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Ferrando L, Rariz G, Martínez-Pereyra A, Fernández-Scavino A. Endophytic diazotrophic communities from rice roots are diverse and weakly associated with soil diazotrophic community composition and soil properties. J Appl Microbiol 2024; 135:lxae157. [PMID: 38925647 DOI: 10.1093/jambio/lxae157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Revised: 06/14/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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AIM Bacteria that promote plant growth, such as diazotrophs, are valuable tools for achieving a more sustainable production of important non-legume crops like rice. Different strategies have been used to discover new bacteria capable of promoting plant growth. This work evaluated the contribution of soil diazotrophs to the endophytic communities established in the roots of rice seedlings cultivated on seven representative soils from Uruguay. METHODS AND RESULTS The soils were classified into two groups according to the C and clay content. qPCR, terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP), and 454-pyrosequencing of the nifH gene were used for analyzing diazotrophs in soil and plantlets' roots grown from seeds of the same genotype for 25 days under controlled conditions. A similar nifH abundance was found among the seven soils, roots, or leaves. The distribution of diazotrophs was more uneven in roots than in soils, with dominance indices significantly higher than in soils (nifH T-RFLP). Dominant soils' diazotrophs were mainly affiliated to Alphaproteobacteria and Planctomycetota. Conversely, Alpha, Beta, Gammaproteobacteria, and Bacillota were predominant in different roots, though undetectable in soils. Almost no nifH sequences were shared between soils and roots. CONCLUSIONS Root endophytic diazotrophs comprised a broader taxonomic range of microorganisms than diazotrophs found in soils from which the plantlets were grown and showed strong colonization patterns.
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- Lucía Ferrando
- Laboratorio de Ecología Microbiana Medioambiental, Área Microbiología, Departamento de Biociencias, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, General Flores 2124, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Microbiana Medioambiental, Área Microbiología, Departamento de Biociencias, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, General Flores 2124, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Microbiana Medioambiental, Área Microbiología, Departamento de Biociencias, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, General Flores 2124, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Microbiana Medioambiental, Área Microbiología, Departamento de Biociencias, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, General Flores 2124, Montevideo, Uruguay
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So many rhizobial partners, so little nitrogen fixed: The intriguing symbiotic promiscuity of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Symbiosis 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13199-022-00831-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Gürkanlı CT. Genetic diversity of rhizobia associated with Pisum sativum L. in the Northern part of Turkey. Biologia (Bratisl) 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11756-021-00831-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Padukkage D, Geekiyanage S, Reparaz JM, Bezus R, Balatti PA, Degrassi G. Bradyrhizobium japonicum, B. elkanii and B. diazoefficiens Interact with Rice (Oryza sativa), Promote Growth and Increase Yield. Curr Microbiol 2020; 78:417-428. [PMID: 33083897 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-020-02249-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Bradyrhizobium is a genus of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) that have been studied for several decades mainly for the ability to fix diazotrophic nitrogen after having been established endosymbiotically inside root nodules of the legumes of Fabaceae. The aim of this work was to evaluate the capability of Bradyrhizobium to promote the growth of crops belonging to other families, in this case, rice (Oryza sativa), both in laboratory and in field trials. For laboratory test, surface-sterilized rice seeds were soaked with cultures of each strain and planted in pots. Plant length and dry weight were measured after 35 days. For the field test, rice seeds of varieties Yeruá La Plata and Gurí INTA were inoculated with the three best strains observed in the laboratory test and planted in plots. After 60 days of growth, plant length and dry weight were measured. At harvest time, we measured the dry weight of the aerial part, yield and thousand-grain weight. Inoculation with any of the three species described provoked significant increments compared to the uninoculated control at least in one of the parameters measured, both in the laboratory and in the field tests. Bradyrhizobium japonicum E109 was the strain that promoted rice growth the most in the lab while Bradyrhizobium elkanii SEMIA 587 was the strain that promoted rice growth the most in the field, with increments in yield of approximately 1000 kg/ha. Data obtained suggest that the Bradyrhizobium species promoted all rice growth and yield.
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- Centro de Investigaciones de Fitopatologia (CIDEFI), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias Y Forestales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (FCAyF), Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de La Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones de Fitopatologia (CIDEFI), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias Y Forestales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (FCAyF), Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de La Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigaciones de Fitopatologia (CIDEFI), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias Y Forestales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (FCAyF), Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de La Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, ICGEB, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Zhang Z, Liu W, Shao S, Wang ET, Li Y. Diverse Genomic Backgrounds Vs. Highly Conserved Symbiotic Genes in Sesbania-Nodulating Bacteria: Shaping of the Rhizobial Community by Host and Soil Properties. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2020; 80:158-168. [PMID: 31996939 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-020-01489-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Aiming at investigating the overall diversity, biogeography, and symbiosis gene evolutionary history of the Sesbania cannabina-nodulating rhizobia in China, a total of 874 rhizobial isolates originating from the root nodules of this plant grown at different sites were characterized and compared with those of some reference strains. All of the S. cannabina-nodulating rhizobia were classified into 16 (geno) species, including seven novel genospecies in the genera Ensifer, Rhizobium, Neorhizobium, and Agrobacterium, with Ensifer sesbaniae and Neorhizobium huautlense as the dominant and universal species. Ten of these species were found to nodulate other leguminous hosts or to lack nodulating abilities and were defined as symbiovar sesbania. Biogeographic patterns were observed, for which pH, TN, AK, and AP were the main determinants. The effects of pH were opposite to those of TN and AK, while AP presented effects independently of TN, AK, and pH. Symbiotic genes of these rhizobia showed a common origin, but nodA evolved faster than nifH. Point mutation is the main driving force in the evolution of both nodA and nifH, and lateral transfer of symbiotic genes might play an important role in the formation of diverse S. cannabina-nodulating rhizobial species. S. cannabina only nodulates with Sesbania rhizobia, demonstrating its severe selection on rhizobial symbiosis genes. Soil pH and physiochemical characteristics could affect rhizobial survival and competitive nodulation. This study provides insight into the community shifts and evolution of rhizobia in relation to their host and soil environments.
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- Zhenpeng Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Bioresource Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Bioresource Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Bioresource Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, China
- Life Science College, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, China
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, C. D. Mexico, 11340, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Bioresource Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, China.
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China.
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Ormeño-Orrillo E, Martínez-Romero E. A Genomotaxonomy View of the Bradyrhizobium Genus. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1334. [PMID: 31263459 PMCID: PMC6585233 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Whole genome analysis of the Bradyrhizobium genus using average nucleotide identity (ANI) and phylogenomics showed the genus to be essentially monophyletic with seven robust groups within this taxon that includes nitrogen-fixing nodule forming bacteria as well as free living strains. Despite the wide genetic diversity of these bacteria no indication was found to suggest that the Bradyrhizobium genus have to split in different taxa. Bradyrhizobia have larger genomes than other genera of the Bradyrhizobiaceae family, probably reflecting their metabolic diversity and different lifestyles. Few plasmids in the sequenced strains were revealed from rep gene analysis and a relatively low proportion of the genome is devoted to mobile genetic elements. Sequence diversity of recA and glnII gene metadata was used to theoretically estimate the number of existing species and to predict how many would exist. There may be many more species than those presently described with predictions of around 800 species in nature. Different arguments are presented suggesting that nodulation might have arose in the ancestral genus Bradyrhizobium.
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- Ernesto Ormeño-Orrillo
- Laboratorio de Ecología Microbiana y Biotecnología, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru
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Aguilar A, Mora Y, Dávalos A, Girard L, Mora J, Peralta H. Analysis of genome sequence and symbiotic ability of rhizobial strains isolated from seeds of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). BMC Genomics 2018; 19:645. [PMID: 30165827 PMCID: PMC6117902 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-5023-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Rhizobia are alpha-proteobacteria commonly found in soil and root nodules of legumes. It was recently reported that nitrogen-fixing rhizobia also inhabit legume seeds. In this study, we examined whole-genome sequences of seven strains of rhizobia isolated from seeds of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). Results Rhizobial strains included in this study belonged to three different species, including Rhizobium phaseoli, R. leguminosarum, and R. grahamii. Genome sequence analyses revealed that six of the strains formed three pairs of highly related strains. Both strains comprising a pair shared all but one plasmid. In two out of three pairs, one of the member strains was effective in nodulation and nitrogen fixation, whereas the other was ineffective. The genome of the ineffective strain in each pair lacked several genes responsible for symbiosis, including nod, nif, and fix genes, whereas that of the effective strain harbored the corresponding genes in clusters, suggesting that recombination events provoked gene loss in ineffective strains. Comparisons of genomic sequences between seed strains and nodule strains of the same species showed high conservation of chromosomal sequences and lower conservation of plasmid sequences. Approximately 70% of all genes were shared among the strains of each species. However, paralogs were more abundant in seed strains than in nodule strains. Functional analysis showed that seed strains were particularly enriched in genes involved in the transport and metabolism of amino acids and carbohydrates, biosynthesis of cofactors and in transposons and prophages. Genomes of seed strains harbored several intact prophages, one of which was inserted at exactly the same genomic position in three strains of R. phaseoli and R. leguminosarum. The R. grahamii strain carried a prophage similar to a gene transfer agent (GTA); this represents the first GTA reported for this genus. Conclusions Seeds represent a niche for bacteria; their access by rhizobia possibly triggered the infection of phages, recombination, loss or gain of plasmids, and loss of symbiosis genes. This process probably represents ongoing evolution that will eventually convert these strains into obligate endophytes. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-018-5023-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Alejandro Aguilar
- Functional Genomics of Prokaryotes, Center for Genomic Sciences, National University of Mexico, Av. Universidad, CP 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Functional Genomics of Prokaryotes, Center for Genomic Sciences, National University of Mexico, Av. Universidad, CP 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Genome Dynamics, Center for Genomic Sciences, National University of Mexico, Av. Universidad, CP 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology, Center for Genomic Sciences, National University of Mexico, Av. Universidad, CP 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Functional Genomics of Prokaryotes, Center for Genomic Sciences, National University of Mexico, Av. Universidad, CP 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Functional Genomics of Prokaryotes, Center for Genomic Sciences, National University of Mexico, Av. Universidad, CP 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
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Shah V, Subramaniam S. Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA110: A representative model organism for studying the impact of pollutants on soil microbiota. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 624:963-967. [PMID: 29275259 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Revised: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Photobacteria phosoreum or Escherichia coli are widely used in the scientific, industrial, and regulatory industries for evaluating the toxicity of pollutants against the soil microbial community. The organisms, however, are not part of the soil microbiota and the toxicity data obtained using these organisms could be misleading. Analysis of microbiota present in the soil obtained from across the world indicates that organisms from the Bradyrhizobium genus are the most ubiquitous of all microorganisms. Playing a critical role in nitrogen fixation and soil fertility, organisms from this genus should be used for studying the toxicity of pollutants. Indeed, we propose that Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA110 be used as a model organism for screening pollutants for toxicity against a soil microbial community.
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- Vishal Shah
- College of the Sciences and Mathematics, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA, United States.
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Checcucci A, DiCenzo GC, Bazzicalupo M, Mengoni A. Trade, Diplomacy, and Warfare: The Quest for Elite Rhizobia Inoculant Strains. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2207. [PMID: 29170661 PMCID: PMC5684177 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Rhizobia form symbiotic nitrogen-fixing nodules on leguminous plants, which provides an important source of fixed nitrogen input into the soil ecosystem. The improvement of symbiotic nitrogen fixation is one of the main challenges facing agriculture research. Doing so will reduce the usage of chemical nitrogen fertilizer, contributing to the development of sustainable agriculture practices to deal with the increasing global human population. Sociomicrobiological studies of rhizobia have become a model for the study of the evolution of mutualistic interactions. The exploitation of the wide range of social interactions rhizobia establish among themselves, with the soil and root microbiota, and with the host plant, could constitute a great advantage in the development of a new generation of highly effective rhizobia inoculants. Here, we provide a brief overview of the current knowledge on three main aspects of rhizobia interaction: trade of fixed nitrogen with the plant; diplomacy in terms of communication and possible synergistic effects; and warfare, as antagonism and plant control over symbiosis. Then, we propose new areas of investigation and the selection of strains based on the combination of the genetic determinants for the relevant rhizobia symbiotic behavioral phenotypes.
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- Alice Checcucci
- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Molecular diversity and phylogeny of indigenous Rhizobium leguminosarum strains associated with Trifolium repens plants in Romania. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 111:135-153. [DOI: 10.1007/s10482-017-0934-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Menendez E, Garcia-Fraile P. Plant probiotic bacteria: solutions to feed the world. AIMS Microbiol 2017; 3:502-524. [PMID: 31294173 PMCID: PMC6604988 DOI: 10.3934/microbiol.2017.3.502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The increasing human population expected in the next decades, the growing demand of livestock products-which production requires higher amounts of feed products fabrication, the collective concern about food quality in industrialized countries together with the need to protect the fertility of soils, in particular, and the environment, in general, constitute as a whole big challenge that worldwide agriculture has to face nowadays. Some soil bacteria harbor mechanisms to promote plant growth, which include phytostimulation, nutrient mobilization, biocontrol of plant pathogens and abiotic stresses protection. These bacteria have also been proved as promoters of vegetable food quality. Therefore, these microbes, also so-called Plant Probiotic Bacteria, applied as biofertilizers in crop production, constitute an environmental friendly manner to contribute to produce the food and feed needed to sustain world population. In this review, we summarize some of the best-known mechanisms of plant probiotic bacteria to improve plant growth and develop a more sustainable agriculture.
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- Esther Menendez
- Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas (ICAAM), Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Fungal Genetics and Metabolism, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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Degefu T, Wolde-meskel E, Woliy K, Frostegård Å. Phylogenetically diverse groups of Bradyrhizobium isolated from nodules of tree and annual legume species growing in Ethiopia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:205-214. [DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2017.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Revised: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 04/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Zhao JJ, Zhang J, Sun L, Zhang RJ, Zhang CW, Yin HQ, Zhang XX. Rhizobium oryziradicis sp. nov., isolated from rice roots. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:963-968. [PMID: 27959784 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Two Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped endophytic bacterial strains, N19T and N11-2, were isolated from fresh rice (Oryza sativa) roots during investigation of the rice endophytic bacterial diversity. The 16S rRNA gene sequence results indicated that the similarity between strains N19T and N11-2 was 100 %. Both of them belong to the genus Rhizobium, with close similarity to Rhizobium taibaishanense CCNWSX 0483T (97.7 %), followed by Rhizobium vitis NCPPB 3554T (97.5 %). The sequence similarities of the housekeeping genes recA, gyrB and glnA between the novel isolates and members of the established species of the genus Rhizobium were less than 87 %. The DNA-DNA hybridization rates between strains N19T and N11-2 were 87.9 % using the initial renaturation rate method. Based on draft genome sequences, strain N19T showed 18.2 % and 19.6 % DNA-DNA hybridization values to R. taibaishanense CCNWSX 0483T and R. vitis S4, which demonstrated that these new isolates represent a novel species in the genus Rhizobium. The main cellular fatty acids were summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c). The DNA G+C content of strain N19T was 58.7 mol% (Tm). The polar lipid profile of N19T consisted of phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, an unknown lipid, two unknown aminolipids and an unidentified aminophospholipid. According to physiological and biochemical characteristics and genotypic data, strains N19T and N11-2 are considered to represent a novel species of the genus Rhizobium, for which the name Rhizobium oryziradicis sp. nov. is proposed, with N19T (=ACCC 19962T=KCTC 52413T) as the type strain.
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- Juan-Juan Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources Collection and Preservation, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources Collection and Preservation, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources Collection and Preservation, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources Collection and Preservation, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources Collection and Preservation, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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Aguilar A, Peralta H, Mora Y, Díaz R, Vargas-Lagunas C, Girard L, Mora J. Genomic Comparison of Agrobacterium pusense Strains Isolated from Bean Nodules. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1720. [PMID: 27833604 PMCID: PMC5081363 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Alejandro Aguilar
- Programa de Genómica Funcional de Procariotes, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Programa de Genómica Funcional de Procariotes, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Programa de Genómica Funcional de Procariotes, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Programa de Genómica Funcional de Procariotes, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Programa de Genómica Funcional de Procariotes, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Programa de Genómica Funcional de Procariotes, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Programa de Genómica Funcional de Procariotes, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Cuernavaca, Mexico
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Li Y, Wang ET, Liu Y, Li X, Yu B, Ren C, Liu W, Li Y, Xie Z. Rhizobium anhuiense as the predominant microsymbionts of Lathyrus maritimus along the Shandong Peninsula seashore line. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:384-90. [PMID: 27480059 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2016.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Revised: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/08/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Beach pea [Lathyrus maritimus Bigelow, or Lathyrus japonicus subsp. maritimus (L.) P.W. Ball] is a wild legume distributed on the seashore line, and the rhizobia nodulating with this plant have been reported only rarely. In order to reveal the diversity of beach pea rhizobia on the seashore line of Shandong Peninsula, China, a total of 124 bacterial strains were isolated from the root nodules of beach pea plants collected from five sites. All the isolates were divided into five recA types after screening by recA gene sequence analysis and they consisted of Rhizobium anhuiense covering 122 symbiotic isolates in three recA types, as well as two single isolates Rhizobium sp. and Rhizobium lusitanum representing distinct recA types. The recA genotype III of R. anhuiense (103 isolates) represented by strain YIC11270 was dominant at all five sampling sites. Identical symbiotic genes (nodC and nifH) were detected in the three recA genotypes of R. anhuiense isolates that were closely related to those of the pea and faba rhizobia. This study clarified that R. anhuiense was the main symbiont for beach pea rhizobia on the seashore line of Shandong Peninsula. The low level genetic diversity of beach pea rhizobia revealed by both MLSA and the symbiotic genes might be related to the strong selection pressure produced by the saline-alkaline environment and the host plants.
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- Yan Li
- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, China
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, C. P. 11340, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, China.
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Guha S, Sarkar M, Ganguly P, Uddin MR, Mandal S, DasGupta M. Segregation of nod-containing and nod-deficient bradyrhizobia as endosymbionts of Arachis hypogaea and as endophytes of Oryza sativa in intercropped fields of Bengal Basin, India. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:2575-90. [PMID: 27102878 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2015] [Accepted: 04/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bradyrhizobial invasion in dalbergoid legumes like Arachis hypogaea and endophytic bacterial invasions in non-legumes like Oryza sativa occur through epidermal cracks. Here, we show that there is no overlap between the bradyrhizobial consortia that endosymbiotically and endophytically colonise these plants. To minimise contrast due to phylogeographic isolation, strains were collected from Arachis/Oryza intercropped fields and a total of 17 bradyrhizobia from Arachis (WBAH) and 13 from Oryza (WBOS) were investigated. 16SrRNA and concatenated dnaK-glnII-recA phylogeny clustered the nodABC-positive WBAH and nodABC-deficient WBOS strains in two distinct clades. The in-field segregation is reproducible under controlled conditions which limits the factors that influence their competitive exclusion. While WBAH renodulated Arachis successfully, WBOS nodulated in an inefficient manner. Thus, Arachis, like other Aeschynomene legumes support nod-independent symbiosis that was ineffectual in natural fields. In Oryza, WBOS recolonised endophytically and promoted its growth. WBAH however caused severe chlorosis that was completely overcome when coinfected with WBOS. This explains the exclusive recovery of WBOS in Oryza in natural fields and suggests Nod-factors to have a role in counterselection of WBAH. Finally, canonical soxY1 and thiosulphate oxidation could only be detected in WBOS indicating loss of metabolic traits in WBAH with adaptation of symbiotic lifestyle.
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- Sohini Guha
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700019, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700019, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700019, India
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700019, India
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700019, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700019, India
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Li Y, Li X, Liu Y, Wang ET, Ren C, Liu W, Xu H, Wu H, Jiang N, Li Y, Zhang X, Xie Z. Genetic diversity and community structure of rhizobia nodulating Sesbania cannabina in saline-alkaline soils. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:195-202. [PMID: 27061259 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2016.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Revised: 02/26/2016] [Accepted: 02/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sesbania cannabina is a plant that grows naturally along the seashores in Rudong County, China (RDC) and it has been introduced into the Yellow River Delta (YRD) as a pioneer plant to improve the saline-alkaline soils. In order to investigate the diversity of S. cannabina rhizobia in these soils, a total of 198 rhizobial isolates were characterized and phylogenetic trees were constructed based on data from multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) of the housekeeping genes recA, atpD and glnII, as well as 16S rRNA. Symbiotic features were also studied by establishing the phylogeny of the symbiotic genes nodA and nifH, and by performing nodulation assays. The isolates had highly conserved symbiotic genes and were classified into nine genospecies belonging to the genera Ensifer, Agrobacterium, Neorhizobium and Rhizobium. A unique community structure was detected in the rhizobia associated with S. cannabina in the saline-alkaline soils that was characterized by five novel genospecies and four defined species. In addition, Ensifer sp. I was the predominant rhizobia in YRD, whereas Ensifer meliloti and Neorhizobium huautlense were the dominant species in RDC. Therefore, the study demonstrated for the first time that this plant strongly selected the symbiotic gene background but not the genomic background of its microsymbionts. In addition, biogeographic patterns existed in the rhizobial populations associated with S. cannabina, which were mainly correlated with pH and salinity, as well as the mineral nutrient contents. This study provided novel information concerning the interaction between soil conditions, host plant and rhizobia, in addition to revealing the diversity of S. cannabina rhizobia in saline-alkaline soils.
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- Yan Li
- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, China
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 11340 Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, China
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- Dongying Institute of Agriculture Sciences, 257000 Dongying, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 264003 Yantai, China.
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Masuda S, Bao Z, Okubo T, Sasaki K, Ikeda S, Shinoda R, Anda M, Kondo R, Mori Y, Minamisawa K. Sulfur Fertilization Changes the Community Structure of Rice Root-, and Soil- Associated Bacteria. Microbes Environ 2016; 31:70-5. [PMID: 26947443 PMCID: PMC4791119 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me15170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Under paddy field conditions, biological sulfur oxidation occurs in the oxidized surface soil layer and rhizosphere, in which oxygen leaks from the aerenchyma system of rice plants. In the present study, we examined community shifts in sulfur-oxidizing bacteria associated with the oxidized surface soil layer and rice roots under different sulfur fertilization conditions based on the 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene in order to explore the existence of oligotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in the paddy rice ecosystem. Rice plants were grown in pots with no fertilization (control) or CaCO3 or CaSO4 fertilization. A principal-coordinates analysis (PCoA) showed that CaSO4 fertilization markedly affected bacterial communities associated with rice roots and soil, whereas no significant differences were observed in plant growth among the fertilizer treatments examined. In rice roots, the relative abundance of Acidobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, and TM7 was significantly higher in CaSO4-fertilized pots than in control pots. Alphaproteobacteria, Bradyrhizobiaceae, and Methylocystaceae members were significantly more abundant in CaSO4-fertilized roots than in control roots. On the other hand, the abundance of Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria was lower in CaSO4-fertilized soil than in control soil. These results indicate that the bacteria associated with rice roots and soil responded to the sulfur amendment, suggesting that more diverse bacteria are involved in sulfur oxidation in the rice paddy ecosystem than previously considered.
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Miranda-Sánchez F, Rivera J, Vinuesa P. Diversity patterns ofRhizobiaceaecommunities inhabiting soils, root surfaces and nodules reveal a strong selection of rhizobial partners by legumes. Environ Microbiol 2015; 18:2375-91. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Fabiola Miranda-Sánchez
- Programa de Ingeniería Genómica; Centro de Ciencias Genómicas; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Cuernavaca Morelos 62210 Mexico
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- Programa de Ingeniería Genómica; Centro de Ciencias Genómicas; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Cuernavaca Morelos 62210 Mexico
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- Programa de Ingeniería Genómica; Centro de Ciencias Genómicas; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Cuernavaca Morelos 62210 Mexico
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Piromyou P, Songwattana P, Greetatorn T, Okubo T, Kakizaki KC, Prakamhang J, Tittabutr P, Boonkerd N, Teaumroong N, Minamisawa K. The Type III Secretion System (T3SS) is a Determinant for Rice-Endophyte Colonization by Non-Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium. Microbes Environ 2015; 30:291-300. [PMID: 26582551 PMCID: PMC4676552 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me15080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Plant associations by bradyrhizobia have been detected not only in leguminous plants, but also in non-leguminous species including rice. Bradyrhizobium sp. SUTN9-2 was isolated from Aeschynomene americana L., which is a leguminous weed found in the rice fields of Thailand. This strain promoted the highest total rice (Oryza sativa L. cultivar Pathum Thani 1) dry weight among the endophytic bradyrhizobial strains tested, and was, thus, employed for the further characterization of rice-Bradyrhizobium interactions. Some known bacterial genes involved in bacteria-plant interactions were selected. The expression of the type III secretion component (rhcJ), type IV secretion component (virD4), and pectinesterase (peces) genes of the bacterium were up-regulated when the rice root exudate was added to the culture. When SUTN9-2 was inoculated into rice seedlings, the peces, rhcJ, virD4, and exopolysaccharide production (fliP) genes were strongly expressed in the bacterium 6–24 h after the inoculation. The gene for glutathione-S-transferase (gst) was slightly expressed 12 h after the inoculation. In order to determine whether type III secretion system (T3SS) is involved in bradyrhizobial infections in rice plants, wild-type SUTN9-2 and T3SS mutant strains were inoculated into the original host plant (A. americana) and a rice plant (cultivar Pathum Thani 1). The ability of T3SS mutants to invade rice tissues was weaker than that of the wild-type strain; however, their phenotypes in A. americana were not changed by T3SS mutations. These results suggest that T3SS is one of the important determinants modulating rice infection; however, type IV secretion system and peces may also be responsible for the early steps of rice infection.
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- Pongdet Piromyou
- School of Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Technology, Suranaree University of Technology
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Zgadzaj R, James EK, Kelly S, Kawaharada Y, de Jonge N, Jensen DB, Madsen LH, Radutoiu S. A legume genetic framework controls infection of nodules by symbiotic and endophytic bacteria. PLoS Genet 2015; 11:e1005280. [PMID: 26042417 PMCID: PMC4456278 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Legumes have an intrinsic capacity to accommodate both symbiotic and endophytic bacteria within root nodules. For the symbionts, a complex genetic mechanism that allows mutual recognition and plant infection has emerged from genetic studies under axenic conditions. In contrast, little is known about the mechanisms controlling the endophytic infection. Here we investigate the contribution of both the host and the symbiotic microbe to endophyte infection and development of mixed colonised nodules in Lotus japonicus. We found that infection threads initiated by Mesorhizobium loti, the natural symbiont of Lotus, can selectively guide endophytic bacteria towards nodule primordia, where competent strains multiply and colonise the nodule together with the nitrogen-fixing symbiotic partner. Further co-inoculation studies with the competent coloniser, Rhizobium mesosinicum strain KAW12, show that endophytic nodule infection depends on functional and efficient M. loti-driven Nod factor signalling. KAW12 exopolysaccharide (EPS) enabled endophyte nodule infection whilst compatible M. loti EPS restricted it. Analysis of plant mutants that control different stages of the symbiotic infection showed that both symbiont and endophyte accommodation within nodules is under host genetic control. This demonstrates that when legume plants are exposed to complex communities they selectively regulate access and accommodation of bacteria occupying this specialized environmental niche, the root nodule. Plants have evolved elaborated mechanisms to monitor microbial presence and to control their infection, therefore only particular microbes, so called “endophytes,” are able to colonise the internal tissues with minimal or no host damage. The legume root nodule is a unique environmental niche induced by symbiotic bacteria, but where multiple species, symbiotic and endophytic co-exist. Genetic studies of the binary interaction legume-symbiont led to the discovery of key components evolved in the two partners allowing mutual recognition and nodule infection. In contrast, there is limited knowledge about the endophytic nodule infection, the role of the legume host, or the symbiont in the process of nodule colonisation by endophytes. Here we focus on the early stages of nodule infection in order to identify which molecular signatures and genetic components favour/allow endophyte accommodation, and multiple species co-existence inside nodules. We found that colonisation of Lotus japonicus nodules by endophytic bacteria is a selective process, that endophyte nodule occupancy is host-controlled, and that exopolysaccharides are key bacterial features for chronic infection of nodules. Our strategy based on model legume genetics and co-inoculation can thus be used for identifying mechanisms operating behind host-microbes compatibility in environments where multiple species co-exist.
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- Rafal Zgadzaj
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling (CARB) Centre, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Ecological Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling (CARB) Centre, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling (CARB) Centre, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling (CARB) Centre, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling (CARB) Centre, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling (CARB) Centre, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling (CARB) Centre, Aarhus, Denmark
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Tkacz A, Poole P. Role of root microbiota in plant productivity. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2015; 66:2167-75. [PMID: 25908654 PMCID: PMC4986727 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Revised: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The growing human population requires increasing amounts of food, but modern agriculture has limited possibilities for increasing yields. New crop varieties may be bred to have increased yields and be more resistant to environmental stress and pests. However, they still require fertilization to supplement essential nutrients that are normally limited in the soil. Soil microorganisms present an opportunity to reduce the requirement for inorganic fertilization in agriculture. Microorganisms, due to their enormous genetic pool, are also a potential source of biochemical reactions that recycle essential nutrients for plant growth. Microbes that associate with plants can be considered to be part of the plant's pan-genome. Therefore, it is essential for us to understand microbial community structure and their 'metagenome' and how it is influenced by different soil types and crop varieties. In the future we may be able to modify and better utilize the soil microbiota potential for promoting plant growth.
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- Andrzej Tkacz
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK
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Chen W, Sheng XF, He LY, Huang Z. Rhizobium yantingense sp. nov., a mineral-weathering bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 65:412-417. [PMID: 25376852 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.064428-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped bacterial strain, H66(T), was isolated from the surfaces of weathered rock (purple siltstone) found in Yanting, Sichuan Province, PR China. Cells of strain H66(T) were motile with peritrichous flagella. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that strain H66(T) belongs to the genus Rhizobium. It is closely related to Rhizobium huautlense SO2(T) (98.1 %), Rhizobium alkalisoli CCBAU 01393(T) (98.0 %) and Rhizobium cellulosilyticum ALA10B2(T) (98.0 %). Analysis of the housekeeping genes, recA, glnII and atpD, showed low levels of sequence similarity (<92.0 %) between strain H66(T) and other recognized species of the genus Rhizobium. The predominant components of the cellular fatty acids were summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c) and C16 : 0. The G+C content of strain H66(T) was 60.3 mol%. Strain H66(T) is suggested to be a novel species of the genus Rhizobium based on the low levels of DNA-DNA relatedness (ranging from 14.3 % to 40.0 %) with type strains of species of the genus Rhizobium and on its unique phenotypic characteristics. The namehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1601/nm.1279Rhizobium yantingense sp. nov. is proposed for this novel species. The type strain is H66(T) ( = CCTCC AB 2014007(T) = LMG 28229(T)).
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- Wei Chen
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environmental Microbiology, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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Antibiotic resistance differentiates Echinacea purpurea endophytic bacterial communities with respect to plant organs. Res Microbiol 2014; 165:686-94. [PMID: 25283726 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2014.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2014] [Revised: 09/23/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Recent findings have shown that antibiotic resistance is widespread in multiple environments and multicellular organisms, as plants, harboring rich and complex bacterial communities, could be hot spot for emergence of antibiotic resistances as a response to bioactive molecules production by members of the same community. Here, we investigated a panel of 137 bacterial isolates present in different organs of the medicinal plant Echinacea purpurea, aiming to evaluate if different plant organs harbor strains with different antibiotic resistance profiles, implying then the presence of different biological interactions in the communities inhabiting different plant organs. Data obtained showed a large antibiotic resistance variability among strains, which was strongly related to the different plant organs (26% of total variance, P < 0.0001). Interestingly this uneven antibiotic resistance pattern was present also when a single genus (Pseudomonas), ubiquitous in all organs, was analyzed and no correlation of antibiotic resistance pattern with genomic relatedness among strains was found. In conclusion, we speculate that antibiotic resistance patterns are tightly linked to the type of plant organ under investigation, suggesting the presence of differential forms of biological interaction in stem/leaves, roots and rhizosphere.
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Bahulikar RA, Torres-Jerez I, Worley E, Craven K, Udvardi MK. Diversity of nitrogen-fixing bacteria associated with switchgrass in the native tallgrass prairie of northern Oklahoma. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:5636-43. [PMID: 25002418 PMCID: PMC4178587 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02091-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2014] [Accepted: 06/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a perennial C4 grass native to North America that is being developed as a feedstock for cellulosic ethanol production. Industrial nitrogen fertilizers enhance switchgrass biomass production but add to production and environmental costs. A potential sustainable alternative source of nitrogen is biological nitrogen fixation. As a step in this direction, we studied the diversity of nitrogen-fixing bacteria (NFB) associated with native switchgrass plants from the tallgrass prairie of northern Oklahoma (United States), using a culture-independent approach. DNA sequences from the nitrogenase structural gene, nifH, revealed over 20 putative diazotrophs from the alpha-, beta-, delta-, and gammaproteobacteria and the firmicutes associated with roots and shoots of switchgrass. Alphaproteobacteria, especially rhizobia, predominated. Sequences derived from nifH RNA indicated expression of this gene in several bacteria of the alpha-, beta-, delta-, and gammaproteobacterial groups associated with roots. Prominent among these were Rhizobium and Methylobacterium species of the alphaproteobacteria, Burkholderia and Azoarcus species of the betaproteobacteria, and Desulfuromonas and Geobacter species of the deltaproteobacteria.
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- Rahul A Bahulikar
- Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA
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- Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA
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- Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA
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- Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA
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- Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA
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Rozahon M, Ismayil N, Hamood B, Erkin R, Abdurahman M, Mamtimin H, Abdukerim M, Lal R, Rahman E. Rhizobium
populi sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from Populus euphratica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3215-3221. [DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.061416-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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An endophytic bacterium, designated K-38T, was isolated from the storage liquid in the stems of Populus euphratica trees at the ancient Ugan River in Xinjiang, PR China. Strain K-38T was found to be rod-shaped, Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-motile and non-spore-forming. Strain K-38T grew at temperatures of 25–37 °C (optimum, 28 °C), at pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum, pH 7.5) and in the presence of 0–3 % (w/v) NaCl with 1 % as the optimum concentration for growth. According to phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, strain K-38T was assigned to the genus
Rhizobium
with highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 97.2 % to
Rhizobium rosettiformans
W3T, followed by
Rhizobium nepotum
39/7T (96.5 %) and
Rhizobium borbori
DN316T (96.2 %). Phylogenetic analysis of strain K-38T based on the protein coding genes recA, atpD and nifH confirmed (similarities were less than 90 %) it to be a representative of a distinctly delineated species of the genus
Rhizobium
. The DNA G+C content was determined to be 63.5 mol%. DNA–DNA relatedness between K-38T and
R. rosettiformans
W3T was 48.4 %, indicating genetic separation of strain K-38T from the latter strain. The major components of the cellular fatty acids in strain K-38T were revealed to be summed feature 8 (comprising C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c; 57.2 %), C16 : 0 (13.6 %) and summed feature 2 (comprising C12 : 0 aldehyde, C14 : 0 3-OH/iso-C16 : 1 I and/or unknown ECL 10.928; 11.0 %). Polar lipids of strain K-38T include phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, two unidentified aminophospholipids and two unidentified phospholipids. Q-10 was the major quinone in strain K-38T. Based on phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic properties, strain K-38T represents a novel species of the genus
Rhizobium
, for which the name Rhizobium
populi sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is K-38T ( = CCTCC AB 2013068T = NRRL B-59990T = JCM 19159T).
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- Manziram Rozahon
- College of Life Science and Technology of Xinjiang University, Urumchi, Xinjiang 830046, PR China
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- College of Life Science and Technology of Xinjiang University, Urumchi, Xinjiang 830046, PR China
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- College of Life Science and Technology of Xinjiang University, Urumchi, Xinjiang 830046, PR China
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- College of Life Science and Technology of Xinjiang University, Urumchi, Xinjiang 830046, PR China
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- College of Life Science and Technology of Xinjiang University, Urumchi, Xinjiang 830046, PR China
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- College of Life Science and Technology of Xinjiang University, Urumchi, Xinjiang 830046, PR China
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- College of Life Science and Technology of Xinjiang University, Urumchi, Xinjiang 830046, PR China
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- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- College of Life Science and Technology of Xinjiang University, Urumchi, Xinjiang 830046, PR China
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Roumiantseva ML, Muntyan VS, Mengoni A, Simarov BV. ITS-polymorphism of salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive native isolates of Sinorhizoblum meliloti-symbionts of alfalfa, clover and fenugreek plants. RUSS J GENET+ 2014. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795414040103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Zhang XX, Tang X, Sheirdil RA, Sun L, Ma XT. Rhizobium rhizoryzae sp. nov., isolated from rice roots. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1373-1377. [PMID: 24449787 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.056325-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Two strains (J3-AN59(T) and J3-N84) of Gram-stain-negative, aerobic and rod-shaped bacteria were isolated from the roots of fresh rice plants. The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity results showed that the similarity between strains J3-AN59(T) and J3-N84 was 100 %. Both strains were phylogenetically related to members of the genus Rhizobium, and they were most closely related to Rhizobium tarimense ACCC 06128(T) (97.43 %). Similarities in the sequences of housekeeping genes between strains J3-AN59(T) and J3-N84 and those of recognized species of the genus Rhizobium were less than 90 %. The polar lipid profiles of both strains were predominantly composed of phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine and an unknown aminophospholipid. The major cellular fatty acids were summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c) and C16 : 0. The DNA G+C contents of J3-AN59(T) and J3-N84 were 55.7 and 57.1 mol%, respectively. The DNA-DNA relatedness value between J3-AN59(T) and J3-N84 was 89 %, and strain J3-AN59(T) showed 9 % DNA-DNA relatedness to R. tarimense ACCC 06128(T), the most closely related strain. Based on this evidence, we found that J3-AN59(T) and J3-N84 represent a novel species in the genus Rhizobium and we propose the name Rhizobium rhizoryzae sp. nov. The type strain is J3-AN59(T) ( = ACCC 05916(T) = KCTC 23652(T)).
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- Xiao-Xia Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources Collection and Preservation, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources Collection and Preservation, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Department of Soil Science and Soil Water Conservation, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.,Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources Collection and Preservation, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources Collection and Preservation, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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Setten L, Soto G, Mozzicafreddo M, Fox AR, Lisi C, Cuccioloni M, Angeletti M, Pagano E, Díaz-Paleo A, Ayub ND. Engineering Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5 for nitrogen fixation and its application to improve plant growth under nitrogen-deficient conditions. PLoS One 2013; 8:e63666. [PMID: 23675499 PMCID: PMC3652814 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2012] [Accepted: 04/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Nitrogen is the second most critical factor for crop production after water. In this study, the beneficial rhizobacterium Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5 was genetically modified to fix nitrogen using the genes encoding the nitrogenase of Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501 via the X940 cosmid. Pf-5 X940 was able to grow in L medium without nitrogen, displayed high nitrogenase activity and released significant quantities of ammonium to the medium. Pf-5 X940 also showed constitutive expression and enzymatic activity of nitrogenase in ammonium medium or in nitrogen-free medium, suggesting a constitutive nitrogen fixation. Similar to Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5, Pseudomonas putida, Pseudomonas veronii and Pseudomonas taetrolens but not Pseudomonas balearica and Pseudomonas stutzeri transformed with cosmid X940 showed constitutive nitrogenase activity and high ammonium production, suggesting that this phenotype depends on the genome context and that this technology to obtain nitrogen-fixing bacteria is not restricted to Pf-5. Interestingly, inoculation of Arabidopsis, alfalfa, tall fescue and maize with Pf-5 X940 increased the ammonium concentration in soil and plant productivity under nitrogen-deficient conditions. In conclusion, these results open the way to the production of effective recombinant inoculants for nitrogen fixation on a wide range of crops.
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- Lorena Setten
- Instituto de Genética Ewald A. Favret (CICVyA-INTA), Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Genética Ewald A. Favret (CICVyA-INTA), Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Cuidad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, University of Camerino, Camerino (MC), Italy
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Cuidad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Genética Ewald A. Favret (CICVyA-INTA), Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, University of Camerino, Camerino (MC), Italy
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- Instituto de Genética Ewald A. Favret (CICVyA-INTA), Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Genética Ewald A. Favret (CICVyA-INTA), Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Genética Ewald A. Favret (CICVyA-INTA), Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Cuidad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Kelly JJ, Peterson E, Winkelman J, Walter TJ, Rier ST, Tuchman NC. Elevated atmospheric CO2 impacts abundance and diversity of nitrogen cycling functional genes in soil. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2013; 65:394-404. [PMID: 22961365 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0122-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2012] [Accepted: 08/29/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The concentration of CO(2) in the Earth's atmosphere has increased over the last century. Although this increase is unlikely to have direct effects on soil microbial communities, increased atmospheric CO(2) may impact soil ecosystems indirectly through plant responses. This study tested the hypothesis that exposure of plants to elevated CO(2) would impact soil microorganisms responsible for key nitrogen cycling processes, specifically denitrification and nitrification. We grew trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) trees in outdoor chambers under ambient (360 ppm) or elevated (720 ppm) levels of CO(2) for 5 years and analyzed the microbial communities in the soils below the trees using quantitative polymerase chain reaction and clone library sequencing targeting the nitrite reductase (nirK) and ammonia monooxygenase (amoA) genes. We observed a more than twofold increase in copy numbers of nirK and a decrease in nirK diversity with CO(2) enrichment, with an increased predominance of Bradyrhizobia-like nirK sequences. We suggest that this dramatic increase in nirK-containing bacteria may have contributed to the significant loss of soil N in the CO(2)-treated chambers. Elevated CO(2) also resulted in a significant decrease in copy numbers of bacterial amoA, but no change in archaeal amoA copy numbers. The decrease in abundance of bacterial amoA was likely a result of the loss of soil N in the CO(2)-treated chambers, while the lack of response for archaeal amoA supports the hypothesis that physiological differences in these two groups of ammonia oxidizers may enable them to occupy distinct ecological niches and respond differently to environmental change.
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- John J Kelly
- Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 60660, USA.
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Bibi F, Chung EJ, Khan A, Jeon CO, Chung YR. Rhizobium halophytocola sp. nov., isolated from the root of a coastal dune plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1997-2003. [DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.029488-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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During a study of endophytic bacteria from coastal dune plants, a bacterial strain, designated YC6881T, was isolated from the root of Rosa rugosa collected from the coastal dune areas of Namhae Island, Korea. The bacterium was found to be Gram-staining-negative, motile, halophilic and heterotrophic with a single polar flagellum. Strain YC6881T grew at temperatures of 4–37 °C (optimum, 28–32 °C), at pH 6.0–9.0 (optimum, pH 7.0–8.0), and at NaCl concentrations in the range of 0–7.5 % (w/v) (optimum, 4–5 % NaCl). Strain YC6881T was catalase- and oxidase-positive and negative for nitrate reduction. According to phylogenetic analysis using 16S rRNA gene sequences, strain YC6881T belonged to the genus
Rhizobium
and showed the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 96.9 % to
Rhizobium rosettiformans
, followed by
Rhizobium borbori
(96.3 %),
Rhizobium radiobacter
(96.1 %),
Rhizobium daejeonense
(95.9 %),
Rhizobium larrymoorei
(95.6 %) and
Rhizobium giardinii
(95.4 %). Phylogenetic analysis of strain YC6881T by recA, atpD, glnII and 16S–23S intergenic spacer (IGS) sequences all confirmed the phylogenetic arrangements obtained by using 16S rRNA gene sequences. Cross-nodulation tests showed that strain YC6881T was a symbiotic bacterium that nodulated Vigna unguiculata and Pisum sativum. The major components of the cellular fatty acids were C18 : 1ω7c (53.7 %), C19 : 0 cyclo ω8c (12.6 %) and C12 : 0 (8.1 %). The DNA G+C content was 52.8 mol%. Phenotypic and physiological tests with respect to carbon source utilization, antibiotic resistance, growth conditions, phylogenetic analyses of housekeeping genes recA, atpD and glnII, and fatty acid composition could be used to discriminate strain YC6881T from other species of the genus
Rhizobium
in the same sublineage. Based on the results obtained in this study, strain YC6881T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus
Rhizobium
, for which the name Rhizobium halophytocola sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YC6881T ( = KACC 13775T = DSM 21600T).
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- Fehmida Bibi
- Division of Applied Life Science (BK 21), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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- JGreen Inc., Department of Research & Development, Changnyeong 635-806, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK 21), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK 21), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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Zhang X, Li B, Wang H, Sui X, Ma X, Hong Q, Jiang R. Rhizobium petrolearium sp. nov., isolated from oil-contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 62:1871-1876. [PMID: 21984664 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.026880-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Two Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria, designated strains SL-1(T) and F11, which had the ability to decompose polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), were isolated from soil samples contaminated by oil. The cells were motile by polar or lateral flagella. According to comparison of 16S rRNA gene sequences, strains SL-1(T) and F11 were identical and showed the greatest degree of similarity (96.8%) to both Rhizobium oryzae Alt505(T) and Rhizobium mesosinicum CCBAU 25010(T); however, only Rhizobium oryzae with SL-1(T) and F11 formed a separate clade. There were low similarities (<90%) between the atpD and recA sequences of the two strains and those of the genus of Rhizobium. The bacteria grew at temperatures of 10-40 °C with an optimum of 30 °C. The pH range for growth was 6.0-10.0 and optimum pH was 7.0-8.0. Growth occurred at NaCl concentrations up to 3.0% (w/v). They were catalase- and oxidase-positive. The main cellular fatty acids were summed feature 8 (18:1ω7c and/or 18:1ω6c) and 16:0. The DNA G+C content was 62.2 mol%. Strain SL-1(T) showed 29 and 0% DNA-DNA relatedness, respectively, with the most related strains R. oryzae Alt505(T) and R. mesosinicum CCBAU 25010(T) according to phylogenic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene. According to physiological and biochemical characteristics and genotypic data obtained in this work, the bacteria represent a novel species of the genus Rhizobium, and the name Rhizobium petrolearium is proposed. The type strain is SL-1(T) ( = ACCC 11238(T) = KCTC 23288(T)) and it could nodulate Medicago sativa in nodulation tests.
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- Xiaoxia Zhang
- Agricultural Culture Collection of China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Beijing Centre for Physical and Chemical Analysis, Beijing 100089, PR China
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- Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Agro-Microbial Resource and Application, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, PR China
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- Agricultural Culture Collection of China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Microbiological Engineering of Agricultural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, PR China
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- Agricultural Culture Collection of China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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Zhang YM, Li Y, Chen WF, Wang ET, Tian CF, Li QQ, Zhang YZ, Sui XH, Chen WX. Biodiversity and biogeography of rhizobia associated with soybean plants grown in the North China Plain. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:6331-42. [PMID: 21784912 PMCID: PMC3187167 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00542-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2011] [Accepted: 07/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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As the putative center of origin for soybean and the second largest region of soybean production in China, the North China Plain covers temperate and subtropical regions with diverse soil characteristics. However, the soybean rhizobia in this plain have not been sufficiently studied. To investigate the biodiversity and biogeography of soybean rhizobia in this plain, a total of 309 isolates of symbiotic bacteria from the soybean nodules collected from 16 sampling sites were studied by molecular characterization. These isolates were classified into 10 genospecies belonging to the genera Sinorhizobium and Bradyrhizobium, including four novel groups, with S. fredii (68.28%) as the dominant group. The phylogeny of symbiotic genes nodC and nifH defined four lineages among the isolates associated with Sinorhizobium fredii, Bradyrhizobium elkanii, B. japonicum, and B. yuanmingense, demonstrating the different origins of symbiotic genes and their coevolution with the chromosome. The possible lateral transfer of symbiotic genes was detected in several cases. The association between soil factors (available N, P, and K and pH) and the distribution of genospecies suggest clear biogeographic patterns: Sinorhizobium spp. were superdominant in sampling sites with alkaline-saline soils, while Bradyrhizobium spp. were more abundant in neutral soils. This study clarified the biodiversity and biogeography of soybean rhizobia in the North China Plain.
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- Yan Ming Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 11340 México D.F., México
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, China
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Hardoim PR, Andreote FD, Reinhold-Hurek B, Sessitsch A, van Overbeek LS, van Elsas JD. Rice root-associated bacteria: insights into community structures across 10 cultivars. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2011; 45:353-61. [PMID: 21426364 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-002-1065-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2002] [Accepted: 12/16/2002] [Indexed: 05/20/2023] Open
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In this study, the effects of plant genotype, soil type and nutrient use efficiency on the composition of different bacterial communities associated with rice roots were investigated. Thus, total bacteria, Alpha- and Betaproteobacteria, Pseudomonas and Actinobacteria were studied using PCR, followed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE). Rice genotype determined, to a large extent, the composition of the different bacterial communities across cultivars. Several cultivars belonging to Oryza sativa ssp. indica tended to select similar bacterial communities, whereas those belonging to subspecies japonica and aromatica selected ones with divergent community structures. An effect of soil type was pronounced for the Actinobacteria communities, while a small effect of 'improved' and 'traditional' plants was noted for all communities analyzed. A few dominant bands in PCR-DGGE, affiliated with Rhizobium radiobacter, Dickeya zeae, Mycobacterium bolletii and with members of the Rhizobiales, Rhodospirillaceae and Paenibacillaceae, were spread across cultivars. In contrast, a majority of bands (e.g. affiliated with Enterobacter cloacae or Burkholderia kururiensis) was only present in particular cultivars or was erratically distributed among rice replicates. These findings suggested that both bacterial adaptation and plant genotype contribute to the shaping of the dynamic bacterial communities associated with roots of rice plants.
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- Pablo Rodrigo Hardoim
- Department of Microbial Ecology, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, Groningen University, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Endophyte-Assisted Phytoremediation of Explosives in Poplar Trees by Methylobacterium populi BJ001T. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1599-8_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Hardoim PR, Andreote FD, Reinhold-Hurek B, Sessitsch A, van Overbeek LS, van Elsas JD. Rice root-associated bacteria: insights into community structures across 10 cultivars. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2011; 77:154-64. [PMID: 21426364 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01092.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In this study, the effects of plant genotype, soil type and nutrient use efficiency on the composition of different bacterial communities associated with rice roots were investigated. Thus, total bacteria, Alpha- and Betaproteobacteria, Pseudomonas and Actinobacteria were studied using PCR, followed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE). Rice genotype determined, to a large extent, the composition of the different bacterial communities across cultivars. Several cultivars belonging to Oryza sativa ssp. indica tended to select similar bacterial communities, whereas those belonging to subspecies japonica and aromatica selected ones with divergent community structures. An effect of soil type was pronounced for the Actinobacteria communities, while a small effect of 'improved' and 'traditional' plants was noted for all communities analyzed. A few dominant bands in PCR-DGGE, affiliated with Rhizobium radiobacter, Dickeya zeae, Mycobacterium bolletii and with members of the Rhizobiales, Rhodospirillaceae and Paenibacillaceae, were spread across cultivars. In contrast, a majority of bands (e.g. affiliated with Enterobacter cloacae or Burkholderia kururiensis) was only present in particular cultivars or was erratically distributed among rice replicates. These findings suggested that both bacterial adaptation and plant genotype contribute to the shaping of the dynamic bacterial communities associated with roots of rice plants.
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- Pablo Rodrigo Hardoim
- Department of Microbial Ecology, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, Groningen University, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Zhang RJ, Hou BC, Wang ET, Li Y, Zhang XX, Chen WX. Rhizobium tubonense sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Oxytropis glabra. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:512-517. [DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.020156-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Four rhizobial strains, designated CCBAU 85046T, CCBAU 85051, CCBAU 85048 and CCBAU 85049, isolated from root nodules of Oxytropis glabra grown in Tibet, China, were previously defined, using amplified 16S rRNA gene restriction analysis, as a novel group within the genus Rhizobium. To clarify their taxonomic position, these strains were further analysed and compared with reference strains of related bacteria using a polyphasic approach. The 16S rRNA gene analysis showed that the four isolates formed a distinct phylogenetic lineage in the genus Rhizobium. The isolates showed highest sequence similarity (97.8 %) to Rhizobium indigoferae CCBAU 71042T. Phenotypic and physiological tests, DNA–DNA hybridization, phylogenetic analyses of housekeeping genes recA, atpD and glnII and fatty acid profiles also indicated that these four strains constitute a novel group distinct from recognized species of the genus Rhizobium. Based on this evidence, strains CCBAU 85046T, CCBAU 85051, CCBAU 85048 and CCBAU 85049 represent a novel species in the genus Rhizobium, for which the name Rhizobium tubonense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CCBAU 85046T (=LMG 25225T =HAMBI 3066T) and its DNA G+C content is 59.52 mol% (T
m). Strain CCBAU 85046T could form effective nodules on plant species Vigna unguiculata and Medicago sativa but not on its host of origin Oxytropis glabra.
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- Rong Juan Zhang
- State Key Laboratories for Agro-Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- State Key Laboratories for Agro-Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture/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, 11340 México D. F., Mexico
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- State Key Laboratories for Agro-Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- Agricultural Cultural Collection of China, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- State Key Laboratories for Agro-Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, PR China
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Baudoin E, Couillerot O, Spaepen S, Moënne-Loccoz Y, Nazaret S. Applicability of the 16S-23S rDNA internal spacer for PCR detection of the phytostimulatory PGPR inoculant Azospirillum lipoferum CRT1 in field soil. J Appl Microbiol 2010; 108:25-38. [PMID: 19583800 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04393.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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AIMS To assess the applicability of the 16S-23S rDNA internal spacer regions (ISR) as targets for PCR detection of Azospirillum ssp. and the phytostimulatory plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria seed inoculant Azospirillum lipoferum CRT1 in soil. METHODS AND RESULTS Primer sets were designed after sequence analysis of the ISR of A. lipoferum CRT1 and Azospirillum brasilense Sp245. The primers fAZO/rAZO targeting the Azospirillum genus successfully yielded PCR amplicons (400-550 bp) from Azospirillum strains but also from certain non-Azospirillum strains in vitro, therefore they were not appropriate to monitor indigenous Azospirillum soil populations. The primers fCRT1/rCRT1 targeting A. lipoferum CRT1 generated a single 249-bp PCR product but could also amplify other strains from the same species. However, with DNA extracts from the rhizosphere of field-grown maize, both fAZO/rAZO and fCRT1/rCRT1 primer sets could be used to evidence strain CRT1 in inoculated plants by nested PCR, after a first ISR amplification with universal ribosomal primers. In soil, a 7-log dynamic range of detection (10(2)-10(8) CFU g(-1) soil) was obtained. CONCLUSIONS The PCR primers targeting 16S-23S rDNA ISR sequences enabled detection of the inoculant A. lipoferum CRT1 in field soil. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Convenient methods to monitor Azospirillum phytostimulators in the soil are lacking. The PCR protocols designed based on ISR sequences will be useful for detection of the crop inoculant A. lipoferum CRT1 under field conditions.
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- E Baudoin
- IRD, UMR 113, LSTM, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA-A82/J, 34398 Montpellier cedex5, France
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Prasanna R, Nain L, Pandey AK, Nayak S. Exploring the Ecological Significance of Microbial Diversity and Networking in the Rice Ecosystem. SOIL BIOLOGY 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-05076-3_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Bautista-Zapanta JN, Arafat HH, Tanaka K, Sawada H, Suzuki K. Variation of 16S-23S internally transcribed spacer sequence and intervening sequence in rDNA among the three major Agrobacterium species. Microbiol Res 2009; 164:604-12. [PMID: 17997085 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2007.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2007] [Revised: 08/20/2007] [Accepted: 08/22/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- J-Ney Bautista-Zapanta
- Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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Diversity and high nitrogenase activity of endophytic diazotrophs isolated from Oryza rufipogon Griff. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0408-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Hou BC, Wang ET, Li Y, Jia RZ, Chen WF, Gao Y, Dong RJ, Chen WX. Rhizobium tibeticum sp. nov., a symbiotic bacterium isolated from Trigonella archiducis-nicolai (Sirj.) Vassilcz. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3051-7. [PMID: 19643889 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.009647-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Isolated from root nodules of Trigonella archiducis-nicolai (Sirj.) Vassilcz. grown in Tibet, China, cells of the bacterial strains CCBAU 85039(T) and CCBAU 85027 were Gram-negative, aerobic, motile, non-spore-forming rods that formed colonies that were semi-translucent and opalescent on yeast extract-mannitol agar. In numerical taxonomy, SDS-PAGE analysis of whole-cell proteins and DNA-DNA hybridization, the two strains were very similar and were different from reference strains of defined Rhizobium species. In the phylogeny based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, they were most similar to Rhizobium etli CFN 42(T) (98.2 % similarity) and R. leguminosarum USDA 2370(T) (97.6 %). Sequence analyses of the housekeeping genes recA, atpD and glnII and the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer, phenotypic characteristics and cellular fatty acid profiles strongly suggested that these two strains represented a novel species within Rhizobium. Cross-nodulation tests and sequencing of nifH and nodA genes showed that these two strains were symbiotic bacteria that nodulated Trigonella archiducis-nicolai, Medicago lupulina, Medicago sativa, Melilotus officinalis, Phaseolus vulgaris and Trigonella foenum-graecum. Based on the results, the novel species Rhizobium tibeticum sp. nov. is described to accommodate the two strains. The type strain is CCBAU 85039(T) (=LMG 24453(T) =CGMCC 1.7071(T)). The DNA G+C content of this strain is 59.7 mol% (T(m)).
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- Bao Chao Hou
- State Key Laboratories for Agro biotechnology/College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, 100193 Beijing, PR China
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Menna P, Barcellos FG, Hungria M. Phylogeny and taxonomy of a diverse collection of Bradyrhizobium strains based on multilocus sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene, ITS region and glnII, recA, atpD and dnaK genes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2934-50. [PMID: 19628593 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.009779-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The genus Bradyrhizobium encompasses a variety of bacteria that can live in symbiotic and endophytic associations with legumes and non-legumes, and are characterized by physiological and symbiotic versatility and broad geographical distribution. However, despite indications of great genetic variability within the genus, only eight species have been described, mainly because of the highly conserved nature of the 16S rRNA gene. In this study, 169 strains isolated from 43 different legumes were analysed by rep-PCR with the BOX primer, by sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene and the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic transcribed spacer (ITS) and by multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) of four housekeeping genes, glnII, recA, atpD and dnaK. Considering a cut-off at a level of 70 % similarity, 80 rep-PCR profiles were distinguished, which, together with type strains, were clustered at a very low level of similarity (24 %). In both single and concatenated analyses of the 16S rRNA gene and ITS sequences, two large groups were formed, with bootstrap support of 99 % in the concatenated analysis. The first group included the type and/or reference strains of Bradyrhizobium japonicum, B. betae, B. liaoningense, B. canariense and B. yuanmingense and B. japonicum USDA 110, and the second group included strains related to Bradyrhizobium elkanii USDA 76(T), B. pachyrhizi PAC48(T) and B. jicamae PAC68(T). Similar results were obtained with MLSA of glnII, recA, atpD and dnaK. Greatest variability was observed when the atpD gene was amplified, and five strains related to B. elkanii revealed a level of variability never reported before. Another important observation was that a group composed of strains USDA 110, SEMIA 5080 and SEMIA 6059, all isolated from soybean, clustered in all six trees with high bootstrap support and were quite distinct from the clusters that included B. japonicum USDA 6(T). The results confirm that MLSA is a rapid and reliable way of providing information on phylogenetic relationships and of identifying rhizobial strains potentially representative of novel species.
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- Pâmela Menna
- Embrapa Soja, Cx Postal 231, 86001-970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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Cummings SP, Gyaneshwar P, Vinuesa P, Farruggia FT, Andrews M, Humphry D, Elliott GN, Nelson A, Orr C, Pettitt D, Shah GR, Santos SR, Krishnan HB, Odee D, Moreira FMS, Sprent JI, Young JPW, James EK. Nodulation of Sesbania species by Rhizobium (Agrobacterium) strain IRBG74 and other rhizobia. Environ Microbiol 2009; 11:2510-25. [PMID: 19555380 PMCID: PMC7163632 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01975.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Concatenated sequence analysis with 16S rRNA, rpoB and fusA genes identified a bacterial strain (IRBG74) isolated from root nodules of the aquatic legume Sesbania cannabina as a close relative of the plant pathogen Rhizobium radiobacter (syn. Agrobacterium tumefaciens). However, DNA:DNA hybridization with R. radiobacter, R. rubi, R. vitis and R. huautlense gave only 44%, 5%, 8% and 8% similarity respectively, suggesting that IRBG74 is potentially a new species. Additionally, it contained no vir genes and lacked tumour‐forming ability, but harboured a sym‐plasmid containing nifH and nodA genes similar to those in other Sesbania symbionts. Indeed, IRBG74 effectively nodulated S. cannabina and seven other Sesbania spp. that nodulate with Ensifer (Sinorhizobium)/Rhizobium strains with similar nodA genes to IRBG74, but not species that nodulate with Azorhizobium or Mesorhizobium. Light and electron microscopy revealed that IRBG74 infected Sesbania spp. via lateral root junctions under flooded conditions, but via root hairs under non‐flooded conditions. Thus, IRBG74 is the first confirmed legume‐nodulating symbiont from the Rhizobium (Agrobacterium) clade. Cross‐inoculation studies with various Sesbania symbionts showed that S. cannabina could form fully effective symbioses with strains in the genera Rhizobium and Ensifer, only ineffective ones with Azorhizobium strains, and either partially effective (Mesorhizobium huakii) or ineffective (Mesorhizobium plurifarium) symbioses with Mesorhizobium. These data are discussed in terms of the molecular phylogeny of Sesbania and its symbionts.
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- Stephen P Cummings
- School of Applied Sciences, Ellison Building, University of Northumbria, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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Rivas R, Martens M, de Lajudie P, Willems A. Multilocus sequence analysis of the genus Bradyrhizobium. Syst Appl Microbiol 2009; 32:101-10. [PMID: 19201125 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2008.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2008] [Revised: 12/18/2008] [Accepted: 12/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The use of multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) for the taxonomy of Bradyrhizobium was assessed. We compared partial sequences for atpD, recA, gyrB, rpoB and dnaK for a set of reference strains representing named species and genospecies, and a number of new isolates from Lupinus albus, Arachis hypogaea and Ornithopus compressus from Spain. The phylogenies of the individual genes were compared with previous DNA-DNA hybridization results. High hybridization values were well reflected, but intermediary hybridization values were less clearly apparent. However, the phylogeny of a concatenated dataset of the five genes did reflect all values and thus is more informative of overall genome similarity. Our results indicate that only for the genes gyrB, rpoB and dnaK there is a small gap between the interspecies sequence similarities and the intraspecies similarity, and therefore cut-off levels for species delineation cannot be set, although high sequence similarity (>99%) does permit identification. In a few instances, a reference strain did not group as expected for one of the five genes tested. This may be a result of horizontal gene transfer and recombination events occasionally involving housekeeping genes. This observation indicates it is best to consider more than one gene for taxonomic inferences. The majority of the new isolates from the three host species was identified as Bradyrhizobium canariense. Four strains from L. albus from León, Spain, formed a separate group close to Bradyrhizobium japonicum.
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- Raul Rivas
- Laboratory of Microbiology (WE10), Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Hou BC, Wang ET, Li Y, Jia RZ, Chen WF, Man CX, Sui XH, Chen WX. Rhizobial resource associated with epidemic legumes in Tibet. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2009; 57:69-81. [PMID: 18568286 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-008-9397-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2007] [Revised: 04/20/2008] [Accepted: 04/22/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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A total of 128 bacterial test strains originated from Astragalus, Caragana, Gueldenstaedtia, Medicago, Melilotus, Oxytropis, Trifolium, and Vicia grown in Tibet were characterized phenotypically and genomically. Based upon the consensus of grouping results, they were identified as 16 putative species. Twenty-five test strains belonging to seven putative species of Agrobacterium, Bradyrhizobium, and Rhizobium might be nonsymbiotic bacteria and the remaining 103 test strains were symbiotic bacteria belonging to Mesorhizobium, Rhizobium, and Sinorhizobium meliloti. Although no novel taxon was detected in the symbiotic bacteria, several characters including the alkaliphilic psychrotolerance revealed that the Tibetan rhizobia could be ecotypes adapted to the local conditions. The results also demonstrated that frequent lateral transfer of symbiotic genes might have happened in the Tibetan rhizobia since nodC genes similar to that of S. meliloti were found in several Rhizobium test strains and all the Mesorhizobium species had very similar nodC genes despite their genomic background. All of these findings demonstrated that the Tibetan rhizobia were an important resource for further studies on rhizobial ecology and application.
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- Bao Chao Hou
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Microbial Resource and Application, Ministry of Agriculture/College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, 100193, Beijing, China
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Laranjo M, Alexandre A, Rivas R, Velázquez E, Young JPW, Oliveira S. Chickpea rhizobia symbiosis genes are highly conserved across multiple Mesorhizobium species. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2008; 66:391-400. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00584.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Peng G, Yuan Q, Li H, Zhang W, Tan Z. Rhizobium oryzae sp. nov., isolated from the wild rice Oryza alta. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2158-63. [PMID: 18768622 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65632-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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During a study of endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria present in the wild rice species Oryza alta, eight novel isolates were obtained from surface-sterilized roots and classified in the genus Rhizobium on the basis of almost-complete 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. These strains can nodulate Phaseolus vulgaris and Glycine max. The highly similar protein patterns, DNA fingerprint patterns of insertion sequence-based PCR (IS-PCR) and DNA-DNA hybridizations showed that these novel isolates were members of the same species. The closest phylogenetic relatives of the representative strain Alt 505(T) of the novel group were Rhizobium etli CFN 42(T) and Rhizobium indigoferae CCBAU 71714(T), with 96.2 and 96.0% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, respectively. Low DNA-DNA relatedness with the type strains of R. etli, R. indigoferae, Rhizobium hainanense, Rhizobium mongolense and Rhizobium galegae and differences in IS-PCR fingerprinting patterns, SDS-PAGE of proteins, antibiotic resistance, phenotypic tests and comparison of cellular fatty acids with Rhizobium species indicated that the novel group of isolates were distinct from previously described species. Based on these results, we propose to place them in a novel species, as Rhizobium oryzae sp. nov. The type strain is Alt 505(T) (=LMG 24253(T) =CGMCC 1.7048(T)).
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MESH Headings
- Bacterial Proteins/analysis
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Genes, rRNA
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Oryza/microbiology
- Phylogeny
- Plant Roots/microbiology
- Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
- Proteome/analysis
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- Rhizobium/classification
- Rhizobium/genetics
- Rhizobium/isolation & purification
- Rhizobium/physiology
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Glycine max/microbiology
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- Guixiang Peng
- College of Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China
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Peng G, Wang H, Zhang G, Hou W, Liu Y, Wang ET, Tan Z. Azospirillum melinis sp. nov., a group of diazotrophs isolated from tropical molasses grass. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1263-1271. [PMID: 16738102 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64025-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Fifteen bacterial strains isolated from molasses grass (Melinis minutiflora Beauv.) were identified as nitrogen-fixers by using the acetylene-reduction assay and PCR amplification of nifH gene fragments. These strains were classified as a unique group by insertion sequence-PCR fingerprinting, SDS-PAGE protein patterns, DNA-DNA hybridization, 16S rRNA gene sequencing and morphological characterization. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene indicated that these diazotrophic strains belonged to the genus Azospirillum and were closely related to Azospirillum lipoferum (with 97.5 % similarity). In all the analyses, including in addition phenotypic characterization using Biolog MicroPlates and comparison of cellular fatty acids, this novel group was found to be different from the most closely related species, Azospirillum lipoferum. Based on these data, a novel species, Azospirillum melinis sp. nov., is proposed for these endophytic diazotrophs of M. minutiflora, with TMCY 0552(T) (=CCBAU 5106001(T) = LMG 23364(T) = CGMCC 1.5340(T)) as the type strain.
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- Guixiang Peng
- College of Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Provincial Key Lab of Plant Molecular Breeding, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Provincial Key Lab of Plant Molecular Breeding, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Provincial Key Lab of Plant Molecular Breeding, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Life Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, D. F. 11340, Mexico
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- Provincial Key Lab of Plant Molecular Breeding, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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Singh RK, Mishra RPN, Jaiswal HK, Kumar V, Pandey SP, Rao SB, Annapurna K. Isolation and identification of natural endophytic rhizobia from rice (Oryza sativa L.) through rDNA PCR-RFLP and sequence analysis. Curr Microbiol 2006; 52:345-9. [PMID: 16586025 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-0138-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2005] [Accepted: 11/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Three novel endophytic rhizobial strains (RRE3, RRE5, and RRE6) were isolated from naturally growing surface-sterilized rice roots. These isolates had the ability to nodulate common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) and sequencing of 16S rDNA of these isolates revealed that RRE3 and RRE5 are phylogenetically very close to Burkholderia cepacia complex, whereas RRE6 has affinity with Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli. Plant infection test using gusA reporter gene-tagged construct of these isolates indicated that bacterial cells can go inside and colonize the rice root interiors. A significant increase in biomass and grain yield was also recorded in greenhouse-grown rice plants inoculated with these isolates.
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- Ramesh K Singh
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India.
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