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Petrzik K, Brázdová S. Jojan: a novel virus that lyses Stenotrophomonas maltophilia from dog. Virus Genes 2023; 59:775-780. [PMID: 37458918 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-023-02021-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a Gram-negative bacterium widely distributed in the environment and associated with nosocomial infections, pneumonia, and bacteremia in humans and other mammals. We have isolated and sequenced a new virus that lyses the S. maltophilia strain from a dog skin. The virus has a siphovirus-like morphology and a linear dsDNA genome 60,804 pb in length with terminal repeats, four tRNA genes, and 111 putative proteins. The annotated genes resemble the corresponding genes of some siphoviruses, but the unique genome arrangement and limited similarity of the encoded proteins suggest that this virus does not belong to any known genus. The virus uses zinc metallopeptidase for lysis of its host. This enzyme is active in the presence of Zn2+ or Mg2+ ions and maintains its bactericidal activity up to 50 °C. Both the virus itself and the endolysin specifically degrade only the host bacterial strain.
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- Karel Petrzik
- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Virology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Virology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Xu Y, Ding H, Zhang G, Li Z, Guo Q, Feng H, Qin F, Dai L, Zhang Z. Green manure increases peanut production by shaping the rhizosphere bacterial community and regulating soil metabolites under continuous peanut production systems. BMC Plant Biol 2023; 23:69. [PMID: 36726076 PMCID: PMC9890850 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-023-04079-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Green manure (GM) is a crop commonly grown during fallow periods, which has been applied in agriculture as a strategy to regulate nutrient cycling, improve organic matter, and enhance soil microbial biodiversity, but to date, few studies have examined the effects of GM treatments on rhizosphere soil bacterial community and soil metabolites from continuous cropping peanut field. RESULTS In this study, we found that the abundances of several functionally significant bacterial groups containing Actinobacteria, Acidobacteria, and genus Sphingomonas, which are associated with nitrogen cycling, were dramatically increased in GM-applied soils. Consistent with the bacterial community results, metabolomics analysis revealed a strong perturbation of nitrogen- or carbon-related metabolisms in GM-applied soils. The substantially up-regulated beneficial metabolites including sucrose, adenine, lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC), malic acid, and betaines in GM-applied soils may contribute to overcome continuous cropping obstacle. In contrast to peanut continuous cropping, planting winter wheat and oilseed rape in winter fallow period under continuous spring peanut production systems evidently improved the soil quality, concomitantly with raised peanut pod yield by 32.93% and 25.20%, in the 2020 season, respectively. CONCLUSIONS GMs application is an effective strategy to overcome continuous cropping obstacle under continuous peanut production systems by improving nutrient cycling, soil metabolites, and rhizobacterial properties.
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- Yang Xu
- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
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- Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
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Gruet C, Muller D, Moënne-Loccoz Y. Significance of the Diversification of Wheat Species for the Assembly and Functioning of the Root-Associated Microbiome. Front Microbiol 2022; 12:782135. [PMID: 35058901 PMCID: PMC8764353 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.782135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Wheat, one of the major crops in the world, has had a complex history that includes genomic hybridizations between Triticum and Aegilops species and several domestication events, which resulted in various wild and domesticated species (especially Triticum aestivum and Triticum durum), many of them still existing today. The large body of information available on wheat-microbe interactions, however, was mostly obtained without considering the importance of wheat evolutionary history and its consequences for wheat microbial ecology. This review addresses our current understanding of the microbiome of wheat root and rhizosphere in light of the information available on pre- and post-domestication wheat history, including differences between wild and domesticated wheats, ancient and modern types of cultivars as well as individual cultivars within a given wheat species. This analysis highlighted two major trends. First, most data deal with the taxonomic diversity rather than the microbial functioning of root-associated wheat microbiota, with so far a bias toward bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi that will progressively attenuate thanks to the inclusion of markers encompassing other micro-eukaryotes and archaea. Second, the comparison of wheat genotypes has mostly focused on the comparison of T. aestivum cultivars, sometimes with little consideration for their particular genetic and physiological traits. It is expected that the development of current sequencing technologies will enable to revisit the diversity of the wheat microbiome. This will provide a renewed opportunity to better understand the significance of wheat evolutionary history, and also to obtain the baseline information needed to develop microbiome-based breeding strategies for sustainable wheat farming.
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), VetAgro Sup, UMR 5557 Ecologie Microbienne, Villeurbanne, France
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Shi Y, Xiao Y, Li Z, Zhang X, Liu T, Li Y, Pan Y, Yan W. Microorganism structure variation in urban soil microenvironment upon ZnO nanoparticles contamination. Chemosphere 2021; 273:128565. [PMID: 33087259 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Nanoparticles (NPs) sink into the soil via agricultural spreading, surface water, atmospheric deposition, and industrial emission, which affects plant growth and soil microenvironment. To understand how NPs influence urban soil microenvironment, the effect of typical nano-pollutants zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) was investigated in urban solid-waste land. Pokeweed (Phytolacca Americana L.) soil samples from solid-waste land were collected and exposed to 200, 500, and 1000 mg kg-1 ZnONPs. The physiological characteristics of pokeweed, soil bacterial community composition, and soil physiochemical properties and enzymatic activities were determined. Our results show that pokeweed growth was slightly inhibited, and soil acid-base homeostasis was affected in ZnONPs-contaminated samples. Meanwhile, enzymatic activities related to soil C cycle were enhanced, and bacterial community structure at the phylum and genus levels was altered. Specifically, the abundance of hydrocarbon-degrading taxa reduced substantially upon ZnONPs exposure. The phenoloxidase (PPO) activity and the refractory hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria Bacteroidetes was adversely affected by ZnONPs exposure. In addition, Subgroup_10 of Acidobacteria was identified as an indicator of soil ZnONPs contamination. Our study detected changes in plant growth, soil environmental factors, and soil microbe community composition in urban solid-waste land treated by ZnONPs. The results of this research provide evidence for ZnONPs toxicology on urban soil microenvironment.
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- Yang Shi
- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Applied Technology of Forestry & Ecology in South China, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China; Laboratory of Urban Forest Ecology of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Applied Technology of Forestry & Ecology in South China, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China; Laboratory of Urban Forest Ecology of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Applied Technology of Forestry & Ecology in South China, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China; Laboratory of Urban Forest Ecology of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Applied Technology of Forestry & Ecology in South China, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China; Laboratory of Urban Forest Ecology of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Applied Technology of Forestry & Ecology in South China, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China; Laboratory of Urban Forest Ecology of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Applied Technology of Forestry & Ecology in South China, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China; Laboratory of Urban Forest Ecology of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China.
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Applied Technology of Forestry & Ecology in South China, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China; Laboratory of Urban Forest Ecology of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China; National Engineering Laboratory for Applied Technology of Forestry & Ecology in South China, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China; Laboratory of Urban Forest Ecology of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China.
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Jia T, Guo T, Chai B. Bacterial community characteristics and enzyme activities in Imperata cylindrica litter as phytoremediation progresses in a copper tailings dam. PeerJ 2020; 8:e9612. [PMID: 33194335 PMCID: PMC7391973 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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This study analyzed Imperata cylindrica litter to determine variation in bacterial community composition and function along with enzyme activity as phytoremediation progresses. We found significant differences in physical and chemical properties of soil and litter in the different sub-dams investigated. The Actinobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria and Alphaproteobacteria were the dominant bacteria found in the litter of the different sub-dams. The alpha diversity (α-diversity) of litter bacterial community increased over as phytoremediation progressed, while total soil carbon and total litter carbon content were positively correlated to bacterial α-diversity. Total litter carbon and total nitrogen were the key factors that influenced bacterial community structure. Heavy metal can influence the degradation of litters by altering the composition of the microbial community. Furthermore, bacterial communities encoded with alpha-amylase (α-amylase) dominated during the initial phytoremediation stage; however, bacterial communities encoded with hemicellulase and peroxidase gradually dominated as phytoremediation progressed. Findings from this study provide a basis for exploring litter decomposition mechanisms in degraded ecosystems, which is critically important to understand the circulation of substances in copper tailings dams.
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- Tong Jia
- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Ecological Restoration on Loess Plateau, Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Ecological Restoration on Loess Plateau, Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Ecological Restoration on Loess Plateau, Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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Breitkreuz C, Buscot F, Tarkka M, Reitz T. Shifts Between and Among Populations of Wheat Rhizosphere Pseudomonas, Streptomyces and Phyllobacterium Suggest Consistent Phosphate Mobilization at Different Wheat Growth Stages Under Abiotic Stress. Front Microbiol 2020; 10:3109. [PMID: 32038552 PMCID: PMC6987145 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.03109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Climate change models predict more frequent and prolonged drought events in Central Europe, which will exert extraordinary pressure on agroecosystems. One of the consequences is drought-related nutrient limitations for crops negatively affecting agricultural productivity. These effects can be mitigated by beneficial plant growth promoting rhizobacteria. In this study, we investigated the potential of cultivable bacterial species for phosphate solubilization in the rhizosphere of winter wheat at two relevant growth stages - stem elongation and grain filling stages. Rhizosphere samples were collected in the Global Change Experimental Facility in Central Germany, which comprises plots with conventional and organic farming systems under ambient and future climate. Phosphate-solubilizing bacteria were selectively isolated on Pikovskaya medium, phylogenetically classified by 16S rRNA sequencing, and tested for in vitro mineral phosphate solubilization and drought tolerance using plate assays. The culture isolates were dominated by members of the genera Phyllobacterium, Pseudomonas and Streptomyces. Cultivation-derived species richness and abundance of dominant taxa, especially within the genera Phyllobacterium and Pseudomonas, as well as composition of Pseudomonas species were affected by wheat growth stage. Pseudomonas was found to be more abundant at stem elongation than at grain filling, while for Phyllobacterium the opposite pattern was observed. The abundance of Streptomyces isolates remained stable throughout the studied growth stages. The temporal shifts in the cultivable fraction of the community along with considerable P solubilization potentials of Phyllobacterium and Pseudomonas species suggest functional redundancy between and among genera at different wheat growth stages. Phosphate-solubilizing Phyllobacterium species were assigned to Phyllobacterium ifriqiyense and Phyllobacterium sophorae. It is the first time that phosphate solubilization potential is described for these species. Since Phyllobacterium species showed the highest drought tolerance along all isolates, they may play an increasingly important role in phosphate solubilization in a future dryer climate.
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- Claudia Breitkreuz
- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Halle/Saale, Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Halle/Saale, Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Soil Ecology, UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Halle/Saale, Germany.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Becker DM, Bagley ST, Podila GK. Effects of mycorrhizal-associated streptomycetes on growth ofLaccaria bicolor, Cenococcum geophilum, andArmillariaspecies and on gene expression inLaccaria bicolor. Mycologia 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00275514.1999.12060991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Donna M. Becker
- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49931-1295
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49931-1295
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49931-1295
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Abujabhah IS, Doyle RB, Bound SA, Bowman JP. Short-term impact of biochar amendments on eukaryotic communities in three different soils. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:615-32. [DOI: 10.1007/s10482-018-1191-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Accepted: 10/20/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Dorosky RJ, Pierson LS 3rd, Pierson EA. Pseudomonas chlororaphis Produces Multiple R-Tailocin Particles That Broaden the Killing Spectrum and Contribute to Persistence in Rhizosphere Communities. Appl Environ Microbiol 2018; 84:e01230-18. [PMID: 30030224 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01230-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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R-tailocins are high-molecular-weight bacteriocins resembling bacteriophage tails. Pseudomonas chlororaphis 30-84 is a plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial (PGPR) strain that produces two distinct R-tailocin particles with different killing spectra. The two R-tailocins have different evolutionary histories but are released by the same lysis cassette. A previous study showed that both tailocins are important for pairwise competition with susceptible rhizosphere-colonizing strains; however, the broader role of tailocins in competition with the native rhizosphere microbiome was not tested. Genomic analysis of the P. chlororaphis 30-84 R-tailocin gene cluster uncovered the presence of three tail fiber genes in the tailocin 2 genetic module that could potentially result in tailocin 2 particles having different tail fibers and thus a wider killing spectrum. In this study, the tail fibers were found to incorporate onto different tailocin 2 particles, each with a distinct killing spectrum. A loss of production of one or both tailocins resulted in decreased P. chlororaphis 30-84 persistence within the wheat rhizosphere when in competition with the native microflora but not bulk soil. The capacity to produce three different versions of a single tailocin, each having one of three different types of tail fibers, is a previously unreported mechanism that leads to a broader R-tailocin killing spectrum. This study also provides evidence for the function of R-tailocins in competition with rhizosphere microbiome communities but not in bulk soil.IMPORTANCE Although R-tailocin gene clusters typically encode one tail fiber protein, three tail fiber-resembling genes were identified in association with one of the two sets of R-tailocin genes within the tailocin cluster of P. chlororaphis 30-84 and other sequenced P. chlororaphis strain genomes. This study confirmed that P. chlororaphis 30-84 not only produces two distinct tailocins, but that one of them is produced with three different types of tail fibers. This is a previously unreported strategy to increase the breadth of strains targeted by an R-tailocin. Our finding that R-tailocins produced by a PGPR Pseudomonas strain enhanced its persistence within the wheat rhizosphere microbiome confirms that R-tailocin production contributes to the population dynamics of rhizobacterial communities.
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Yegorenkova IV, Tregubova KV, Burygin GL, Matora LY, Ignatov VV. Assessing the efficacy of co-inoculation of wheat seedlings with the associative bacteria Paenibacillus polymyxa 1465 and Azospirillum brasilense Sp245. Can J Microbiol 2016; 62:279-85. [DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2015-0647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Co-inoculation of associative bacteria, which have high nitrogen-fixing activity, tolerance for environmental conditions, and the ability to compete with the natural microflora, is used widely to enhance the growth and yields of agricultural plants. We evaluated the ability of 2 co-inoculated plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria, Paenibacillus polymyxa 1465 and Azospirillum brasilense Sp245, to colonize roots of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. ‘Saratovskaya 29’) seedlings, and we assessed the morphometric parameters of wheat early in its development. Analysis by ELISA with polyclonal antibodies raised against the exopolysaccharide of P. polymyxa 1465 and the lipopolysaccharide of A. brasilense Sp245 demonstrated that the root-colonizing activity of A. brasilense was higher when the bacterium was co-inoculated with P. polymyxa than when it was inoculated singly. Immunofluorescence microscopy with Alexa Fluor 532-labeled antibodies revealed sites of attachment of co-inoculated P. polymyxa and A. brasilense and showed that the 2 bacteria colonized similar regions of the roots. Co-inoculation exerted a negative effect on wheat seedling development, inhibiting root length by 17.6%, total root weight by 11%, and total shoot weight by 12%. Under certain conditions, dual inoculation of wheat may prove ineffective, apparently owing to the competition between the rhizobacteria for colonization sites on the plant roots. The findings from this study may aid in developing techniques for mixed bacterial inoculation of cultivated plants.
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- Irina V. Yegorenkova
- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Prospekt Entuziastov, Saratov 410049, Russian Federation
- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Prospekt Entuziastov, Saratov 410049, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Prospekt Entuziastov, Saratov 410049, Russian Federation
- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Prospekt Entuziastov, Saratov 410049, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Prospekt Entuziastov, Saratov 410049, Russian Federation
- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Prospekt Entuziastov, Saratov 410049, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Prospekt Entuziastov, Saratov 410049, Russian Federation
- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Prospekt Entuziastov, Saratov 410049, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Prospekt Entuziastov, Saratov 410049, Russian Federation
- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13 Prospekt Entuziastov, Saratov 410049, Russian Federation
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Zhang W, Wei S, Zhang J, Wu W. Antibacterial activity composition of the fermentation broth of Streptomyces djakartensis NW35. Molecules 2013; 18:2763-8. [PMID: 23455667 DOI: 10.3390/molecules18032763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2013] [Revised: 02/20/2013] [Accepted: 02/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The new compound Z-4-2 was isolated from the fermentation broth of Streptomyces djakartensis NW35, together with the known compound N-acetyltryptamine (Z-9-2) by bioassay-guided fractionation. Its chemical structure was elucidated as (E)-2-methoxy-1,4 naphthoquinone-1-oxime (Z-4-2) mainly by NMR analyses and MS spectral data. Their antibacterial activities against bacteria were evaluated by the filter paper method. The results of indicated that these compounds possess significant antibacterial activities.
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Zhao K, Penttinen P, Chen Q, Guan T, Lindström K, Ao X, Zhang L, Zhang X. The rhizospheres of traditional medicinal plants in Panxi, China, host a diverse selection of actinobacteria with antimicrobial properties. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 94:1321-35. [PMID: 22286515 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3862-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2011] [Revised: 12/18/2011] [Accepted: 12/21/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Actinobacteria are a prolific source of antibiotics. Since the rate of discovery of novel antibiotics is decreasing, actinobacteria from unique environments need to be explored. In particular, actinobacterial biocontrol strains from medicinal plants need to be studied as they can be a source of potent antibiotics. We combined culture-dependent and culture-independent methods in analyzing the actinobacterial diversity in the rhizosphere of seven traditional medicinal plant species from Panxi, China, and assessed the antimicrobial activity of the isolates. Each of the plant species hosted a unique set of actinobacterial strains. Out of the 64 morphologically distinct isolates, half were Streptomyces sp., eight were Micromonospora sp., and the rest were members of 18 actinobacterial genera. In particular, Ainsliaea henryi Diels. hosted a diverse selection of actinobacteria, although the 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequence identity ranges of the isolates and of the 16S rRNA gene clone library were not congruent. In the clone library, 40% of the sequences were related to uncultured actinobacteria, emphasizing the need to develop isolation methods to assess the full potential of the actinobacteria. All Streptomyces isolates showed antimicrobial activity. While the antimicrobial activities of the rare actinobacteria were limited, the growth of Escherichia coli, Verticillium dahliae, and Fusarium oxysporum were inhibited only by rare actinobacteria, and strains related to Saccharopolyspora shandongensis and Streptosporangium roseum showed broad antimicrobial activity.
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Harding T, Jungblut AD, Lovejoy C, Vincent WF. Microbes in high arctic snow and implications for the cold biosphere. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:3234-43. [PMID: 21460114 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02611-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We applied molecular, microscopic, and culture techniques to characterize the microbial communities in snow and air at remote sites in the Canadian High Arctic (Ward Hunt Island, Ellesmere Island, and Cornwallis Island, latitudes 74 to 83(o)N). Members of the Bacteria and Eukarya were prevalent in the snow, and their small subunit (SSU) rRNA gene signatures indicated strong local aerial transport within the region over the preceding 8 months of winter snowpack accumulation. Many of the operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were similar to previously reported SSU rRNA gene sequences from the Arctic Ocean, suggesting the importance of local aerial transport processes for marine microbiota. More than 47% of the cyanobacterial OTUs in the snow have been previously found in microbial mats in the region, indicating that this group was also substantially derived from local sources. Viable cyanobacteria isolated from the snow indicated free exchange between the snow and adjacent mat communities. Other sequences were most similar to those found outside the Canadian Arctic but were from snow, lake and sea ice, glaciers and permafrost, alpine regions, Antarctica, and other regions of the Arctic, supporting the concept of global distribution of microbial ecotypes throughout the cold biosphere.
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Sirota-Madi A, Olender T, Helman Y, Ingham C, Brainis I, Roth D, Hagi E, Brodsky L, Leshkowitz D, Galatenko V, Nikolaev V, Mugasimangalam RC, Bransburg-Zabary S, Gutnick DL, Lancet D, Ben-Jacob E. Genome sequence of the pattern forming Paenibacillus vortex bacterium reveals potential for thriving in complex environments. BMC Genomics 2010; 11:710. [PMID: 21167037 PMCID: PMC3012674 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2010] [Accepted: 12/17/2010] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Background The pattern-forming bacterium Paenibacillus vortex is notable for its advanced social behavior, which is reflected in development of colonies with highly intricate architectures. Prior to this study, only two other Paenibacillus species (Paenibacillus sp. JDR-2 and Paenibacillus larvae) have been sequenced. However, no genomic data is available on the Paenibacillus species with pattern-forming and complex social motility. Here we report the de novo genome sequence of this Gram-positive, soil-dwelling, sporulating bacterium. Results The complete P. vortex genome was sequenced by a hybrid approach using 454 Life Sciences and Illumina, achieving a total of 289× coverage, with 99.8% sequence identity between the two methods. The sequencing results were validated using a custom designed Agilent microarray expression chip which represented the coding and the non-coding regions. Analysis of the P. vortex genome revealed 6,437 open reading frames (ORFs) and 73 non-coding RNA genes. Comparative genomic analysis with 500 complete bacterial genomes revealed exceptionally high number of two-component system (TCS) genes, transcription factors (TFs), transport and defense related genes. Additionally, we have identified genes involved in the production of antimicrobial compounds and extracellular degrading enzymes. Conclusions These findings suggest that P. vortex has advanced faculties to perceive and react to a wide range of signaling molecules and environmental conditions, which could be associated with its ability to reconfigure and replicate complex colony architectures. Additionally, P. vortex is likely to serve as a rich source of genes important for agricultural, medical and industrial applications and it has the potential to advance the study of social microbiology within Gram-positive bacteria.
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- Alexandra Sirota-Madi
- The Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, PO Box 39040, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Fifteen of 23 ATCC strains and 2 of 9 clinical isolates of Xanthomonas maltophilia, all of which grew aerobically on ammonia, but not nitrate, as a sole nitrogen source, reduced nitrate to nitrite. X. maltophilia failed to grow anaerobically on complex medium with or without nitrate, so it is considered an obligate aerobe. Nitrate-reducing strains contained reduced methyl viologen nitrate reductase (MVH-NR) with specific activities ranging from 49.2 to 192 U mg of protein. Strain ATCC 17666 doubled its cell mass after 3 h of growth on nitrate broth under low aeration, possessed maximal MVH-NR activity, and converted the added nitrate to nitrite, which accumulated. Dissolved oxygen above 15% saturation greatly suppressed nitrite formation. All strains, except ATCC 14535, possessed between 0.25 and 5.05 pmol of molybdopterin mg of protein as measured by the Neurospora crassa nit-1 assay. The molybdopterin activity in the soluble fraction sedimented as a single symmetrical peak with an s(20,w) of 5.1. Studies identified MVH-NR in selected strains as a membrane-bound protein. The deoxycholate-solubilized MVH-NR sedimented as a single peak in sucrose density gradients with an s(20,w) of 8.8. The MVH-NR of X. maltophilia has the physical characteristics of a respiratory nitrate reductase and may enable cells to use nitrate as an electron sink under semiaerobic conditions.
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- L M Woodard
- Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48309-4401, and Department of Clinical Microbiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48107
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Bollet C, Davin-Regli A, De Micco P. A Simple Method for Selective Isolation of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia from Environmental Samples. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 61:1653-4. [PMID: 16535007 PMCID: PMC1388425 DOI: 10.1128/aem.61.4.1653-1654.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a commonly found environmental bacterium that is associated with the plant rhizosphere. It shows increasing prevalence in immunocompromised patients. We report a simple method for selective isolation of S. maltophilia from soils which makes use of both its resistance to imipenem and its requirement for methionine.
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Bensultana A, Ouhdouch Y, Hassani L, Mezrioui N, Rafouk L. Isolation and characterization of wastewater sand filter actinomycetes. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 26:481-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-009-0194-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kaiser S, Biehler K, Jonas D. A Stenotrophomonas maltophilia multilocus sequence typing scheme for inferring population structure. J Bacteriol 2009; 191:2934-43. [PMID: 19251858 DOI: 10.1128/JB.00892-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an opportunistic, highly resistant, and ubiquitous pathogen. Strains have been assigned to genogroups using amplified fragment length polymorphism. Hence, isolates of environmental and clinical origin predominate in different groups. A multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme was developed using a highly diverse selection of 70 strains of various ecological origins from seven countries on all continents including strains of the 10 previously defined genogroups. Sequence data were assigned to 54 sequence types (ST) based on seven loci. Indices of association for all isolates and clinical isolates of 2.498 and 2.562 indicated a significant linkage disequilibrium, as well as high congruence of tree topologies from different loci. Potential recombination events were detected in one-sixth of all ST. Calculation of the mean divergence between and within predicted clusters confirmed previously defined groups and revealed five additional groups. Consideration of the different ecological origins showed that 18 out of 31 respiratory tract isolates, including 12 out of 19 isolates from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, belonged to genogroup 6. In contrast, 16 invasive strains isolated from blood cultures were distributed among nine different genogroups. Three genogroups contained isolates of strictly environmental origin that also featured high sequence distances to other genogroups, including the S. maltophilia type strain. On the basis of this MLST scheme, isolates can be assigned to the genogroups of this species in order to further scrutinize the population structure of this species and to unravel the uneven distribution of environmental and clinical isolates obtained from infected, colonized, or CF patients.
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Chen CR, Lin CH, Lin JW, Chang CI, Tseng YH, Weng SF. Characterization of a novel T4-type Stenotrophomonas maltophilia virulent phage Smp14. Arch Microbiol 2007; 188:191-7. [PMID: 17440710 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-007-0238-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2007] [Revised: 03/19/2007] [Accepted: 03/24/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (Sm), with most of the isolates being resistant to multidrugs, is an opportunistic bacterium causing nosocomial infections. In this study, a novel virulent Sm phage, Smp14, was characterized. Electron microscopy showed that Smp14 resembled members of Myoviridae and adsorbed to poles of the host cells during infection. It lysed 37 of 87 clinical Sm isolates in spot test, displayed a latent period of ca. 20 min, and had a burst size of ca. 150. Its genome (estimated to be 160 kb by PFGE), containing m4C and two unknown modified bases other than m5C and m6A as identified by HPLC, resisted to digestion with many restriction endonucleases except MseI. These properties indicate that it is a novel Sm phage distinct from the previously reported phiSMA5 which has a genome of 250 kb digestible with various restriction enzymes. Sequencing of a 16 kb region revealed 12 ORFs encoding structural proteins sharing 15-45% identities with the homologues from T4-type phages. SDS-PAGE displayed 20 virion proteins, with the most abundant one being the 39 kDa major capsid protein (gp23), which had the N-terminal 52 amino acids removed. Phylogenetic analysis based on gp23 classified Smp14 into a novel single-membered T4-type subgroup.
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- Chiy-Rong Chen
- Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan
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Piccini C, Conde D, Alonso C, Sommaruga R, Pernthaler J. Blooms of single bacterial species in a coastal lagoon of the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:6560-8. [PMID: 17021206 PMCID: PMC1610279 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01089-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We investigated seasonal differences in community structure and activity (leucine incorporation) of the planktonic bacterial assemblage in the freshwater and brackish-water zones of a shallow coastal lagoon of the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Alphaproteobacteria formed the dominant microbial group in both zones throughout the sampling period. After an intrusion of marine water, members of the SAR11 lineage became abundant in the brackish-water zone. These bacteria were apparently distributed over the lagoon during the following months until they constituted almost 30% of all prokaryotic cells at both sampling sites. At the first sampling date (March 2003) a single alphaproteobacterial species unrelated to SAR11, Sphingomonas echinoides, dominated the microbial assemblages in both zones of the lagoon concomitantly with a bloom of filamentous cyanobacteria. Pronounced maxima of leucine incorporation were observed once in each zone of the lagoon. In the freshwater zone, this highly active microbial assemblage was a mix of the typical bacteria lineages expected in aquatic systems. By contrast, a single bacterial genotype with >99% similarity to the facultative pathogen gammaproteobacterial species Stenotrophomonas maltophilia formed >90% of the bacterial assemblage (>10(7) cell ml(-1)) in the brackish-water zone at the time point of highest bacterial leucine incorporation. Moreover, these bacteria were equally dominant, albeit less active, in the freshwater zone. Thus, the pelagic zone of the studied lagoon harbored repeated short-term blooms of single bacterial species. This finding may have consequences for environmental protection.
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- Claudia Piccini
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biologicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Chang HC, Chen CR, Lin JW, Shen GH, Chang KM, Tseng YH, Weng SF. Isolation and characterization of novel giant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia phage phiSMA5. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:1387-93. [PMID: 15746341 PMCID: PMC1065149 DOI: 10.1128/aem.71.3.1387-1393.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is one of the most prevalent opportunistic bacteria causing nosocomial infections. It has become problematic because most of the isolates are resistant to multiple antibiotics, and therefore, development of phage therapy has attracted strong attention. In this study, eight S. maltophilia phages were isolated from clinical samples including patient specimens, catheter-related devices, and wastewater. These phages can be divided into four distinct groups based on host range and digestibility of the phage DNAs with different restriction endonucleases. One of them, designated phiSMA5, was further characterized. Electron microscopy showed it resembled Myoviridae, with an isometric head (90 nm in diameter), a tail (90 nm long), a baseplate (25 nm wide), and short tail fibers. The phiSMA5 double-stranded DNA, refractory to digestion by most restriction enzymes, was tested and estimated to be 250 kb by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. This genome size is second to that of the largest phage, phiKZ of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, 25 virion proteins were visualized. N-terminal sequencing of four of them suggested that each of them might have had its N terminus cleaved off. Among the 87 S. maltophilia strains collected in this study, only 61 were susceptible to phiSMA5, indicating that more phages are needed toward a phage therapy strategy. Since literature search yielded no information about S. maltophilia phages, phiSMA5 appears to be the first reported.
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- Hsiao-Chuan Chang
- Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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Kobayashi DY, Reedy RM, Bick J, Oudemans PV. Characterization of a chitinase gene from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain 34S1 and its involvement in biological control. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68:1047-54. [PMID: 11872449 PMCID: PMC123742 DOI: 10.1128/aem.68.3.1047-1054.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2001] [Accepted: 12/17/2001] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A chitinase gene was cloned on a 2.8-kb DNA fragment from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain 34S1 by heterologous expression in Burkholderia cepacia. Sequence analysis of this fragment identified an open reading frame encoding a deduced protein of 700 amino acids. Removal of the signal peptide sequence resulted in a predicted protein that was 68 kDa in size. Analysis of the sequence indicated that the chitinase contained a catalytic domain belonging to family 18 of glycosyl hydrolases. Three putative binding domains, a chitin binding domain, a novel polycystic kidney disease (PKD) domain, and a fibronectin type III domain, were also identified within the sequence. Pairwise comparisons of each domain to the most closely related sequences found in database searches clearly demonstrated variation in gene sources and the species from which related sequences originated. A 51-kDa protein with chitinolytic activity was purified from culture filtrates of S. maltophilia strain 34S1 by hydrophobic interaction chromatography. Although the protein was significantly smaller than the size predicted from the sequence, the N-terminal sequence verified that the first 15 amino acids were identical to the deduced sequence of the mature protein encoded by chiA. Marker exchange mutagenesis of chiA resulted in mutant strain C5, which was devoid of chitinolytic activity and lacked the 51-kDa protein in culture filtrates. Strain C5 was also reduced in the ability to suppress summer patch disease on Kentucky bluegrass, supporting a role for the enzyme in the biocontrol activity of S. maltophilia.
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- Donald Y Kobayashi
- Department of Plant Biology & Pathology, Cook College, Rutgers State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA.
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Elliott M, Des Jardin E. Comparison of media and diluents for enumeration of aerobic bacteria from Bermuda grass golf course putting greens. J Microbiol Methods 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7012(98)00088-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The gram-negative bacterium Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is increasingly recognized as an important cause of nosocomial infection. Infection occurs principally, but not exclusively, in debilitated and immunosuppressed individuals. Management of S. maltophilia-associated infection is problematic because many strains of the bacterium manifest resistance to multiple antibiotics. These difficulties are compounded by methodological problems in in vitro susceptibility testing for which there are, as yet, no formal guidelines. Despite its acknowledged importance as a nosocomial pathogen, little is known of the epidemiology of S. maltophilia, and although it is considered an environmental bacterium, its sources and reservoirs are often not readily apparent. Molecular typing systems may contribute to our knowledge of the epidemiology of S. maltophilia infection, thus allowing the development of strategies to interrupt the transmission of the bacterium in the hospital setting. Even less is known of pathogenic mechanisms and putative virulence factors involved in the natural history of S. maltophilia infection and this, coupled with difficulties in distinguishing colonization from true infection, has fostered the view that the bacterium is essentially nonpathogenic. This article aims to review the current taxonomic status of S. maltophilia, and it discusses the laboratory identification of the bacterium. The epidemiology of the organism is considered with particular reference to nosocomial outbreaks, several of which have been investigated by molecular typing techniques. Risk factors for acquisition of the bacterium are also reviewed, and the ever-expanding spectrum of clinical syndromes associated with S. maltophilia is surveyed. Antimicrobial resistance mechanisms, pitfalls in in vitro susceptibility testing, and therapy of S. maltophilia infections are also discussed.
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- M Denton
- Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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A gel-stabilized gradient method that employed opposing gradients of Fe2+ and O2 was used to isolate and characterize two new Fe-oxidizing bacteria from a neutral pH, Fe(2+)-containing groundwater in Michigan. Two separate enrichment cultures were obtained, and in each the cells grew in a distinct, rust-colored band in the gel at the oxic-anoxic interface. The cells were tightly associated with the ferric hydroxides. Repeated serial dilutions of both enrichments resulted in the isolation of two axenic strains, ES-1 and ES-2. The cultures were judged pure based on (i) growth from single colonies in tubes at dilutions of 10(-7) (ES-2) (ES-2) and 10(-8) (ES-1); (ii) uniform cell morphologies, i.e., ES-1 was a motile long thin, bent, or S-shaped rod and ES-2 was a shorter curved rod; and (iii) no growth on a heterotrophic medium. Strain ES-1 grew to a density of 10(8) cells/ml on FeS with a doubling time of 8 h. Strain ES-2 grew to a density of 5 x 10(7) cells/ml with a doubling time of 12.5 h. Both strains also grew on FeCO3. Neither strain grew without Fe2+, nor did they grow with glucose, pyruvate, acetate, Mn, or H2S as an electron donor. Studies with an oxygen microelectrode revealed that both strains grew at the oxic-anoxic interface of the gradients and tracked the O2 minima when subjected to higher O2 concentrations, suggesting they are microaerobes. Phylogenetically the two strains formed a novel lineage within the gamma Proteobacteria. They were very closely related to each other and were equally closely related to PVB OTU 1, a phylotype obtained from an iron-rich hydrothermal vent system at the Loihi Seamount in the Pacific Ocean, and SPB OTU 1, a phylotype obtained from permafrost soil in Siberia. Their closest cultivated relative was Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. In total, this evidence suggests ES-1 and ES-2 are members of a previously untapped group of putatively lithotrophic, unicellular iron-oxidizing bacteria.
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- D Emerson
- American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA.
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Heuer H, Krsek M, Baker P, Smalla K, Wellington EM. Analysis of actinomycete communities by specific amplification of genes encoding 16S rRNA and gel-electrophoretic separation in denaturing gradients. Appl Environ Microbiol 1997; 63:3233-41. [PMID: 9251210 PMCID: PMC168621 DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3233-3241.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 782] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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A group-specific primer, F243 (positions 226 to 243, Escherichia coli numbering), was developed by comparison of sequences of genes encoding 16S rRNA (16S rDNA) for the detection of actinomycetes in the environment with PCR and temperature or denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (TGGE or DGGE, respectively). The specificity of the forward primer in combination with different reverse ones was tested with genomic DNA from a variety of bacterial strains. Most actinomycetes investigated could be separated by TGGE and DGGE, with both techniques giving similar results. Two strategies were employed to study natural microbial communities. First, we used the selective amplification of actinomycete sequences (E. coli positions 226 to 528) for direct analysis of the products in denaturing gradients. Second, a nested PCR providing actinomycete-specific fragments (E. coli positions 226 to 1401) was used which served as template for a PCR when conserved primers were used. The products (E. coli positions 968 to 1401) of this indirect approach were then separated by use of gradient gels. Both approaches allowed detection of actinomycete communities in soil. The second strategy allowed the estimation of the relative abundance of actinomycetes within the bacterial community. Mixtures of PCR-derived 16S rDNA fragments were used as model communities consisting of five actinomycetes and five other bacterial species. Actinomycete products were obtained over a 100-fold dilution range of the actinomycete DNA in the model community by specific PCR; detection of the diluted actinomycete DNA was not possible when conserved primers were used. The methods tested for detection were applied to monitor actinomycete community changes in potato rhizosphere and to investigate actinomycete diversity in different soils.
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- H Heuer
- Federal Biological Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry, Institute for Biochemistry and Plant Virology, Braunschweig, Germany
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Kim DS, Weller DM, Cook RJ. Population Dynamics of Bacillus sp. L324-92R(12) and Pseudomonas fluorescens 2-79RN(10) in the Rhizosphere of Wheat. Phytopathology 1997; 87:559-564. [PMID: 18945112 DOI: 10.1094/phyto.1997.87.5.559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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ABSTRACT Bacillus sp. L324-92 is suppressive to three root diseases of wheat, namely take-all caused by Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici, Rhizoctonia root rot caused by Rhizoctonia solani AG8, and Pythium root rot caused by several Pythium species. Populations of strain L324-92R(12), a rifampicin-resistant mutant of L324-92 applied as a seed treatment, were monitored in the rhizosphere and spermosphere of wheat and compared with populations of Pseudomonas fluorescens 2-79RN(10), a known, rhizosphere-competent, biocontrol agent. In growth chamber studies, the population sizes of L324-92R(12) on roots of wheat were approximately 1,000-fold smaller than those of 2-79RN(10) at 5 days after planting, but, thereafter, they increased while those of 2-79RN(10) decreased until the two were equal in size at 45 days after planting. In the field with winter wheat, the population sizes of L324-92R(12) on roots were at least 10-fold smaller than those of 2-79RN(10) during the fall (November 1993) and early spring (March 1994). Thereafter, the population of L324-92R(12) remained constant or increased slightly, while the population of 2-79RN(10) decreased until the two were roughly the same at 10(4) to 10(5) CFU/plant over the period of 150 days (April 1994) until 285 days (harvest) after planting. In growth chamber studies, strain L324-92R(12) remained confined to root sections within 3.5 cm below the seed, whereas 2-79RN(10) was recovered from all root sections ranging from 0.5 to 6.5 cm below the seed. In the field on winter wheat, both strains were recovered from root sections down to 5.0 to 6.5 cm below the seed at 75 days after planting (mid December), but only 2-79RN(10) was recovered at this depth at 90 days after planting. Both strains were recovered from the seed remnants 6 months after planting in the field. Both strains also were recovered from inside the roots and shoots, but population sizes of strain 279RN(10) were greater than those of L324 92R(12).
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Berg G, Marten P, Ballin G. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in the rhizosphere of oilseed rape — occurrence, characterization and interaction with phytopathogenic fungi. Microbiol Res 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0944-5013(96)80051-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Chanway C, Turkington R, Holl F. Ecological Implications of Specificity between Plants and Rhizosphere Micro-organisms. Elsevier; 1991. pp. 121-69. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2504(08)60098-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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Bakker PA, Van Peer R, Schippers B. Suppression of Soil-Borne Plant Pathogens by Fluorescent Pseudomonads: Mechanisms and Prospects. Biotic Interactions and Soil-Borne Diseases. Elsevier; 1991. pp. 217-30. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-88728-3.50042-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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The level and pattern of rhizosphere competence of a strain of Trichoderma harzianum (1295-22) derived from fusing protoplasts of auxotrophic mutants of the prototrophic strains T12 and T95 were studied and compared with those of the original strains. Colonization of the rhizosphere by the three strains was tested after treating seeds of cotton and maize with conidia and planting them in soil at a constant moisture content. Propagules of the fungi were removed by a washing technique, Trichoderma spp. were isolated by plating serial dilutions on a selective medium, and individual strains were identified by their characteristic growth on differential media. Both strains T12 and T95 colonized the entire length of maize roots, but strain 1295-22 was more effective in colonizing the middle sections of the roots than either parental strain. All strains colonized cotton roots more poorly than maize roots; strains T12 and T95 were not detected on some root segments of this crop. Strain T95 was, however, found on the root tip, while T12 was absent from this root portion. Conversely, strain 1295-22 colonized all root sections of this crop, and its population levels were higher in the middle root portions than those of either parental strain.
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456, USA
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A selective medium (XMSM) was developed for isolation of Xanthomonas maltophilia from bulk soil and plant rhizosphere environments. The XMSM basal medium contained maltose, tryptone, bromthymol blue, and agar. Antibiotics added to select for X. maltophilia were cycloheximide, nystatin, cephalexin, bacitracin, penicillin G, novobiocin, neomycin sulfate, and tobramycin. A comparison was made between XMSM and 1/10-strength tryptic soy broth agar for recovery of X. maltophilia from sterile and nonsterile soil infested with known X. maltophilia isolates. A recovery rate of 97% or greater for XMSM was demonstrated. XMSM was used to isolate X. maltophilia from a variety of soil and rhizosphere environments.
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- M E Juhnke
- Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida 33314
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