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Ren J, Cui Z, Wang Y, Ning Q, Gao Y. Transcriptomic insights into the potential impacts of flavonoids and nodule-specific cysteine-rich peptides on nitrogen fixation in Vicia villosa and Vicia sativa. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 214:108936. [PMID: 39018775 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2024] [Accepted: 07/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/19/2024]
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Vicia villosa (VV) and Vicia sativa (VS) are legume forages highly valued for their excellent nitrogen fixation. However, no research has addressed the mechanisms underlying their differences in nitrogen fixation. This study employed physiological, cytological, and comparative transcriptomic approaches to elucidate the disparities in nitrogen fixation between them. Our results showed that the total amount of nitrogen fixed was 60.45% greater in VV than in VS, and the comprehensive nitrogen response performance was 94.19% greater, while the nitrogen fixation efficiency was the same. The infection zone and differentiated bacteroid proportion in mature VV root nodules were 33.76% and 19.35% greater, respectively, than those in VS. The size of the VV genome was 15.16% larger than that of the VS genome, consistent with its greater biomass. A significant enrichment of the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway was found only for VV-specific genes, among which chalcone-flavonone isomerase, caffeoyl-CoA-O-methyltransferase and stilbene synthase were extremely highly expressed. The VV-specific genes also exhibited significant enrichment in symbiotic nodulation; genes related to nodule-specific cysteine-rich peptides (NCRs) comprised 61.11% of the highly expressed genes. qRT‒PCR demonstrated that greater enrichment and expression of the dominant NCR (Unigene0004451) were associated with greater nodule bacteroid differentiation and greater nitrogen fixation in VV. Our findings suggest that the greater total nitrogen fixation of VV was attributed to its larger biomass, leading to a greater nitrogen demand and enhanced fixation physiology. This process is likely achieved by the synergistic effects of high bacteroid differentiation along with high expression of flavonoid and NCR genes.
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- Jian Ren
- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China; Xinjiang Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Grassland Resources and Ecology of Western Arid Desert Area of the Ministry of Education, College of Grassland Science, Urumqi, 830052, China
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- Soybean Research Institute, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences/National Engineering Research Center for Soybean, Changchun, 130033, China
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- Soybean Research Institute, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences/National Engineering Research Center for Soybean, Changchun, 130033, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China; Xinjiang Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Grassland Resources and Ecology of Western Arid Desert Area of the Ministry of Education, College of Grassland Science, Urumqi, 830052, China.
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Gamalero E, Glick BR. Use of plant growth-promoting bacteria to facilitate phytoremediation. AIMS Microbiol 2024; 10:415-448. [PMID: 38919713 PMCID: PMC11194615 DOI: 10.3934/microbiol.2024021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2024] [Revised: 05/31/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
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Here, phytoremediation studies of toxic metal and organic compounds using plants augmented with plant growth-promoting bacteria, published in the past few years, were summarized and reviewed. These studies complemented and extended the many earlier studies in this area of research. The studies summarized here employed a wide range of non-agricultural plants including various grasses indigenous to regions of the world. The plant growth-promoting bacteria used a range of different known mechanisms to promote plant growth in the presence of metallic and/or organic toxicants and thereby improve the phytoremediation ability of most plants. Both rhizosphere and endophyte PGPB strains have been found to be effective within various phytoremediation schemes. Consortia consisting of several PGPB were often more effective than individual PGPB in assisting phytoremediation in the presence of metallic and/or organic environmental contaminants.
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- Elisa Gamalero
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Viale T. Michel 11, Alessandria, 15121, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1
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Kim M, Kim W, Park Y, Jung J, Park W. Lineage-specific evolution of Aquibium, a close relative of Mesorhizobium, during habitat adaptation. Appl Environ Microbiol 2024; 90:e0209123. [PMID: 38412007 PMCID: PMC10952388 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02091-23] [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: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024] Open
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The novel genus Aquibium that lacks nitrogenase was recently reclassified from the Mesorhizobium genus. The genomes of Aquibium species isolated from water were smaller and had higher GC contents than those of Mesorhizobium species. Six Mesorhizobium species lacking nitrogenase were found to exhibit low similarity in the average nucleotide identity values to the other 24 Mesorhizobium species. Therefore, they were classified as the non-N2-fixing Mesorhizobium lineage (N-ML), an evolutionary intermediate species. The results of our phylogenomic analyses and the loss of Rhizobiales-specific fur/mur indicated that Mesorhizobium species may have evolved from Aquibium species through an ecological transition. Halotolerant and alkali-resistant Aquibium and Mesorhizobium microcysteis belonging to N-ML possessed many tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic transporter and sodium/proton antiporter subunits composed of seven genes (mrpABCDEFG). These genes were not present in the N2-fixing Mesorhizobium lineage (ML), suggesting that genes acquired for adaptation to highly saline and alkaline environments were lost during the evolution of ML as the habitat changed to soil. Land-to-water habitat changes in Aquibium species, close relatives of Mesorhizobium species, could have influenced their genomic evolution by the gain and loss of genes. Our study indicated that lineage-specific evolution could have played a significant role in shaping their genome architecture and conferring their ability to thrive in different habitats.IMPORTANCEPhylogenetic analyses revealed that the Aquibium lineage (AL) and non-N2-fixing Mesorhizobium lineage (N-ML) were monophyletically grouped into distinct clusters separate from the N2-fixing Mesorhizobium lineage (ML). The N-ML, an evolutionary intermediate species having characteristics of both ancestral and descendant species, could provide a genomic snapshot of the genetic changes that occur during adaptation. Genomic analyses of AL, N-ML, and ML revealed that changes in the levels of genes related to transporters, chemotaxis, and nitrogen fixation likely reflect adaptations to different environmental conditions. Our study sheds light on the complex and dynamic nature of the evolution of rhizobia in response to changes in their environment and highlights the crucial role of genomic analysis in understanding these processes.
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- Minkyung Kim
- Laboratory of Molecular Environmental Microbiology, Department of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Molecular Environmental Microbiology, Department of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Molecular Environmental Microbiology, Department of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Molecular Environmental Microbiology, Department of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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Syska C, Kiers A, Rancurel C, Bailly-Bechet M, Lipuma J, Alloing G, Garcia I, Dupont L. VapC10 toxin of the legume symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti targets tRNASer and controls intracellular lifestyle. THE ISME JOURNAL 2024; 18:wrae015. [PMID: 38365913 PMCID: PMC10945364 DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wrae015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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The soil bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti can establish a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with the model legume Medicago truncatula. The rhizobia induce the formation of a specialized root organ called nodule, where they differentiate into bacteroids and reduce atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia. Little is known on the mechanisms involved in nodule senescence onset and in bacteroid survival inside the infected plant cells. Although toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems have been shown to promote intracellular survival within host cells in human pathogenic bacteria, their role in symbiotic bacteria was rarely investigated. S. meliloti encodes several TA systems, mainly of the VapBC family. Here we present the functional characterization, through a multidisciplinary approach, of the VapBC10 TA system of S. meliloti. Following a mapping by overexpression of an RNase in Escherichia coli (MORE) RNA-seq analysis, we demonstrated that the VapC10 toxin is an RNase that cleaves the anticodon loop of two tRNASer. Thereafter, a bioinformatics approach was used to predict VapC10 targets in bacteroids. This analysis suggests that toxin activation triggers a specific proteome reprogramming that could limit nitrogen fixation capability and viability of bacteroids. Accordingly, a vapC10 mutant induces a delayed senescence in nodules, associated to an enhanced bacteroid survival. VapBC10 TA system could contribute to S. meliloti adaptation to symbiotic lifestyle, in response to plant nitrogen status.
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- Camille Syska
- Université Côte d'Azur, INRAE, CNRS, Institut Sophia Agrobiotech (ISA), Sophia Antipolis 06903, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, INRAE, CNRS, Institut Sophia Agrobiotech (ISA), Sophia Antipolis 06903, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, INRAE, CNRS, Institut Sophia Agrobiotech (ISA), Sophia Antipolis 06903, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, INRAE, CNRS, Institut Sophia Agrobiotech (ISA), Sophia Antipolis 06903, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, INRAE, CNRS, Institut Sophia Agrobiotech (ISA), Sophia Antipolis 06903, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, INRAE, CNRS, Institut Sophia Agrobiotech (ISA), Sophia Antipolis 06903, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, INRAE, CNRS, Institut Sophia Agrobiotech (ISA), Sophia Antipolis 06903, France
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Shumilina J, Soboleva A, Abakumov E, Shtark OY, Zhukov VA, Frolov A. Signaling in Legume-Rhizobia Symbiosis. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:17397. [PMID: 38139226 PMCID: PMC10743482 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242417397] [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: 10/05/2023] [Revised: 11/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Legumes represent an important source of food protein for human nutrition and animal feed. Therefore, sustainable production of legume crops is an issue of global importance. It is well-known that legume-rhizobia symbiosis allows an increase in the productivity and resilience of legume crops. The efficiency of this mutualistic association strongly depends on precise regulation of the complex interactions between plant and rhizobia. Their molecular dialogue represents a complex multi-staged process, each step of which is critically important for the overall success of the symbiosis. In particular, understanding the details of the molecular mechanisms behind the nodule formation and functioning might give access to new legume cultivars with improved crop productivity. Therefore, here we provide a comprehensive literature overview on the dynamics of the signaling network underlying the development of the legume-rhizobia symbiosis. Thereby, we pay special attention to the new findings in the field, as well as the principal directions of the current and prospective research. For this, here we comprehensively address the principal signaling events involved in the nodule inception, development, functioning, and senescence.
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- Julia Shumilina
- Laboratory of Analytical Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 127276 Moscow, Russia; (J.S.); (A.S.)
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- Laboratory of Analytical Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 127276 Moscow, Russia; (J.S.); (A.S.)
- Biological Faculty, Saint Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia;
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- Biological Faculty, Saint Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia;
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- Laboratory of Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, 196608 St. Petersburg, Russia; (O.Y.S.); (V.A.Z.)
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- Laboratory of Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, 196608 St. Petersburg, Russia; (O.Y.S.); (V.A.Z.)
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- Laboratory of Analytical Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 127276 Moscow, Russia; (J.S.); (A.S.)
- Biological Faculty, Saint Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia;
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Zartdinova R, Nikitin A. Calcium in the Life Cycle of Legume Root Nodules. Indian J Microbiol 2023; 63:410-420. [PMID: 38031601 PMCID: PMC10682328 DOI: 10.1007/s12088-023-01107-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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The present review highlights both the fundamental questions of calcium localization, compartmentation, and its participation in symbiosome signaling cascades during nodule formation and functioning. Apparently, the main link of such signaling is the calmodulin…calcium- and calmodulin-dependent protein kinases…CYCLOPS…NIN…target genes cascade. The minimum threshold level of calcium as a signaling agent in the presence of intracellular reserves determines the possibility of oligotrophy and ultraoligotrophy in relation to this element. During the functioning of root nodules, the Ca2+-ATPases activity maintains homeostasis of low calcium concentrations in the cytosol of nodule parenchyma cells. Disturbation of this homeostasis can trigger the root nodule senescence. The same reasons determine the increase in the effectiveness of symbiosis with the help of seed priming with sources of calcium. Examples of calcium response polymorphism in components of nitrogen fixing simbiosis important in practical terms are shown.
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- Rozaliya Zartdinova
- Nitrogen Exchange Laboratory, Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Nitrogen Exchange Laboratory, Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Holland BL, Matthews ML, Bota P, Sweetlove LJ, Long SP, diCenzo GC. A genome-scale metabolic reconstruction of soybean and Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens reveals the cost-benefit of nitrogen fixation. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023; 240:744-756. [PMID: 37649265 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Nitrogen-fixing symbioses allow legumes to thrive in nitrogen-poor soils at the cost of diverting some photoassimilate to their microsymbionts. Effort is being made to bioengineer nitrogen fixation into nonleguminous crops. This requires a quantitative understanding of its energetic costs and the links between metabolic variations and symbiotic efficiency. A whole-plant metabolic model for soybean (Glycine max) with its associated microsymbiont Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens was developed and applied to predict the cost-benefit of nitrogen fixation with varying soil nitrogen availability. The model predicted a nitrogen-fixation cost of c. 4.13 g C g-1 N, which when implemented into a crop scale model, translated to a grain yield reduction of 27% compared with a non-nodulating plant receiving its nitrogen from the soil. Considering the lower nitrogen content of cereals, the yield cost to a hypothetical N-fixing cereal is predicted to be less than half that of soybean. Soybean growth was predicted to be c. 5% greater when the nodule nitrogen export products were amides versus ureides. This is the first metabolic reconstruction in a tropical crop species that simulates the entire plant and nodule metabolism. Going forward, this model will serve as a tool to investigate carbon use efficiency and key mechanisms within N-fixing symbiosis in a tropical species forming determinate nodules.
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- Bethany L Holland
- Carl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK
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- Carl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
- Departments of Plant Biology and of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada
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Bustamante JA, Ceron JS, Gao IT, Ramirez HA, Aviles MV, Bet Adam D, Brice JR, Cuellar RA, Dockery E, Jabagat MK, Karp DG, Lau JKO, Li S, Lopez-Magaña R, Moore RR, Morin BKR, Nzongo J, Rezaeihaghighi Y, Sapienza-Martinez J, Tran TTK, Huang Z, Duthoy AJ, Barnett MJ, Long SR, Chen JC. A protease and a lipoprotein jointly modulate the conserved ExoR-ExoS-ChvI signaling pathway critical in Sinorhizobium meliloti for symbiosis with legume hosts. PLoS Genet 2023; 19:e1010776. [PMID: 37871041 PMCID: PMC10659215 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023] Open
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Sinorhizobium meliloti is a model alpha-proteobacterium for investigating microbe-host interactions, in particular nitrogen-fixing rhizobium-legume symbioses. Successful infection requires complex coordination between compatible host and endosymbiont, including bacterial production of succinoglycan, also known as exopolysaccharide-I (EPS-I). In S. meliloti EPS-I production is controlled by the conserved ExoS-ChvI two-component system. Periplasmic ExoR associates with the ExoS histidine kinase and negatively regulates ChvI-dependent expression of exo genes, necessary for EPS-I synthesis. We show that two extracytoplasmic proteins, LppA (a lipoprotein) and JspA (a lipoprotein and a metalloprotease), jointly influence EPS-I synthesis by modulating the ExoR-ExoS-ChvI pathway and expression of genes in the ChvI regulon. Deletions of jspA and lppA led to lower EPS-I production and competitive disadvantage during host colonization, for both S. meliloti with Medicago sativa and S. medicae with M. truncatula. Overexpression of jspA reduced steady-state levels of ExoR, suggesting that the JspA protease participates in ExoR degradation. This reduction in ExoR levels is dependent on LppA and can be replicated with ExoR, JspA, and LppA expressed exogenously in Caulobacter crescentus and Escherichia coli. Akin to signaling pathways that sense extracytoplasmic stress in other bacteria, JspA and LppA may monitor periplasmic conditions during interaction with the plant host to adjust accordingly expression of genes that contribute to efficient symbiosis. The molecular mechanisms underlying host colonization in our model system may have parallels in related alpha-proteobacteria.
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- Julian A. Bustamante
- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Nagpal S, Sirari A, Sharma P, Singh S, Mandahal KS, Singh H, Singh S. Marker trait association for biological nitrogen fixation traits in an interspecific cross of chickpea ( Cicer arietinum × Cicer reticulatum). PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 29:1005-1018. [PMID: 37649881 PMCID: PMC10462594 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-023-01335-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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A set of 165 Recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from an interspecific cross of chickpea was used to identify QTLs for key biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) traits. The phenotyping of BNF and related traits was done at two different agroclimatic zones viz., Central plain zone (Ludhiana) and Sub-Mountainous undulating zone (Gurdaspur) for 2 consecutive rabi seasons (2018-2020). Wild parent C. reticulatum ILWC292 showed significantly high performance in terms of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) traits over the cultivated C. arietinum GPF-2. The triple interaction of genotypes × locations × years was significant (p 0.05) for all BNF traits in parental lines. Highly significant positive correlation was obtained between grain yield and key growth and symbiotic parameters at both the sites. Phenotypic analysis revealed nodule dry weight and leghaemoglobin content as key traits for BNF efficiency and contrasting DNA bulks were constituted on the basis of these traits. Out of 535 SSR markers, 139 exhibited polymorphism between the parental lines on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. A total of 30 SSR markers showed polymorphism between the higher and lower bulks for nodule dry weight and leghaemoglobin content. Out of these, 20 SSRs did not show any segregation distortion in RIL population as determined by chi square analysis (p < 0.05) and were used for quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis. Using QTL cartographer, markers- CAGM02697, CAGM09835, CAGM09777, CAGM09227, CAGM09021, CAGM08679 were found linked with QTLs for BNF. These markers can be validated further for identification of genes for BNF traits and marker assisted selection in chickpea. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report on identification of genomic regions associated with key BNF traits in chickpea across different agro-climatic zones. Supplementary information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-023-01335-3.
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- Sharon Nagpal
- Department of Microbiology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 India
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- Regional Research Station, Punjab Agricultural University, Gurdaspur, 143521 India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 India
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Alleman AB, Peters JW. Mechanisms for Generating Low Potential Electrons across the Metabolic Diversity of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 2023; 89:e0037823. [PMID: 37154716 PMCID: PMC10231201 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00378-23] [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] [Indexed: 05/10/2023] Open
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The availability of fixed nitrogen is a limiting factor in the net primary production of all ecosystems. Diazotrophs overcome this limit through the conversion of atmospheric dinitrogen to ammonia. Diazotrophs are phylogenetically diverse bacteria and archaea that exhibit a wide range of lifestyles and metabolisms, including obligate anaerobes and aerobes that generate energy through heterotrophic or autotrophic metabolisms. Despite the diversity of metabolisms, all diazotrophs use the same enzyme, nitrogenase, to reduce N2. Nitrogenase is an O2-sensitive enzyme that requires a high amount of energy in the form of ATP and low potential electrons carried by ferredoxin (Fd) or flavodoxin (Fld). This review summarizes how the diverse metabolisms of diazotrophs utilize different enzymes to generate low potential reducing equivalents for nitrogenase catalysis. These enzymes include substrate-level Fd oxidoreductases, hydrogenases, photosystem I or other light-driven reaction centers, electron bifurcating Fix complexes, proton motive force-driven Rnf complexes, and Fd:NAD(P)H oxidoreductases. Each of these enzymes is critical for generating low potential electrons while simultaneously integrating the native metabolism to balance nitrogenase's overall energy needs. Understanding the diversity of electron transport systems to nitrogenase in various diazotrophs will be essential to guide future engineering strategies aimed at expanding the contributions of biological nitrogen fixation in agriculture.
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- Alexander B. Alleman
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
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Ballesteros-Gutiérrez M, Albareda M, Barbas C, López-Gonzálvez Á, Dunn MF, Palacios JM. A host-specific diaminobutyrate aminotransferase contributes to symbiotic performance, homoserine metabolism, and competitiveness in the Rhizobium leguminosarum/ Pisum sativum system. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1182563. [PMID: 37260681 PMCID: PMC10228743 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1182563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae (Rlv) UPM791 effectively nodulates pea and lentil, but bacteroids contain a number of proteins differentially expressed depending on the host. One of these host-dependent proteins (C189) is similar to a diaminobutyrate-2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase (DABA-AT). DABA-AT activity was demonstrated with cell extracts and with purified protein, so C189 was renamed as Dat. The dat gene was strongly induced in the central, active area of pea nodules, but not in lentil. Mutants defective in dat were impaired in symbiotic performance with pea plants, exhibiting reduced shoot dry weight, smaller nodules, and a lower competitiveness for nodulation. In contrast, there were no significant differences between mutant and wild-type in symbiosis with lentil plants. A comparative metabolomic approach using cell-free extracts from bacteroids induced in pea and lentil showed significant differences among the strains in pea bacteroids whereas no significant differences were found in lentil. Targeted metabolomic analysis revealed that the dat mutation abolished the presence of 2,4-diaminobutyrate (DABA) in pea nodules, indicating that DABA-AT reaction is oriented toward the production of DABA from L-aspartate semialdehyde. This analysis also showed the presence of L-homoserine, a likely source of aspartate semialdehyde, in pea bacteroids but not in those induced in lentil. The dat mutant showed impaired growth when cells were grown with L-homoserine as nitrogen source. Inclusion of DABA or L-homoserine as N source suppressed pantothenate auxotropy in Rlv UPM791, suggesting DABA as source of the pantothenate precursor β-alanine. These data indicate that Rlv UPM791 Dat enzyme is part of an adaptation mechanism of this bacterium to a homoserine-rich environment such as pea nodule and rhizosphere.
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- Marta Ballesteros-Gutiérrez
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP, UPM-INIA/CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP, UPM-INIA/CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología-Biología Vegetal, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Facultad de Farmacia, Center for Metabolomics and Bioanalysis (CEMBIO), Universidad San Pablo-CEU, Boadilla del Monte, Spain
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- Facultad de Farmacia, Center for Metabolomics and Bioanalysis (CEMBIO), Universidad San Pablo-CEU, Boadilla del Monte, Spain
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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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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP, UPM-INIA/CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología-Biología Vegetal, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Brito-Santana P, Duque-Pedraza JJ, Bernabéu-Roda LM, Carvia-Hermoso C, Cuéllar V, Fuentes-Romero F, Acosta-Jurado S, Vinardell JM, Soto MJ. Sinorhizobium meliloti DnaJ Is Required for Surface Motility, Stress Tolerance, and for Efficient Nodulation and Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24065848. [PMID: 36982921 PMCID: PMC10055731 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Bacterial surface motility is a complex microbial trait that contributes to host colonization. However, the knowledge about regulatory mechanisms that control surface translocation in rhizobia and their role in the establishment of symbiosis with legumes is still limited. Recently, 2-tridecanone (2-TDC) was identified as an infochemical in bacteria that hampers microbial colonization of plants. In the alfalfa symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti, 2-TDC promotes a mode of surface motility that is mostly independent of flagella. To understand the mechanism of action of 2-TDC in S. meliloti and unveil genes putatively involved in plant colonization, Tn5 transposants derived from a flagellaless strain that were impaired in 2-TDC-induced surface spreading were isolated and genetically characterized. In one of the mutants, the gene coding for the chaperone DnaJ was inactivated. Characterization of this transposant and newly obtained flagella-minus and flagella-plus dnaJ deletion mutants revealed that DnaJ is essential for surface translocation, while it plays a minor role in swimming motility. DnaJ loss-of-function reduces salt and oxidative stress tolerance in S. meliloti and hinders the establishment of efficient symbiosis by affecting nodule formation efficiency, cellular infection, and nitrogen fixation. Intriguingly, the lack of DnaJ causes more severe defects in a flagellaless background. This work highlights the role of DnaJ in the free-living and symbiotic lifestyles of S. meliloti.
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- Paula Brito-Santana
- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, 18008 Granada, Spain
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, 18008 Granada, Spain
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, 18008 Granada, Spain
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, 18008 Granada, Spain
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, 18008 Granada, Spain
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- Facultad de Biología, Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, CSIC, Junta de Andalucía, Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Seville, Spain
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- Facultad de Biología, Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, 18008 Granada, Spain
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Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiotic Paraburkholderia Species: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives. NITROGEN 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/nitrogen4010010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/11/2023] Open
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A century after the discovery of rhizobia, the first Beta-proteobacteria species (beta-rhizobia) were isolated from legume nodules in South Africa and South America. Since then, numerous species belonging to the Burkholderiaceae family have been isolated. The presence of a highly branching lineage of nodulation genes in beta-rhizobia suggests a long symbiotic history. In this review, we focus on the beta-rhizobial genus Paraburkholderia, which includes two main groups: the South American mimosoid-nodulating Paraburkholderia and the South African predominantly papilionoid-nodulating Paraburkholderia. Here, we discuss the latest knowledge on Paraburkholderia nitrogen-fixing symbionts in each step of the symbiosis, from their survival in the soil, through the first contact with the legumes until the formation of an efficient nitrogen-fixing symbiosis in root nodules. Special attention is given to the strain P. phymatum STM815T that exhibits extraordinary features, such as the ability to: (i) enter into symbiosis with more than 50 legume species, including the agriculturally important common bean, (ii) outcompete other rhizobial species for nodulation of several legumes, and (iii) endure stressful soil conditions (e.g., high salt concentration and low pH) and high temperatures.
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Shang JY, Zhang P, Jia YW, Lu YN, Wu Y, Ji S, Chen L, Wang ET, Chen WX, Sui XH. Scrutiny of NolA and NodD1 Regulatory Roles in Symbiotic Compatibility Unveils New Insights into Bradyrhizobium guangxiense CCBAU53363 Interacting with Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) and Mung Bean (Vigna radiata). Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0209622. [PMID: 36475917 PMCID: PMC9927474 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02096-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Bradyrhizobium guangxiense CCBAU53363 efficiently nodulates peanut but exhibits incompatible interaction with mung bean. By comparing the common nod region with those of other peanut bradyrhizobia efficiently nodulating these two hosts, distinctive characteristics with a single nodD isoform (nodD1) and a truncated nolA were identified. However, the regulatory roles of NodD1 and NolA and their coordination in legume-bradyrhizobial interactions remain largely unknown in terms of explaining the contrasting symbiotic compatibility. Here, we report that nolA was important for CCBAU53363 symbiosis with peanut but restricted nodulation on mung bean, while nodD1 was dispensable for CCBAU53363 symbiosis with peanut but essential for nodulation on mung bean. Moreover, nolA exerted a cumulative contribution with nodD1 to efficient symbiosis with peanut. Additionally, mutants lacking nolA delayed nodulation on peanut, and both nolA and nodD1 were required for competitive nodule colonization. It is noteworth that most of the nodulation genes and type III secretion system (T3SS)-related genes were significantly downregulated in a strain 53ΔnodD1nolA mutant compared to wild-type strain CCBAU53363, and the downregulated nodulation genes also had a greater impact than T3SS-related genes on the symbiotic defect of 53ΔnodD1nolA on peanut, which was supported by a more severe symbiotic defect induced by 53ΔnodC than that with the 53ΔnodD1nopP, 53ΔnodD1rhcJ, and 53ΔnodD1ttsI mutants. NolA did not regulate nod gene expression but did regulate the T3SS effector gene nopP in an indirect way. Meanwhile, nolA, nodW, and some T3SS-related genes besides nopP were also demonstrated as new "repressors" that seriously impaired CCBAU53363 symbiosis with mung bean. Taken together, the roles and essentiality of nolA and nodD1 in modulating symbiotic compatibility are sophisticated and host dependent. IMPORTANCE The main findings of this study were that we clarified that the roles and essentiality of nodD1 and nolA are host dependent. Importantly, for the first time, NolA was found to positively regulate T3SS effector gene nopP to mediate incompatibility on mung bean. Additionally, NolA does not regulate nod genes, which are activated by NodD1. nolA exerts a cumulative effect with nodD1 on CCBAU53363 symbiosis with peanut. These findings shed new light on our understanding of coordinated regulation of NodD1 and NolA in peanut bradyrhizobia with different hosts.
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- Jiao Ying Shang
- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, México
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Adaptive Evolution of Rhizobial Symbiosis beyond Horizontal Gene Transfer: From Genome Innovation to Regulation Reconstruction. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:genes14020274. [PMID: 36833201 PMCID: PMC9957244 DOI: 10.3390/genes14020274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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There are ubiquitous variations in symbiotic performance of different rhizobial strains associated with the same legume host in agricultural practices. This is due to polymorphisms of symbiosis genes and/or largely unexplored variations in integration efficiency of symbiotic function. Here, we reviewed cumulative evidence on integration mechanisms of symbiosis genes. Experimental evolution, in concert with reverse genetic studies based on pangenomics, suggests that gain of the same circuit of key symbiosis genes through horizontal gene transfer is necessary but sometimes insufficient for bacteria to establish an effective symbiosis with legumes. An intact genomic background of the recipient may not support the proper expression or functioning of newly acquired key symbiosis genes. Further adaptive evolution, through genome innovation and reconstruction of regulation networks, may confer the recipient of nascent nodulation and nitrogen fixation ability. Other accessory genes, either co-transferred with key symbiosis genes or stochastically transferred, may provide the recipient with additional adaptability in ever-fluctuating host and soil niches. Successful integrations of these accessory genes with the rewired core network, regarding both symbiotic and edaphic fitness, can optimize symbiotic efficiency in various natural and agricultural ecosystems. This progress also sheds light on the development of elite rhizobial inoculants using synthetic biology procedures.
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Wei F, Liu Y, Zhou D, Zhao W, Chen Z, Chen D, Li Y, Zhang XX. Transcriptomic Identification of a Unique Set of Nodule-Specific Cysteine-Rich Peptides Expressed in the Nitrogen-Fixing Root Nodule of Astragalus sinicus. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2022; 35:893-905. [PMID: 35762679 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-03-22-0054-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Legumes in the inverted repeat-lacking clade (IRLC) each produce a unique set of nodule-specific cysteine-rich (NCR) peptides, which act in concert to determine the terminal differentiation of nitrogen-fixing bacteroid. IRLC legumes differ greatly in their numbers of NCR and sequence diversity. This raises the significant question how bacteroid differentiation is collectively controlled by the specific NCR repertoire of an IRLC legume. Astragalus sinicus is an IRLC legume that forms indeterminate nodules with its microsymbiont Mesorhizobium huakuii 7653R. Here, we performed transcriptome analysis of root and nodule samples at 3, 7, 14, 28 days postinoculation with M. huakuii 7653R and its isogenic ∆bacA mutant. BacA is a broad-specificity peptide transporter required for the host-derived NCRs to target rhizobial cells. A total of 167 NCRs were identified in the RNA transcripts. Comparative sequence and electrochemical analysis revealed that A. sinicus NCRs (AsNCRs) are dominated by a unique cationic group (termed subgroup C), whose mature portion is relatively long (>60 amino acids) and phylogenetically distinct and possessing six highly conserved cysteine residues. Subsequent functional characterization showed that a 7653R variant harboring AsNCR083 (a representative of subgroup C AsNCR) displayed significant growth inhibition in laboratory media and formed ineffective white nodules on A. sinicus with irregular symbiosomes. Finally, bacterial two-hybrid analysis led to the identification of GroEL1 and GroEL3 as the molecular targets of AsNCR067 and AsNCR076. Together, our data contribute to a systematic understanding of the NCR repertoire associated with the A. sinicus and M. huakuii symbiosis. [Formula: see text] Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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- Feng Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- School of Natural Sciences, Massey University at Albany, Auckland 0745, New Zealand
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Shang JY, Zhang P, Jia YW, Lu YN, Wu Y, Ji S, Chen L, Wang ET, Chen WX, Sui XH. Coordinated regulation of symbiotic adaptation by NodD proteins and NolA in the type I peanut bradyrhizobial strain Bradyrhizobium zhanjiangense CCBAU51778. Microbiol Res 2022; 265:127188. [PMID: 36152611 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2022.127188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Type I peanut bradyrhizobial strains can establish efficient symbiosis in contrast to symbiotic incompatibility induced by type II strains with mung bean. The notable distinction in the two kinds of key symbiosis-related regulators nolA and nodD close to the nodABCSUIJ operon region between these two types of peanut bradyrhizobia was found. Therefore, we determined whether NolA and NodD proteins regulate the symbiotic adaptations of type I strains to different hosts. We found that NodD1-NolA synergistically regulated the symbiosis between the type I strain Bradyrhizobium zhanjiangense CCBAU51778 and mung bean, and NodD1-NodD2 jointly regulated nodulation ability. In contrast, NodD1-NolA coordinately regulated nodulation ability in the CCBAU51778-peanut symbiosis. Meanwhile, NodD1 and NolA collectively contributes to competitive nodule colonization of CCBAU51778 on both hosts. The Fucosylated Nod factors and intact type 3 secretion system (T3SS), rather than extra nodD2 and full-length nolA, were critical for effective symbiosis with mung bean. Unexpectedly, T3SS-related genes were activated by NodD2 but not NodD1. Compared to NodD1 and NodD2, NolA predominantly inhibits exopolysaccharide production by promoting exoR expression. Importantly, this is the first report that NolA regulates rhizobial T3SS-related genes. The coordinated regulation and integration of different gene networks to fine-tune the expression of symbiosis-related genes and other accessory genes by NodD1-NolA might be required for CCBAU51778 to efficiently nodulate peanut. This study shed new light on our understanding of the regulatory roles of NolA and NodD proteins in symbiotic adaptation, highlighting the sophisticated gene networks dominated by NodD1-NolA.
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- Jiao Ying Shang
- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, D. F. 11340, Mexico
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, MOA Key Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
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de Faria SM, Ringelberg JJ, Gross E, Koenen EJM, Cardoso D, Ametsitsi GKD, Akomatey J, Maluk M, Tak N, Gehlot HS, Wright KM, Teaumroong N, Songwattana P, de Lima HC, Prin Y, Zartman CE, Sprent JI, Ardley J, Hughes CE, James EK. The innovation of the symbiosome has enhanced the evolutionary stability of nitrogen fixation in legumes. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 235:2365-2377. [PMID: 35901264 PMCID: PMC9541511 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Nitrogen-fixing symbiosis is globally important in ecosystem functioning and agriculture, yet the evolutionary history of nodulation remains the focus of considerable debate. Recent evidence suggesting a single origin of nodulation followed by massive parallel evolutionary losses raises questions about why a few lineages in the N2 -fixing clade retained nodulation and diversified as stable nodulators, while most did not. Within legumes, nodulation is restricted to the two most diverse subfamilies, Papilionoideae and Caesalpinioideae, which show stable retention of nodulation across their core clades. We characterize two nodule anatomy types across 128 species in 56 of the 152 genera of the legume subfamily Caesalpinioideae: fixation thread nodules (FTs), where nitrogen-fixing bacteroids are retained within the apoplast in modified infection threads, and symbiosomes, where rhizobia are symplastically internalized in the host cell cytoplasm within membrane-bound symbiosomes (SYMs). Using a robust phylogenomic tree based on 997 genes from 147 Caesalpinioideae genera, we show that losses of nodulation are more prevalent in lineages with FTs than those with SYMs. We propose that evolution of the symbiosome allows for a more intimate and enduring symbiosis through tighter compartmentalization of their rhizobial microsymbionts, resulting in greater evolutionary stability of nodulation across this species-rich pantropical legume clade.
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- Sergio M. de Faria
- Embrapa Agrobiologia465 km 07, SeropédicaRio de JaneiroBR23891‐000Brazil
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZollikerstrasse 107ZurichCH‐8008Switzerland
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- Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e AmbientaisUniversidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC)IlhéusBA45662‐900Brazil
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZollikerstrasse 107ZurichCH‐8008Switzerland
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- National Institute of Science and Technology in Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies in Ecology and Evolution (INCT IN‐TREE)Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Bahia (UFBA)Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, s.n., OndinaSalvador40170‐115BABrazil
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- CSIR‐Forestry Research Institute of GhanaFUMESUAPO Box UP 63 KNUSTKumasiGhana
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- The James Hutton InstituteInvergowrieDundeeDD2 5DAUK
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- Department of Botany, BNF and Microbial Genomics Lab.Center of Advanced Study, Jai Narain Vyas UniversityJodhpur342001RajasthanIndia
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- Department of Botany, BNF and Microbial Genomics Lab.Center of Advanced Study, Jai Narain Vyas UniversityJodhpur342001RajasthanIndia
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- School of Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural TechnologySuranaree University of TechnologyNakhonratchasima30000Thailand
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- School of Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural TechnologySuranaree University of TechnologyNakhonratchasima30000Thailand
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (JBRJ/MMA)Rua Pacheco Leão 915Rio de Janeiro22460‐030RJBrazil
- Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica (INMA‐MCTI)Av. José Ruschi 4Santa Teresa29650‐000ESBrazil
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- CIRAD, UMR LSTMCampus de Baillarguet34398Montpellier Cedex 5France
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- Departamento de BiodiversidadeInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)Av. André Araújo Aleixo, Caixa Postal 478Manaus69060‐001AMBrazil
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- Division of Plant SciencesUniversity of Dundee at The James Hutton InstituteInvergowrieDundeeDD2 5DAUK
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- College of Science, Health, Engineering and EducationMurdoch UniversityMurdochWA6150Australia
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZollikerstrasse 107ZurichCH‐8008Switzerland
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- The James Hutton InstituteInvergowrieDundeeDD2 5DAUK
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Wülser J, Ernst C, Vetsch D, Emmenegger B, Michel A, Lutz S, Ahrens CH, Vorholt JA, Ledermann R, Fischer HM. Salt- and Osmo-Responsive Sensor Histidine Kinases Activate the Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens General Stress Response to Initiate Functional Symbiosis. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2022; 35:604-615. [PMID: 35322688 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-02-22-0051-fi] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The general stress response (GSR) enables bacteria to sense and overcome a variety of environmental stresses. In alphaproteobacteria, stress-perceiving histidine kinases of the HWE and HisKA_2 families trigger a signaling cascade that leads to phosphorylation of the response regulator PhyR and, consequently, to activation of the GSR σ factor σEcfG. In the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens, PhyR and σEcfG are crucial for tolerance against a variety of stresses under free-living conditions and also for efficient infection of its symbiotic host soybean. However, the molecular players involved in stress perception and activation of the GSR remained largely unknown. In this work, we first showed that a mutant variant of PhyR where the conserved phosphorylatable aspartate residue D194 was replaced by alanine (PhyRD194A) failed to complement the ΔphyR mutant in symbiosis, confirming that PhyR acts as a response regulator. To identify the PhyR-activating kinases in the nitrogen-fixing symbiont, we constructed in-frame deletion mutants lacking single, distinct combinations, or all of the 11 predicted HWE and HisKA_2 kinases, which we named HRXXN histidine kinases HhkA through HhkK. Phenotypic analysis of the mutants and complemented derivatives identified two functionally redundant kinases, HhkA and HhkE, that are required for nodulation competitiveness and during initiation of symbiosis. Using σEcfG-activity reporter strains, we further showed that both HhkA and HhkE activate the GSR in free-living cells exposed to salt and hyperosmotic stress. In conclusion, our data suggest that HhkA and HhkE trigger GSR activation in response to osmotically stressful conditions which B. diazoefficiens encounters during soybean host infection.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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- Janine Wülser
- Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Agroscope, Research Group Molecular Diagnostics, Genomics and Bioinformatics and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland
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- Agroscope, Research Group Molecular Diagnostics, Genomics and Bioinformatics and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland
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- Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Wendlandt CE, Roberts M, Nguyen KT, Graham ML, Lopez Z, Helliwell EE, Friesen ML, Griffitts JS, Price P, Porter SS. Negotiating mutualism: A locus for exploitation by rhizobia has a broad effect size distribution and context-dependent effects on legume hosts. J Evol Biol 2022; 35:844-854. [PMID: 35506571 PMCID: PMC9325427 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.14011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Revised: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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In mutualisms, variation at genes determining partner fitness provides the raw material upon which coevolutionary selection acts, setting the dynamics and pace of coevolution. However, we know little about variation in the effects of genes that underlie symbiotic fitness in natural mutualist populations. In some species of legumes that form root nodule symbioses with nitrogen‐fixing rhizobial bacteria, hosts secrete nodule‐specific cysteine‐rich (NCR) peptides that cause rhizobia to differentiate in the nodule environment. However, rhizobia can cleave NCR peptides through the expression of genes like the plasmid‐borne Host range restriction peptidase (hrrP), whose product degrades specific NCR peptides. Although hrrP activity can confer host exploitation by depressing host fitness and enhancing symbiont fitness, the effects of hrrP on symbiosis phenotypes depend strongly on the genotypes of the interacting partners. However, the effects of hrrP have yet to be characterised in a natural population context, so its contribution to variation in wild mutualist populations is unknown. To understand the distribution of effects of hrrP in wild rhizobia, we measured mutualism phenotypes conferred by hrrP in 12 wild Ensifer medicae strains. To evaluate context dependency of hrrP effects, we compared hrrP effects across two Medicago polymorpha host genotypes and across two experimental years for five E. medicae strains. We show for the first time in a natural population context that hrrP has a wide distribution of effect sizes for many mutualism traits, ranging from strongly positive to strongly negative. Furthermore, we show that hrrP effect size varies across host genotypes and experiment years, suggesting that researchers should be cautious about extrapolating the role of genes in natural populations from controlled laboratory studies of single genetic variants.
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- Camille E Wendlandt
- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington, USA
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- Biology Department, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA.,Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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- Biology Department, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington, USA
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Cangioli L, Vaccaro F, Fini M, Mengoni A, Fagorzi C. Scent of a Symbiont: The Personalized Genetic Relationships of Rhizobium—Plant Interaction. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23063358. [PMID: 35328782 PMCID: PMC8954435 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23063358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Many molecular signals are exchanged between rhizobia and host legume plants, some of which are crucial for symbiosis to take place, while others are modifiers of the interaction, which have great importance in the competition with the soil microbiota and in the genotype-specific perception of host plants. Here, we review recent findings on strain-specific and host genotype-specific interactions between rhizobia and legumes, discussing the molecular actors (genes, gene products and metabolites) which play a role in the establishment of symbiosis, and highlighting the need for research including the other components of the soil (micro)biota, which could be crucial in developing rational-based strategies for bioinoculants and synthetic communities’ assemblage.
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Chai YN, Futrell S, Schachtman DP. Assessment of Bacterial Inoculant Delivery Methods for Cereal Crops. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:791110. [PMID: 35154049 PMCID: PMC8826558 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.791110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Despite growing evidence that plant growth-promoting bacteria can be used to improve crop vigor, a comparison of the different methods of delivery to determine which is optimal has not been published. An optimal inoculation method ensures that the inoculant colonizes the host plant so that its potential for plant growth-promotion is fully evaluated. The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy of three seed coating methods, seedling priming, and soil drench for delivering three bacterial inoculants to the sorghum rhizosphere and root endosphere. The methods were compared across multiple time points under axenic conditions and colonization efficiency was determined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Two seed coating methods were also assessed in the field to test the reproducibility of the greenhouse results under non-sterile conditions. In the greenhouse seed coating methods were more successful in delivering the Gram-positive inoculant (Terrabacter sp.) while better colonization from the Gram-negative bacteria (Chitinophaga pinensis and Caulobacter rhizosphaerae) was observed with seedling priming and soil drench. This suggested that Gram-positive bacteria may be more suitable for the seed coating methods possibly because of their thick peptidoglycan cell wall. We also demonstrated that prolonged seed coating for 12 h could effectively enhance the colonization of C. pinensis, an endophytic bacterium, but not the rhizosphere colonizing C. rhizosphaerae. In the field only a small amount of inoculant was detected in the rhizosphere. This comparison demonstrates the importance of using the appropriate inoculation method for testing different types of bacteria for their plant growth-promotion potential.
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- Yen Ning Chai
- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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Biological nitrogen fixation in rhizobium-legume symbioses is of major importance for sustainable agricultural practices. To establish a mutualistic relationship with their plant host, rhizobia transition from free-living bacteria in soil to growth down infection threads inside plant roots and finally differentiate into nitrogen-fixing bacteroids. We reconstructed a genome-scale metabolic model for Rhizobium leguminosarum and integrated the model with transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, and gene essentiality data to investigate nutrient uptake and metabolic fluxes characteristic of these different lifestyles. Synthesis of leucine, polyphosphate, and AICAR is predicted to be important in the rhizosphere, while myo-inositol catabolism is active in undifferentiated nodule bacteria in agreement with experimental evidence. The model indicates that bacteroids utilize xylose and glycolate in addition to dicarboxylates, which could explain previously described gene expression patterns. Histidine is predicted to be actively synthesized in bacteroids, consistent with transcriptome and proteome data for several rhizobial species. These results provide the basis for targeted experimental investigation of metabolic processes specific to the different stages of the rhizobium-legume symbioses. IMPORTANCE Rhizobia are soil bacteria that induce nodule formation on plant roots and differentiate into nitrogen-fixing bacteroids. A detailed understanding of this complex symbiosis is essential for advancing ongoing efforts to engineer novel symbioses with cereal crops for sustainable agriculture. Here, we reconstruct and validate a genome-scale metabolic model for Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae 3841. By integrating the model with various experimental data sets specific to different stages of symbiosis formation, we elucidate the metabolic characteristics of rhizosphere bacteria, undifferentiated bacteria inside root nodules, and nitrogen-fixing bacteroids. Our model predicts metabolic flux patterns for these three distinct lifestyles, thus providing a framework for the interpretation of genome-scale experimental data sets and identifying targets for future experimental studies.
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This article comments on: Tian L, Liu L, Xu S, Deng R, Wu P, Jiang H, Wu G, Chen Y. 2022. A d-pinitol transporter, LjPLT11, regulates plant growth and nodule development in Lotus japonicus. Journal of Experimental Botany 73, 351–365.
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- Philip S Poole
- 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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Mushtaq S, Shafiq M, Tariq MR, Sami A, Nawaz-ul-Rehman MS, Bhatti MHT, Haider MS, Sadiq S, Abbas MT, Hussain M, Shahid MA. Interaction between bacterial endophytes and host plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1092105. [PMID: 36743537 PMCID: PMC9890182 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1092105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Endophytic bacteria are mainly present in the plant's root systems. Endophytic bacteria improve plant health and are sometimes necessary to fight against adverse conditions. There is an increasing trend for the use of bacterial endophytes as bio-fertilizers. However, new challenges are also arising regarding the management of these newly discovered bacterial endophytes. Plant growth-promoting bacterial endophytes exist in a wide host range as part of their microbiome, and are proven to exhibit positive effects on plant growth. Endophytic bacterial communities within plant hosts are dynamic and affected by abiotic/biotic factors such as soil conditions, geographical distribution, climate, plant species, and plant-microbe interaction at a large scale. Therefore, there is a need to evaluate the mechanism of bacterial endophytes' interaction with plants under field conditions before their application. Bacterial endophytes have both beneficial and harmful impacts on plants but the exact mechanism of interaction is poorly understood. A basic approach to exploit the potential genetic elements involved in an endophytic lifestyle is to compare the genomes of rhizospheric plant growth-promoting bacteria with endophytic bacteria. In this mini-review, we will be focused to characterize the genetic diversity and dynamics of endophyte interaction in different host plants.
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- Sehrish Mushtaq
- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
- *Correspondence: Muhammad Adnan Shahid, ; Muhammad Shafiq,
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- Department of Food Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Virology Lab, Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology (CABB), University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Biotechnology, and Bioinformatics (IBBB), The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Horticultural Science Department, North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida/IFAS, Quincy, FL, United States
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- Horticultural Science Department, North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida/IFAS, Quincy, FL, United States
- *Correspondence: Muhammad Adnan Shahid, ; Muhammad Shafiq,
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Vico P, Iriarte A, Bonilla S, Piccini C. Metagenomic analysis of Raphidiopsisraciborskii microbiome: beyond the individual. Biodivers Data J 2021; 9:e72514. [PMID: 34754266 PMCID: PMC8553701 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.9.e72514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Raphidiopsisraciborskii is a toxic, invasive bacteria with a defined biogeographic pattern attributed to the generation of ecotypes subjected to local environmental filters and to phenotypic plasticity. The interactions taking place between the cyanobacterium and the other bacteria inhabiting the external polysaccharide-rich matrix surrounding the cells, or phycosphere, may be ecotype-specific and would have different influence on the carbon and nutrient cycling in the ecosystem. Here, we describe the bacterial community or microbiome (assessed by 16S rRNA metagenomics) associated to two R.raciborskii strains that have been described as different ecotypes: the saxitoxin-producer MVCC19 and the non-toxic LB2897. Our results showed that both ecotypes share 50% of their microbiomes and differ in their dominant taxa. The taxon having the highest abundance in the microbiome of MVCC19 was Neorhizobium (22.5% relative abundance), while the dominant taxon in LB2897 was the PlanctomycetesSM1A02 (26.2% relative abundance). These groups exhibit different metabolic capabilities regarding nitrogen acquisition (symbiotic nitrogen-fixing in Neorhizobium vs. anammox in SM1A02), suggesting the existence of ecotype-specific microbiomes that play a relevant role in cyanobacterial niche-adaptation. In addition, as saxitoxin and analogues are nitrogen-rich (7 atoms per molecule), we hypothesise that saxitoxin-producing R.raciborskii benefits from external sources of nitrogen provided by the microbiome bacteria. Based on these findings, we propose that the mechanisms involved in the assembly of the cyanobacterial microbiome community are ecotype-dependent.
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- Paula Vico
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable Montevideo Uruguay
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- Instituto de Higiene, Facultad de Medicina, UDELAR, Montevideo, Uruguay Instituto de Higiene, Facultad de Medicina, UDELAR Montevideo Uruguay
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- Sección Limnología. Facultad de Ciencias, UDELAR, Montevideo, Uruguay Sección Limnología. Facultad de Ciencias, UDELAR Montevideo Uruguay
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable Montevideo Uruguay
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Mendoza-Suárez M, Andersen SU, Poole PS, Sánchez-Cañizares C. Competition, Nodule Occupancy, and Persistence of Inoculant Strains: Key Factors in the Rhizobium-Legume Symbioses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:690567. [PMID: 34489993 PMCID: PMC8416774 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.690567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Biological nitrogen fixation by Rhizobium-legume symbioses represents an environmentally friendly and inexpensive alternative to the use of chemical nitrogen fertilizers in legume crops. Rhizobial inoculants, applied frequently as biofertilizers, play an important role in sustainable agriculture. However, inoculants often fail to compete for nodule occupancy against native rhizobia with inferior nitrogen-fixing abilities, resulting in low yields. Strains with excellent performance under controlled conditions are typically selected as inoculants, but the rates of nodule occupancy compared to native strains are rarely investigated. Lack of persistence in the field after agricultural cycles, usually due to the transfer of symbiotic genes from the inoculant strain to naturalized populations, also limits the suitability of commercial inoculants. When rhizobial inoculants are based on native strains with a high nitrogen fixation ability, they often have superior performance in the field due to their genetic adaptations to the local environment. Therefore, knowledge from laboratory studies assessing competition and understanding how diverse strains of rhizobia behave, together with assays done under field conditions, may allow us to exploit the effectiveness of native populations selected as elite strains and to breed specific host cultivar-rhizobial strain combinations. Here, we review current knowledge at the molecular level on competition for nodulation and the advances in molecular tools for assessing competitiveness. We then describe ongoing approaches for inoculant development based on native strains and emphasize future perspectives and applications using a multidisciplinary approach to ensure optimal performance of both symbiotic partners.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Bellés-Sancho P, Lardi M, Liu Y, Eberl L, Zamboni N, Bailly A, Pessi G. Metabolomics and Dual RNA-Sequencing on Root Nodules Revealed New Cellular Functions Controlled by Paraburkholderia phymatum NifA. Metabolites 2021; 11:metabo11070455. [PMID: 34357349 PMCID: PMC8305402 DOI: 10.3390/metabo11070455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Paraburkholderia phymatum STM815 is a nitrogen-fixing endosymbiont that nodulate the agriculturally important Phaseolus vulgaris and several other host plants. We previously showed that the nodules induced by a STM815 mutant of the gene encoding the master regulator of nitrogen fixation NifA showed no nitrogenase activity (Fix−) and increased in number compared to P. vulgaris plants infected with the wild-type strain. To further investigate the role of NifA during symbiosis, nodules from P. phymatum wild-type and nifA mutants were collected and analyzed by metabolomics and dual RNA-Sequencing, allowing us to investigate both host and symbiont transcriptome. Using this approach, several metabolites’ changes could be assigned to bacterial or plant responses. While the amount of the C4-dicarboxylic acid succinate and of several amino acids was lower in Fix− nodules, the level of indole-acetamide (IAM) and brassinosteroids increased. Transcriptome analysis identified P. phymatum genes involved in transport of C4-dicarboxylic acids, carbon metabolism, auxin metabolism and stress response to be differentially expressed in absence of NifA. Furthermore, P. vulgaris genes involved in autoregulation of nodulation (AON) are repressed in nodules in absence of NifA potentially explaining the hypernodulation phenotype of the nifA mutant. These results and additional validation experiments suggest that P. phymatum STM815 NifA is not only important to control expression of nitrogenase and related enzymes but is also involved in regulating its own auxin production and stress response. Finally, our data indicate that P. vulgaris does sanction the nifA nodules by depleting the local carbon allocation rather than by mounting a strong systemic immune response to the Fix− rhizobia.
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- Paula Bellés-Sancho
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; (P.B.-S.); (M.L.); (Y.L.); (L.E.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; (P.B.-S.); (M.L.); (Y.L.); (L.E.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; (P.B.-S.); (M.L.); (Y.L.); (L.E.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; (P.B.-S.); (M.L.); (Y.L.); (L.E.)
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- ETH Zürich, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland;
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; (P.B.-S.); (M.L.); (Y.L.); (L.E.)
- Correspondence: (A.B.); (G.P.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; (P.B.-S.); (M.L.); (Y.L.); (L.E.)
- Correspondence: (A.B.); (G.P.)
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Ledermann R, Emmenegger B, Couzigou JM, Zamboni N, Kiefer P, Vorholt JA, Fischer HM. Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens Requires Chemical Chaperones To Cope with Osmotic Stress during Soybean Infection. mBio 2021; 12:e00390-21. [PMID: 33785618 PMCID: PMC8092242 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00390-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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When engaging in symbiosis with legume hosts, rhizobia are confronted with environmental changes, including nutrient availability and stress exposure. Genetic circuits allow responding to these environmental stimuli to optimize physiological adaptations during the switch from the free-living to the symbiotic life style. A pivotal regulatory system of the nitrogen-fixing soybean endosymbiont Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens for efficient symbiosis is the general stress response (GSR), which relies on the alternative sigma factor σEcfG However, the GSR-controlled process required for symbiosis has not been identified. Here, we demonstrate that biosynthesis of trehalose is under GSR control, and mutants lacking the respective biosynthetic genes otsA and/or otsB phenocopy GSR-deficient mutants under symbiotic and selected free-living stress conditions. The role of trehalose as a cytoplasmic chemical chaperone and stress protectant can be functionally replaced in an otsA or otsB mutant by introducing heterologous genetic pathways for biosynthesis of the chemically unrelated compatible solutes glycine betaine and (hydroxy)ectoine. Alternatively, uptake of exogenously provided trehalose also restores efficient symbiosis and tolerance to hyperosmotic and hyperionic stress of otsA mutants. Hence, elevated cytoplasmic trehalose levels resulting from GSR-controlled biosynthesis are crucial for B. diazoefficiens cells to overcome adverse conditions during early stages of host infection and ensure synchronization with root nodule development.IMPORTANCE The Bradyrhizobium-soybean symbiosis is of great agricultural significance and serves as a model system for fundamental research in bacterium-plant interactions. While detailed molecular insight is available about mutual recognition and early nodule organogenesis, our understanding of the host-imposed conditions and the physiology of infecting rhizobia during the transition from a free-living state in the rhizosphere to endosymbiotic bacteroids is currently limited. In this study, we show that the requirement of the rhizobial general stress response (GSR) during host infection is attributable to GSR-controlled biosynthesis of trehalose. Specifically, trehalose is crucial for an efficient symbiosis by acting as a chemical chaperone to protect rhizobia from osmostress during host infection.
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- ETH Zurich, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Zurich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Institute of Microbiology, Zurich, Switzerland
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Hug S, Liu Y, Heiniger B, Bailly A, Ahrens CH, Eberl L, Pessi G. Differential Expression of Paraburkholderia phymatum Type VI Secretion Systems (T6SS) Suggests a Role of T6SS-b in Early Symbiotic Interaction. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:699590. [PMID: 34394152 PMCID: PMC8356804 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.699590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Paraburkholderia phymatum STM815, a rhizobial strain of the Burkholderiaceae family, is able to nodulate a broad range of legumes including the agriculturally important Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean). P. phymatum harbors two type VI Secretion Systems (T6SS-b and T6SS-3) in its genome that contribute to its high interbacterial competitiveness in vitro and in infecting the roots of several legumes. In this study, we show that P. phymatum T6SS-b is found in the genomes of several soil-dwelling plant symbionts and that its expression is induced by the presence of citrate and is higher at 20/28°C compared to 37°C. Conversely, T6SS-3 shows homologies to T6SS clusters found in several pathogenic Burkholderia strains, is more prominently expressed with succinate during stationary phase and at 37°C. In addition, T6SS-b expression was activated in the presence of germinated seeds as well as in P. vulgaris and Mimosa pudica root nodules. Phenotypic analysis of selected deletion mutant strains suggested a role of T6SS-b in motility but not at later stages of the interaction with legumes. In contrast, the T6SS-3 mutant was not affected in any of the free-living and symbiotic phenotypes examined. Thus, P. phymatum T6SS-b is potentially important for the early infection step in the symbiosis with legumes.
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- Sebastian Hug
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Agroscope, Research Group Molecular Diagnostics, Genomics and Bioinformatics, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Wädenswil, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Agroscope, Research Group Molecular Diagnostics, Genomics and Bioinformatics, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Wädenswil, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - Gabriella Pessi
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- *Correspondence: Gabriella Pessi,
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