Two Additional Novel Genera ( Mycetohabitans gen. nov., and Trinickia gen. nov.): Implications for the Evolution of Diazotrophy and Nodulation in the Burkholderiaceae. Genes (Basel) 2018; 9:genes9080389. [PMID: 30071618 PMCID: PMC6116057 DOI: 10.3390/genes9080389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Burkholderia sensu lato is a large and complex group, containing pathogenic, phytopathogenic, symbiotic and non-symbiotic strains from a very wide range of environmental (soil, water, plants, fungi) and clinical (animal, human) habitats. Its taxonomy has been evaluated several times through the analysis of 16S rRNA sequences, concantenated 4–7 housekeeping gene sequences, and lately by genome sequences. Currently, the division of this group into Burkholderia, Caballeronia, Paraburkholderia, and Robbsia is strongly supported by genome analysis. These new genera broadly correspond to the various habitats/lifestyles of Burkholderia s.l., e.g., all the plant beneficial and environmental (PBE) strains are included in Paraburkholderia (which also includes all the N2-fixing legume symbionts) and Caballeronia, while most of the human and animal pathogens are retained in Burkholderia sensu stricto. However, none of these genera can accommodate two important groups of species. One of these includes the closely related Paraburkholderia rhizoxinica and Paraburkholderia endofungorum, which are both symbionts of the fungal phytopathogen Rhizopus microsporus. The second group comprises the Mimosa-nodulating bacterium Paraburkholderia symbiotica, the phytopathogen Paraburkholderia caryophylli, and the soil bacteria Burkholderia dabaoshanensis and Paraburkholderia soli. In order to clarify their positions within Burkholderia sensu lato, a phylogenomic approach based on a maximum likelihood analysis of conserved genes from more than 100 Burkholderia sensu lato species was carried out. Additionally, the average nucleotide identity (ANI) and amino acid identity (AAI) were calculated. The data strongly supported the existence of two distinct and unique clades, which in fact sustain the description of two novel genera Mycetohabitans gen. nov. and Trinickia gen. nov. The newly proposed combinations are Mycetohabitans endofungorum comb. nov., Mycetohabitansrhizoxinica comb. nov., Trinickia caryophylli comb. nov., Trinickiadabaoshanensis comb. nov., Trinickia soli comb. nov., and Trinickiasymbiotica comb. nov. Given that the division between the genera that comprise Burkholderia s.l. in terms of their lifestyles is often complex, differential characteristics of the genomes of these new combinations were investigated. In addition, two important lifestyle-determining traits—diazotrophy and/or symbiotic nodulation, and pathogenesis—were analyzed in depth i.e., the phylogenetic positions of nitrogen fixation and nodulation genes in Trinickia via-à-vis other Burkholderiaceae were determined, and the possibility of pathogenesis in Mycetohabitans and Trinickia was tested by performing infection experiments on plants and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. It is concluded that (1) T. symbiotica nif and nod genes fit within the wider Mimosa-nodulating Burkholderiaceae but appear in separate clades and that T. caryophyllinif genes are basal to the free-living Burkholderia s.l. strains, while with regard to pathogenesis (2) none of the Mycetohabitans and Trinickia strains tested are likely to be pathogenic, except for the known phytopathogen T. caryophylli.
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0083, South Africa.
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, 11340 Cd. de Mexico, Mexico.
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0083, South Africa.
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0083, South Africa.
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology and Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology and Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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- The James Hutton Institute, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK.
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology and Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology and Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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- 450G Tracy Hall Science Building, Weber State University, Ogden, 84403 UT, USA.
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- Center for Electron Microscopy, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Santa Cruz State University, 45662-900 Ilheus, BA, Brazil.
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- Embrapa CENARGEN, 70770-917 Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA 94598, USA.
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK.
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology and Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0083, South Africa.
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Lardi M, Liu Y, Giudice G, Ahrens CH, Zamboni N, Pessi G. Metabolomics and Transcriptomics Identify Multiple Downstream Targets of Paraburkholderia phymatum σ 54 During Symbiosis with Phaseolus vulgaris. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19041049. [PMID: 29614780 PMCID: PMC5979394 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19041049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Revised: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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RpoN (or σ54) is the key sigma factor for the regulation of transcription of nitrogen fixation genes in diazotrophic bacteria, which include α- and β-rhizobia. Our previous studies showed that an rpoN mutant of the β-rhizobial strain Paraburkholderia phymatum STM815T formed root nodules on Phaseolus vulgaris cv. Negro jamapa, which were unable to reduce atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia. In an effort to further characterize the RpoN regulon of P. phymatum, transcriptomics was combined with a powerful metabolomics approach. The metabolome of P. vulgaris root nodules infected by a P. phymatumrpoN Fix− mutant revealed statistically significant metabolic changes compared to wild-type Fix+ nodules, including reduced amounts of chorismate and elevated levels of flavonoids. A transcriptome analysis on Fix− and Fix+ nodules—combined with a search for RpoN binding sequences in promoter regions of regulated genes—confirmed the expected control of σ54 on nitrogen fixation genes in nodules. The transcriptomic data also allowed us to identify additional target genes, whose differential expression was able to explain the observed metabolite changes in numerous cases. Moreover, the genes encoding the two-component regulatory system NtrBC were downregulated in root nodules induced by the rpoN mutant, and contained a putative RpoN binding motif in their promoter region, suggesting direct regulation. The construction and characterization of an ntrB mutant strain revealed impaired nitrogen assimilation in free-living conditions, as well as a noticeable symbiotic phenotype, as fewer but heavier nodules were formed on P. vulgaris roots.
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- Martina Lardi
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Agroscope, Research Group Molecular Diagnostics, Genomics and Bioinformatics & Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), CH-8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Lardi M, Liu Y, Purtschert G, Bolzan de Campos S, Pessi G. Transcriptome Analysis of Paraburkholderia phymatum under Nitrogen Starvation and during Symbiosis with Phaseolus Vulgaris. Genes (Basel) 2017; 8:genes8120389. [PMID: 29244728 PMCID: PMC5748707 DOI: 10.3390/genes8120389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Revised: 11/29/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Paraburkholderia phymatum belongs to the β-subclass of proteobacteria. It has recently been shown to be able to nodulate and fix nitrogen in symbiosis with several mimosoid and papilionoid legumes. In contrast to the symbiosis of legumes with α-proteobacteria, very little is known about the molecular determinants underlying the successful establishment of this mutualistic relationship with β-proteobacteria. In this study, we performed an RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis of free-living P. phymatum growing under nitrogen-replete and -limited conditions, the latter partially mimicking the situation in nitrogen-deprived soils. Among the genes upregulated under nitrogen limitation, we found genes involved in exopolysaccharides production and in motility, two traits relevant for plant root infection. Next, RNA-seq data of P. phymatum grown under free-living conditions and from symbiotic root nodules of Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean) were generated and compared. Among the genes highly upregulated during symbiosis, we identified—besides the nif gene cluster—an operon encoding a potential cytochrome o ubiquinol oxidase (Bphy_3646-49). Bean root nodules induced by a cyoB mutant strain showed reduced nitrogenase and nitrogen fixation abilities, suggesting an important role of the cytochrome for respiration inside the nodule. The analysis of mutant strains for the RNA polymerase transcription factor RpoN (σ54) and its activator NifA indicated that—similar to the situation in α-rhizobia—P. phymatum RpoN and NifA are key regulators during symbiosis with P. vulgaris.
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- Martina Lardi
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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de Campos SB, Lardi M, Gandolfi A, Eberl L, Pessi G. Mutations in Two Paraburkholderia phymatum Type VI Secretion Systems Cause Reduced Fitness in Interbacterial Competition. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2473. [PMID: 29312183 PMCID: PMC5732942 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Paraburkholderia phymatum is a highly effective microsymbiont of Mimosa spp. and has also been shown to nodulate papilionoid legumes. P. phymatum was found to be highly competitive both in a natural environment as well as under controlled test conditions and is more competitive for nodulation over other α- and β-rhizobial strains in a variety of different plant hosts. In order to elucidate the factors that make this bacterium highly competitive for legume infection, we here characterized the type VI secretion system (T6SS) clusters of P. phymatum. T6SSs have been shown to function as a contact-dependent injection system for both bacterial and eukaryotic cells. We identified two T6SS clusters in the genome, created respective mutant strains and showed that they are defective in biofilm formation and in interbacterial competition in vitro. While the T6SS mutants were as efficient as the wild-type in nodulating the non-cognate host Vigna unguiculata, the mutants were less competitive in in planta competition assays, suggesting that the T6SS is one of the factors responsible for the success of P. phymatum in infecting legumes by directly inhibiting competitors.
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Lardi M, de Campos SB, Purtschert G, Eberl L, Pessi G. Competition Experiments for Legume Infection Identify Burkholderia phymatum as a Highly Competitive β-Rhizobium. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1527. [PMID: 28861050 PMCID: PMC5559654 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 07/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Members of the genus Burkholderia (β-proteobacteria) have only recently been shown to be able to establish a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with several legumes, which is why they are also referred to as β-rhizobia. Therefore, very little is known about the competitiveness of these species to nodulate different legume host plants. In this study, we tested the competitiveness of several Burkholderia type strains (B. diazotrophica, B. mimosarum, B. phymatum, B. sabiae, B. symbiotica and B. tuberum) to nodulate four legumes (Phaseolus vulgaris, Macroptilium atropurpureum, Vigna unguiculata and Mimosa pudica) under our closely defined growth conditions. The assessment of nodule occupancy of these species on different legume host plants revealed that B. phymatum was the most competitive strain in the three papilionoid legumes (bean, cowpea and siratro), while B. mimosarum outcompeted the other strains in mimosa. The analysis of phenotypes known to play a role in nodulation competitiveness (motility, exopolysaccharide production) and additional in vitro competition assays among β-rhizobial strains suggested that B. phymatum has the potential to be a very competitive legume symbiont.
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- Martina Lardi
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of ZurichZurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of ZurichZurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of ZurichZurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of ZurichZurich, Switzerland
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Dall'Agnol RF, Bournaud C, de Faria SM, Béna G, Moulin L, Hungria M. Genetic diversity of symbiotic Paraburkholderia species isolated from nodules of Mimosa pudica (L.) and Phaseolus vulgaris (L.) grown in soils of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica). FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2017; 93:3045887. [PMID: 28334155 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fix027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Some species of the genus Paraburkholderia that are able to nodulate and fix nitrogen in symbiosis with legumes are called β-rhizobia and represent a group of ecological and biotechnological importance. We used Mimosa pudica and Phaseolus vulgaris to trap 427 rhizobial isolates from rhizospheric soil of Mimoseae trees in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Eighty-four representative strains were selected according to the 16S rRNA haplotypes and taxonomically characterized using a concatenated 16S rRNA-recA phylogeny. Most strains were assembled in the genus Paraburkholderia, including Paraburkholderia sabiae and Pa. nodosa. Mesorhizobium (α-rhizobia) and Cupriavidus (β-rhizobia) were also isolated, but in smaller proportions. Multilocus sequence analysis and BOX-PCR analyses indicated that six clusters of Paraburkholderia represent potential new species. In the phylogenetic analysis of the nodC gene, the majority of the strains were positioned in the same groups as in the 16S rRNA-recA tree, indicative of stability and vertical inheritance, but we also identified horizontal transfer of nodC in Pa. sabiae. All α- and β-rhizobial species were trapped by both legumes, although preferences of the host plants for specific rhizobial species have been observed.
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- Rebeca Fuzinatto Dall'Agnol
- Soil Biotechnology Laboratory, Embrapa Soja, C.P. 231, 86001-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil.,Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, C.P. 10.011, 86057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil.,IRD, Cirad, Univ. Montpellier, Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (LSTM), Campus de Baillarguet 34398 Montpellier, France
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- IRD, Cirad, Univ. Montpellier, Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (LSTM), Campus de Baillarguet 34398 Montpellier, France.,Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, LIMPP Laboratory, C.P. 02372, 70770-917, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- IRD, Cirad, Univ. Montpellier, Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (LSTM), Campus de Baillarguet 34398 Montpellier, France.,IRD, Cirad, Univ. Montpellier, Interactions Plantes Microorganismes Environnement (IPME), 34394 Montpellier, France
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- IRD, Cirad, Univ. Montpellier, Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes (LSTM), Campus de Baillarguet 34398 Montpellier, France.,IRD, Cirad, Univ. Montpellier, Interactions Plantes Microorganismes Environnement (IPME), 34394 Montpellier, France
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- Soil Biotechnology Laboratory, Embrapa Soja, C.P. 231, 86001-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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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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Hernández AG, de Moura GD, Binati RL, Nascimento FXI, Londoño DM, Mamede ACP, da Silva EP, de Armas RD, Giachini AJ, Rossi MJ, Soares CRFS. Selection and characterization of coal mine autochthonous rhizobia for the inoculation of herbaceous legumes. Arch Microbiol 2017; 199:991-1001. [DOI: 10.1007/s00203-017-1373-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Revised: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Andrews M, Andrews ME. Specificity in Legume-Rhizobia Symbioses. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:E705. [PMID: 28346361 PMCID: PMC5412291 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18040705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2017] [Revised: 03/19/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Most species in the Leguminosae (legume family) can fix atmospheric nitrogen (N₂) via symbiotic bacteria (rhizobia) in root nodules. Here, the literature on legume-rhizobia symbioses in field soils was reviewed and genotypically characterised rhizobia related to the taxonomy of the legumes from which they were isolated. The Leguminosae was divided into three sub-families, the Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoideae and Papilionoideae. Bradyrhizobium spp. were the exclusive rhizobial symbionts of species in the Caesalpinioideae, but data are limited. Generally, a range of rhizobia genera nodulated legume species across the two Mimosoideae tribes Ingeae and Mimoseae, but Mimosa spp. show specificity towards Burkholderia in central and southern Brazil, Rhizobium/Ensifer in central Mexico and Cupriavidus in southern Uruguay. These specific symbioses are likely to be at least in part related to the relative occurrence of the potential symbionts in soils of the different regions. Generally, Papilionoideae species were promiscuous in relation to rhizobial symbionts, but specificity for rhizobial genus appears to hold at the tribe level for the Fabeae (Rhizobium), the genus level for Cytisus (Bradyrhizobium), Lupinus (Bradyrhizobium) and the New Zealand native Sophora spp. (Mesorhizobium) and species level for Cicer arietinum (Mesorhizobium), Listia bainesii (Methylobacterium) and Listia angolensis (Microvirga). Specificity for rhizobial species/symbiovar appears to hold for Galega officinalis (Neorhizobium galegeae sv. officinalis), Galega orientalis (Neorhizobium galegeae sv. orientalis), Hedysarum coronarium (Rhizobium sullae), Medicago laciniata (Ensifer meliloti sv. medicaginis), Medicago rigiduloides (Ensifer meliloti sv. rigiduloides) and Trifolium ambiguum (Rhizobium leguminosarum sv. trifolii). Lateral gene transfer of specific symbiosis genes within rhizobial genera is an important mechanism allowing legumes to form symbioses with rhizobia adapted to particular soils. Strain-specific legume rhizobia symbioses can develop in particular habitats.
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- Mitchell Andrews
- Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, PO Box 84, Lincoln 7647, New Zealand.
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, PO Box 84, Lincoln 7647, New Zealand.
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Aserse AA, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Whitman WB, Lindström K. Draft genome sequence of type strain HBR26 T and description of Rhizobium aethiopicum sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2017; 12:14. [PMID: 28163823 PMCID: PMC5278577 DOI: 10.1186/s40793-017-0220-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 12/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Rhizobium aethiopicum sp. nov. is a newly proposed species within the genus Rhizobium. This species includes six rhizobial strains; which were isolated from root nodules of the legume plant Phaseolus vulgaris growing in soils of Ethiopia. The species fixes nitrogen effectively in symbiosis with the host plant P. vulgaris, and is composed of aerobic, Gram-negative staining, rod-shaped bacteria. The genome of type strain HBR26T of R. aethiopicum sp. nov. was one of the rhizobial genomes sequenced as a part of the DOE JGI 2014 Genomic Encyclopedia project designed for soil and plant-associated and newly described type strains. The genome sequence is arranged in 62 scaffolds and consists of 6,557,588 bp length, with a 61% G + C content and 6221 protein-coding and 86 RNAs genes. The genome of HBR26T contains repABC genes (plasmid replication genes) homologous to the genes found in five different Rhizobium etli CFN42T plasmids, suggesting that HBR26T may have five additional replicons other than the chromosome. In the genome of HBR26T, the nodulation genes nodB, nodC, nodS, nodI, nodJ and nodD are located in the same module, and organized in a similar way as nod genes found in the genome of other known common bean-nodulating rhizobial species. nodA gene is found in a different scaffold, but it is also very similar to nodA genes of other bean-nodulating rhizobial strains. Though HBR26T is distinct on the phylogenetic tree and based on ANI analysis (the highest value 90.2% ANI with CFN42T) from other bean-nodulating species, these nod genes and most nitrogen-fixing genes found in the genome of HBR26T share high identity with the corresponding genes of known bean-nodulating rhizobial species (96–100% identity). This suggests that symbiotic genes might be shared between bean-nodulating rhizobia through horizontal gene transfer. R. aethiopicum sp. nov. was grouped into the genus Rhizobium but was distinct from all recognized species of that genus by phylogenetic analyses of combined sequences of the housekeeping genes recA and glnII. The closest reference type strains for HBR26T were R. etli CFN42T (94% similarity of the combined recA and glnII sequences) and Rhizobium bangladeshense BLR175T (93%). Genomic ANI calculation based on protein-coding genes also revealed that the closest reference strains were R. bangladeshense BLR175T and R. etli CFN42T with ANI values 91.8 and 90.2%, respectively. Nevertheless, the ANI values between HBR26T and BLR175T or CFN42T are far lower than the cutoff value of ANI (> = 96%) between strains in the same species, confirming that HBR26T belongs to a novel species. Thus, on the basis of phylogenetic, comparative genomic analyses and ANI results, we formally propose the creation of R. aethiopicum sp. nov. with strain HBR26T (=HAMBI 3550T=LMG 29711T) as the type strain. The genome assembly and annotation data is deposited in the DOE JGI portal and also available at European Nucleotide Archive under accession numbers FMAJ01000001-FMAJ01000062.
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- Aregu Amsalu Aserse
- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 2a, Helsinki, Finland
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Biological Sciences Building, Athens, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 2a, Helsinki, Finland
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Yan J, Yan H, Liu LX, Chen WF, Zhang XX, Verástegui-Valdés MM, Wang ET, Han XZ. Rhizobium hidalgonense sp. nov., a nodule endophytic bacterium of Phaseolus vulgaris in acid soil. Arch Microbiol 2016; 199:97-104. [DOI: 10.1007/s00203-016-1281-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Revised: 07/27/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Biogeographical Patterns of Legume-Nodulating Burkholderia spp.: from African Fynbos to Continental Scales. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:5099-115. [PMID: 27316955 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00591-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Rhizobia of the genus Burkholderia have large-scale distribution ranges and are usually associated with South African papilionoid and South American mimosoid legumes, yet little is known about their genetic structuring at either local or global geographic scales. To understand variation at different spatial scales, from individual legumes in the fynbos (South Africa) to a global context, we analyzed chromosomal (16S rRNA, recA) and symbiosis (nifH, nodA, nodC) gene sequences. We showed that the global diversity of nodulation genes is generally grouped according to the South African papilionoid or South American mimosoid subfamilies, whereas chromosomal sequence data were unrelated to biogeography. While nodulation genes are structured on a continental scale, a geographic or host-specific distribution pattern was not detected in the fynbos region. In host range experiments, symbiotic promiscuity of Burkholderia tuberum STM678(T) and B phymatum STM815(T) was discovered in selected fynbos species. Finally, a greenhouse experiment was undertaken to assess the ability of mimosoid (Mimosa pudica) and papilionoid (Dipogon lignosus, Indigofera filifolia, Macroptilium atropurpureum, and Podalyria calyptrata) species to nodulate in South African (fynbos) and Malawian (savanna) soils. While the Burkholderia-philous fynbos legumes (D lignosus, I filifolia, and P calyptrata) nodulated only in their native soils, the invasive neotropical species M pudica did not develop nodules in the African soils. The fynbos soil, notably rich in Burkholderia, seems to retain nodulation genes compatible with the local papilionoid legume flora but is incapable of nodulating mimosoid legumes that have their center of diversity in South America. IMPORTANCE This study is the most comprehensive phylogenetic assessment of root-nodulating Burkholderia and investigated biogeographic and host-related patterns of the legume-rhizobial symbiosis in the South African fynbos biome, as well as at global scales, including native species from the South American Caatinga and Cerrado biomes. While a global investigation of the rhizobial diversity revealed distinct nodulation and nitrogen fixation genes among South African and South American legumes, regionally distributed species in the Cape region were unrelated to geographic and host factors.
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Dall'Agnol RF, Plotegher F, Souza RC, Mendes IC, Dos Reis Junior FB, Béna G, Moulin L, Hungria M. Paraburkholderia nodosa is the main N2-fixing species trapped by promiscuous common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in the Brazilian 'Cerradão'. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2016; 92:fiw108. [PMID: 27199345 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiw108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The bacterial genus Burkholderia comprises species occupying several habitats, including a group of symbionts of leguminous plants-also called beta-rhizobia-that has been recently ascribed to the new genus Paraburkholderia We used common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) plants to trap rhizobia from an undisturbed soil of the Brazilian Cerrado under the vegetation type 'Cerradão'. Genetic characterization started with the analyses of 181 isolates by BOX-PCR, where the majority revealed unique profiles, indicating high inter- and intra-species diversity. Restriction fragment length polymorphism-PCR of the 16S rRNA of representative strains of the BOX-PCR groups indicated two main clusters, and gene-sequencing analysis identified the minority (27%) as Rhizobium and the majority (73%) as Paraburkholderia Phylogenetic analyses of the 16S rRNA and housekeeping (recA and gyrB) genes positioned all strains of the second cluster in the species P. nodosa, and the phylogeny of a symbiotic gene-nodC-was in agreement with the conserved genes. All isolates were stable vis-à-vis nodulating common bean, but, in general, with a low capacity for fixing N2, although some effective strains were identified. The predominance of P. nodosa might be associated with the edaphic properties of the Cerrado biome, and might represent an important role in terms of maintenance of the ecosystem, which is characterized by acid soils with high saturation of aluminum and low N2 content.
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- Rebeca F Dall'Agnol
- Embrapa Soja, Soil Biotechnology Laboratory, C.P. 231, 86001-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, C.P. 10011, 86057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soja, Soil Biotechnology Laboratory, C.P. 231, 86001-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Embrapa Soja, Soil Biotechnology Laboratory, C.P. 231, 86001-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil Department of Microbiology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, C.P. 19031, 81531-990, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Soil Microbiology, Embrapa Cerrados, C.P. 08223, 73301-970, Planaltina, DF, Brazil
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- Department of Soil Microbiology, Embrapa Cerrados, C.P. 08223, 73301-970, Planaltina, DF, Brazil
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- IRD, Cirad, University of Montpellier, Interactions Plantes Microorganismes Environnement (IPME), 34394 Montpellier, France
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- IRD, Cirad, University of Montpellier, Interactions Plantes Microorganismes Environnement (IPME), 34394 Montpellier, France
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- Embrapa Soja, Soil Biotechnology Laboratory, C.P. 231, 86001-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil Department of Microbiology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, C.P. 19031, 81531-990, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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Román-Ponce B, Jing Zhang Y, Soledad Vásquez-Murrieta M, Hua Sui X, Feng Chen W, Carlos Alberto Padilla J, Wu Guo X, Lian Gao J, Yan J, Hong Wei G, Tao Wang E. Rhizobium acidisoli sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Phaseolus vulgaris in acid soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:398-406. [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.000732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Brenda Román-Ponce
- Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México D. F. 11340, México
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México D. F. 11340, México
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, IPN, Cd. Reynosa, Tamaulipas, C.P. 88710, México
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- Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry/Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory of Agricultural Gene Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing 100097, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling Shaanxi 712100, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, PR China
- Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México D. F. 11340, México
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Lemaire B, Van Cauwenberghe J, Verstraete B, Chimphango S, Stirton C, Honnay O, Smets E, Sprent J, James EK, Muasya AM. Characterization of the papilionoid-Burkholderia interaction in the Fynbos biome: The diversity and distribution of beta-rhizobia nodulating Podalyria calyptrata (Fabaceae, Podalyrieae). Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 39:41-8. [PMID: 26689612 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2015.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Revised: 09/25/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The South African Fynbos soils are renowned for nitrogen-fixing Burkholderia associated with diverse papilionoid legumes of the tribes Crotalarieae, Hypocalypteae, Indigofereae, Phaseoleae and Podalyrieae. However, despite numerous rhizobial studies in the region, the symbiotic diversity of Burkholderia has not been investigated in relation to a specific host legume and its geographical provenance. This study analyzed the diversity of nodulating strains of Burkholderia from the legume species Podalyria calyptrata. Diverse lineages were detected that proved to be closely related to Burkholderia taxa, originating from hosts in other legume tribes. By analyzing the genetic variation of chromosomal (recA) and nodulation (nodA) sequence data in relation to the sampling sites we assessed the geographical distribution patterns of the P. calyptrata symbionts. Although we found a degree of genetically differentiated rhizobial populations, a correlation between genetic (recA and nodA) and geographic distances among populations was not observed, suggesting high rates of dispersal and rhizobial colonization within Fynbos soils.
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- Benny Lemaire
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa; Plant Conservation and Population Biology, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, PO Box 2435, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium.
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- Plant Conservation and Population Biology, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, PO Box 2435, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Plant Conservation and Population Biology, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, PO Box 2435, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Plant Conservation and Population Biology, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, PO Box 2435, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium; Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Dundee at JHI, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK
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- The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa
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Lemaire B, Van Cauwenberghe J, Chimphango S, Stirton C, Honnay O, Smets E, Muasya AM. Recombination and horizontal transfer of nodulation and ACC deaminase (acdS) genes within Alpha- and Betaproteobacteria nodulating legumes of the Cape Fynbos biome. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2015; 91:fiv118. [PMID: 26433010 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiv118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The goal of this work is to study the evolution and the degree of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) within rhizobial genera of both Alphaproteobacteria (Mesorhizobium, Rhizobium) and Betaproteobacteria (Burkholderia), originating from South African Fynbos legumes. By using a phylogenetic approach and comparing multiple chromosomal and symbiosis genes, we revealed conclusive evidence of high degrees of horizontal transfer of nodulation genes among closely related species of both groups of rhizobia, but also among species with distant genetic backgrounds (Rhizobium and Mesorhizobium), underscoring the importance of lateral transfer of symbiosis traits as an important evolutionary force among rhizobia of the Cape Fynbos biome. The extensive exchange of symbiosis genes in the Fynbos is in contrast with a lack of significant events of HGT among Burkholderia symbionts from the South American Cerrado and Caatinga biome. Furthermore, homologous recombination among selected housekeeping genes had a substantial impact on sequence evolution within Burkholderia and Mesorhizobium. Finally, phylogenetic analyses of the non-symbiosis acdS gene in Mesorhizobium, a gene often located on symbiosis islands, revealed distinct relationships compared to the chromosomal and symbiosis genes, suggesting a different evolutionary history and independent events of gene transfer. The observed events of HGT and incongruence between different genes necessitate caution in interpreting topologies from individual data types.
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- Benny Lemaire
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa Plant Conservation and Population Biology, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, PO Box 02435, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Plant Conservation and Population Biology, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, PO Box 02435, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Plant Conservation and Population Biology, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, PO Box 02435, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Plant Conservation and Population Biology, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, PO Box 02435, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa
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Castellano-Hinojosa A, Correa-Galeote D, Palau J, Bedmar EJ. Isolation of N2 -fixing rhizobacteria from Lolium perenne and evaluating their plant growth promoting traits. J Basic Microbiol 2015; 56:85-91. [PMID: 26781208 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201500247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Accepted: 08/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Twenty one dinitrogen (N2 )-fixing bacteria were isolated from the rhizosphere of Lolium perenne grown for more than 10 years without N-fertilization. The nearly complete sequence of the 16S rRNA gene of each strain and pairwise alignments among globally aligned sequences of the 16S rRNA genes clustered them into nine different groups. Out of the 21 strains, 11 were members of genus Bacillus, 3 belonged to each one of genera Paenibacillus and Pseudoxanthomonas, and the remaining 2 strains to each one of genera Burkholderia and Staphylococcus, respectively. A representative strain from each group contained the nifH gene and fixed atmospheric N2 as determined by the acetylene-dependent ethylene production assay (acetylene reduction activity, ARA). The nine selected strains were also examined to behave as plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPRs) including their ability to act as a biocontrol agent. The nine representative strains produced indol acetic acid (IAA) and solubilized calcium triphosphate, five of them, strains C2, C3, C12, C15, and C16, had ACC deaminase activity, and strains C2, C3, C4, C12, C16, and C17 produced siderophores. Strains C13, C16, and C17 had the capability to control growth of the pathogen Fusarium oxysporum mycelial growth in vitro. PCA analysis of determined PGPR properties showed that ARA, ACC deaminase activity, and siderophore production were the most valuable as they had the maximal contribution to the total variance.
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Granada, Spain
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- Professional Sportsverd Football S.L., Badalona, Spain
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Granada, Spain
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Mnasri B, Liu TY, Saidi S, Chen WF, Chen WX, Zhang XX, Mhamdi R. Rhizobium azibense sp. nov., a nitrogen fixing bacterium isolated from root-nodules of Phaseolus vulgaris. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1501-1506. [DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.058651-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Three microbial strains isolated from common beans, 23C2T (Tunisia), Gr42 (Spain) and IE4868 (Mexico), which have been identified previously as representing a genomic group closely related to
Rhizobium gallicum
, are further studied here. Their 16S rRNA genes showed 98.5–99 % similarity with
Rhizobium loessense
CCBAU 7190BT,
R. gallicum
R602spT,
Rhizobium mongolense
USDA 1844T and
Rhizobium yanglingense
CCBAU 71623T. Phylogenetic analysis based on recA, atpD, dnaK and thrC sequences showed that the novel strains were closely related and could be distinguished from the four type strains of the closely related species. Strains 23C2T, Gr42 and IE4868 could be also differentiated from their closest phylogenetic neighbours by their phenotypic and physiological properties and their fatty acid contents. All three strains harboured symbiotic genes specific to biovar gallicum. Levels of DNA–DNA relatedness between strain 23C2T and the type strains of
R. loessense
,
R. mongolense
,
R. gallicum
and
R. yanglingense
ranged from 58.1 to 61.5 %. The DNA G+C content of the genomic DNA of strain 23C2T was 59.52 %. On the basis of these data, strains 23C2T, Gr42 and IE4868 were considered to represent a novel species of the genus
Rhizobium
for which the name Rhizobium azibense is proposed. Strain 23C2T ( = CCBAU 101087T = HAMBI3541T) was designated as the type strain.
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- Bacem Mnasri
- Laboratory of Legumes, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901, Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
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- State Key Lab for Agrobiotechnology and MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- Laboratory of Legumes, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901, Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
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- State Key Lab for Agrobiotechnology and MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- State Key Lab for Agrobiotechnology and MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100080, PR China
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- Laboratory of Legumes, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901, Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
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Gehlot HS, Tak N, Kaushik M, Mitra S, Chen WM, Poweleit N, Panwar D, Poonar N, Parihar R, Tak A, Sankhla IS, Ojha A, Rao SR, Simon MF, dos Reis Junior FB, Perigolo N, Tripathi AK, Sprent JI, Young JPW, James EK, Gyaneshwar P. An invasive Mimosa in India does not adopt the symbionts of its native relatives. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2013; 112:179-96. [PMID: 23712450 PMCID: PMC3690997 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2013] [Accepted: 04/05/2013] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The large monophyletic genus Mimosa comprises approx. 500 species, most of which are native to the New World, with Central Brazil being the main centre of radiation. All Brazilian Mimosa spp. so far examined are nodulated by rhizobia in the betaproteobacterial genus Burkholderia. Approximately 10 Mya, transoceanic dispersal resulted in the Indian subcontinent hosting up to six endemic Mimosa spp. The nodulation ability and rhizobial symbionts of two of these, M. hamata and M. himalayana, both from north-west India, are here examined, and compared with those of M. pudica, an invasive species. METHODS Nodules were collected from several locations, and examined by light and electron microscopy. Rhizobia isolated from them were characterized in terms of their abilities to nodulate the three Mimosa hosts. The molecular phylogenetic relationships of the rhizobia were determined by analysis of 16S rRNA, nifH and nodA gene sequences. KEY RESULTS Both native Indian Mimosa spp. nodulated effectively in their respective rhizosphere soils. Based on 16S rRNA, nifH and nodA sequences, their symbionts were identified as belonging to the alphaproteobacterial genus Ensifer, and were closest to the 'Old World' Ensifer saheli, E. kostiensis and E. arboris. In contrast, the invasive M. pudica was predominantly nodulated by Betaproteobacteria in the genera Cupriavidus and Burkholderia. All rhizobial strains tested effectively nodulated their original hosts, but the symbionts of the native species could not nodulate M. pudica. CONCLUSIONS The native Mimosa spp. in India are not nodulated by the Burkholderia symbionts of their South American relatives, but by a unique group of alpha-rhizobial microsymbionts that are closely related to the 'local' Old World Ensifer symbionts of other mimosoid legumes in north-west India. They appear not to share symbionts with the invasive M. pudica, symbionts of which are mostly beta-rhizobial.
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- Hukam Singh Gehlot
- BNF and Stress Biology Lab., Department of Botany, J.N. Vyas University, Jodhpur-342001, India
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- BNF and Stress Biology Lab., Department of Botany, J.N. Vyas University, Jodhpur-342001, India
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- BNF and Stress Biology Lab., Department of Botany, J.N. Vyas University, Jodhpur-342001, India
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- Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 3209 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Dept. of Seafood Science, National Kaohsiung Marine University, Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan
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- Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 3209 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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- BNF and Stress Biology Lab., Department of Botany, J.N. Vyas University, Jodhpur-342001, India
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- BNF and Stress Biology Lab., Department of Botany, J.N. Vyas University, Jodhpur-342001, India
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- BNF and Stress Biology Lab., Department of Botany, J.N. Vyas University, Jodhpur-342001, India
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- BNF and Stress Biology Lab., Department of Botany, J.N. Vyas University, Jodhpur-342001, India
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- BNF and Stress Biology Lab., Department of Botany, J.N. Vyas University, Jodhpur-342001, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
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- Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, 70770-901, DF, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, 70910-900, DF, Brazil
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- School of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Dundee at JHI, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK
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- Department of Biology 3, University of York, PO Box 373, York YO10 5YW, UK
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- The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK
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- Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 3209 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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Regulon studies and in planta role of the BraI/R quorum-sensing system in the plant-beneficial Burkholderia cluster. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:4421-32. [PMID: 23686262 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00635-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The genus Burkholderia is composed of functionally diverse species, and it can be divided into several clusters. One of these, designated the plant-beneficial-environmental (PBE) Burkholderia cluster, is formed by nonpathogenic species, which in most cases have been found to be associated with plants. It was previously established that members of the PBE group share an N-acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) quorum-sensing (QS) system, designated BraI/R, that produces and responds to 3-oxo-C14-HSL (OC14-HSL). Moreover, some of them also possess a second AHL QS system, designated XenI2/R2, producing and responding to 3-hydroxy-C8-HSL (OHC8-HSL). In the present study, we performed liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS) analysis to determine which AHL molecules are produced by each QS system of this group of bacteria. The results showed that XenI2/R2 is mainly responsible for the production of OHC8-HSL and that the BraI/R system is involved in the production of several different AHLs. This analysis also revealed that Burkholderia phymatum STM815 produces greater amounts of AHLs than the other species tested. Further studies showed that the BraR protein of B. phymatum is more promiscuous than other BraR proteins, responding equally well to several different AHL molecules, even at low concentrations. Transcriptome studies with Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 and B. phymatum STM815 revealed that the BraI/R regulon is species specific, with exopolysaccharide production being the only common phenotype regulated by this system in the PBE cluster. In addition, BraI/R was shown not to be important for plant nodulation by B. phymatum strains or for endophytic colonization and growth promotion of maize by B. phytofirmans PsJN.
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Phylogenetic analysis of burkholderia species by multilocus sequence analysis. Curr Microbiol 2013; 67:51-60. [PMID: 23404651 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-013-0330-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2012] [Accepted: 01/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Burkholderia comprises more than 60 species of environmental, clinical, and agro-biotechnological relevance. Previous phylogenetic analyses of 16S rRNA, recA, gyrB, rpoB, and acdS gene sequences as well as genome sequence comparisons of different Burkholderia species have revealed two major species clusters. In this study, we undertook a multilocus sequence analysis of 77 type and reference strains of Burkholderia using atpD, gltB, lepA, and recA genes in combination with the 16S rRNA gene sequence and employed maximum likelihood and neighbor-joining criteria to test this further. The phylogenetic analysis revealed, with high supporting values, distinct lineages within the genus Burkholderia. The two large groups were named A and B, whereas the B. rhizoxinica/B. endofungorum, and B. andropogonis groups consisted of two and one species, respectively. The group A encompasses several plant-associated and saprophytic bacterial species. The group B comprises the B. cepacia complex (opportunistic human pathogens), the B. pseudomallei subgroup, which includes both human and animal pathogens, and an assemblage of plant pathogenic species. The distinct lineages present in Burkholderia suggest that each group might represent a different genus. However, it will be necessary to analyze the full set of Burkholderia species and explore whether enough phenotypic features exist among the different clusters to propose that these groups should be considered separate genera.
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Taulé C, Zabaleta M, Mareque C, Platero R, Sanjurjo L, Sicardi M, Frioni L, Battistoni F, Fabiano E. New betaproteobacterial Rhizobium strains able to efficiently nodulate Parapiptadenia rigida (Benth.) Brenan. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:1692-700. [PMID: 22226956 PMCID: PMC3298154 DOI: 10.1128/aem.06215-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2011] [Accepted: 12/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Among the leguminous trees native to Uruguay, Parapiptadenia rigida (Angico), a Mimosoideae legume, is one of the most promising species for agroforestry. Like many other legumes, it is able to establish symbiotic associations with rhizobia and belongs to the group known as nitrogen-fixing trees, which are major components of agroforestry systems. Information about rhizobial symbionts for this genus is scarce, and thus, the aim of this work was to identify and characterize rhizobia associated with P. rigida. A collection of Angico-nodulating isolates was obtained, and 47 isolates were selected for genetic studies. According to enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus PCR patterns and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of their nifH and 16S rRNA genes, the isolates could be grouped into seven genotypes, including the genera Burkholderia, Cupriavidus, and Rhizobium, among which the Burkholderia genotypes were the predominant group. Phylogenetic studies of nifH, nodA, and nodC sequences from the Burkholderia and the Cupriavidus isolates indicated a close relationship of these genes with those from betaproteobacterial rhizobia (beta-rhizobia) rather than from alphaproteobacterial rhizobia (alpha-rhizobia). In addition, nodulation assays with representative isolates showed that while the Cupriavidus isolates were able to effectively nodulate Mimosa pudica, the Burkholderia isolates produced white and ineffective nodules on this host.
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- Cecilia Taulé
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Genómica Microbianas, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, MEC, Unidad Asociada a la Facultad de Ciencias, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Genómica Microbianas, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, MEC, Unidad Asociada a la Facultad de Ciencias, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Genómica Microbianas, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, MEC, Unidad Asociada a la Facultad de Ciencias, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Genómica Microbianas, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, MEC, Unidad Asociada a la Facultad de Ciencias, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología, Facultad de Agronomía, UdelaR, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología del Suelo, Facultad de Ciencias-CIN, UdelaR, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología, Facultad de Agronomía, UdelaR, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Genómica Microbianas, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, MEC, Unidad Asociada a la Facultad de Ciencias, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Genómica Microbianas, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, MEC, Unidad Asociada a la Facultad de Ciencias, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Suárez-Moreno ZR, Caballero-Mellado J, Coutinho BG, Mendonça-Previato L, James EK, Venturi V. Common features of environmental and potentially beneficial plant-associated Burkholderia. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2012; 63:249-266. [PMID: 21850446 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9929-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2011] [Accepted: 08/01/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The genus Burkholderia comprises more than 60 species isolated from a wide range of niches. Although they have been shown to be diverse and ubiquitously distributed, most studies have thus far focused on the pathogenic species due to their clinical importance. However, the increasing number of recently described Burkholderia species associated with plants or with the environment has highlighted the division of the genus into two main clusters, as suggested by phylogenetical analyses. The first cluster includes human, animal, and plant pathogens, such as Burkholderia glumae, Burkholderia pseudomallei, and Burkholderia mallei, as well as the 17 defined species of the Burkholderia cepacia complex, while the other, more recently established cluster comprises more than 30 non-pathogenic species, which in most cases have been found to be associated with plants, and thus might be considered to be potentially beneficial. Several species from the latter group share characteristics that are of use when associating with plants, such as a quorum sensing system, the presence of nitrogen fixation and/or nodulation genes, and the ability to degrade aromatic compounds. This review examines the commonalities in this growing subgroup of Burkholderia species and discusses their prospective biotechnological applications.
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- Zulma Rocío Suárez-Moreno
- Bacteriology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Padriciano 99, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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Avelar Ferreira PA, Bomfeti CA, Lima Soares B, de Souza Moreira FM. Efficient nitrogen-fixing Rhizobium strains isolated from amazonian soils are highly tolerant to acidity and aluminium. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 28:1947-59. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-011-0997-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2011] [Accepted: 12/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Gyaneshwar P, Hirsch AM, Moulin L, Chen WM, Elliott GN, Bontemps C, Estrada-de Los Santos P, Gross E, Dos Reis FB, Sprent JI, Young JPW, James EK. Legume-nodulating betaproteobacteria: diversity, host range, and future prospects. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2011; 24:1276-88. [PMID: 21830951 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-06-11-0172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Rhizobia form specialized nodules on the roots of legumes (family Fabaceae) and fix nitrogen in exchange for carbon from the host plant. Although the majority of legumes form symbioses with members of genus Rhizobium and its relatives in class Alphaproteobacteria, some legumes, such as those in the large genus Mimosa, are nodulated predominantly by betaproteobacteria in the genera Burkholderia and Cupriavidus. The principal centers of diversity of these bacteria are in central Brazil and South Africa. Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that betaproteobacteria have existed as legume symbionts for approximately 50 million years, and that, although they have a common origin, the symbiosis genes in both subclasses have evolved separately since then. Additionally, some species of genus Burkholderia, such as B. phymatum, are highly promiscuous, effectively nodulating several important legumes, including common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). In contrast to genus Burkholderia, only one species of genus Cupriavidus (C. taiwanensis) has so far been shown to nodulate legumes. The recent availability of the genome sequences of C. taiwanensis, B. phymatum, and B. tuberum has paved the way for a more detailed analysis of the evolutionary and mechanistic differences between nodulating strains of alpha- and betaproteobacteria. Initial analyses of genome sequences have suggested that plant-associated Burkholderia spp. have lower G+C contents than Burkholderia spp. that are opportunistic human pathogens, thus supporting previous suggestions that the plant- and human-associated groups of Burkholderia actually belong in separate genera.
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- Prasad Gyaneshwar
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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