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Nitrogen fixation in Rhodopseudomonas palustris co-cultured with Bacillus subtilis in the presence of air. J Biosci Bioeng 2018; 127:589-593. [PMID: 30392964 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2018.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2018] [Revised: 09/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Nitrogen fixation in purple non-sulfur bacteria (PNSB) does not take place even in N-free medium when they are cultured under aerobic conditions. It is assumed that PNSB might possess inadequate capability to protect their cellular components from exposure to air (20.95 vol.% oxygen). In this study, therefore, Bacillus subtilis was inoculated together with a purple non-sulfur bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris in N-free medium in order to examine whether nitrogen fixation in Rps. palustris takes place when the co-culture is exposed to 20.95 vol.% oxygen. Rps. palustris grew and formed biofilm only when it was inoculated together with B. subtilis. When the biofilm formed in the co-culture was inoculated in N-free medium, diazotrophic growth was observed in the sequential subcultures. Expression of nifH gene, derepression of nitrogenase activity, an increase of total nitrogen, and a decrease of C/N in the co-culture of Rps. palustris and B. subtilis demonstrated the occurrence of nitrogen fixation under aerobic conditions. The diazotrophic growth was suppressed at a lower medium-to-air ratio in a sealed culture vessel, and growth of B. subtilis preceded growth of Rps. palustris in the co-culture. These results suggest that growth of B. subtilis, which is usually accompanied with oxygen consumption, might cause a decrease of dissolve oxygen concentration in medium and contribute to the occurrence of nitrogenase activity in Rps. palustris.
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Hara S, Desyatkin R, Hashidoko Y. Investigation of the mechanisms underlying the high acetylene-reducing activity exhibited by the soil bacterial community from BC2 horizon in the permafrost zone of the East Siberian larch forest bed. J Appl Microbiol 2014; 116:865-76. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.12424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2013] [Revised: 12/02/2013] [Accepted: 12/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- S. Hara
- Graduate School and Research Faculty of Agriculture; Hokkaido University; Sapporo Hokkaido Japan
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- Institute of Biological Problems of Cryolithzone; Russian Academy of Sciences; Yakutsk Russia
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- Graduate School and Research Faculty of Agriculture; Hokkaido University; Sapporo Hokkaido Japan
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Sato E, Okumura I, Kokatsu Y, Toyota K. Effects of the density of root-lesion nematode (Pratylenchus penetrans), soil chemical and microbial properties on the damage to Japanese radish. NEMATOLOGY 2013. [DOI: 10.1163/15685411-00002731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The density of Pratylenchus penetrans in soil is known to be a major determinant in the severity of damage to Japanese radish, but soil chemical and microbial properties may also affect the severity. This study investigated the relationships between damage and the density of P. penetrans, soil chemical properties, such as pH (H2O), EC, available phosphate, NO3–N, NH4–N, total carbon and nitrogen, and microbial properties, such as microbial biomass and fungal and bacterial community structures, in 48 different plots in a field for 2 years. The density of P. penetrans estimated with real-time PCR was most significantly correlated with the damage to radish in both 2010 and 2011. The damage to radish caused by P. penetrans and the nematode density were negatively correlated with total carbon in soil in both years, suggesting that soil management leading to increased soil C could decrease the density of P. penetrans and hence the damage. Multiple regression models including the density of P. penetrans and the soil properties suggested that damage to radish was predictable with a higher probability for some of the soil chemical properties, such as total C and N, and the density of P. penetrans. The community structures of soil fungi and Pseudomonas spp. on the radish surface were different depending on the levels of damage to radish and the densities of P. penetrans. The results suggested that the damage to radish and the density of P. penetrans might be affected by the soil microbial community structure.
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- Erika Sato
- The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Western Region Agricultural Research Center, 200 Ueno, Uenocho, Ayabe, Kyoto 623-0035, Japan
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- Kanagawa Agricultural Technology Center, 1617 Yoshizawa, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1204, Japan
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- Kanagawa Agricultural Technology Center, 1617 Yoshizawa, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1204, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Krishnamurthy YL, Naik SB, Jayaram S. Fungal communities in herbaceous medicinal plants from the malnad region, southern India. Microbes Environ 2012; 23:24-8. [PMID: 21558683 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.23.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Fungal communities were isolated from surface sterilized leaf segments of nine ethnopharmaceutically important medicinal herbs collected from the Bhadra River Project Area, the Malnad region, Southern India. A total of 2159 isolates belonging to 55 different fungal species were isolated from 3600 leaf segments collected during the wet and dry seasons. Chaetomium globosum (7.3%), Aureobasidium pullulans (6.1%), Cladosporium cladosporioides (3.9%), Curvularia lunata (1.9%), Nigrospora oryzae (1.7%), Alternaria alternata (1.3%), Botryosphaeria subglobosa (1.1%), Phoma multirostrata (0.9%), Aspergillus niger (0.8%), Fusarium oxysporum (0.7%), Rhizoctonia solani (0.4%), and Sphaeropsis sapenea (0.3%) were the most frequently isolated fungal species. Colonization rates of fungal species varied significantly between the two seasons. Host specificity was observed in some host plants.
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- Yelugere L Krishnamurthy
- Department of P.G. Studies and Research in Applied Botany, Bio-Science Complex, Kuvempu University
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de Melo Pereira GV, Magalhães KT, Lorenzetii ER, Souza TP, Schwan RF. A multiphasic approach for the identification of endophytic bacterial in strawberry fruit and their potential for plant growth promotion. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 2012; 63:405-17. [PMID: 21837472 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9919-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2011] [Accepted: 07/18/2011] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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This study used a multiphasic approach, characterized by the simultaneous use of culture-dependent and culture-independent methods, to investigate endophytic bacterial communities in strawberry (Fragaria ananassa) fruit. A total of 92 bacterial endophytes were isolated and initially grouped by their repetitive extragenic palindromic (rep)-PCR banding pattern and biochemical features. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences of 45 representatives showed that the isolates belonged to the species Bacillus subtilis (eight isolates), Bacillus sp. (seven isolates), Enterobacter sp. (seven isolates), Enterobacter ludwigii (six isolates), Lactobacillus plantarum (six isolates), Pseudomonas sp. (five isolates), Pantoea punctata (three isolates), and Curtobacterium citreum (three isolates). Nucleic acids were extracted from the strawberry fruit and subjected to 16S rRNA gene directed polymerase chain reaction denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (16S rRNA PCR-DGGE). The species B. subtilis, Enterobacter sp., and Pseudomonas sp. were detected both by isolation and DGGE. The DGGE fingerprints of total bacterial DNA did not exhibit bands corresponding to several of the representative species isolated in the extinction dilution (L. plantarum, C. citreum, and P. punctata). In contrast, bands in the DGGE profile that were identified as relatives of Arthrobacter sp. and one uncultivable Erythrobacter sp. were not recovered by cultivation techniques. After isolation, the nitrogen fixation ability and the in vitro production of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) equivalents and siderophores were evaluated. A high percentage of isolates were found to possess the ability to produce siderophores and IAA equivalents; however, only a few isolates belonging to the genera Pseudomonas and Enterobacter showed the ability to fix nitrogen. Plant growth promotion was evaluated under greenhouse conditions and revealed the ability of the Bacillus strains to enhance the number of leaves, shoot length, root dry weight, and shoot dry weight. The activity of the bacterial isolate identified as B. subtilis NA-108 exerted the greatest influence on strawberry growth and showed a 42.8% increase in number of leaves, 15.26% for high shoot, 43.5% increase in root dry weight, and a 77% increase in shoot dry weight when compared with untreated controls.
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Sato A, Watanabe T, Unno Y, Purnomo E, Osaki M, Shinano T. Analysis of diversity of diazotrophic bacteria associated with the rhizosphere of a tropical Arbor, Melastoma malabathricum L. Microbes Environ 2011; 24:81-7. [PMID: 21566359 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me08565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The diversity of diazotrophic bacteria in the rhizosphere of Melastoma malabathricum L. was investigated by cloning-sequencing of the nifH gene directly amplified from DNA extracted from soil. Samples were obtained from the rhizosphere and bulk soil of M. malabathricum growing in three different soil types (acid sulfate, peat and sandy clay soils) located very close to each other in south Kalimantan, Indonesia. Six clone libraries were constructed, generated from bulk and rhizosphere soil samples, and 300 nifH clones were produced, then assembled into 29 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) based on percent identity values. Our results suggested that nifH gene diversity is mainly dependent on soil properties, and did not differ remarkably between the rhizosphere and bulk soil of M. malabathricum except in acid sulfate soil. In acid sulfate soil, as the Shannon diversity index was lower in rhizosphere than in bulk soil, it is suggested that particular bacterial species might accumulate in the rhizosphere.
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- Atsuya Sato
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita 9, Nishi 9, Kitaku, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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Shipton WA, Baker A, Blaney BJ, Horwood PF, Warner JM, Pelowa D, Greenhill AR. Nitrogen fixation associated with sago (Metroxylon sagu) and some implications. Lett Appl Microbiol 2010; 52:56-61. [PMID: 21118279 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2010.02967.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS To determine the presence and contribution of diazotrophic bacteria to nitrogen concentrations in edible starch derived from the sago palm (Metroxylon sagu). METHODS AND RESULTS Isolation of diazotrophic bacteria and analysis of nitrogen fixation were conducted on pith, root and sago starch samples. Acetylene reduction showed that five of ten starch samples were fixing nitrogen. Two presumptive nitrogen-fixing bacteria from starch fixed nitrogen in pure culture and five isolates were positive for the nif H gene. Nitrogen concentrations in 51 starch samples were low (37 samples <0·2 g kg(-1); 14 ranging from 0·2 to 2·0 g kg(-1)). CONCLUSIONS Nitrogen fixation occurs in sago starch, which undoubtedly plays a role in fermentation ecology. Nitrogen levels are considered too low to be of nutritional benefit and to protect against nutritional-associated illnesses. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Sago starch does not add significantly to the protein calorie intake and may be associated with susceptibility to nutritional-associated illness.
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- W A Shipton
- Environmental and Public Health Microbiology Research Group, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia
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Posas MB, Toyota K. Mechanism of Tomato Bacterial Wilt Suppression in Soil Amended with Lysine. Microbes Environ 2010; 25:83-94. [DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me09171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Marylene Bagarinao Posas
- Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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Morimoto S, Fujii T. A new approach to retrieve full lengths of functional genes from soil by PCR-DGGE and metagenome walking. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2009; 83:389-96. [PMID: 19370345 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-1992-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2009] [Revised: 03/26/2009] [Accepted: 03/27/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Metagenomes are a vast genetic resource, and various approaches have been developed to explore them. Here, we present a new approach to retrieve full lengths of functional genes from soil DNA using PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) followed by metagenome walking. Partial fragments of benzoate 1,2-dioxygenase alpha subunit gene (benA) were detected from a 3-chlorobenzoate (3CB)-dosed soil by PCR-DGGE, and one DGGE band induced by 3CB was used as a target fragment for metagenome walking. The walking retrieved the flanking regions of the target fragment from the soil DNA, resulting in recovery of the full length of benA and also downstream gene (benB). The same strategy retrieved another gene, tfdC, and a complete tfdC and two downstream genes were obtained from the same soil. PCR-DGGE allows screening for target genes based on their potential for degrading contaminants in the environment. This feature provides an advantage over other existing metagenomic approaches.
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- Sho Morimoto
- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3-1-3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8604, Japan.
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Kaga H, Mano H, Tanaka F, Watanabe A, Kaneko S, Morisaki H. Rice Seeds as Sources of Endophytic Bacteria. Microbes Environ 2009; 24:154-62. [DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me09113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Hiroko Kaga
- Kyoto Seika Girls' Junior / Senior High School
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- Product Research & Development Dept., Pokka Corporation
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- Kyoto Junior High School Attached to Kyoto University of Education
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
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