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Lee DH, Kim SB. Quorum Quenching Potential of Reyranella sp. Isolated from Riverside Soil and Description of Reyranella humidisoli sp. nov. J Microbiol 2024:10.1007/s12275-024-00131-2. [PMID: 38814538 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-024-00131-2] [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: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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Quorum quenching refers to any mechanism that inhibits quorum sensing processes. In this study, quorum quenching activity among bacteria inhabiting riverside soil was screened, and a novel Gram-stain-negative, rod shaped bacterial strain designated MMS21-HV4-11T, which showed the highest level of quorum quenching activity, was isolated and subjected to further analysis. Strain MMS21-HV4-11T could be assigned to the genus Reyranella of Alphaproteobacteria based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence, as the strain shared 98.74% sequence similarity with Reyranella aquatilis seoho-37T, and then 97.87% and 97.80% sequence similarity with Reyranella soli KIS14-15T and Reyranella massiliensis 521T, respectively. The decomposed N-acyl homoserine lactone was restored at high concentrations under acidic conditions, implying that lactonase and other enzyme(s) are responsible for quorum quenching. The genome analysis indicated that strain MMS21-HV4-11T had two candidate genes for lactonase and one for acylase, and expected protein structures were confirmed. In the quorum sensing inhibition assay using a plant pathogen Pectobacterium carotovorum KACC 14888, development of soft rot was significantly inhibited by strain MMS21-HV4-11T. Besides, the swarming motility by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 was significantly inhibited in the presence of strain MMS21-HV4-11T. Since the isolate did not display direct antibacterial activity against either of these species, the inhibition was certainly due to quorum quenching activity. In an extended study with the type strains of all known species of Reyranella, all strains were capable of degrading N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs), thus showing quorum quenching potential at the genus level. This is the first study on the quorum quenching potential and enzymes responsible in Reyranella. In addition, MMS21-HV4-11T could be recognized as a new species through taxonomic characterization, for which the name Reyranella humidisoli sp. nov. is proposed (type strain = MMS21-HV4-11 T = KCTC 82780 T = LMG 32365T).
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- Dong Hyeon Lee
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea.
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Roca A, Cabeo M, Enguidanos C, Martínez-Checa F, Sampedro I, Llamas I. Potential of the quorum-quenching and plant-growth promoting halotolerant Bacillus toyonensis AA1EC1 as biocontrol agent. Microb Biotechnol 2024; 17:e14420. [PMID: 38532596 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.14420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
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The use of fertilizers and pesticides to control plant diseases is widespread in intensive farming causing adverse effects together with the development of antimicrobial resistance pathogens. As the virulence of many Gram-negative phytopathogens is controlled by N-acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs), the enzymatic disruption of this type of quorum-sensing (QS) signal molecules, mechanism known as quorum quenching (QQ), has been proposed as a promising alternative antivirulence therapy. In this study, a novel strain of Bacillus toyonensis isolated from the halophyte plant Arthrocaulon sp. exhibited numerous traits associated with plant growth promotion (PGP) and degraded a broad range of AHLs. Three lactonases and an acylase enzymes were identified in the bacterial genome and verified in vitro. The AHL-degrading activity of strain AA1EC1 significantly attenuated the virulence of relevant phytopathogens causing reduction of soft rot symptoms on potato and carrots. In vivo assays showed that strain AA1EC1 significantly increased plant length, stem width, root and aerial dry weights and total weight of tomato and protected plants against Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. To our knowledge, this is the first report to demonstrate PGP and QQ activities in the species B. toyonensis that make this strain as a promising phytostimulant and biocontrol agent.
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- Amalia Roca
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Institute of Biotechnology, Biomedical Research Center (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Institute of Biotechnology, Biomedical Research Center (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Institute of Biotechnology, Biomedical Research Center (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Institute of Biotechnology, Biomedical Research Center (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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Lv L, Wei Z, Li W, Chen J, Tian Y, Gao W, Wang P, Sun L, Ren Z, Zhang G, Liu X, Ngo HH. Regulation of extracellular polymers based on quorum sensing in wastewater biological treatment from mechanisms to applications: A critical review. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 250:121057. [PMID: 38157601 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.121057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) regulated by quorum sensing (QS) could directly mediate adhesion between microorganisms and form tight microbial aggregates. Besides, EPS have redox properties, which can facilitate electron transfer for promoting electroactive bacteria. Currently, the applications research on improving wastewater biological treatment performance based on QS regulated EPS have been widely reported, but reviews on the level of QS regulated EPS to enhance EPS function in microbial systems are still lacking. This work proposes the potential mechanisms of EPS synthesis by QS regulation from the viewpoint of material metabolism and energy metabolism, and summarizes the effects of QS on EPS synthesis. By synthesizing the role of QS in EPS regulation, we further point out the applications of QS-regulated EPS in wastewater biological treatment, which involve a series of aspects such as strengthening microbial colonization, mitigating membrane biofouling, improving the shock resistance of microbial metabolic systems, and strengthening the electron transfer capacity of microbial metabolic systems. According to this comprehensive review, future research on QS-regulated EPS should focus on the exploration of the micro-mechanisms, and economic regulation strategies for QS-regulated EPS should be developed, while the stability of QS-regulated EPS in long-term production experimental research should be further demonstrated.
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- Longyi Lv
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Clean Energy and Pollution Control, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Clean Energy and Pollution Control, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology (SKLUWRE, HIT), Harbin 150090, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Clean Energy and Pollution Control, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology (SKLUWRE, HIT), Harbin 150090, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Clean Energy and Pollution Control, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Clean Energy and Pollution Control, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Clean Energy and Pollution Control, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Clean Energy and Pollution Control, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Clean Energy and Pollution Control, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China; State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology (SKLUWRE, HIT), Harbin 150090, China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Clean Energy and Pollution Control, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China.
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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Juhas M. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria. BRIEF LESSONS IN MICROBIOLOGY 2023:65-77. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-29544-7_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Juhas M. Communication Between Microorganisms. BRIEF LESSONS IN MICROBIOLOGY 2023:27-41. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-29544-7_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Uroz S, Geisler O, Fauchery L, Lami R, Rodrigues AMS, Morin E, Leveau JHJ, Oger P. Genomic and transcriptomic characterization of the Collimonas quorum sensing genes and regulon. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2022; 98:6679101. [PMID: 36040340 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiac100] [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: 05/22/2022] [Revised: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Collimonads are well-adapted to nutrient-poor environments. They are known to hydrolyse chitin, produce antifungal metabolites, weather minerals, and are effective biocontrol agents protecting plants from fungal diseases. The production of N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) was suggested to be a conserved trait of collimonads, but little is known about the genes that underlie this production or the genes that are controlled by AHLs. To improve our understanding of the role of AHLs in the ecology of collimonads, we carried out transcriptomic analyses, combined with chemical and functional assays, on strain Collimonas pratensis PMB3(1). The main AHLs produced by this strain were identified as 3-hydroxy-hexa- and octa-noyl-homoserine lactone. Genome analysis permitted to identify putative genes coding for the autoinducer synthase (colI) and cognate transcriptional regulator (colR). The ability to produce AHLs was lost in ΔcolI and ΔcolR mutants. Functional assays revealed that the two mutants metabolized glucose, formate, oxalate, and leucine better than the wild-type (WT) strain. Transcriptome sequencing analyses revealed an up-regulation of different metabolic pathways and of motility in the QS-mutants compared to the WT strain. Overall, our results provide insights into the role of the AHL-dependent regulation system of Collimonas in environment colonization, metabolism readjustment, and microbial interactions.
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- Stephane Uroz
- Université de Lorraine, INRAE, UMR1136 "Interactions Arbres-Microorganismes", F-54280 Champenoux, France.,INRAE, UR1138 "Biogéochimie des écosystèmes forestiers", F-54280 Champenoux, France
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- Université de Lorraine, INRAE, UMR1136 "Interactions Arbres-Microorganismes", F-54280 Champenoux, France
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- Université de Lorraine, INRAE, UMR1136 "Interactions Arbres-Microorganismes", F-54280 Champenoux, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologies Microbiennes (LBBM, USR3579), Fédération de Recherche FR3724, Observatoire Océanologique, 66650 Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologies Microbiennes (LBBM, USR3579), Fédération de Recherche FR3724, Observatoire Océanologique, 66650 Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
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- Université de Lorraine, INRAE, UMR1136 "Interactions Arbres-Microorganismes", F-54280 Champenoux, France
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- Université Lyon, INSA de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5240, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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Rosier A, Bais HP. Protocol: a simple method for biosensor visualization of bacterial quorum sensing and quorum quenching interaction on Medicago roots. PLANT METHODS 2022; 18:112. [PMID: 36114554 PMCID: PMC9479286 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-022-00944-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Defining interactions of bacteria in the rhizosphere (encompassing the area near and on the plant root) is important to understand how they affect plant health. Some rhizosphere bacteria, including plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) engage in the intraspecies communication known as quorum sensing (QS). Many species of Gram-negative bacteria use extracellular autoinducer signal molecules called N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) for QS. Other rhizobacteria species, including PGPRs, can interfere with or disrupt QS through quorum quenching (QQ). Current AHL biosensor assays used for screening and identifying QS and QQ bacteria interactions fail to account for the role of the plant root. METHODS Medicago spp. seedlings germinated on Lullien agar were transferred to soft-agar plates containing the broad-range AHL biosensor Agrobacterium tumefaciens KYC55 and X-gal substrate. Cultures of QS and QQ bacteria as well as pure AHLs and a QQ enzyme were applied to the plant roots and incubated for 3 days. RESULTS We show that this expanded use of an AHL biosensor successfully allowed for visualization of QS/QQ interactions localized at the plant root. KYC55 detected pure AHLs as well as AHLs from live bacteria cultures grown directly on the media. We also showed clear detection of QQ interactions occurring in the presence of the plant root. CONCLUSIONS Our novel tri-trophic system using an AHL biosensor is useful to study QS interspecies interactions in the rhizosphere.
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- Amanda Rosier
- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, 311 AP Biopharma, 590 Avenue 1743, Newark, DE, 19713, USA.
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, 311 AP Biopharma, 590 Avenue 1743, Newark, DE, 19713, USA
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Rodríguez M, Reina JC, Sampedro I, Llamas I, Martínez-Checa F. Peribacillus castrilensis sp. nov.: A Plant-Growth-Promoting and Biocontrol Species Isolated From a River Otter in Castril, Granada, Southern Spain. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:896728. [PMID: 35812926 PMCID: PMC9262404 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.896728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A strictly aerobic, chemoheterotrophic, endospore-forming, Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterial strain N3T was isolated from the feces of a river otter in Castril (Granada, southern Spain). It is halotolerant, motile, and catalase-, oxidase-, ACC deaminase-, and C4- and C8-lipase-positive. It promotes tomato plant growth and can reduce virulence in Erwinia amylovora CECT 222T and Dickeya solani LMG 25993T through interference in their quorum-sensing systems, although other antagonistic mechanisms could also occur. A phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence as well as the phenotypic and phylogenomic analyses indicated that the strain N3T is a novel species of the genus Peribacillus, with the highest 16S rRNA sequence similar to that of Bacillus frigoritolerans DSM 8801T (99.93%) and Peribacillus simplex DSM 1321T (99.80%). Genomic digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH) between the strain N3T and Bacillus frigoritolerans DSM 8801T and Peribacillus simplex was 12.8 and 69.1%, respectively, and the average nucleotide identity (ANIb) of strain N3T and Bacillus frigoritolerans DSM 8801T and Peribacillus simplex was 67.84 and 93.21%, respectively. The genomic G + C content was 40.3 mol%. Its main cellular fatty acids were anteiso-C15:0 and iso-C15:0. Using 16S rRNA phylogenetic and in silico phylogenomic analyses, together with the chemotaxonomic and phenotypic data, we demonstrated that the type strain N3T (=CECT 30509T = LMG 32505T) is a novel species of the genus Peribacillus and the name Peribacillus castrilensis sp. nov. is proposed.
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- Miguel Rodríguez
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Biomedical Research Centre (CIBM), Institute of Biotechnology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Biomedical Research Centre (CIBM), Institute of Biotechnology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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Kaur J, Yogalakshmi KN. Degradation of n-hexanoyl homoserine lactone with quorum quenching bacteria immobilised magnetic nanocomposite beads. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2022; 43:885-892. [PMID: 32814501 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2020.1811389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) based quorum sensing controls various phenotype expressions, including biofilm formation, hence its interruption is considered to be an ideal option for membrane biofouling control. Bead entrapped quorum quenching bacteria was reported to be an efficient approach for degradation of signal molecules in recent years. In the present study, we investigated the potential of quorum quenching (QQ) bacteria immobilised magnetic nanocomposite beads (IMN) in degradation of signalling molecule, n-hexanoyl homoserine lactone (C6-HSL). Three QQ bacteria, named Acinetobacter baumannii JYQ2, Pseudomonas nitroreducens JYQ3 and Pseudomonas JYQ4 isolated from dairy industry waste activated sludge (WAS) were immobilised in the magnetic nanocomposite (IMN) beads. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of the IMN beads has indicated the successful entrapment of QQ bacteria within the alginate matrix. The GC-MS analysis showed that all the QQ bacteria immobilised magnetic nanocomposite (IMN) beads degraded the signalling molecule, n-hexanoyl homoserine lactone (C6-HSL) within 72 h of incubation. The nanocomposite beads containing the QQ bacteria Pseudomonas JYQ4 showed the maximum degradation percentage of 97 ± 0.13% leaving a residual HSL of 0.7 mg/L. All the other isolates showed C6-HSL degradation percentage in the range of 87% to 95%. The data suggest the potential of C6-HSL degradation by QQ bacteria IMN beads. Hence, the study offers possibilities of controlling biofilm developed on the membrane surface during wastewater treatment processes.
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- Jaskiran Kaur
- Centre for Environmental Sciences and Technology, School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences and Technology, School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India
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Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria as a Green Alternative for Sustainable Agriculture. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su131910986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Environmental stress is a major challenge for sustainable food production as it reduces yield by generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) which pose a threat to cell organelles and biomolecules such as proteins, DNA, enzymes, and others, leading to apoptosis. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) offers an eco-friendly and green alternative to synthetic agrochemicals and conventional agricultural practices in accomplishing sustainable agriculture by boosting growth and stress tolerance in plants. PGPR inhabit the rhizosphere of soil and exhibit positive interaction with plant roots. These organisms render multifaceted benefits to plants by several mechanisms such as the release of phytohormones, nitrogen fixation, solubilization of mineral phosphates, siderophore production for iron sequestration, protection against various pathogens, and stress. PGPR has the potential to curb the adverse effects of various stresses such as salinity, drought, heavy metals, floods, and other stresses on plants by inducing the production of antioxidant enzymes such as catalase, peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase. Genetically engineered PGPR strains play significant roles to alleviate the abiotic stress to improve crop productivity. Thus, the present review will focus on the impact of PGPR on stress resistance, plant growth promotion, and induction of antioxidant systems in plants.
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Wang H, Liu R, You MP, Barbetti MJ, Chen Y. Pathogen Biocontrol Using Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria (PGPR): Role of Bacterial Diversity. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9091988. [PMID: 34576883 PMCID: PMC8470069 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9091988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2021] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
A vast microbial community inhabits in the rhizosphere, among which, specialized bacteria known as Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) confer benefits to host plants including growth promotion and disease suppression. PGPR taxa vary in the ways whereby they curtail the negative effects of invading plant pathogens. However, a cumulative or synergistic effect does not always ensue when a bacterial consortium is used. In this review, we reassess the disease-suppressive mechanisms of PGPR and present explanations and illustrations for functional diversity and/or stability among PGPR taxa regarding these mechanisms. We also provide evidence of benefits when PGPR mixtures, rather than individuals, are used for protecting crops from various diseases, and underscore the critical determinant factors for successful use of PGPR mixtures. Then, we evaluate the challenges of and limitations to achieving the desired outcomes from strain/species-rich bacterial assemblages, particularly in relation to their role for plant disease management. In addition, towards locating additive or synergistic outcomes, we highlight why and how the benefits conferred need to be categorized and quantified when different strains/species of PGPR are used in combinations. Finally, we highlight the critical approaches needed for developing PGPR mixtures with improved efficacy and stability as biocontrols for utilization in agricultural fields.
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- Hao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Research Center of Soil and Water Conservation and Ecological Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xianyang 712100, China;
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Mycorrhizal Biotechnology, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China;
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, and School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, LB 5005, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; (M.P.Y.); (M.J.B.)
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, and School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, LB 5005, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; (M.P.Y.); (M.J.B.)
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, and School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, LB 5005, Perth, WA 6009, Australia; (M.P.Y.); (M.J.B.)
- Correspondence:
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Dassanayake MK, Chong CH, Khoo TJ, Figiel A, Szumny A, Choo CM. Synergistic Field Crop Pest Management Properties of Plant-Derived Essential Oils in Combination with Synthetic Pesticides and Bioactive Molecules: A Review. Foods 2021; 10:2016. [PMID: 34574123 PMCID: PMC8467659 DOI: 10.3390/foods10092016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2021] [Revised: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
The management of insect pests and fungal diseases that cause damage to crops has become challenging due to the rise of pesticide and fungicide resistance. The recent developments in studies related to plant-derived essential oil products has led to the discovery of a range of phytochemicals with the potential to combat pesticide and fungicide resistance. This review paper summarizes and interprets the findings of experimental work based on plant-based essential oils in combination with existing pesticidal and fungicidal agents and novel bioactive natural and synthetic molecules against the insect pests and fungi responsible for the damage of crops. The insect mortality rate and fractional inhibitory concentration were used to evaluate the insecticidal and fungicidal activities of essential oil synergists against crop-associated pests. A number of studies have revealed that plant-derived essential oils are capable of enhancing the insect mortality rate and reducing the minimum inhibitory concentration of commercially available pesticides, fungicides and other bioactive molecules. Considering these facts, plant-derived essential oils represent a valuable and novel source of bioactive compounds with potent synergism to modulate crop-associated insect pests and phytopathogenic fungi.
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- Mackingsley Kushan Dassanayake
- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Jalan Broga, Semenyih 43500, Malaysia; (M.K.D.); (T.-J.K.)
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham, Jalan Broga, Semenyih 43500, Malaysia
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Jalan Broga, Semenyih 43500, Malaysia; (M.K.D.); (T.-J.K.)
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- Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chełmońskiego 37a, 51-630 Wrocław, Poland;
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- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Norwida 25, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland;
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- Centre for Water Research, Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, SEGi University Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya 47810, Malaysia;
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Kuhl T, Chowdhury SP, Uhl J, Rothballer M. Genome-Based Characterization of Plant-Associated Rhodococcus qingshengii RL1 Reveals Stress Tolerance and Plant-Microbe Interaction Traits. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:708605. [PMID: 34489897 PMCID: PMC8416521 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.708605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Stress tolerant, plant-associated bacteria can play an important role in maintaining a functional plant microbiome and protecting plants against various (a)biotic stresses. Members of the stress tolerant genus Rhodococcus are frequently found in the plant microbiome. Rhodococcus qingshengii RL1 was isolated from Eruca sativa and the complete genome was sequenced, annotated and analyzed using different bioinformatic tools. A special focus was laid on functional analyses of stress tolerance and interactions with plants. The genome annotation of RL1 indicated that it contains a repertoire of genes which could enable it to survive under different abiotic stress conditions for e.g., elevated mercury concentrations, to interact with plants via root colonization, to produce phytohormones and siderophores, to fix nitrogen and to interact with bacterial signaling via a LuxR-solo and quorum quenching. Based on the identified genes, functional analyses were performed in vitro with RL1 under different growth conditions. The R. qingshengii type strain djl6 and a closely related Rhodococcus erythropolis BG43 were included in the experiments to find common and distinct traits between the strains. Genome based phylogenetic analysis of 15 available and complete R. erythropolis and R. qingshengii genome sequences revealed a separation of the R. erythropolis clade in two subgroups. First one harbors only R. erythropolis strains including the R. erythropolis type strain. The second group consisted of the R. qingshengii type strain and a mix of R. qingshengii and R. erythropolis strains indicating that some strains of the second group should be considered for taxonomic re-assignment. However, BG43 was clearly identified as R. erythropolis and RL1 clearly as R. qingshengii and the strains had most tested traits in common, indicating a close functional overlap of traits between the two species.
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- Theresa Kuhl
- Institute for Network Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute for Network Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Analytical Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute for Network Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
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Eid AM, Fouda A, Abdel-Rahman MA, Salem SS, Elsaied A, Oelmüller R, Hijri M, Bhowmik A, Elkelish A, Hassan SED. Harnessing Bacterial Endophytes for Promotion of Plant Growth and Biotechnological Applications: An Overview. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:935. [PMID: 34067154 PMCID: PMC8151188 DOI: 10.3390/plants10050935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Endophytic bacteria colonize plants and live inside them for part of or throughout their life without causing any harm or disease to their hosts. The symbiotic relationship improves the physiology, fitness, and metabolite profile of the plants, while the plants provide food and shelter for the bacteria. The bacteria-induced alterations of the plants offer many possibilities for biotechnological, medicinal, and agricultural applications. The endophytes promote plant growth and fitness through the production of phytohormones or biofertilizers, or by alleviating abiotic and biotic stress tolerance. Strengthening of the plant immune system and suppression of disease are associated with the production of novel antibiotics, secondary metabolites, siderophores, and fertilizers such as nitrogenous or other industrially interesting chemical compounds. Endophytic bacteria can be used for phytoremediation of environmental pollutants or the control of fungal diseases by the production of lytic enzymes such as chitinases and cellulases, and their huge host range allows a broad spectrum of applications to agriculturally and pharmaceutically interesting plant species. More recently, endophytic bacteria have also been used to produce nanoparticles for medical and industrial applications. This review highlights the biotechnological possibilities for bacterial endophyte applications and proposes future goals for their application.
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- Ahmed M. Eid
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo 11884, Egypt; (A.M.E.); (M.A.A.-R.); (S.S.S.); (A.E.)
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo 11884, Egypt; (A.M.E.); (M.A.A.-R.); (S.S.S.); (A.E.)
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo 11884, Egypt; (A.M.E.); (M.A.A.-R.); (S.S.S.); (A.E.)
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo 11884, Egypt; (A.M.E.); (M.A.A.-R.); (S.S.S.); (A.E.)
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo 11884, Egypt; (A.M.E.); (M.A.A.-R.); (S.S.S.); (A.E.)
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Friedrich-Schiller-University, 07743 Jena, Germany; (R.O.); (A.E.)
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- Biodiversity Centre, Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université de Montréal and Jardin botanique de Montréal, Montréal, QC 22001, Canada;
- African Genome Center, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), 43150 Ben Guerir, Morocco
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA;
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Friedrich-Schiller-University, 07743 Jena, Germany; (R.O.); (A.E.)
- Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo 11884, Egypt; (A.M.E.); (M.A.A.-R.); (S.S.S.); (A.E.)
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Packiavathy IASV, Kannappan A, Thiyagarajan S, Srinivasan R, Jeyapragash D, Paul JBJ, Velmurugan P, Ravi AV. AHL-Lactonase Producing Psychrobacter sp. From Palk Bay Sediment Mitigates Quorum Sensing-Mediated Virulence Production in Gram Negative Bacterial Pathogens. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:634593. [PMID: 33935995 PMCID: PMC8079732 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.634593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Quorum sensing (QS) is a signaling mechanism governed by bacteria used to converse at inter- and intra-species levels through small self-produced chemicals called N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs). Through QS, bacteria regulate and organize the virulence factors’ production, including biofilm formation. AHLs can be degraded by an action called quorum quenching (QQ) and hence QQ strategy can effectively be employed to combat biofilm-associated bacterial pathogenesis. The present study aimed to identify novel bacterial species with QQ potential. Screening of Palk Bay marine sediment bacteria for QQ activity ended up with the identification of marine bacterial isolate 28 (MSB-28), which exhibited a profound QQ activity against QS biomarker strain Chromobacterium violaceum ATCC 12472. The isolate MSB-28 was identified as Psychrobacter sp. through 16S-rRNA sequencing. Psychrobacter sp. also demonstrated a pronounced activity in controlling the biofilm formation in different bacteria and biofilm-associated virulence factors’ production in P. aeruginosa PAO1. Solvent extraction, heat inactivation, and proteinase K treatment assays clearly evidence the enzymatic nature of the bioactive lead. Furthermore, AHL’s lactone ring cleavage was confirmed with experiments including ring closure assay and chromatographic analysis, and thus the AHL-lactonase enzyme production in Psychrobacter sp. To conclude, this is the first report stating the AHL-lactonase mediated QQ activity from marine sediment bacteria Psychrobacter sp. Future work deals with the characterization, purification, and mass cultivation of the purified protein and should pave the way to assessing the feasibility of the identified protein in controlling QS and biofilm-mediated multidrug resistant bacterial infections in mono or multi-species conditions.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India.,Department of Food Science and Technology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India.,Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Agroecological Processing and Safety Monitoring, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Crop Ecology and Molecular Physiology (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University), Fujian Province University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore, India
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India.,Centre for Materials Engineering and Regnerative Medicine, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India
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Xu B, Ng TCA, Huang S, Ng HY. Effect of quorum quenching on EPS and size-fractioned particles and organics in anaerobic membrane bioreactor for domestic wastewater treatment. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 169:115251. [PMID: 32388050 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Revised: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/27/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Quorum quenching (QQ) has been applied as a promising membrane fouling control strategy for anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs). Nevertheless, long-term operation of AnMBRs for real domestic wastewater (DWW) treatment needs to be systematically studied to evaluate comprehensive membrane fouling mechanisms and bioprocess performance. In this study, the impact of QQ on membrane fouling was investigated using a quorum quenching AnMBR (QQAnMBR) deploying a bead-entrapped facultative quorum quenching consortium (FQQ) to treat DWW. FQQ was shown to prolong membrane filtration operation by an average of 75%. Reduced proteins (p < 0.005) and carbohydrates (p < 0.005) in the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of mixed liquor (ML) were key differentiators that led to lower cake layer (CL) formation. Additionally, reduced biopolymers production (p < 0.05) in EPS improved sludge dewaterability. The findings suggested that QQ could alter fluorescent microbial metabolites of both EPS and CL as unveiled by excitation-emission matrix spectra pattern. Furthermore, colloidal particles (i.e., particles with size larger than 0.45 μm in ML supernatants) production was retarded by QQ, thereafter, also contributed to the reduced CL formation. Pore blockage was slightly increased by QQ, which might be attributed to pore blockage by large (∼230 nm) and small organic compounds (∼51 nm) in soluble microbial products (SMP). However, QQ had no significant impact on organic concentration of SMP, and QQ was not associated with particle size distribution of biomass. QQ performance was further affirmed through suppressed production of C4-HSL, 3-OXO-C6-HSL, and C6-HSL. The overall AHLs degradability of FQQ was well-maintained even after five membrane service cycles (total operation of 70 d). Moreover, QQ had no compromised impact on treatment performance (i.e., chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal and methane yield). Collectively, this study bridged the knowledge gap to bring forward QQ technology in AnMBR for widespread domestic wastewater treatment application.
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- Boyan Xu
- Centre for Water Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, 117576, Singapore
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- Centre for Water Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, 117576, Singapore
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- Centre for Water Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, 117576, Singapore
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- Centre for Water Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, 117576, Singapore; National University of Singapore Environmental Research Institute, 5A Engineering Drive 1, 117411, Singapore.
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Akbari Kiarood SL, Rahnama K, Golmohammadi M, Nasrollanejad S. Quorum-quenching endophytic bacteria inhibit disease caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae in Citrus cultivars. J Basic Microbiol 2020; 60:746-757. [PMID: 32515020 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.202000038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Revised: 03/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Two strains of 64 endophytic bacteria, Bacillus cereus Si-Ps1 and Pseudomonas azotoformans La-Pot3-3, isolated from Citrus sinensis and C. sinensis var. Thomson's leaves, respectively, reduced N-acyl homoserine-based quorum sensing in bioindicator strain Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae (Pss) B728a and the biofilm production and swarming motility of field isolate Pss 3289. A homolog of aiiA gene encoding an AHL-lactonase was found in B. cereus (Si-Ps1), suggesting that this isolate can degrade the quorum-sensing signal molecules of Pss 3289. The crude extract of endophytic bacterium, B. cereus (Si-Ps1), inhibited Pss 3289 biofilm formation after 48 and 96 h by 55% and 58%, respectively. Similar reductions in biofilm formation were conferred by crude extracts of P. azotoformans (La-Pot3-3). Correspondingly, the number of planktonic cells in cultures treated with these extracts was higher than in control cultures, indicating a direct effect on biofilm formation and not on cell growth. In greenhouse assays, the virulence of Pss 3289 to different citrus cultivars was decreased when coinoculated with these endophytic bacteria.
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- Seyyedeh Leila Akbari Kiarood
- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
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- Citrus and Subtropical Fruits Research Center, Horticultural Science Research Institute, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Ramsar, Iran
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
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Microbial inoculum development for ameliorating crop drought stress: A case study of Variovorax paradoxus 5C-2. N Biotechnol 2020; 56:103-113. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2019.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Revised: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Rodríguez M, Torres M, Blanco L, Béjar V, Sampedro I, Llamas I. Plant growth-promoting activity and quorum quenching-mediated biocontrol of bacterial phytopathogens by Pseudomonas segetis strain P6. Sci Rep 2020; 10:4121. [PMID: 32139754 PMCID: PMC7058018 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61084-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Given the major threat of phytopathogenic bacteria to food production and ecosystem stability worldwide, novel alternatives to conventional chemicals-based agricultural practices are needed to combat these bacteria. The objective of this study is to evaluate the ability of Pseudomonas segetis strain P6, which was isolated from the Salicornia europaea rhizosphere, to act as a potential biocontrol agent given its plant growth-promoting (PGP) and quorum quenching (QQ) activities. Seed biopriming and in vivo assays of tomato plants inoculated with strain P6 resulted in an increase in seedling height and weight. We detected QQ activity, involving enzymatic degradation of signal molecules in quorum sensing communication systems, against a broad range of N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs). HPLC-MRM data and phylogenetic analysis indicated that the QQ enzyme was an acylase. The QQ activity of strain P6 reduced soft rot symptoms caused by Dickeya solani, Pectobacterium atrosepticum and P. carotovorum on potato and carrot. In vivo assays showed that the PGP and QQ activities of strain P6 protect tomato plants against Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, indicating that strain P6 could have biotechnological applications. To our knowledge, this is the first report to show PGP and QQ activities in an indigenous Pseudomonas strain from Salicornia plants.
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- Miguel Rodríguez
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.,Institute of Biotechnology, Biomedical Research Center (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain.,Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA/CNRS/University Paris-Sud, University Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.,Institute of Biotechnology, Biomedical Research Center (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. .,Institute of Biotechnology, Biomedical Research Center (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
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Cupriavidus sp. HN-2, a Novel Quorum Quenching Bacterial Isolate, is a Potent Biocontrol Agent Against Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. Microorganisms 2019; 8:microorganisms8010045. [PMID: 31881662 PMCID: PMC7022395 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8010045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Revised: 12/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Diffusible signal factor (DSF) represents a family of widely conserved quorum sensing (QS) signals involved in the regulation of virulence factor production in many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. Quorum quenching, which disrupts QS either by degradation of QS signals or interference of signal generation or perception, is a promising strategy for prevention and control of QS-mediated bacterial infections. In this study, a novel DSF-degrading strain, HN-2, was isolated from contaminated soil and identified as Cupriavidus sp. The isolate exhibited superior DSF degradation activity and completely degraded 2 mmol·L–1 of DSF within 24 h. Analysis of the degradation products of DSF by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry led to the identification of trans-2-decenoic acid methyl ester as the main intermediate product, suggesting that DSF could be degraded by oxidation and hydroxylation. Moreover, this study presents for the first time, evidence that Cupriavidus sp. can reduce the black rot disease caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc). Application of the HN-2 strain as a biocontrol agent could substantially reduce the disease severity. These findings reveal the biochemical basis of a highly efficient DSF-degrading bacterial isolate and present a useful agent for controlling infectious diseases caused by DSF-dependent bacterial pathogens.
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Silencing of Phytopathogen Communication by the Halotolerant PGPR Staphylococcus equorum Strain EN21. Microorganisms 2019; 8:microorganisms8010042. [PMID: 31878301 PMCID: PMC7022284 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8010042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Increasing world food demand together with soil erosion and indiscriminate use of chemical fertilization highlight the need to adopt sustainable crop production strategies. In this context, a combination of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and pathogen management represents a sustainable and efficient alternative. Though little studied, halophilic and halotolerant PGPR could be a beneficial plant growth promotion strategy for saline and non-saline soils. The virulence of many bacterial phytopathogens is regulated by quorum sensing (QS) systems. Quorum quenching (QQ) involves the enzymatic degradation of phytopathogen-generated signal molecules, mainly N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs). In this study, we investigate plant growth-promoting (PGP) activity and the capacity of the halotolerant bacterium Staphylococcus equorum strain EN21 to attenuate phytopathogens virulence through QQ. We used biopriming and in vivo tomato plant experiments to analyse the PGP activity of strain EN21. AHL inactivation was observed to reduce Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato infections in tomato and Arabidopsis plants. Our study of Dickeya solani, Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum and Erwinia amylovora bacteria in potato tubers, carrots and pears, respectively, also demonstrated the effectiveness of QS interruption by EN21. Overall, this study highlights the potential of strain S. equorum EN21 in plant growth promotion and QQ-driven bacterial phytopathogen biocontrol.
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Wang Y, Feng T, Li H, Yu Y, Han Y, Zhang J, Li X, Li Y, Zhang XH. A novel heterologous expression strategy for the quorum-quenching enzyme MomL in Lysobacter enzymogenes to the inhibit pathogenicity of Pectobacterium. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 103:8889-8898. [PMID: 31656979 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-10166-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Revised: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Quorum-quenching (QQ) enzymes can block the quorum-sensing (QS) system and prevent the expression of QS-controlled pathogenic factors in bacteria. However, the low expression levels of QQ proteins in the original host bacteria have affected their widespread application. In this study, we heterologously expressed momL, encoding a QQ enzyme with high activity, in Lysobacter enzymogenes. A "yellow-to-white" selection marker and the high-constitutive-expression promoter PgroEL were used in this novel heterologous expression system. In addition, we optimized the spacer between the SD sequence and the initiator to improve the efficiency of the expression system by 1.54-fold. The engineered strain LeMomL degraded the AHL molecule and the virulence factors of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovora (Pcc). Additionally, LeMomL significantly decreased the disease caused by Pcc in Chinese cabbages and carrot root tissues. In conclusion, this novel and facile L. enzymogenes expression strategy has good prospects and is an ideal approach for foreign protein expression.
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- Yan Wang
- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China. .,Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266071, China. .,Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China.
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Edison Biotechnology Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China. .,Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266071, China. .,Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China.
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Sarveswari HB, Solomon AP. Profile of the Intervention Potential of the Phylum Actinobacteria Toward Quorum Sensing and Other Microbial Virulence Strategies. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2073. [PMID: 31636609 PMCID: PMC6787268 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The rapid dissemination of antimicrobial resistance amongst microorganisms and their deleterious effect on public health has propelled the exploration of alternative interventions that target microbial virulence rather than viability. In several microorganisms, the expression of virulence factors is controlled by quorum sensing systems. A comprehensive understanding into microbial quorum sensing systems, virulence strategies and pathogenesis has exposed potential targets whose attenuation may alleviate infectious diseases. Such virulence attenuating natural products sourced from the different phyla of bacteria from diverse ecosystems have been identified. In this review, we discuss chemical entities derived from the phylum Actinobacteria that have demonstrated the potential to inhibit microbial biofilms, enzymes, and other virulence factors both in vivo and in vitro. We also review Actinobacteria-derived compounds that can degrade quorum sensing signal molecules, and the genes encoding such molecules. As many Actinobacteria-derived compounds have been translated into pharmaceutically important agents including antibiotics, the identification of virulence attenuating compounds from this phylum exemplifies their significance as a prospective source for anti-virulent drugs.
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- Quorum Sensing Laboratory, Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID), School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed to be University, Thanjavur, India
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Saipriya K, Swathi CH, Ratnakar KS, Sritharan V. Quorum-sensing system in Acinetobacter baumannii: a potential target for new drug development. J Appl Microbiol 2019; 128:15-27. [PMID: 31102552 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Acinetobacter baumannii causes several nosocomial infections and poses major threat when it is multidrug resistant. Even pan drug-resistant strains have been reported in some countries. The intensive care unit (ICU) mortality rate ranged from 45.6% to 60.9% and it is as high as 84.3% when ventilator-associated pneumonia was caused by XDR (extensively drug resistant) A. baumannii. Acinetobacter baumannii constituted 9.4% of all Gram-negative organisms throughout the hospital and 22.6% in the ICUs according to a study carried out in an Indian hospital. One of the major factors contributing to drug resistance in A. baumannii infections is biofilm development. Quorum sensing (QS) facilitates biofilm formation and therefore the search for 'quorum quenchers' has increased recently. Such compounds are expected to inhibit biofilm formation and hence reduce/prevent development of drug resistance in the bacteria. Some of these compounds also target synthesis of some virulence factors (VF). Several candidate drugs have been identified and are at various stages of drug development. Since quorum quenching, inhibition of biofilm formation and inhibition of VF synthesis do not pose any threat to the DNA replication and cell division of the bacteria, chances of resistance development to such compounds is presumably rare. Thus, these compounds ideally qualify as adjunct therapeutics and could be administered along with an antibiotic to reduce chances of resistance development and also to increase the effectiveness of antimicrobial therapy. This review describes the state-of-art in QS process in Gram-negative bacteria in general and in A. baumannii in particular. This article elaborates the nature of QS mediators, their characteristics, and the methods for their detection and quantification. Various potential sites in the QS pathway have been highlighted as drug targets and the candidate quorum quenchers which inhibit the mediator's synthesis or function are enlisted.
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- K Saipriya
- Department of Molecular Diagnostics & Biomarkers, Global Medical Education & Research Foundation (GMERF), Lakdi-Ka-Pul, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Molecular Diagnostics & Biomarkers, Global Medical Education & Research Foundation (GMERF), Lakdi-Ka-Pul, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Molecular Diagnostics & Biomarkers, Global Medical Education & Research Foundation (GMERF), Lakdi-Ka-Pul, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Molecular Diagnostics & Biomarkers, Global Medical Education & Research Foundation (GMERF), Lakdi-Ka-Pul, Hyderabad, India
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Kuyukina MS, Ivshina IB. Bioremediation of Contaminated Environments Using Rhodococcus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11461-9_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Torres M, Dessaux Y, Llamas I. Saline Environments as a Source of Potential Quorum Sensing Disruptors to Control Bacterial Infections: A Review. Mar Drugs 2019; 17:md17030191. [PMID: 30934619 PMCID: PMC6471967 DOI: 10.3390/md17030191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Revised: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Saline environments, such as marine and hypersaline habitats, are widely distributed around the world. They include sea waters, saline lakes, solar salterns, or hypersaline soils. The bacteria that live in these habitats produce and develop unique bioactive molecules and physiological pathways to cope with the stress conditions generated by these environments. They have been described to produce compounds with properties that differ from those found in non-saline habitats. In the last decades, the ability to disrupt quorum-sensing (QS) intercellular communication systems has been identified in many marine organisms, including bacteria. The two main mechanisms of QS interference, i.e., quorum sensing inhibition (QSI) and quorum quenching (QQ), appear to be a more frequent phenomenon in marine aquatic environments than in soils. However, data concerning bacteria from hypersaline habitats is scarce. Salt-tolerant QSI compounds and QQ enzymes may be of interest to interfere with QS-regulated bacterial functions, including virulence, in sectors such as aquaculture or agriculture where salinity is a serious environmental issue. This review provides a global overview of the main works related to QS interruption in saline environments as well as the derived biotechnological applications.
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- Marta Torres
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
- Institute of Biotechnology, Biomedical Research Center (CIBM), University of Granada, 18100 Granada, Spain.
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA/CNRS/University Paris-Sud, University Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA/CNRS/University Paris-Sud, University Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
- Institute of Biotechnology, Biomedical Research Center (CIBM), University of Granada, 18100 Granada, Spain.
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Kusada H, Zhang Y, Tamaki H, Kimura N, Kamagata Y. Novel N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone-Degrading Bacteria Isolated From Penicillin-Contaminated Environments and Their Quorum-Quenching Activities. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:455. [PMID: 30923518 PMCID: PMC6426785 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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N-Acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) are signaling molecules used in the quorum sensing (QS) of Gram-negative bacteria. Some bacteria interfere with the QS system using AHL-inactivating enzymes, commonly known as quorum-quenching (QQ) enzymes. We have recently isolated a new QQ bacterium showing high resistance to multiple β-lactam antibiotics, and its QQ enzyme (MacQ) confers β-lactam antibiotic resistance and exhibits QQ activities. This observation suggests the possibility of isolating novel QQ bacteria from β-lactam antibiotic-resistant bacteria. In this direction, we attempted to isolate penicillin G (PENG)-resistant bacteria from penicillin-contaminated river sediments and activated sludge treating penicillin-containing wastewater and characterize their QQ activities. Of 19 PENG-resistant isolates, six isolates showed high QQ activity toward a broad range of AHLs, including AHLs with 3-oxo substituents. Five of the six AHL-degraders showed AHL-acylase activity and hydrolyzed the amide bond of AHLs, whereas the remaining one strain did not show AHL-acylase activity, suggesting that this isolate may likely possess alternative degradation mechanism such as AHL-lactonase activity hydrolyzing the lactone ring of AHLs. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis results categorized these six AHL-degrading isolates into at least five genera, namely, Sphingomonas (Alphaproteobacteria), Diaphorobacter (Betaproteobacteria), Acidovorax (Betaproteobacteria), Stenotrophomonas (Gammaproteobacteria), and Mycobacterium (Actinobacteria); of these, Mycobacterium sp. M1 has never been known as QQ bacteria. Moreover, multiple β-lactam antibiotics showed high minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) when tested against all of isolates. These results strongly demonstrate that a wide variety of β-lactam antibiotic-resistant bacteria possess QQ activities. Although the genetic and enzymatic elements are yet unclear, this study may infer the functional and evolutionary correlation between β-lactam antibiotic resistance and QQ activities.
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- Hiroyuki Kusada
- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan.,State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan.,JST ERATO Nomura Microbial Community Control Project, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
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Barbey C, Chane A, Burini JF, Maillot O, Merieau A, Gallique M, Beury-Cirou A, Konto-Ghiorghi Y, Feuilloley M, Gobert V, Latour X. A Rhodococcal Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanism Detects the Common Lactone Ring of AHL Quorum-Sensing Signals and Triggers the Quorum-Quenching Response. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2800. [PMID: 30524404 PMCID: PMC6262395 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The biocontrol agent Rhodococcus erythropolis disrupts virulence of plant and human Gram-negative pathogens by catabolizing their N-acyl-homoserine lactones. This quorum-quenching activity requires the expression of the qsd (quorum-sensing signal degradation) operon, which encodes the lactonase QsdA and the fatty acyl-CoA ligase QsdC, involved in the catabolism of lactone ring and acyl chain moieties of signaling molecules, respectively. Here, we demonstrate the regulation of qsd operon expression by a TetR-like family repressor, QsdR. This repression was lifted by adding the pathogen quorum signal or by deleting the qsdR gene, resulting in enhanced lactone degrading activity. Using interactomic approaches and transcriptional fusion strategy, the qsd operon derepression was elucidated: it is operated by the binding of the common part of signaling molecules, the homoserine lactone ring, to the effector-receiving domain of QsdR, preventing a physical binding of QsdR to the qsd promoter region. To our knowledge, this is the first evidence revealing quorum signals as inducers of the suitable quorum-quenching pathway, confirming this TetR-like protein as a lactone sensor. This regulatory mechanism designates the qsd operon as encoding a global disrupting pathway for degrading a wide range of signal substrates, allowing a broad spectrum anti-virulence activity mediated by the rhodococcal biocontrol agent. Understanding the regulation mechanisms of qsd operon expression led also to the development of biosensors useful to monitor in situ the presence of exogenous signals and quorum-quenching activity.
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- Corinne Barbey
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie Signaux et Microenvironnement (LMSM EA 4312) - Normandie Université - LMSM, Évreux, France.,Structure Fédérative de Recherche Normandie Végétal 4277 (NORVEGE), Mont-Saint-Aignan, France.,Seeds Innovation Protection Research and Environment, Achicourt, France.,Seeds Innovation Protection Research and Environment, Bretteville du Grand-Caux, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie Signaux et Microenvironnement (LMSM EA 4312) - Normandie Université - LMSM, Évreux, France.,Structure Fédérative de Recherche Normandie Végétal 4277 (NORVEGE), Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie Signaux et Microenvironnement (LMSM EA 4312) - Normandie Université - LMSM, Évreux, France.,Structure Fédérative de Recherche Normandie Végétal 4277 (NORVEGE), Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie Signaux et Microenvironnement (LMSM EA 4312) - Normandie Université - LMSM, Évreux, France.,Structure Fédérative de Recherche Normandie Végétal 4277 (NORVEGE), Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie Signaux et Microenvironnement (LMSM EA 4312) - Normandie Université - LMSM, Évreux, France.,Structure Fédérative de Recherche Normandie Végétal 4277 (NORVEGE), Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie Signaux et Microenvironnement (LMSM EA 4312) - Normandie Université - LMSM, Évreux, France.,Structure Fédérative de Recherche Normandie Végétal 4277 (NORVEGE), Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Seeds Innovation Protection Research and Environment, Achicourt, France.,Seeds Innovation Protection Research and Environment, Bretteville du Grand-Caux, France.,French Federation of Seed Potato Growers (FN3PT/RD3PT), Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie Signaux et Microenvironnement (LMSM EA 4312) - Normandie Université - LMSM, Évreux, France.,Structure Fédérative de Recherche Normandie Végétal 4277 (NORVEGE), Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie Signaux et Microenvironnement (LMSM EA 4312) - Normandie Université - LMSM, Évreux, France.,Structure Fédérative de Recherche Normandie Végétal 4277 (NORVEGE), Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Seeds Innovation Protection Research and Environment, Achicourt, France.,Seeds Innovation Protection Research and Environment, Bretteville du Grand-Caux, France.,French Federation of Seed Potato Growers (FN3PT/RD3PT), Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie Signaux et Microenvironnement (LMSM EA 4312) - Normandie Université - LMSM, Évreux, France.,Structure Fédérative de Recherche Normandie Végétal 4277 (NORVEGE), Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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See-Too WS, Convey P, Pearce DA, Chan KG. Characterization of a novel N-acylhomoserine lactonase, AidP, from Antarctic Planococcus sp. Microb Cell Fact 2018; 17:179. [PMID: 30445965 PMCID: PMC6240239 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-018-1024-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs) are well-studied signalling molecules produced by some Gram-negative Proteobacteria for bacterial cell-to-cell communication or quorum sensing. We have previously demonstrated the degradation of AHLs by an Antarctic bacterium, Planococcus versutus L10.15T, at low temperature through the production of an AHL lactonase. In this study, we cloned the AHL lactonase gene and characterized the purified novel enzyme. RESULTS Rapid resolution liquid chromatography analysis indicated that purified AidP possesses high AHL-degrading activity on unsubstituted, and 3-oxo substituted homoserine lactones. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis confirmed that AidP functions as an AHL lactonase that hydrolyzes the ester bond of the homoserine lactone ring of AHLs. Multiple sequence alignment analysis and phylogenetic analysis suggested that the aidP gene encodes a novel AHL lactonase enzyme. The amino acid composition analysis of aidP and the homologous genes suggested that it might be a cold-adapted enzyme, however, the optimum temperature is 28 °C, even though the thermal stability is low (reduced drastically above 32 °C). Branch-site analysis of several aidP genes of Planococcus sp. branch on the phylogenetic trees also showed evidence of episodic positive selection of the gene in cold environments. Furthermore, we demonstrated the effects of covalent and ionic bonding, showing that Zn2+ is important for activity of AidP in vivo. The pectinolytic inhibition assay confirmed that this enzyme attenuated the pathogenicity of the plant pathogen Pectobacterium carotovorum in Chinese cabbage. CONCLUSION We demonstrated that AidP is effective in attenuating the pathogenicity of P. carotovorum, a plant pathogen that causes soft-rot disease. This anti-quorum sensing agent is an enzyme with low thermal stability that degrades the bacterial signalling molecules (AHLs) that are produced by many pathogens. Since the enzyme is most active below human body temperature (below 28 °C), and lose its activity drastically above 32 °C, the results of a pectinolytic inhibition assay using Chinese cabbage indicated the potential of this anti-quorum sensing agent to be safely applied in the field trials.
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- Wah Seng See-Too
- Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- National Antarctic Research Centre, IPS Building, University Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- National Antarctic Research Centre, IPS Building, University Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- British Antarctic Survey, NERC, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OET, UK
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- National Antarctic Research Centre, IPS Building, University Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- British Antarctic Survey, NERC, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OET, UK
- Applied Sciences, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- International Genome Centre, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
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Vadakkan K, Choudhury AA, Gunasekaran R, Hemapriya J, Vijayanand S. Quorum sensing intervened bacterial signaling: Pursuit of its cognizance and repression. J Genet Eng Biotechnol 2018; 16:239-252. [PMID: 30733731 PMCID: PMC6353778 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgeb.2018.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2018] [Revised: 06/09/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
Bacteria communicate within a system by means of a density dependent mechanism known as quorum sensing which regulate the metabolic and behavioral activities of a bacterial community. This sort of interaction occurs through a dialect of chemical signals called as autoinducers synthesized by bacteria. Bacterial quorum sensing occurs through various complex pathways depending upon specious diversity. Therefore the cognizance of quorum sensing mechanism will enable the regulation and thereby constrain bacterial communication. Inhibition strategies of quorum sensing are collectively called as quorum quenching; through which bacteria are incapacitated of its interaction with each other. Many virulence mechanism such as sporulation, biofilm formation, toxin production can be blocked by quorum quenching. Usually quorum quenching mechanisms can be broadly classified into enzymatic methods and non-enzymatic methods. Substantial understanding of bacterial communication and its inhibition enhances the development of novel antibacterial therapeutic drugs. In this review we have discussed the types and mechanisms of quorum sensing and various methods to inhibit and regulate density dependent bacterial communication.
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- Kayeen Vadakkan
- Bioresource Technology Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, TN 632115, India
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- Bioresource Technology Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, TN 632115, India
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- Bioresource Technology Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, TN 632115, India
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- Bioresource Technology Lab, Department of Biotechnology, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, TN 632115, India
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Soler A, Arregui L, Arroyo M, Mendoza JA, Muras A, Álvarez C, García-Vera C, Marquina D, Santos A, Serrano S. Quorum Sensing versus Quenching Bacterial Isolates Obtained from MBR Plants Treating Leachates from Municipal Solid Waste. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2018; 15:E1019. [PMID: 29783658 PMCID: PMC5982058 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15051019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 05/12/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Quorum sensing (QS) is a mechanism dependent on bacterial density. This coordinated process is mediated by the synthesis and the secretion of signal molecules, called autoinducers (AIs). N-acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) are the most common AIs that are used by Gram-negative bacteria and are involved in biofilm formation. Quorum Quenching (QQ) is the interference of QS by producing hydrolyzing enzymes, among other strategies. The main objective of the present study was to identify QS and QQ strains from MBR wastewater treatment plants. A total of 99 strains were isolated from two Spanish plants that were intended to treat leachate from municipal solid waste. Five AHL producers were detected using AHL biosensor strains (Chromobacterium violaceum CV026 and Agrobacterium tumefaciens NT1). Fifteen strains of seventy-one Gram-positive were capable of eliminating or reducing at least one AHL activity. The analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequence showed the importance of the Pseudomonas genus in the production of biofilms and the relevance of the genus Bacillus in the disruption of the QS mechanism, in which the potential activity of lactonase or acylase enzymes was investigated with the aim to contribute to solve biofouling problems and to increase the useful lifespan of membranes.
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- Albert Soler
- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, Polytechnic University of Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology-CIBUS, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Torres M, Reina JC, Fuentes-Monteverde JC, Fernández G, Rodríguez J, Jiménez C, Llamas I. AHL-lactonase expression in three marine emerging pathogenic Vibrio spp. reduces virulence and mortality in brine shrimp (Artemia salina) and Manila clam (Venerupis philippinarum). PLoS One 2018; 13:e0195176. [PMID: 29664914 PMCID: PMC5903640 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2018] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Bacterial infectious diseases produced by Vibrio are the main cause of economic losses in aquaculture. During recent years it has been shown that the expression of virulence genes in some Vibrio species is controlled by a population-density dependent gene-expression mechanism known as quorum sensing (QS), which is mediated by the diffusion of signal molecules such as N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs). QS disruption, especially the enzymatic degradation of signalling molecules, known as quorum quenching (QQ), is one of the novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of bacterial infections. In this study, we present the detection of AHLs in 34 marine Vibrionaceae strains. Three aquaculture-related pathogenic Vibrio strains, V. mediterranei VibC-Oc-097, V. owensii VibC-Oc-106 and V. coralliilyticus VibC-Oc-193 were selected for further studies based on their virulence and high production of AHLs. This is the first report where the signal molecules have been characterized in these emerging marine pathogens and correlated to the expression of virulence factors. Moreover, the results of AHL inactivation in the three selected strains have been confirmed in vivo against brine shrimps (Artemia salina) and Manila clams (Venerupis philippinarum). This research contributes to the development of future therapies based on AHL disruption, the most promising alternatives for fighting infectious diseases in aquaculture.
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- Marta Torres
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Institute of Biotechnology, Biomedical Research Center (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences and Center for Advanced Scientific Research (CICA), University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Research Support Service (SAI), Central Services (ESCI) University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences and Center for Advanced Scientific Research (CICA), University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences and Center for Advanced Scientific Research (CICA), University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Institute of Biotechnology, Biomedical Research Center (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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Padder SA, Prasad R, Shah AH. Quorum sensing: A less known mode of communication among fungi. Microbiol Res 2018; 210:51-58. [PMID: 29625658 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2018.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Revised: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/17/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Quorum sensing (QS), a density-dependent signaling mechanism of microbial cells, involves an exchange and sense of low molecular weight signaling compounds called autoinducers. With the increase in population density, the autoinducers accumulate in the extracellular environment and once their concentration reaches a threshold, many genes are either expressed or repressed. This cell density-dependent signaling mechanism enables single cells to behave as multicellular organisms and regulates different microbial behaviors like morphogenesis, pathogenesis, competence, biofilm formation, bioluminescence, etc guided by environmental cues. Initially, QS was regarded to be a specialized system of certain bacteria. The discovery of filamentation control in pathogenic polymorphic fungus Candida albicans by farnesol revealed the phenomenon of QS in fungi as well. Pathogenic microorganisms primarily regulate the expression of virulence genes using QS systems. The indirect role of QS in the emergence of multiple drug resistance (MDR) in microbial pathogens necessitates the finding of alternative antimicrobial therapies that target QS and inhibit the same. A related phenomenon of quorum sensing inhibition (QSI) performed by small inhibitor molecules called quorum sensing inhibitors (QSIs) has an ability for efficient reduction of gene expression regulated by quorum sensing. In the present review, recent advancements in the study of different fungal quorum sensing molecules (QSMs) and quorum sensing inhibitors (QSIs) of fungal origin along with their mechanism of action and/or role/s are discussed.
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- Sajad Ahmad Padder
- Department of Bioresources, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar 190006, J&K, India
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- Amity Institute of Integrative Sciences and Health and Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana, Amity Education Valley, Gurgaon 122413, HR, India
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- Department of Bioresources, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar 190006, J&K, India.
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Sheng H, Wang F, Gu C, Stedtfeld R, Bian Y, Liu G, Wu W, Jiang X. Sorption characteristics of N-acyl homserine lactones as signal molecules in natural soils based on the analysis of kinetics and isotherms. RSC Adv 2018; 8:9364-9374. [PMID: 35541870 PMCID: PMC9078661 DOI: 10.1039/c7ra10421a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Quorum sensing, the communication between microorganisms, is mediated by specific diffusible signal molecules. Adsorption is an important process that influences the transport, transformation and bioavailability of N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) in complex natural environments such as soil. To examine the adsorption characteristics of N-hexanoyl, N-octanoyl, N-decanoyl and N-dodecanoyl homoserine lactones in soil, equilibrium and kinetic experiments were conducted in two types of soils (oxisol and alfisol) and monitored using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). A pseudo-second-order equation accurately described the sorption kinetics of AHLs in the two soils (R2 ≥ 0.97, NSD ≤ 21.25%). The AHL sorption reached equilibrium within 24 h and 12 h for oxisol and alfisol, respectively. The sorption kinetics of AHLs adsorbed on the soils were fitted to the Boyd model, suggesting that film diffusion was the rate-limiting process. Partition played a more vital role than surface adsorption in the AHL adsorption process. The adsorption isotherms of AHLs could be described by the Langmuir and Freundlich equation (R2 ≥ 0.98), indicating that the sorption process involved monolayer sorption and heterogeneous energetic distribution of active sites on the surfaces of the soils. The thermodynamic parameter, Gibbs free energy (ΔG), and a dimensionless parameter showed that the sorption of AHLs was mainly dominated by physical adsorption. Additionally, according to the FTIR data, the electrostatic forces and hydrogen bonding possibly influenced the adsorption of AHLs on the above mentioned two soils. The sorption characteristics of AHLs in soils correlated well with the molecular structure, solubility speciation and log P (n-octanol/water partition coefficient) of AHLs. Sorption characteristics of N-acyl homoserine lactones (signal molecules) in natural soils.![]()
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- Hongjie Sheng
- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation
- Institute of Soil Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Nanjing 210008
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation
- Institute of Soil Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Nanjing 210008
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation
- Institute of Soil Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Nanjing 210008
- China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Michigan State University
- East Lansing
- USA
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation
- Institute of Soil Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Nanjing 210008
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation
- Institute of Soil Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Nanjing 210008
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation
- Institute of Soil Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Nanjing 210008
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation
- Institute of Soil Science
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Nanjing 210008
- China
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Turan NB, Engin GÖ. Quorum Quenching. FUNDAMENTALS OF QUORUM SENSING, ANALYTICAL METHODS AND APPLICATIONS IN MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.coac.2018.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Sheng H, Harir M, Boughner LA, Jiang X, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Schroll R, Wang F. N-acyl-homoserine lactone dynamics during biofilm formation of a 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene mineralizing community on clay. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2017; 605-606:1031-1038. [PMID: 28697551 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2017] [Revised: 06/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/26/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In Gram-negative bacteria, quorum sensing systems are based on the N-acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) molecule. The objective of this study was to investigate the role of quorum sensing systems during biofilm formation by a microbial community while degrading the pollutant. Our model system included 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene (1,2,4-TCB) and its mineralizing Gram-negative bacterial community to investigate the relationships between AHL dynamics, cell growth and pollutant degradation. Biomineralization of 1,2,4-TCB was monitored for both the planktonic bacterial community with and without sterile clay particles in liquid cultures. The bacterial growth and production of AHLs were quantified by fluorescent in situ hybridization and immunoassay analysis, respectively. A rapid production of AHLs which occurred coincided with the biofilm formation and the increase of mineralization rate of 1,2,4-TCB in liquid cultures. There is a positive correlation between the cell density of Bodertella on the clay particles and mineralization rate of 1,2,4-TCB. 3-oxo-C12:1-HSL appears to be the dominant AHL with the highest intensity and rapidly degraded by the bacterial community via two main consecutive reactions (lactone hydrolysis and decarboxylic reaction). These findings suggest that the integrated AHLs and their degraded products play a crucial role in biofilm formation and biomineralization of 1,2,4-TCB in culture.
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- Hongjie Sheng
- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische Universität München, D-85354 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische Universität München, D-85354 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Department of Microbe Plant Interactions, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg 85764, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; Department of Microbe Plant Interactions, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg 85764, Germany; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Yavuztürk Gül B, Koyuncu I. Assessment of new environmental quorum quenching bacteria as a solution for membrane biofouling. Process Biochem 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2017.05.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Utari PD, Vogel J, Quax WJ. Deciphering Physiological Functions of AHL Quorum Quenching Acylases. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1123. [PMID: 28674525 PMCID: PMC5474475 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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N-Acylhomoserine lactone (AHL)-acylase (also known as amidase or amidohydrolase) is a class of enzyme that belongs to the Ntn-hydrolase superfamily. As the name implies, AHL-acylases are capable of hydrolysing AHLs, the most studied signaling molecules for quorum sensing in Gram-negative bacteria. Enzymatic degradation of AHLs can be beneficial in attenuating bacterial virulence, which can be exploited as a novel approach to fight infection of human pathogens, phytopathogens or aquaculture-related contaminations. Numerous acylases from both prokaryotic and eukaryotic sources have been characterized and tested for the interference of quorum sensing-regulated functions. The existence of AHL-acylases in a multitude of organisms from various ecological niches, raises the question of what the physiological roles of AHL-acylases actually are. In this review, we attempt to bring together recent studies to extend our understanding of the biological functions of these enzymes in nature.
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- Putri D Utari
- Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology Department, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands
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- Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology Department, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands
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- Chemical and Pharmaceutical Biology Department, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands
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A Novel Quorum-Quenching N-Acylhomoserine Lactone Acylase from Acidovorax sp. Strain MR-S7 Mediates Antibiotic Resistance. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 83:AEM.00080-17. [PMID: 28455333 PMCID: PMC5478981 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00080-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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N-Acylhomoserine lactone acylase (AHL acylase) is a well-known enzyme responsible for disrupting cell-cell communication (quorum sensing) in bacteria. Here, we isolated and characterized a novel and unique AHL acylase (designated MacQ) from a multidrug-resistant bacterium, Acidovorax sp. strain MR-S7. The purified MacQ protein heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli degraded a wide variety of AHLs, ranging from C6 to C14 side chains with or without 3-oxo substitutions. We also observed that AHL-mediated virulence factor production in a plant pathogen, Pectobacterium carotovorum, was dramatically attenuated by coculture with MacQ-overexpressing Escherichia coli, whereas E. coli with an empty vector was unable to quench the pathogenicity, which strongly indicates that MacQ can act in vivo as a quorum-quenching enzyme and interfere with the quorum-sensing system in the pathogen. In addition, this enzyme was found to be capable of degrading a wide spectrum of β-lactams (penicillin G, ampicillin, amoxicillin, carbenicillin, cephalexin, and cefadroxil) by deacylation, clearly indicating that MacQ is a bifunctional enzyme that confers both quorum quenching and antibiotic resistance on strain MR-S7. MacQ has relatively low amino acid sequence identity to any of the known acylases (<39%) and has among the broadest substrate range. Our findings provide the possibility that AHL acylase genes can be an alternative source of antibiotic resistance genes posing a threat to human health if they migrate and transfer to pathogenic bacteria. IMPORTANCEN-Acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs) are well-known signal molecules for bacterial cell-cell communication (quorum sensing), and AHL acylase, which is able to degrade AHLs, has been recognized as a major target for quorum-sensing interference (quorum quenching) in pathogens. In this work, we succeeded in isolating a novel AHL acylase (MacQ) from a multidrug-resistant bacterium and demonstrated that the MacQ enzyme could confer multidrug resistance as well as quorum quenching on the host organism. Indeed, the purified MacQ protein was found to be bifunctional and capable of degrading not only various AHL derivatives but also multiple β-lactam antibiotics by deacylation activities. Although quorum quenching and antibiotic resistance have been recognized to be distinct biological functions, our findings clearly link the two functions by discovering the novel bifunctional enzyme and further providing the possibility that a hitherto-overlooked antibiotic resistance mechanism mediated by the quorum-quenching enzyme may exist in natural environments and perhaps in clinical settings.
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Torres M, Uroz S, Salto R, Fauchery L, Quesada E, Llamas I. HqiA, a novel quorum-quenching enzyme which expands the AHL lactonase family. Sci Rep 2017; 7:943. [PMID: 28424524 PMCID: PMC5430456 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01176-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The screening of a metagenomic library of 250,000 clones generated from a hypersaline soil (Spain) allowed us to identify a single positive clone which confers the ability to degrade N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs). The sequencing of the fosmid revealed a 42,318 bp environmental insert characterized by 46 ORFs. The subcloning of these ORFs demonstrated that a single gene (hqiA) allowed AHL degradation. Enzymatic analysis using purified HqiA and HPLC/MS revealed that this protein has lactonase activity on a broad range of AHLs. The introduction of hqiA in the plant pathogen Pectobacterium carotovorum efficiently interfered with both the synthesis of AHLs and quorum-sensing regulated functions, such as swarming motility and the production of maceration enzymes. Bioinformatic analyses highlighted that HqiA showed no sequence homology with the known prototypic AHL lactonases or acylases, thus expanding the AHL-degrading enzymes with a new family related to the cysteine hydrolase (CHase) group. The complete sequence analysis of the fosmid showed that 31 ORFs out of the 46 identified were related to Deltaproteobacteria, whilst many intercalated ORFs presented high homology with other taxa. In this sense, hqiA appeared to be assigned to the Hyphomonas genus (Alphaproteobacteria), suggesting that horizontal gene transfer had occurred.
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- Marta Torres
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.,Institute of Biotechnology, Biomedical Research Center (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- UMR 1136 INRA-Université de Lorraine Interactions Arbres-Microorganismes, Centre INRA de Nancy, Champenoux, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- UMR 1136 INRA-Université de Lorraine Interactions Arbres-Microorganismes, Centre INRA de Nancy, Champenoux, France
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.,Institute of Biotechnology, Biomedical Research Center (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. .,Institute of Biotechnology, Biomedical Research Center (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
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Garge SS, Nerurkar AS. Evaluation of quorum quenching Bacillus spp. for their biocontrol traits against Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum causing soft rot. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2016.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Garge SS, Nerurkar AS. Attenuation of Quorum Sensing Regulated Virulence of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum through an AHL Lactonase Produced by Lysinibacillus sp. Gs50. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0167344. [PMID: 27911925 PMCID: PMC5135098 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 11/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Quorum sensing (QS) is a mechanism in which Gram negative bacterial pathogens sense their population density through acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) and regulate the expression of virulence factors. Enzymatic degradation of AHLs by lactonases, known as quorum quenching (QQ), is thus a potential strategy for attenuating QS regulated bacterial infections. We characterised the QQ activity of soil isolate Lysinibacillus sp. Gs50 and explored its potential for controlling bacterial soft rot of crop plants. Lysinibacillus sp. Gs50 inactivated AHL, which could be restored upon acidification, suggested that inactivation was due to the lactone ring hydrolysis of AHL. Heterologous expression of cloned gene for putative hydrolase (792 bp) designated adeH from Lysinibacillus sp. Gs50 produced a ~29 kDa protein which degraded AHLs of varying chain length. Mass spectrometry analysis of AdeH enzymatic reaction product revealed that AdeH hydrolyses the lactone ring of AHL and hence is an AHL lactonase. Multiple sequence alignment of the amino acid sequence of AdeH showed that it belongs to the metallo- β- lactamase superfamily, has a conserved “HXHXDH” motif typical of AHL lactonases. KM for AdeH for C6HSL was found to be 3.089 μM and the specific activity was 0.8 picomol min-1μg-1. AdeH has not so far been reported from any Lysinibacillus sp. and has less than 40% identity with known AHL lactonases. Finally we found that Lysinibacillus sp. Gs50 can degrade AHL produced by Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum (Pcc), a common cause of soft rot. This QQ activity causes a decrease in production of plant cell wall degrading enzymes of Pcc and attenuates symptoms of soft rot in experimental infection of potato, carrot and cucumber. Our results demonstrate the potential of Lysinibacillus sp. Gs50 as a preventive and curative biocontrol agent.
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- Sneha S Garge
- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology Centre, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology Centre, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
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Huang J, Shi Y, Zeng G, Gu Y, Chen G, Shi L, Hu Y, Tang B, Zhou J. Acyl-homoserine lactone-based quorum sensing and quorum quenching hold promise to determine the performance of biological wastewater treatments: An overview. CHEMOSPHERE 2016; 157:137-151. [PMID: 27213243 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.05.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Revised: 04/21/2016] [Accepted: 05/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Quorum sensing (QS) is a communication process between cells, in which bacteria secrete and sense the specific chemicals, and regulate gene expression in response to population density. Quorum quenching (QQ) blocks QS system, and inhibits gene expression mediating bacterial behaviors. Given the extensive research of acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) signals, existences and effects of AHL-based QS and QQ in biological wastewater treatments are being subject to high concern. This review summarizes AHL structure, synthesis mode, degradation mechanisms, analytical methods, environmental factors, AHL-based QS and QQ mechanisms. The existences and roles of AHL-based QS and QQ in biomembrane processes, activated sludge processes and membrane bioreactors are summarized and discussed, and corresponding exogenous regulation strategy by selective enhancement of AHL-based QS or QQ coexisting in biological wastewater treatments is suggested. Such strategies including the addition of AHL signals, AHL-producing bacteria as well as quorum quenching enzyme or bacteria can effectively improve wastewater treatment performance without killing or limiting bacterial survival and growth. This review will present the theoretical and practical cognition for bacterial AHL-based QS and QQ, suggest the feasibility of exogenous regulation strategies in biological wastewater treatments, and provide useful information to scientists and engineers who work in this field.
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- Jinhui Huang
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Hunan University, Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
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Yu H, Liang H, Qu F, He J, Xu G, Hu H, Li G. Biofouling control by biostimulation of quorum-quenching bacteria in a membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment. Biotechnol Bioeng 2016; 113:2624-2632. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.26039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2016] [Revised: 06/12/2016] [Accepted: 06/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Huarong Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE); Harbin Institute of Technology; 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District Harbin 150090 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE); Harbin Institute of Technology; 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District Harbin 150090 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE); Harbin Institute of Technology; 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District Harbin 150090 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE); Harbin Institute of Technology; 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District Harbin 150090 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE); Harbin Institute of Technology; 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District Harbin 150090 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE); Harbin Institute of Technology; 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District Harbin 150090 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (SKLUWRE); Harbin Institute of Technology; 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District Harbin 150090 P.R. China
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Lareen A, Burton F, Schäfer P. Plant root-microbe communication in shaping root microbiomes. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 90:575-87. [PMID: 26729479 PMCID: PMC4819777 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-015-0417-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 246] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 12/01/2015] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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A growing body of research is highlighting the impacts root-associated microbial communities can have on plant health and development. These impacts can include changes in yield quantity and quality, timing of key developmental stages and tolerance of biotic and abiotic stresses. With such a range of effects it is clear that understanding the factors that contribute to a plant-beneficial root microbiome may prove advantageous. Increasing demands for food by a growing human population increases the importance and urgency of understanding how microbiomes may be exploited to increase crop yields and reduce losses caused by disease. In addition, climate change effects may require novel approaches to overcoming abiotic stresses such as drought and salinity as well as new emerging diseases. This review discusses current knowledge on the formation and maintenance of root-associated microbial communities and plant-microbe interactions with a particular emphasis on the effect of microbe-microbe interactions on the shape of microbial communities at the root surface. Further, we discuss the potential for root microbiome modification to benefit agriculture and food production.
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- Andrew Lareen
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
- Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
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Dessaux Y, Grandclément C, Faure D. Engineering the Rhizosphere. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 21:266-278. [PMID: 26818718 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Revised: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 01/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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All components of the rhizosphere can be engineered to promote plant health and growth, two features that strongly depend upon the interactions of living organisms with their environment. This review describes the progress in plant and microbial molecular genetics and ecology that has led to a wealth of potential applications. Recent efforts especially deal with the plant defense machinery that is instrumental in engineering plant resistance to biotic stresses. Another approach involves microbial population engineering rather than single strain engineering. More generally, the plants (and the associated microbes) are no longer seen as 'individual' but rather as a holobiont, in other words a unit of selection in evolution, a concept that holds great promise for future plant breeding programs.
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- Yves Dessaux
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, France.
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, France
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El Sahili A, Kwasiborski A, Mothe N, Velours C, Legrand P, Moréra S, Faure D. Natural Guided Genome Engineering Reveals Transcriptional Regulators Controlling Quorum-Sensing Signal Degradation. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0141718. [PMID: 26554837 PMCID: PMC4640858 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Quorum-quenching (QQ) are natural or engineered processes disrupting the quorum-sensing (QS) signalling which controls virulence and persistence (e.g. biofilm) in numerous bacteria. QQ involves different enzymes including lactonases, amidases, oxidases and reductases which degrade the QS molecules such as N-acylhomoserine lactones (NAHL). Rhodococcus erythropolis known to efficiently degrade NAHL is proposed as a biocontrol agent and a reservoir of QQ-enzymes for biotechnology. In R. erythropolis, regulation of QQ-enzymes remains unclear. In this work, we performed genome engineering on R. erythropolis, which is recalcitrant to reverse genetics, in order to investigate regulation of QQ-enzymes at a molecular and structural level with the aim to improve the QQ activity. Deep-sequencing of the R. erythropolis enhanced variants allowed identification of a punctual mutation in a key-transcriptional factor QsdR (Quorum sensing degradation Regulation) which regulates the sole QQ-lactonase QsdA identified so far. Using biophysical and structural studies on QsdR, we demonstrate that QQ activity can be improved by modifying the regulation of QQ-enzymes degrading QS signal. This modification requiring the change of only one amino-acid in a transcriptional factor leads to an enhanced R. erythropolis in which the QS-signal degradation pathway is strongly activated.
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- Abbas El Sahili
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS, CEA, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS, CEA, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS, CEA, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS, CEA, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L’Orme des Merisiers, Saint Aubin BP48, Gif-sur-Yvette 91198, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS, CEA, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
- * E-mail: (SM); (DF)
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CNRS, CEA, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
- * E-mail: (SM); (DF)
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Biocontrol of the Potato Blackleg and Soft Rot Diseases Caused by Dickeya dianthicola. Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 82:268-78. [PMID: 26497457 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02525-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Development of protection tools targeting Dickeya species is an important issue in the potato production. Here, we present the identification and the characterization of novel biocontrol agents. Successive screenings of 10,000 bacterial isolates led us to retain 58 strains that exhibited growth inhibition properties against several Dickeya sp. and/or Pectobacterium sp. pathogens. Most of them belonged to the Pseudomonas and Bacillus genera. In vitro assays revealed a fitness decrease of the tested Dickeya sp. and Pectobacterium sp. pathogens in the presence of the biocontrol agents. In addition, four independent greenhouse assays performed to evaluate the biocontrol bacteria effect on potato plants artificially contaminated with Dickeya dianthicola revealed that a mix of three biocontrol agents, namely, Pseudomonas putida PA14H7 and Pseudomonas fluorescens PA3G8 and PA4C2, repeatedly decreased the severity of blackleg symptoms as well as the transmission of D. dianthicola to the tuber progeny. This work highlights the use of a combination of biocontrol strains as a potential strategy to limit the soft rot and blackleg diseases caused by D. dianthicola on potato plants and tubers.
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Grandclément C, Tannières M, Moréra S, Dessaux Y, Faure D. Quorum quenching: role in nature and applied developments. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2015; 40:86-116. [PMID: 26432822 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuv038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 338] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Quorum sensing (QS) refers to the capacity of bacteria to monitor their population density and regulate gene expression accordingly: the QS-regulated processes deal with multicellular behaviors (e.g. growth and development of biofilm), horizontal gene transfer and host-microbe (symbiosis and pathogenesis) and microbe-microbe interactions. QS signaling requires the synthesis, exchange and perception of bacterial compounds, called autoinducers or QS signals (e.g. N-acylhomoserine lactones). The disruption of QS signaling, also termed quorum quenching (QQ), encompasses very diverse phenomena and mechanisms which are presented and discussed in this review. First, we surveyed the QS-signal diversity and QS-associated responses for a better understanding of the targets of the QQ phenomena that organisms have naturally evolved and are currently actively investigated in applied perspectives. Next the mechanisms, targets and molecular actors associated with QS interference are presented, with a special emphasis on the description of natural QQ enzymes and chemicals acting as QS inhibitors. Selected QQ paradigms are detailed to exemplify the mechanisms and biological roles of QS inhibition in microbe-microbe and host-microbe interactions. Finally, some QQ strategies are presented as promising tools in different fields such as medicine, aquaculture, crop production and anti-biofouling area.
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- Catherine Grandclément
- Institut for Integrative Biology of the Cell, Department of Microbiology, CNRS CEA Paris-Sud University, Saclay Plant Sciences, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institut for Integrative Biology of the Cell, Department of Microbiology, CNRS CEA Paris-Sud University, Saclay Plant Sciences, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institut for Integrative Biology of the Cell, Department of Structural Biology, CNRS CEA Paris-Sud University, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institut for Integrative Biology of the Cell, Department of Microbiology, CNRS CEA Paris-Sud University, Saclay Plant Sciences, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institut for Integrative Biology of the Cell, Department of Microbiology, CNRS CEA Paris-Sud University, Saclay Plant Sciences, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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Helman Y, Chernin L. Silencing the mob: disrupting quorum sensing as a means to fight plant disease. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2015; 16:316-29. [PMID: 25113857 PMCID: PMC6638422 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Bacteria are able to sense their population's density through a cell-cell communication system, termed 'quorum sensing' (QS). This system regulates gene expression in response to cell density through the constant production and detection of signalling molecules. These molecules commonly act as auto-inducers through the up-regulation of their own synthesis. Many pathogenic bacteria, including those of plants, rely on this communication system for infection of their hosts. The finding that the countering of QS-disrupting mechanisms exists in many prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms offers a promising novel method to fight disease. During the last decade, several approaches have been proposed to disrupt QS pathways of phytopathogens, and hence to reduce their virulence. Such studies have had varied success in vivo, but most lend promising support to the idea that QS manipulation could be a potentially effective method to reduce bacterial-mediated plant disease. This review discusses the various QS-disrupting mechanisms found in both bacteria and plants, as well as the different approaches applied artificially to interfere with QS pathways and thus protect plant health.
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- Yael Helman
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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