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Roca-Couso R, Flores-Félix JD, Deb S, Giagnoni L, Tondello A, Stevanato P, Squartini A, García-Fraile P, Rivas R. Metataxonomic analysis of endophytic bacteria of blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius Schott) across tissues and environmental conditions. Sci Rep 2024; 14:13388. [PMID: 38862607 PMCID: PMC11166949 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-64248-5] [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: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024] Open
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(1) Background: Endophytic bacteria represent an important component of plant wellness. They have been widely studied for their involvement in plant development and enhancement of stress tolerance. In this work, the endophytic communities of roots, stems, and leaves of blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius Schott) were studied in three different niches: natural, riverside, and human-impacted niches. (2) Results: The microbiome composition revealed that Sphingomonadaceae was the most abundant family in all samples, accounting for 9.4-45.8%. In contrast, other families seem to be linked to a specific tissue or niche. Families Microbacteriaceae and Hymenobacteraceae increased their presence in stem and leaf samples, while Burkholderiaceae abundance was important in riverside samples. Alpha and beta diversity analyses showed that root samples were the most diverse, and they gathered together in the same cluster, apart from the rest of the samples. (3) Conclusions: The analysis of the microbiome of R. ulmifolius plants revealed that the composition was essentially the same in different niches; the differences were primarily influenced by plant tissue factors with a core genome dominated by Sphingomonadaceae. Additionally, it was observed that R. ulmifolius can select its own microbiome, and this remains constant in all tissues evaluated regardless the niche of sampling.
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- Rocío Roca-Couso
- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Biology Departmental Building, University of Salamanca, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
- Institute for Agribiotechnology Research (CIALE), 37185, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Biology Departmental Building, University of Salamanca, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.
- Institute for Agribiotechnology Research (CIALE), 37185, Salamanca, Spain.
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- Department of Agronomy, Animals, Food, Natural Resources, and Environment, DAFNAE University of Padova, 35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Animals, Food, Natural Resources, and Environment, DAFNAE University of Padova, 35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Animals, Food, Natural Resources, and Environment, DAFNAE University of Padova, 35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Animals, Food, Natural Resources, and Environment, DAFNAE University of Padova, 35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Animals, Food, Natural Resources, and Environment, DAFNAE University of Padova, 35020, Legnaro, PD, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Biology Departmental Building, University of Salamanca, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
- Institute for Agribiotechnology Research (CIALE), 37185, Salamanca, Spain
- Associated Unit, University of Salamanca-CSIC (IRNASA), 37008, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Biology Departmental Building, University of Salamanca, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
- Institute for Agribiotechnology Research (CIALE), 37185, Salamanca, Spain
- Associated Unit, University of Salamanca-CSIC (IRNASA), 37008, Salamanca, Spain
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Leng F, Zhang K, Hu S, Li S, Yu C, Wang Y. Exopolysaccharides of Serratia fonticola CPSE11 can alleviate the toxic effect of Cd 2+ on Codonopsis pilosula. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:80378-80392. [PMID: 37296251 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28145-0] [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: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In order to study the detoxification effect of microbial exopolysaccharides (EPS) on the heavy metal cadmium (Cd2+), this study took an EPS-producing Serratia fonticola CPSE11 (NZ_CP050171.1) isolated from Codonopsis pilosula root as the research object. The whole genome and EPS synthesis gene clusters of this strain were predicted and analyzed, the adsorption kinetics of EPS on Cd2+ were studied by using pseudo-first-order and second-order kinetic equations, the isothermal adsorption curves were simulated and analyzed by using the Langmuir isothermal adsorption equation, and the effects of Cd2+ and EPS on the growth of C. pilosula were explored by seed germination experiment and hydroponic experiment. The analysis revealed that this strain contained three gene clusters related to EPS synthesis, and the metabolic pathway for EPS synthesis was obtained on the basis of the whole genome analysis and microbial physiological metabolism. The molecular weight and monosaccharide composition of EPS were determined by HPLC analysis, which showed that EPS consisted of mannose, glucosamine, rhamnose, galactosamine, glucose, and galactose with a molar ratio of 1:1.74:4.57:3.96:14.04:10.28, with the molecular weight of 366,316.09 kDa. The adsorption process of EPS on Cd2+ was in accordance with the second-order kinetic model, and the results of seed germination experiments showed that EPS could promote seed germination and improve seed activity. In the hydroponic experiment, high concentration of Cd2+ (15 mg/L) caused toxic symptoms in C. pilosula, while the addition of EPS reduced the toxic effect of Cd2+ on C. pilosula, and the plant growth was significantly improved.
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- Feifan Leng
- School of Life Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050, China
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- School of Life Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050, China
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- School of Life Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050, China
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- National Ecological Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modelling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- National Ecological Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modelling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- School of Life Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050, China.
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Roca-Couso R, Flores-Felix JD, Igual JM, García-Fraile P, Velázquez E, Rivas R. Ferranicluibacter rubi gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of family Rhizobiaceae isolated from stems of elmleaf blackberry ( Rubus ulmifolius Schott) in Northwest Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73. [PMID: 37093735 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023] Open
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Strain CRRU44T was isolated from the stems of Rubus ulmifolius plants growing in Salamanca (Spain). The phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence places this strain within the family Rhizobiaceae showing that it is equidistant to the type species of several genera from this family with similarity values ranging from 91.0 to 96.3 %. Strain CRRU44T formed a divergent lineage which clustered with Endobacterium cereale RZME27T, Neorhizobium galegae HAMBI540T and Pseudorhizobium pelagicum R1-200B4T. The phylogenomic analysis showed that strain CRRU44T was equal to or more distant from the remaining genera of the family Rhizobiaceae than other genera among them. The calculated average nucleotide identity based on blast and average amino acid identity values with respect to the type species of all genera from the family Rhizobiaceae were lower than 78.5 and 76.5 %, respectively, which are the currently cut-off values proposed to differentiate genera within this family. All these results together with those from phenotypic and chemotaxonomic analyses support that strain CRRU44T represents a novel species of a novel genus within the family Rhizobiaceae, for which the name Ferranicluibacter rubi gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed (type strain CRRU44T=CECT 30117T=LMG 31822T).
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- Rocio Roca-Couso
- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Institute of Investigation in Agrobiotechnology (CIALE), Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Institute of Investigation in Agrobiotechnology (CIALE), Salamanca, Spain
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- Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca (IRNASA-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
- Associated Unit USAL-CSIC (IRNASA), Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Institute of Investigation in Agrobiotechnology (CIALE), Salamanca, Spain
- Associated Unit USAL-CSIC (IRNASA), Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Institute of Investigation in Agrobiotechnology (CIALE), Salamanca, Spain
- Associated Unit USAL-CSIC (IRNASA), Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Institute of Investigation in Agrobiotechnology (CIALE), Salamanca, Spain
- Associated Unit USAL-CSIC (IRNASA), Salamanca, Spain
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Zhu N, Meng T, Li S, Yu C, Tang D, Wang Y, Leng F, Ma J. Improved growth and metabolite accumulation in Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf. by inoculation with the endophytic Geobacillu sp. RHBA19 and Pseudomonas fluorescens RHBA17. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 274:153718. [PMID: 35598432 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2022.153718] [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] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In this study, we focused on the plant-growth-promoting properties of two strains isolated from Codonopsis pilosula, and the effect of inoculation with different strain treatments on physiological and metabolite accumulation of C. pilosula. The strains RHBA19 and RHBA17 were isolated and identified as Geobacillu sp. and Pseudomonas fluorescens, respectively. The two strains produced indole acetic acid (IAA), siderophore, biofilm, and various exoenzymes. Based on the pot experiments, inoculation of RHBA19 (G group) and the two mixed bacteria (M group) significantly improved the growth, root development, and photosynthesis of C. pilosula. Compared with the no-inoculation group (CK), the total polysaccharide content of root in the G and M groups was dramatically enhanced by 59.27% and 96.07%, and the lobetyolin (root) improved by 58.4% and 66.0%, respectively. After inoculation with bacteria agents, the activities of antioxidant enzymes (CAT, POD, SOD) of C. pilosula increased differentially. Inoculation with two types of bacterial agents significantly increased the activities of sucrose synthase (SS) and sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) in root, and phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) in leaf of C. pilosula. In addition, the content of signaling molecules (NO and H2O2) in three types of tissue increased significantly. The magnitude of these results was higher with mixtures than with individual strains. These results imply that the two types of bacterial agents induce physiological metabolism changes to accumulate polysaccharides and lobetyolin by regulating stress resistance enzymes and signal molecules, especially NO and H2O2.
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- Ning Zhu
- School of Life Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050, China
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- School of Petrochemical Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050, China
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- Lhasa National Ecological Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modelling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Lhasa National Ecological Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modelling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- School of Life Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050, China.
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- School of Life Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050, China.
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- School of Life Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050, China
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- School of Life Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050, China
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Hernández-Pacheco CE, Orozco-Mosqueda MDC, Flores A, Valencia-Cantero E, Santoyo G. Tissue-specific diversity of bacterial endophytes in Mexican husk tomato plants ( Physalis ixocarpa Brot. ex Horm.), and screening for their multiple plant growth-promoting activities. CURRENT RESEARCH IN MICROBIAL SCIENCES 2021; 2:100028. [PMID: 34841319 PMCID: PMC8610326 DOI: 10.1016/j.crmicr.2021.100028] [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: 02/02/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Endophytic bacterial diversity of root, stem, and leaf tissues of Physalis ixocarpa was deciphered. Unique and shared species were found for each plant compartment analyzed. Extensive screening of various isolates exhibited antagonism against fungal pathogens. Diverse endophytes stimulated the growth of Physalis ixocarpa seedlings. Neobacillus drentensis CH23 stood out as an excellent plant growth-promoting bacterium.
The endophytic bacterial diversity of root, stem, and leaf tissues of Mexican husk tomato plants (Physalis ixocarpa) was compared and deciphered, and screened for their plant growth-promoting activity and antagonism against fungal phytopathogens. Total 315 isolates (108 roots, 102 stems, and 105 leaves) were obtained and characterized by 16S ribosomal gene sequencing. The most abundant genera were Bacillus, Microbacterium, Pseudomonas, and Stenotrophomonas. Unique species were found for each tissue analyzed, along with B. thuringiensis, B. toyonensis, Neobacillus drentensis, Paenibacillus castaneae, P. fluorescens, P. poae, and S. maltophilia present throughout the plant. Biodiversity indices did not show significant differences, but root tissues showed the highest abundance of bacterial endophytes. Several isolates showed excellent promotion activities in Physalis ixocarpa seedlings, increasing the length and weight of the root, total biomass, and chlorophyll content. Various isolates also exhibited antagonism against fungal pathogens. Among screened isolates, Neobacillus drentensis CH23 was found in all plant compartments, exhibiting growth-promoting activity and fungal antagonism. Strain CH23 and other endophytes showed the production of indoleacetic acid, siderophores, proteases, and solubilization of phosphates. These results demonstrate that the husk tomato plant endobiome has a high potential as a bioinoculating agent for agriculturally important crops.
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- Claudia E Hernández-Pacheco
- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, 58030 Morelia, Mexico
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- Facultad de Agrobiología "Presidente Juárez", Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, 58030 Morelia, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, 58030 Morelia, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, 58030 Morelia, Mexico
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Morales-Cedeño LR, de Los Santos-Villalobos S, Santoyo G. Functional and Genomic Analysis of Rouxiella badensis SER3 as a Novel Biocontrol Agent of Fungal Pathogens. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:709855. [PMID: 34421868 PMCID: PMC8375033 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.709855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In recent decades, various bacterial species have been characterized as biocontrol agents for plant crop diseases; however, only a few genera have been predominantly reported in the literature. Therefore, the identification of new antagonists against phytopathogens is essential for boosting sustainable food production systems. In this study, we evaluated the role of strain SER3 from the recently discovered Rouxiella badensis as a biocontrol agent. SER3 was isolated from the phyllosphere of decaying strawberry fruit (Fragaria × ananassa) and showed different grades of antagonism against 20 fungal pathogens of berries, based on confrontation assays, due to the action of its diffusible and volatile compounds. These fungal pathogens were isolated from decayed strawberry, blackberry, and blueberry fruit and were characterized through internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequencing and homology searches, exhibiting similarity with well-known postharvest pathogens such as Botrytis, Fusarium, Geotrichum, Mucor, Penicillium, Alternaria, and Botryosphaeria. Koch’s postulates were confirmed for most pathogens by reinfecting berry fruit. SER3 showed good capacity to inhibit the growth of Botrytis cinerea and Fusarium brachygibbosum in strawberry fruit, affecting mycelial development. To gain better understanding of the genetic and metabolic capacities of the SER3 strain, its draft genome was determined and was found to comprise a single chromosome of 5.08 Mb, 52.8% G + C content, and 4,545 protein-coding genes. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the SER3 strain is affiliated with the R. badensis species, with an average nucleotide identity >96% and a genome-to-genome distance >70%. A comparison of the genomic properties of R. badensis SER3 and other close bacterial relatives showed several genes with potential functions in biocontrol activities, such as those encoding siderophores, non-ribosomal peptide synthetases, and polyketide synthases. This is the first study to demonstrate a novel role of the recently discovered R. badensis species (and any other species of the genus Rouxiella) as a biocontrol agent against postharvest fungal pathogens.
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- Luzmaria R Morales-Cedeño
- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico-Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico-Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico
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Alfano N, Tagliapietra V, Rosso F, Manica M, Arnoldi D, Pindo M, Rizzoli A. Changes in Microbiota Across Developmental Stages of Aedes koreicus, an Invasive Mosquito Vector in Europe: Indications for Microbiota-Based Control Strategies. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2832. [PMID: 31921019 PMCID: PMC6914824 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Since it has been understood that gut microbiota of vector mosquitoes can influence their vector competence, efforts have been undertaken to develop new control strategies based on host microbiota manipulation, and aimed at suppressing the vector population or replacing it with a less competent one. For the proper design of such control strategies it is necessary to know the microbiota composition of the target vector species, how it is acquired, and how it changes throughout the host’s life cycle. In this study, 16S rRNA amplicon high-throughput sequencing was used to characterize the changes in microbiota from the aquatic environment (larval breeding sites) to the different developmental stages of field-collected Aedes koreicus in Italy, an emerging invasive mosquito species in Europe and a potential vector of several pathogens. The bacterial communities of the aquatic breeding sites, larvae, pupae and adults showed distinctive structures to one another. Indeed, 84% of community members were unique to a given sample type. Nevertheless, almost 40% of the sequences generated were assigned to bacteria detected in all sample types, suggesting the importance of bacteria transstadially transmitted from water to the adult stage in constituting mosquito microbiota. Among these, genus C39 largely constituted water microbiota, family Burkholderiaceae was the most abundant in larvae and pupae, and genus Asaia dominated adult communities. In addition, Asaia constituted a core microbiota across all sample types. Our results suggest that the microbiota of Ae. koreicus mosquitoes is composed by a community which derives from the aquatic bacteria of the larval breeding sites, is then filtered by the larval gut, where only certain members are able to persist, rearranged by metamorphosis and finally modified by the change in diet at the adult stage. Understanding how the microbiota of Ae. koreicus changes through the mosquito life cycle represents a first step in selecting bacterial candidates for use in microbiota-based intervention measures for this species. The properties which Asaia exhibits in this species, such as dominance, high prevalence and transstadial transmission, prevent the use of Wolbachia but make Asaia an ideal candidate for paratransgenesis.
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- Niccolò Alfano
- Fondazione Edmund Mach, Research and Innovation Centre, Trento, Italy
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- Fondazione Edmund Mach, Research and Innovation Centre, Trento, Italy
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- Fondazione Edmund Mach, Research and Innovation Centre, Trento, Italy
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- Fondazione Edmund Mach, Research and Innovation Centre, Trento, Italy
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- Fondazione Edmund Mach, Research and Innovation Centre, Trento, Italy
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- Fondazione Edmund Mach, Research and Innovation Centre, Trento, Italy
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Draft genome analysis of the endophyte, Bacillus toyonensis COPE52, a blueberry ( Vaccinium spp. var. Biloxi) growth-promoting bacterium. 3 Biotech 2019; 9:370. [PMID: 31588394 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-019-1911-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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In this work, we report an analysis of the draft genome of the blueberry (Vaccinium spp. var. Biloxi) growth-promoting endophyte Bacillus toyonensis, strain COPE52. The genome of COPE52 consists of a single 5,806,513 bp replicon, with a 35.1% G + C content. Strain COPE52 was strongly affiliated to B. toyonensis species, based on species delimitation cut-off values established for average nucleotide identity (> 95-96%), genome-to genome distance calculator (> 70%) and phylogenomic analysis. The RAST genomic annotation of the COPE52 strain revealed a total of 5979 total genes, including 5631 protein-coding genes, 11 rRNA genes, 5 ncRNAs, 81 tRNA genes, and 251 pseudogenes. To further validate the in silico analysis results, experiments were carried out to detect the production of indoleacetic acid, protease activity, and the emission of volatiles like acetoin, 2,3-butanediol and dimethyl disulphide as potential plant growth-promoting mechanisms. COPE52 also showed antifungal action against the grey mould phytopathogen, Botrytis cinerea, during in vitro bioassays. In addition, inoculation with strain COPE52 promoted growth biomass and chlorophyll content in blueberry plants (Vaccinium spp. var. Biloxi) under greenhouse conditions. To our knowledge, this is the first study showing genomic and experimental evidence of B. toyonensis as plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB).
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Kovalski Mitter E, de Freitas R, Germida JJ. Microbial communities associated with barley growing in an oil sands reclamation area in Alberta, Canada. Can J Microbiol 2018; 64:1004-1019. [DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2018-0324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Microbial communities that colonize the plant rhizosphere and the root interior can ameliorate plant stress and promote growth. These plant–microbe associations are being investigated to assist in reclamation soils in northern Alberta. This study assessed the diversity of bacterial species associated with barley plants growing at different cover managements and slope positions in an oil sands reclamation area. Phospholipid fatty acid analysis of the microbial communities indicated that both cover type and slope, in addition to soil total and organic carbon, NH4+, and organic matter, were significant determinants of microbial community composition. However, analysis of denaturing gel gradient electrophoresis (DGGE) banding patterns revealed that while most bulk and rhizosphere soils differentiated by cover management, no clustering was observed in endophytes. In addition, techniques to assess culture-dependent endophytic bacteria revealed a dominance of the class Gammaproteobacteria, in which Enterobacteriaceae (44%), Xanthomonaceae (30%), and Pseudomonaceae (26%) were the most abundant families in this class. Several endophytic isolates also matched those from DGGE profiles. The results of this study suggest that plants growing on oil sands reclamation covers host a wide range of bacterial endophytes, which should be assessed as to their potential to assist plant establishment and growth at such sites.
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- Eduardo Kovalski Mitter
- Department of Food and Bioproduct Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada
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- Department of Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada
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- Department of Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada
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Correa-Galeote D, Bedmar EJ, Arone GJ. Maize Endophytic Bacterial Diversity as Affected by Soil Cultivation History. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:484. [PMID: 29662471 PMCID: PMC5890191 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The bacterial endophytic communities residing within roots of maize (Zea mays L.) plants cultivated by a sustainable management in soils from the Quechua maize belt (Peruvian Andes) were examined using tags pyrosequencing spanning the V4 and V5 hypervariable regions of the 16S rRNA. Across four replicate libraries, two corresponding to sequences of endophytic bacteria from long time maize-cultivated soils and the other two obtained from fallow soils, 793 bacterial sequences were found that grouped into 188 bacterial operational taxonomic units (OTUs, 97% genetic similarity). The numbers of OTUs in the libraries from the maize-cultivated soils were significantly higher than those found in the libraries from fallow soils. A mean of 30 genera were found in the fallow soil libraries and 47 were in those from the maize-cultivated soils. Both alpha and beta diversity indexes showed clear differences between bacterial endophytic populations from plants with different soil cultivation history and that the soils cultivated for long time requires a higher diversity of endophytes. The number of sequences corresponding to main genera Sphingomonas, Herbaspirillum, Bradyrhizobium and Methylophilus in the maize-cultivated libraries were statistically more abundant than those from the fallow soils. Sequences of genera Dyella and Sreptococcus were significantly more abundant in the libraries from the fallow soils. Relative abundance of genera Burkholderia, candidatus Glomeribacter, Staphylococcus, Variovorax, Bacillus and Chitinophaga were similar among libraries. A canonical correspondence analysis of the relative abundance of the main genera showed that the four libraries distributed in two clearly separated groups. Our results suggest that cultivation history is an important driver of endophytic colonization of maize and that after a long time of cultivation of the soil the maize plants need to increase the richness of the bacterial endophytes communities.
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- David Correa-Galeote
- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, National University of Huancavelica, Huancavelica, Peru
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McDougall GJ, Allwood JW, Pereira-Caro G, Brown EM, Latimer C, Dobson G, Stewart D, Ternan NG, Lawther R, O'Connor G, Rowland I, Crozier A, Gill CIR. The composition of potentially bioactive triterpenoid glycosides in red raspberry is influenced by tissue, extraction procedure and genotype. Food Funct 2018; 8:3469-3479. [PMID: 28884768 DOI: 10.1039/c7fo00846e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
The beneficial effects of consumption of berry fruits on a range of chronic diseases has been attributed (at least in part) to the presence of unique phytochemicals. Recently, we identified novel ursolic acid-based triterpenoid glycosides (TTPNs) in raspberry fruit and demonstrated their survival in human ileal fluids after feeding which confirmed their colon-availability in vivo. In this paper, in vitro digestion studies demonstrated that certain TTPNs were stable under gastrointestinal conditions and confirmed that these components may have been responsible for bioactivity noted in previous studies. Sequential extractions of raspberry puree, isolated seeds and unseeded puree showed that certain TTPN components (e.g. peak T1 m/z 679, and T2 m/z 1358) had different extractabilities in water/solvent mixes and were differentially associated with the seeds. Purified seed TTPNs (mainly T1 and T2) were shown to be anti-genotoxic in HT29 and CCD841 cell based in vitro colonocyte models. Further work confirmed that the seeds contained a wider range of TTPN-like components which were also differentially extractable in water/solvent mixes. This differential extractability could influence the TTPN composition and potential bioactivity of the extracts. There was considerable variation in total content of TTPNs (∼3-fold) and TTPN composition across 13 Rubus genotypes. Thus, TTPNs are likely to be present in raspberry juices and common extracts used for bioactivity studies and substantial variation exists in both content and composition due to genetics, tissue source or extraction conditions, which may all affect observed bioactivity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gordon J McDougall
- Environmental and Biochemical Sciences Group, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, Scotland, UK.
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Pseudomonas stutzeri E25 and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia CR71 endophytes produce antifungal volatile organic compounds and exhibit additive plant growth-promoting effects. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2017.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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