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Yahaya N, Mohamed Rehan M, Hamdan NH, Nasaruddin SM. Metagenomic data of microbiota in mangrove soil from Lukut River, Malaysia. Data Brief 2024; 53:110155. [PMID: 38379885 PMCID: PMC10877682 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2024.110155] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024] Open
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The mangrove ecosystem contains sediment microorganisms that play a crucial part in the decomposition of organic matter and the cycling of water and nutrients in the mangrove. Here we present the metagenomics whole genome shotgun (mWGS) sequence data analysis from three soil samples that were collected at the freshwater riverine mangrove at Lukut River, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Data analysis shows different distributions of bacteria of the genera Bradyrhizobium, Methyloceanibacter and Desulfobacteaceae were detected in soil samples collected at freshwater riverine mangrove. In the data analysis, we report the existence of a large number of Carbohydrate-Active genes in metagenomes collected from mangrove soil. An in-depth exploration of functional annotation analysis based on the KEGG database also showed that the most abundant genes found in these three soils are those that function in carbon fixation pathways, followed by methane, nitrogen, sulfur metabolisms, atrazine and dioxin degradations.
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- Nazariyah Yahaya
- Programme of Food Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
- Institut Fatwa dan Halal (IFFAH), Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
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- Programme of Food Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
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- Programme of Food Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
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- Programme of Food Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
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Alon M, Waitz Y, Finkel OM, Sheffer E. The native distribution of a common legume shrub is limited by the range of its nitrogen-fixing mutualist. New Phytol 2024; 242:77-92. [PMID: 38339826 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19577] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Plant-microbe mutualisms, such as the legume-rhizobium symbiosis, are influenced by the geographical distributions of both partners. However, limitations on the native range of legumes, resulting from the absence of a compatible mutualist, have rarely been explored. We used a combination of a large-scale field survey and controlled experiments to determine the realized niche of Calicotome villosa, an abundant and widespread legume shrub. Soil type was a major factor affecting the distribution and abundance of C. villosa. In addition, we found a large region within its range in which neither C. villosa nor Bradyrhizobium, the bacterial genus that associates with it, were present. Seedlings grown in soil from this region failed to nodulate and were deficient in nitrogen. Inoculation of this soil with Bradyrhizobium isolated from root nodules of C. villosa resulted in the formation of nodules and higher growth rate, leaf N and shoot biomass compared with un-inoculated plants. We present evidence for the exclusion of a legume from parts of its native range by the absence of a compatible mutualist. This result highlights the importance of the co-distribution of both the host plant and its mutualist when attempting to understand present and future geographical distributions of legumes.
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- Moshe Alon
- Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus - Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel
- Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus - Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel
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- Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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Scott A, Topp E, Revellin C, Hartmann A, Fruci M. Complete genome sequence of Bradyrhizobium ottawaense strain MIAE 01942 isolated from soybean nodules grown in antibiotic-amended soil. Microbiol Resour Announc 2024:e0000424. [PMID: 38501779 DOI: 10.1128/mra.00004-24] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024] Open
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Bradyrhizobium ottawaense MIAE 01942 is a symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from the root nodules of soybeans grown in agricultural soils amended with veterinary antibiotics. The genome consists of a single 8.45 Mb circular chromosome that harbors genes involved in nitrogen fixation, denitrification, and antibiotic and metal resistance.
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- Andrew Scott
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Agroécologie Research Unit, INRAE, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Agroécologie Research Unit, INRAE, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Agroécologie Research Unit, INRAE, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Nievas F, Revale S, Cossovich S, Foresto E, Carezzano ME, Alzari P, Martínez M, Ben-Assaya M, Mornico D, Santoro M, Martínez-Abarca F, Giordano W, Bogino P. Complete genome sequence of Bradyrhizobium sp. 62B, a native nitrogen-fixing rhizobium isolated from peanut nodules. Microbiol Resour Announc 2024; 13:e0092823. [PMID: 38385707 DOI: 10.1128/mra.00928-23] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
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We present the complete genome sequence of Bradyrhizobium sp. 62B, a strain isolated from the root nodules of peanut plants that grow in central Argentina. The genome consists of 8.15 Mbp, distributed into a chromosome of 7.29 Mbp and a plasmid of 0.86 Mbp.
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- Fiorela Nievas
- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología Ambiental y Salud (INBIAS-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físico-Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología Ambiental y Salud (INBIAS-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físico-Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología Ambiental y Salud (INBIAS-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físico-Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología Ambiental y Salud (INBIAS-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físico-Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Unité de Microbiologie Structurale, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR 3528, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Unité de Microbiologie Structurale, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR 3528, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Unité de Microbiologie Structurale, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR 3528, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Hub de Bioinformatique et Biostatistique - Département Biologie Computationnelle, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Plant and Soil Microbiology, Structure, Dynamics, and Function of Rhizobacterial Genomes, Estación Experimental del Zaidín-CSIC, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología Ambiental y Salud (INBIAS-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físico-Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología Ambiental y Salud (INBIAS-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físico-Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina
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Pan H, Shim A, Lubin MB, Belin BJ. Hopanoid lipids promote soybean -Bradyrhizobium symbiosis. mBio 2024:e0247823. [PMID: 38445860 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02478-23] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024] Open
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The symbioses between leguminous plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria known as rhizobia are well known for promoting plant growth and sustainably increasing soil nitrogen. Recent evidence indicates that hopanoids, a family of steroid-like lipids, promote Bradyrhizobium symbioses with tropical legumes. To characterize hopanoids in Bradyrhizobium symbiosis with soybean, we validated a recently published cumate-inducible hopanoid mutant of Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA110, Pcu-shc::∆shc. GC-MS analysis showed that this strain does not produce hopanoids without cumate induction, and under this condition, is impaired in growth in rich medium and under osmotic, temperature, and pH stress. In planta, Pcu-shc::∆shc is an inefficient soybean symbiont with significantly lower rates of nitrogen fixation and low survival within the host tissue. RNA-seq revealed that hopanoid loss reduces the expression of flagellar motility and chemotaxis-related genes, further confirmed by swim plate assays, and enhances the expression of genes related to nitrogen metabolism and protein secretion. These results suggest that hopanoids provide a significant fitness advantage to B. diazoefficiens in legume hosts and provide a foundation for future mechanistic studies of hopanoid function in protein secretion and motility. A major problem for global sustainability is feeding our exponentially growing human population while available arable land decreases. Harnessing the power of plant-beneficial microbes is a potential solution, including increasing our reliance on the symbioses of leguminous plants and nitrogen-fixing rhizobia. This study examines the role of hopanoid lipids in the symbiosis between Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA110, an important commercial inoculant strain, and its economically significant host soybean. Our research extends our knowledge of the functions of bacterial lipids in symbiosis to an agricultural context, which may one day help improve the practical applications of plant-beneficial microbes in agriculture.
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- Huiqiao Pan
- Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Jin Y, Liu Y, Liu S, Wang E, Chen W. Convergent gene pair dSH3 and irr regulate Pi and Fe homeostasis in Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA110 and symbiotic nitrogen fixation efficiency. Microbiol Res 2024; 280:127571. [PMID: 38134513 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2023.127571] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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The nitrogen-fixing bacteroids inhabit inside legume root nodules must manage finely the utilization of P and Fe, the two most critical elements, due to their antagonistic interactions. While the balance mechanism for them remains unclear. A double SH3 domain-containing protein (dSH3) in the Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA110 was found to inhibit the alkaline phosphatase activity, thereby reducing P supply from organophosphates. The dSH3 gene is adjacent to the irr gene, which encodes the iron response repressor and regulates Fe homeostasis under Fe-limited conditions. Their transcription directions converge to a common intergenic sequence (IGS) region, forming a convergent transcription. Extending the IGS region through Tn5 transposon or pVO155 plasmid insertion significantly down-regulated expression of this gene pair, leading to a remarkable accumulation of P and an inability to grow under Fe-limited conditions. Inoculation of soybean with either of the insertion mutants resulted in N2-fixing failure. However, the IGS-deleted mutant showed no visible changes in N2-fixing efficiency on soybean compared to that inoculated with wild type. These findings reveal a novel regulative strategy in the IGS region and its flanking convergent gene pair for antagonistic utilization of P and Fe in rhizobia and coordination of N2-fixing efficiency.
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- Yuhao Jin
- College of Biological Sciences and Rhizobium Research Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Rhizobium Research Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Rhizobium Research Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, PR China
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México 11340, Mexico
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- College of Biological Sciences and Rhizobium Research Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, PR China.
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Giorgi V, Amicucci A, Landi L, Castelli I, Romanazzi G, Peroni C, Ranocchi B, Zambonelli A, Neri D. Effect of Bacteria Inoculation on Colonization of Roots by Tuber melanosporum and Growth of Quercus ilex Seedlings. Plants (Basel) 2024; 13:224. [PMID: 38256777 PMCID: PMC10819665 DOI: 10.3390/plants13020224] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Tuber melanosporum is an ascomycete that forms ectomycorrhizal (ECM) symbioses with a wide range of host plants, producing edible fruiting bodies with high economic value. The quality of seedlings in the early symbiotic stage is important for successful truffle cultivation. Numerous bacterial species have been reported to take part in the truffle biological cycle and influence the establishment of roots symbiosis in plant hosts and the development of the carpophore. In this work, three different bacteria formulations were co-inoculated in Quercus ilex L. seedlings two months after T. melanosporum inoculation. At four months of bacterial application, the T. melanosporum ECM root tip rate of colonization and bacterial presence were assessed using both morphological and molecular techniques. A 2.5-fold increase in ECM colonization rate was found in the presence of Pseudomonas sp. compared to the seedlings inoculated only with T. melanosporum. The same treatment caused reduced plant growth either for the aerial and root part. Meanwhile, the ECM colonization combined with Bradyrhizobium sp. and Pseudomonas sp. + Bradyrhizobium sp. reduced the relative density of fibrous roots (nutrient absorption). Our work suggests that the role of bacteria in the early symbiotic stages of ECM colonization involves both the mycorrhizal symbiosis rate and plant root development processes, both essential for improve the quality of truffle-inoculated seedlings produced in commercial nurseries.
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- Veronica Giorgi
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (V.G.); (L.L.); (I.C.); (G.R.); (D.N.)
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, 61029 Urbino, Italy;
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (V.G.); (L.L.); (I.C.); (G.R.); (D.N.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (V.G.); (L.L.); (I.C.); (G.R.); (D.N.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (V.G.); (L.L.); (I.C.); (G.R.); (D.N.)
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- Agenzia per l’Innovazione nel Settore Agroalimentare e della Pesca “Marche Agricoltura Pesca”, AMAP, 60027 Osimo, Italy;
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, 61029 Urbino, Italy;
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy;
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (V.G.); (L.L.); (I.C.); (G.R.); (D.N.)
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Hata S, Kojima S, Tsuda R, Kawajiri N, Kouchi H, Suzuki T, Uesaka K, Tanaka A. Characterization of photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium sp. strain SSBR45 isolated from the root nodules of Aeschynomene indica. Plant Signal Behav 2023; 18:2184907. [PMID: 36879507 PMCID: PMC10012927 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2023.2184907] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We isolated a novel strain of Bradyrhizobium sp., SSBR45, from the nodulated roots of Aeschynomene indica and labeled it with Discosoma sp. red fluorescent protein (dsRED) or enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) and determined its draft genomic sequence. The labeled SSBR45 stimulated the growth of A. indica markedly on a nitrogen-free medium, as observed by visualizing the fluorescent root nodules. The nodulated roots also exhibited high acetylene reduction activities. The SSBR45 genome included genes involved in nitrogen fixation, photosynthesis, and type IV secretion system; however, it did not consist of canonical nodABC genes and type III secretion system genes. SSBR45, a novel species of the genus Bradyrhizobium, consisted of an average nucleotide identity and average amino acid identity of 87% and 90%, respectively, with the closest strain B. oligotrophicum S58.
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- Shingo Hata
- Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University, Otsu, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University, Otsu, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University, Otsu, Japan
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- Division of Arts and Sciences, International Christian University, Mitaka, Japan
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan
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- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Msaddak A, Quiñones MA, Mars M, Pueyo JJ. The Beneficial Effects of Inoculation with Selected Nodule-Associated PGPR on White Lupin Are Comparable to Those of Inoculation with Symbiotic Rhizobia. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:4109. [PMID: 38140436 PMCID: PMC10747367 DOI: 10.3390/plants12244109] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2023] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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Nodule endophytes and associated bacteria are non-symbiotic bacteria that colonize legume nodules. They accompany nodulating rhizobia and can form beneficial associations, as some of them are plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) that are able to promote germination and plant growth and increase tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress. White lupin (Lupinus albus) is a legume crop that is gaining relevance as a suitable alternative to soybean as a plant protein source. Eleven nodule-associated bacteria were isolated from white lupin nodules grown in a Tunisian soil. They belonged to the genera Rhizobium, Ensifer, Pseudomonas and Bacillus. Their plant growth-promoting (PGP) and enzymatic activities were tested in vitro. Strains Pseudomonas sp., L1 and L12, displayed most PGP activities tested, and were selected for in planta assays. Inoculation with strains L1 or L12 increased seed germination and had the same positive effects on all plant growth parameters as did inoculation with symbiotic Bradyrhizobium canariense, with no significant differences among treatments. Inoculation with efficient nitrogen-fixing rhizobia must compete with rhizobia present in the soil that sometimes nodulate efficiently but fix nitrogen poorly, leading to a low response to inoculation. In such cases, inoculation with highly effective PGPR might represent a feasible alternative to boost crop productivity.
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- Abdelhakim Msaddak
- Department of Soil, Plant and Environmental Quality, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ICA-CSIC, 28006 Madrid, Spain;
- Laboratory of Biodiversity and Valorization of Arid Areas Bioresources, BVBAA, Faculty of Sciences, University of Gabès, Erriadh, Zrig, Gabès 6072, Tunisia;
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Environmental Quality, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ICA-CSIC, 28006 Madrid, Spain;
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- Laboratory of Biodiversity and Valorization of Arid Areas Bioresources, BVBAA, Faculty of Sciences, University of Gabès, Erriadh, Zrig, Gabès 6072, Tunisia;
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Environmental Quality, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ICA-CSIC, 28006 Madrid, Spain;
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Protachevicz AP, Paulitsch F, Klepa MS, Hainosz J, Olchanheski LR, Hungria M, Stefania da Silva Batista J. Pioneering Desmodium spp. are nodulated by natural populations of stress-tolerant alpha- and beta-rhizobia. Braz J Microbiol 2023; 54:3127-3135. [PMID: 37673840 PMCID: PMC10689651 DOI: 10.1007/s42770-023-01113-z] [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: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023] Open
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The rhizobia-Desmodium (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) symbiosis is generally described by its specificity with alpha-rhizobia, especially with Bradyrhizobium. Our study aimed to isolate rhizobia from root nodules of native D. barbatum, D. incanum, and D. discolor, collected in remnants of the biomes of Atlantic Forest and Cerrado in protected areas of the Paraná State, southern Brazil. Based on the 16S rRNA phylogeny, 18 out of 29 isolates were classified as Alphaproteobacteria (Bradyrhizobium and Allorhizobium/Rhizobium) and 11 as Betaproteobacteria (Paraburkholderia). Phylogeny of the recA gene of the alpha-rhizobia resulted in ten main clades, of which two did not group with any described rhizobial species. In the 16S rRNA phylogeny of the beta-rhizobia, Paraburkholderia strains from the same host and conservation unity occupied the same clade. Phenotypic characterization of representative strains revealed the ability of Desmodium rhizobia to grow under stressful conditions such as high temperature, salinity, low pH conditions, and tolerance of heavy metals and xenobiotic compounds. Contrasting with previous reports, our results revealed that Brazilian native Desmodium can exploit symbiotic interactions with stress-tolerant strains of alpha- and beta-rhizobia. Stress tolerance can highly contribute to the ecological success of Desmodium in this phytogeographic region, possibly relating to its pioneering ability in Brazil. We propose Desmodium as a promising model for studies of plant-rhizobia interactions.
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- Ana Paolla Protachevicz
- Departamento de Biologia Estrutural, Molecular E Genética, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, C.P. 6001, Ponta Grossa, PR, 84030-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Estrutural, Molecular E Genética, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, C.P. 6001, Ponta Grossa, PR, 84030-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Estrutural, Molecular E Genética, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, C.P. 6001, Ponta Grossa, PR, 84030-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Estrutural, Molecular E Genética, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, C.P. 6001, Ponta Grossa, PR, 84030-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Estrutural, Molecular E Genética, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, C.P. 6001, Ponta Grossa, PR, 84030-900, Brazil.
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Prescott RD, Chan YL, Tong EJ, Bunn F, Onouye CT, Handel C, Lo CC, Davenport K, Johnson S, Flynn M, Saito JA, Lee H, Wong K, Lawson BN, Hiura K, Sager K, Sadones M, Hill EC, Esibill D, Cockell CS, Santomartino R, Chain PS, Decho AW, Donachie SP. Bridging Place-Based Astrobiology Education with Genomics, Including Descriptions of Three Novel Bacterial Species Isolated from Mars Analog Sites of Cultural Relevance. Astrobiology 2023; 23:1348-1367. [PMID: 38079228 PMCID: PMC10750312 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2023.0072] [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: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/22/2023]
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Democratizing genomic data science, including bioinformatics, can diversify the STEM workforce and may, in turn, bring new perspectives into the space sciences. In this respect, the development of education and research programs that bridge genome science with "place" and world-views specific to a given region are valuable for Indigenous students and educators. Through a multi-institutional collaboration, we developed an ongoing education program and model that includes Illumina and Oxford Nanopore sequencing, free bioinformatic platforms, and teacher training workshops to address our research and education goals through a place-based science education lens. High school students and researchers cultivated, sequenced, assembled, and annotated the genomes of 13 bacteria from Mars analog sites with cultural relevance, 10 of which were novel species. Students, teachers, and community members assisted with the discovery of new, potentially chemolithotrophic bacteria relevant to astrobiology. This joint education-research program also led to the discovery of species from Mars analog sites capable of producing N-acyl homoserine lactones, which are quorum-sensing molecules used in bacterial communication. Whole genome sequencing was completed in high school classrooms, and connected students to funded space research, increased research output, and provided culturally relevant, place-based science education, with participants naming three novel species described here. Students at St. Andrew's School (Honolulu, Hawai'i) proposed the name Bradyrhizobium prioritasuperba for the type strain, BL16AT, of the new species (DSM 112479T = NCTC 14602T). The nonprofit organization Kauluakalana proposed the name Brenneria ulupoensis for the type strain, K61T, of the new species (DSM 116657T = LMG = 33184T), and Hawai'i Baptist Academy students proposed the name Paraflavitalea speifideiaquila for the type strain, BL16ET, of the new species (DSM 112478T = NCTC 14603T).
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- Rebecca D. Prescott
- Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi, USA
- School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Office of Community Science, ‘Iolani School, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
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- Office of Community Science, ‘Iolani School, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
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- UK Centre for Astrobiology, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Biosciences Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Biosciences Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Biosciences Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Biosciences Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
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- Pacific American Foundation, Kailua, Hawai‘i, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
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- Office of Community Science, ‘Iolani School, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
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- UK Centre for Astrobiology, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- UK Centre for Astrobiology, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Biosciences Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
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Sanzovo AWS, Silvestre DA, Goes KCGP, Volsi B, Constantino LV, Bordin I, Telles TS, Andrade DS. Crop rotation and inoculation increase soil bradyrhizobia population, soybean grain yields, and profitability. Braz J Microbiol 2023; 54:3187-3200. [PMID: 37857777 PMCID: PMC10689658 DOI: 10.1007/s42770-023-01148-2] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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Crop rotation and rhizobial inoculation are strategies to increase yield by means of organic matter addition and modulation of microbial diversity. However, the extent to which these agricultural practices change soil Bradyrhizobium populations, soybean grain yield, and economic benefits to farmers is unclear. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the interaction between crop rotation and inoculation of soybean (Glycine max) cultivated in two contrasting soils (clayey and sandy soil) on biological nitrogen fixation components, grain yields, and profits. Field experiments with a three-year crop rotation system were carried out to compare effects of inoculation and crop rotations on soil chemical attributes, bradyrhizobia most probable number (MPN) and diversity, soybean nodulation, grain yield, and economic indicators of inoculation in different crop rotations. The crop rotation did not affect the soil MPN cells of bradyrhizobia, but the inoculation and the soil sampling time did, ranging from 3.61-4.42 to 4.40-4.82 in the sandy soil, while in the clayey soil they were from 5.19-6.34 to 6.61-7.14 in Log10 per g of soil with higher population after harvest of summer crops. In the clayey soil, crop rotation influenced soybean nodulation. The grain yield of inoculated soybean in the clayey soil was higher than that in the sandy soil. Soybean inoculation with Bradyrhizobium spp. increased the profitability of agricultural production systems by up to 45% in clayey soil and up to 7% in sandy soil.
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- Alisson Wilson Santos Sanzovo
- Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Paraná-IAPAR-EMATER, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Km 375, 86047-902, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Paraná-IAPAR-EMATER, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Km 375, 86047-902, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
- Departamento de Agronomia, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Londrina, Brazil
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- Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Paraná-IAPAR-EMATER, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Km 375, 86047-902, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
- Departamento de Agronomia, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Londrina, Brazil
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- Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Paraná-IAPAR-EMATER, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Km 375, 86047-902, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Paraná-IAPAR-EMATER, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Km 375, 86047-902, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
- Departamento de Agronomia, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Londrina, Brazil
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- Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Paraná-IAPAR-EMATER, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, Km 375, 86047-902, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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NIANG D, GUEDDOU A, NIANG N, NZEPANG D, SAMBOU A, DIOUF A, ZAIYA AZ, CISSOKO M, GULLY D, NGUEPJOP JR, SVISTOONOFF S, FONCEKA D, HOCHER V, DIOUF D, FALL S, TISA LS. Permanent draft genome sequence of Bradyrhizobium vignae, strain ISRA 400, an elite nitrogen-fixing bacterium, isolated from the groundnut growing area in Senegal. J Genomics 2023; 11:52-57. [PMID: 37915957 PMCID: PMC10615618 DOI: 10.7150/jgen.88302] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023] Open
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A new Bradyrhizobium vignae strain called ISRA400 was isolated from groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) root nodules obtained by trapping the bacteria from soil samples collected in the Senegalese groundnut basin. In this study, we present the draft genome sequence of this strain ISRA400, which spans approximatively 7.9 Mbp and exhibits a G+C content of 63.4%. The genome analysis revealed the presence of 48 tRNA genes and one rRNA operon (16S, 23S, and 5S). The nodulation test revealed that this strain ISRA400 significantly improves the nodulation parameters and chlorophyll content of the Arachis hypogaea variety Fleur11. These findings suggest the potential of Bradyrhizobium vignae strain ISRA400 as an effective symbiotic partner for improving the growth and productivity of groundnut crop.
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- Diariatou NIANG
- Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD/FST), Département de Biologie Végétale, École doctorale Sciences de la Vie, de la Santé et de l'Environnement (EDSEV), B.P.: 5005 Dakar-Fann, Senegal
- Institut Sénégalais de Recherche Agricole (ISRA), Laboratoire National de Recherches sur la Productions Végétales (LNRPV), Campus ISRA-IRD de Bel air, Dakar
- Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie (LCM: IRD - ISRA - UCAD), B. P. 3120, Campus ISRA-IRD de Bel air, Dakar
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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- Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD/FST), Département de Biologie Végétale, École doctorale Sciences de la Vie, de la Santé et de l'Environnement (EDSEV), B.P.: 5005 Dakar-Fann, Senegal
- Institut Sénégalais de Recherche Agricole (ISRA), Laboratoire National de Recherches sur la Productions Végétales (LNRPV), Campus ISRA-IRD de Bel air, Dakar
- Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie (LCM: IRD - ISRA - UCAD), B. P. 3120, Campus ISRA-IRD de Bel air, Dakar
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- Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD/FST), Département de Biologie Végétale, École doctorale Sciences de la Vie, de la Santé et de l'Environnement (EDSEV), B.P.: 5005 Dakar-Fann, Senegal
- Institut Sénégalais de Recherche Agricole (ISRA), Laboratoire National de Recherches sur la Productions Végétales (LNRPV), Campus ISRA-IRD de Bel air, Dakar
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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- Institut Sénégalais de Recherche Agricole (ISRA), Centre d'Etudes Régional pour l'Amélioration de l'Adaptation à la Sécheresse, CERAAS - Route de Khombole, BP3320 Thiès, Senegal
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- Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD/FST), Département de Biologie Végétale, École doctorale Sciences de la Vie, de la Santé et de l'Environnement (EDSEV), B.P.: 5005 Dakar-Fann, Senegal
- Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie (LCM: IRD - ISRA - UCAD), B. P. 3120, Campus ISRA-IRD de Bel air, Dakar
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- Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie (LCM: IRD - ISRA - UCAD), B. P. 3120, Campus ISRA-IRD de Bel air, Dakar
- Institut Sénégalais de Recherche Agricole (ISRA), Centre d'Etudes Régional pour l'Amélioration de l'Adaptation à la Sécheresse, CERAAS - Route de Khombole, BP3320 Thiès, Senegal
- Present address: Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD), Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie (LCM: IRD - ISRA - UCAD), B. P. 3120, Campus ISRA-IRD de Bel air, Dakar
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR PHIM IRD/INRAE/CIRAD/U.Montpellier/Institut Agro , Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR PHIM IRD/INRAE/CIRAD/U.Montpellier/Institut Agro , Montpellier, France
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- Institut Sénégalais de Recherche Agricole (ISRA), Centre d'Etudes Régional pour l'Amélioration de l'Adaptation à la Sécheresse, CERAAS - Route de Khombole, BP3320 Thiès, Senegal
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR PHIM IRD/INRAE/CIRAD/U.Montpellier/Institut Agro , Montpellier, France
- CIRAD, UMRAGAP, CIRAD/Univ Montpellier/ INRAE, Institut Agro, F-34398 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR PHIM IRD/INRAE/CIRAD/U.Montpellier/Institut Agro , Montpellier, France
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- Institut Sénégalais de Recherche Agricole (ISRA), Centre d'Etudes Régional pour l'Amélioration de l'Adaptation à la Sécheresse, CERAAS - Route de Khombole, BP3320 Thiès, Senegal
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR PHIM IRD/INRAE/CIRAD/U.Montpellier/Institut Agro , Montpellier, France
- CIRAD, UMRAGAP, CIRAD/Univ Montpellier/ INRAE, Institut Agro, F-34398 Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie (LCM: IRD - ISRA - UCAD), B. P. 3120, Campus ISRA-IRD de Bel air, Dakar
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR PHIM IRD/INRAE/CIRAD/U.Montpellier/Institut Agro , Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie (LCM: IRD - ISRA - UCAD), B. P. 3120, Campus ISRA-IRD de Bel air, Dakar
- Université du Sine Saloum El Hadj Ibrahima Niass (USSEIN), UFR Sciences sociales et environnementales, Centre d'Excellence Africain "Agriculture pour la Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle" (CEA-AGRISAN), Kaolack
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- Institut Sénégalais de Recherche Agricole (ISRA), Laboratoire National de Recherches sur la Productions Végétales (LNRPV), Campus ISRA-IRD de Bel air, Dakar
- Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie (LCM: IRD - ISRA - UCAD), B. P. 3120, Campus ISRA-IRD de Bel air, Dakar
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Bharti A, Maheshwari HS, Garg S, Anwar K, Pareek A, Satpute G, Prakash A, Sharma MP. Exploring potential soybean bradyrhizobia from high trehalose-accumulating soybean genotypes for improved symbiotic effectiveness in soybean. Int Microbiol 2023; 26:973-987. [PMID: 37036547 DOI: 10.1007/s10123-023-00351-3] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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Drought is the most important factor limiting the activity of rhizobia during N-fixation and plant growth. In the present study, we isolated Bradyrhizobium spp. from root nodules of higher trehalose-accumulating soybean genotypes and examined for moisture stress tolerance on a gradient of polyethylene glycol (PEG 6000) amended in yeast extract mannitol (YEM) broth. In addition, the bradyrhizobial strains were also evaluated for symbiotic effectiveness on soybean. Based on 16S rDNA gene sequences, four bradyrhizobial species were recovered from high trehalose-accumulating genotypes, i.e., two Bradyrhizobium liaoningense strains (accession number KX230053, KX230054) from EC 538828 and PK-472, respectively, one Bradyrhizobium daqingense (accession number KX230052) from PK-472, and one Bradyrhizobium kavangense (accession number MN197775) from Valder genotype having low trehalose. These strains, along with two native strains, viz., Bradyrhizobium japonicum (JF792425), Bradyrhizobium liaoningense (JF792426), and one commercial rhizobium, were studied for nodulation, leghaemoglobin, and N-fixation abilities on soybean under sterilized sand microcosm conditions in a completely randomized design. Among all the strains, D-4A (B. daqingense) followed by D-4B (B. liaoningense) was found to have significantly higher nodulation traits and acetylene reduction assay (ARA) activity when compared to other strains and commercial rhizobia. The bradyrhizobia isolates showed plant growth promotion traits such as indole acetic acid (IAA), exopolysaccharide (EPS), and siderophore production, phosphate-solubilizing potential, and proline accumulation. The novel species B. daqingense was reported for the first time from Indian soil and observed to be a potential candidate strain and should be evaluated for conferring drought tolerance in soybean under simulated stress conditions.
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- Abhishek Bharti
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Soybean Research, Khandwa Road, Indore, 452001, India
- Department of Microbiology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, 462026, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Soybean Research, Khandwa Road, Indore, 452001, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Soybean Research, Khandwa Road, Indore, 452001, India
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- Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Mohali, 140308, Punjab, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Soybean Research, Khandwa Road, Indore, 452001, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, 462026, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Soybean Research, Khandwa Road, Indore, 452001, India.
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Sarkar A, Fwanyanga FM, Horn LN, Welzel S, Diederichs M, Kerk LJ, Zimmermann M, Reinhold-Hurek B. Towards inoculant development for Bambara groundnut ( Vigna subterranean (L.) Verdc) pulse crop production in Namibia. Front Plant Sci 2023; 14:1270356. [PMID: 37965028 PMCID: PMC10641001 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1270356] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
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Introduction The globally expanding population, together with climate change, poses a risk to the availability of food for humankind. Bambara groundnut (BGN) (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc) is a neglected, relatively drought-tolerant native legume of Sub-Saharan Africa that has the potential to become a successful food crop because of its nutritional quality and climate-smart features. Nitrogen fixation from root nodule symbiosis with climate-adapted rhizobial symbionts can contribute nitrogen and organic material in nutrient-poor soil and improve yields. However, high soil temperature and drought often reduce the abundance of native rhizobia in such soil. Therefore, the formulation of climate-smart biofertilizers has the potential to improve the farming of BGN at a low cost in a sustainable manner. Method The effect of seven Bradyrhizobium spp. strains native to Namibia, including B. vignae and B. subterraneum, were tested on three Namibian BGN varieties (red, brown, cream) in greenhouse pot experiments in Namibia, using soil from the target region of Kavango. Each variety was treated with a mixed inoculant consisting of seven preselected strains ("MK") as well as with one promising single inoculant strain. Results The results revealed that in all three varieties, the two inoculants (mixed or single) outperformed the non-inoculated cultivars in terms of shoot dry weight by up to 70%; the mixed inoculant treatment performed significantly better (p < 0.05) in all cases compared to the single inoculant used. To test whether the inoculant strains were established in root nodules, they were identified by sequence analysis. In many cases, the indigenous strains of Kavango soil outcompeted the inoculant strains of the mix for nodule occupancy, depending on the BGN variety. As a further preselection, each of the individual strains of the mix was used to inoculate the three varieties under sterile conditions in a phytotron. The agronomic trait and root nodulation response of the host plant inoculations strongly differed with the BGN variety. Even competitiveness in nodule occupancy without involving any indigenous strains from soil differed and depended strictly on the variety. Discussion Severe differences in symbiont-plant interactions appear to occur in BGN depending on the plant variety, demanding for coupling of breeding efforts with selecting efficient inoculant strains.
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- Abhijit Sarkar
- CBIB Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Department of Microbe-Plant Interactions, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Zero Emissions Research Initiative, Multi-disciplinary Research Services, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
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- Zero Emissions Research Initiative, Multi-disciplinary Research Services, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
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- CBIB Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Department of Microbe-Plant Interactions, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- CBIB Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Department of Microbe-Plant Interactions, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- CBIB Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Department of Microbe-Plant Interactions, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- CBIB Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Department of Microbe-Plant Interactions, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- CBIB Center for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Department of Microbe-Plant Interactions, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Fisher T, Durmazolu F, DeAngelis KM, Morrow MA. Complete genome sequence of Bradyrhizobium NP1, isolated from forest soil. Microbiol Resour Announc 2023; 12:e0058523. [PMID: 37732800 PMCID: PMC10586114 DOI: 10.1128/mra.00585-23] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
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We report the complete genome sequence of Bradyrhizobium strain NP1. This bacterium was isolated from forest soil that had been subject to chronic warming. The genome of this novel isolated bacteria is presented as a single circular contig of 7,712,921 base pairs with 64.14% GC content.
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- Trevor Fisher
- Department of Biology, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, USA
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- Department of Biology, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Biology, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, USA
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Hakim S, Imran A, Hussain MS, Mirza MS. RNA-Seq analysis of mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) roots shows differential gene expression and predicts regulatory pathways responding to taxonomically different rhizobia. Microbiol Res 2023; 275:127451. [PMID: 37478540 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2023.127451] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/23/2023]
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Symbiotic interaction among legume and rhizobia is a complex phenomenon which results in the formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules. Mung bean is promiscuous host however expression profile of this important legume plant in response to rhizobial infection was particularly lacking and urgently needed. We have demonstrated the pattern of gene expression of mung bean roots inoculated with two symbionts Bradyrhizobium yuanmingense Vr50 and Sinorhizobium (Ensifer) aridi Vr33 and non-inoculated control (CK). The RNA-Seq data analyzed at two growth stages i.e., 1-3 h and 10-16 days post inoculation revealed significantly higher number of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) at nodulation stage. The DEGs encoding receptor kinases identified at early stage might be involved in perception of Nod factors produced by different rhizobia. At nodulation stage important genes involved in plant hormone signal transduction, nitrogen and sulfur metabolism were identified. KEGG pathway enrichment analysis showed that metabolic pathways were most prominent in both groups (Group 1: Vr33 vs CK; Group 2: Vr50 vs CK), followed by biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, plant hormone signal transduction and biosynthesis of amino acids. Furthermore, DEGs involved in cell communication and plant hormone signal transduction were found to be different among two symbiotic systems while DEGs involved in carbon, nitrogen and sulfur metabolism were similar but their expression varied in response to two rhizobial strains. This study provides the first insight into the mechanisms underlying interactions of mung bean host with two taxonomically different symbionts (Bradyrhizobium and Sinorhizobium) and the candidate genes for better understanding the mechanisms of symbiotic host-specificity.
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- Sughra Hakim
- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), P.O. Box 577, Faisalabad, Pakistan; Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), P.O. Box 577, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), P.O. Box 577, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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Sheteiwy MS, El-Sawah AM, Kobae Y, Basit F, Holford P, Yang H, El-Keblawy A, Abdel-Fattah GG, Wang S, Araus JL, Korany SM, Alsherif EA, AbdElgawad H. The effects of microbial fertilizers application on growth, yield and some biochemical changes in the leaves and seeds of guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.). Food Res Int 2023; 172:113122. [PMID: 37689887 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2023.113122] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/11/2023]
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Guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.) is a summer legume that is becoming a crucial industrial crop because of its high gum and protein content. Thus far, the combined effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and Bradyrhizobium on the yield and chemical composition of guar plants are not well studied. Therefore, the current investigation was designed to estimate the individual as well as the combined effects of AMF and Bradyrhizobium on plant growth, yield and nutritional quality of seeds and leaves of guar. AMF and/or Bradyrhizobium inoculation improved chemical composition of guar seeds and its morpho-physiological (plant height, fresh weight, dry weight, and yield production) traits. In addition to increased guar growth and yield production, the inoculation of AMF and/or Bradyrhizobium increased guar leaf and seed minerals, fiber, lipids, crude protein and ash contents. At primary metabolites, there were increases in sugar levels including raffinose stachyose, verbascose and galactomannan. These increases in sugar provided a route for organic acids, amino acids and fatty acids production. Interestingly, there was an increase in essential amino acids and unsaturated fatty acids. At the bioactive secondary metabolite levels, biofertilizers improved phenols and flavonoids levels and anthocyanin and polyamines biosynthesis. In line with these increases, precursors of anthocyanin (phenylalanine, p-coumaric acid, and cinnamic acid) and the levels of polyamines (diaminopropane, putrescine, cadaverine, spermidine, spermine, and agmatine) were increased. Overall, for the first time, our study shed the light on how AMF and Bradyrhizobium improved guar yield and metabolism. Our findings suggested that the combined inoculation of AMF and Bradyrhizobium is an innovative approach to improve guar growth, yield production and yield quality.
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- Mohamed S Sheteiwy
- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt; Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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- Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Laboratory of Crop Nutrition, Department of Sustainable Agriculture, Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Ebetsu 069-8501, Japan
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- Seed Science Center, The Advanced Seed Institute, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, NSW 2751, Penrith, Australia
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- College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics & Crop Gene Editing, School of Life Sciences, Linyi University, 276000 Linyi, China
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- Unit of Plant Physiology, Department of Plant Biology, University of Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, 62521 Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, 62521 Beni-Suef, Egypt; Laboratory for Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
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Wongdee J, Piromyou P, Songwattana P, Greetatorn T, Boonkerd N, Teaumroong N, Giraud E, Gully D, Nouwen N, Kiatponglarp W, Tanthanuch W, Tittabutr P. Exploring the cellular surface polysaccharide and root nodule symbiosis characteristics of the rpoN mutants of Bradyrhizobium sp. DOA9 using synchrotron-based Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy in conjunction with X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0194723. [PMID: 37681944 PMCID: PMC10581086 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01947-23] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
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The functional significance of rpoN genes that encode two sigma factors in the Bradyrhizobium sp. strain DOA9 has been reported to affect colony formation, root nodulation characteristics, and symbiotic interactions with Aeschynomene americana. rpoN mutant strains are defective in cellular surface polysaccharide (CSP) production compared with the wild-type (WT) strain, and they accordingly exhibit smaller colonies and diminished symbiotic effectiveness. To gain deeper insights into the changes in CSP composition and the nodules of rpoN mutants, we employed synchrotron-based Fourier transform infrared (SR-FTIR) microspectroscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. FTIR analysis of the CSP revealed the absence of specific components in the rpoN mutants, including lipids, carboxylic groups, polysaccharide-pyranose rings, and β-galactopyranosyl residues. Nodules formed by DOA9WT exhibited a uniform distribution of lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates; mutant strains, particularly DOA9∆rpoNp:ΩrpoNc, exhibited decreased distribution uniformity and a lower concentration of C=O groups. Furthermore, Fe K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure and extended X-ray absorption fine structure analyses revealed deficiencies in the nitrogenase enzyme in the nodules of DOA9∆rpoNc and DOA9∆rpoNp:ΩrpoNc mutants; nodules from DOA9WT and DOA9∆rpoNp exhibited both leghemoglobin and the nitrogenase enzyme. IMPORTANCE This work provides valuable insights into how two rpoN genes affect the composition of cellular surface polysaccharides (CSPs) in Bradyrhizobium sp., which subsequently dictates root nodule chemical characteristics and nitrogenase production. We used advanced synchrotron methods, including synchrotron-based Fourier transform infrared (SR-FTIR) microspectroscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), for the first time in this field to analyze CSP components and reveal the biochemical changes occurring within nodules. These cutting-edge techniques confer significant advantages by providing detailed molecular information, enabling the identification of specific functional groups, chemical bonds, and biomolecule changes. This research not only contributes to our understanding of plant-microbe interactions but also establishes a foundation for future investigations and potential applications in this field. The combined use of the synchrotron-based FTIR and XAS techniques represents a significant advancement in facilitating a comprehensive exploration of bacterial CSPs and their implications in plant-microbe interactions.
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- Jenjira Wongdee
- Institute of Research and Development, Suranaree University of Technology, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- Institute of Research and Development, Suranaree University of Technology, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- Institute of Research and Development, Suranaree University of Technology, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- Institute of Research and Development, Suranaree University of Technology, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- School of Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Technology, Suranaree University of Technology, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- School of Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Technology, Suranaree University of Technology, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- IRD, IRD/CIRAD/INRAE/Université de Montpellier/SupAgro, Plant Health Institute of Montpellier, UMR-PHIM, Montpellier, France
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- IRD, IRD/CIRAD/INRAE/Université de Montpellier/SupAgro, Plant Health Institute of Montpellier, UMR-PHIM, Montpellier, France
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- IRD, IRD/CIRAD/INRAE/Université de Montpellier/SupAgro, Plant Health Institute of Montpellier, UMR-PHIM, Montpellier, France
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- Thai wah public company limited @CU innovation hub, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Synchrotron Light Research Institute (Public Organization), Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- School of Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Technology, Suranaree University of Technology, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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Claassens R, Venter SN, Beukes CW, Stępkowski T, Chan WY, Steenkamp ET. Bradyrhizobium xenonodulans sp. nov. isolated from nodules of Australian Acacia species invasive to South Africa. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126452. [PMID: 37634485 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2023.126452] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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A genealogical concordance approach was used to delineate strains isolated from Acacia dealbata and Acacia mearnsii root nodules in South Africa. These isolates form part of Bradyrhizobium based on 16S rRNA sequence similarity. Phylogenetic analysis of six housekeeping genes (atpD, dnaK, glnII, gyrB, recA and rpoB) confirmed that these isolates represent a novel species, while pairwise average nucleotide identity (ANIb) calculations with the closest type strains (B. cosmicum 58S1T, B. betae PL7HG1T, B. ganzhouense CCBAU 51670 T, B. cytisi CTAW11T and B. rifense CTAW71T) resulted in values well below 95-96%. We further performed phenotypic tests which revealed that there are high levels of intraspecies variation, while an additional analysis of the nodA and nifD loci indicated that the symbiotic loci of the strains are closely related to those of Bradyrhizobium isolates with an Australian origin. Strain 14ABT (=LMG 31415 T = SARCC-753 T) is designated as the type strain of the novel species for which we propose the name Bradyrhizobium xenonodulans sp. nov.
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- Ricu Claassens
- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, Gauteng, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, Gauteng, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, Gauteng, South Africa; Right to Care, Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, Gauteng, South Africa.
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Flores-Félix JD, Sánchez-Juanes F, Araujo J, Díaz-Alcántara CA, Velázquez E, González-Andrés F. Two novel symbiovars of Bradyrhizobium yuanmingense, americaense and caribense, the symbiovar tropici of Bradyrhizobium pachyrhizi and the symbiovar cajani of Bradyrhizobium cajani are microsymbionts of the legume Cajanus cajan in Dominican Republic. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126454. [PMID: 37703769 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2023.126454] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Cajanus cajan L. (guandul) is commonly cultivated in Dominican Republic where this legume is a subsistence crop. Here we identified through MALDI-TOF MS several rhizobial strains nodulating C. cajan in two Dominican locations as Bradyrhizobium yuanmingense. The phylogenetic analysis of recA and glnII housekeeping genes showed that these strains belong to a wide cluster together with the type strain of B. yuanmingense and other C. cajan nodulating strains previously isolated in Dominican Republic. The comparison of genomes from strains representative of different lineages within this cluster support the existence of several genospecies within B. yuanmingense, which is the major microsymbiont of C. cajan in Dominican Republic where it is also nodulated by Bradyrhizobium cajani and Bradyrhizobium pachyrhizi. The analysis of the symbiotic nodC gene showed that the C. cajan nodulating strains from the B. yuanmingense complex belong to two clusters with less than 90% similarity between them. The strains from these two clusters showed nodC gene similarity values lower than 90% with respect to the remaining Bradyrhizobium symbiovars and then they correspond to two new symbiovars for which we propose the names americaense and caribense. The results of the nodC gene analysis also showed that C. cajan is nodulated by the symbiovar tropici, which has been found by first time in this work within the species Bradyrhizobium pachyrhizi. These results confirmed the high promiscuity degree of C. cajan, which is also nodulated by the symbiovar cajani of Bradyrhizobium cajani in Dominican Republic.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, Universidad de Salamanca, CSIC, Salamanca, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinarias. Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; Instituto de Investigación en Agrobiotecnología (CIALE), Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; Grupo de Interacción Planta-Microorganismo, USAL, Unidad Asociada al CSIC por el IRNASA, Salamanca, Spain.
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Quach JU, Diaz MJ, Huda TI, Kinskey JC, Zaman S, Desantis JE, Cios KJ, Blanck G. Bacterial Sequencing Reads in Blood Exome Files from Melanoma and Cervical Cancer Patients are Associated with Cancer Recurrence. Mol Biotechnol 2023; 65:1476-1484. [PMID: 36653589 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-023-00663-9] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Bacteremia poses great risk for morbidity and mortality for immunocompromised cancer patients. Although the presence of bacteria within solid tumors is gaining greater attention, few studies have analyzed species of bacteria in the blood and their effect on cancer clinical outcomes. Using the Kraken 2 taxonomic profiling tool, we classified bacteria present in blood and primary tumors of cervical cancer and melanoma cases. The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) melanoma blood exome files with Pseudomonas species were found to represent a worse disease-free survival (DFS) probability, while a worse overall survival (OS) result was evidenced for both the TCGA and Moffitt Cancer Center melanoma datasets. Cervical cancer cases with reads representing the Bradyrhizobium genus and Bradyrhizobium sp. BTAi1 found in blood and tumor exome files were found to have lower DFS. Additionally, reduced DFS and OS were observed for cervical cancer cases positive for Bacteroides species including Bacteroides fragilis. This study provides novel evidence and a novel approach for indicating that bacteria in blood is associated with cancer recurrence. These findings may guide the development of more efficient prognostic and screening tools related to bacterial blood infections of melanoma and cervical cancer patients.
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- Jessica U Quach
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Bd. MDC7, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Bd. MDC7, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Bd. MDC7, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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- Research Computing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Bd. MDC7, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Bd. MDC7, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
- Department of Immunology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
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Avontuur JR, Wilken PM, Palmer M, Coetzee MPA, Stępkowski T, Venter SN, Steenkamp ET. Complex evolutionary history of photosynthesis in Bradyrhizobium. Microb Genom 2023; 9:001105. [PMID: 37676703 PMCID: PMC10569730 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.001105] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023] Open
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Bradyrhizobium comprises a diverse group of bacteria with various lifestyles. Although best known for their nodule-based nitrogen-fixation in symbiosis with legumes, a select group of bradyrhizobia are also capable of photosynthesis. This ability seems to be rare among rhizobia, and its origin and evolution in these bacteria remain a subject of substantial debate. Therefore, our aim here was to investigate the distribution and evolution of photosynthesis in Bradyrhizobium using comparative genomics and representative genomes from closely related taxa in the families Nitrobacteraceae, Methylobacteriaceae, Boseaceae and Paracoccaceae . We identified photosynthesis gene clusters (PGCs) in 25 genomes belonging to three different Bradyrhizobium lineages, notably the so-called Photosynthetic, B. japonicum and B. elkanii supergroups. Also, two different PGC architectures were observed. One of these, PGC1, was present in genomes from the Photosynthetic supergroup and in three genomes from a species in the B. japonicum supergroup. The second cluster, PGC2, was also present in some strains from the B. japonicum supergroup, as well as in those from the B. elkanii supergroup. PGC2 was largely syntenic to the cluster found in Rhodopseudomonas palustris and Tardiphaga . Bayesian ancestral state reconstruction unambiguously showed that the ancestor of Bradyrhizobium lacked a PGC and that it was acquired horizontally by various lineages. Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analyses of individual photosynthesis genes also suggested multiple acquisitions through horizontal gene transfer, followed by vertical inheritance and gene losses within the different lineages. Overall, our findings add to the existing body of knowledge on Bradyrhizobium ’s evolution and provide a meaningful basis from which to explore how these PGCs and the photosynthesis itself impact the physiology and ecology of these bacteria.
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- Juanita R. Avontuur
- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology (BGM), Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology (BGM), Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology (BGM), Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Warszawa, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology (BGM), Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology (BGM), Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Jesus JG, Máguas C, Dias R, Nunes M, Pascoal P, Pereira M, Trindade H. What If Root Nodules Are a Guesthouse for a Microbiome? The Case Study of Acacia longifolia. Biology (Basel) 2023; 12:1168. [PMID: 37759568 PMCID: PMC10525506 DOI: 10.3390/biology12091168] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 08/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Acacia longifolia is one of the most aggressive invaders worldwide whose invasion is potentiated after a fire, a common perturbation in Mediterranean climates. As a legume, this species establishes symbioses with nitrogen-fixing bacteria inside root nodules; however, the overall microbial diversity is still unclear. In this study, we addressed root nodules' structure and biodiversity through histology and Next-Generation Sequencing, targeting 16S and 25S-28S rDNA genes for bacteria and fungi, respectively. We wanted to evaluate the effect of fire in root nodules from 1-year-old saplings, by comparing unburnt and burnt sites. We found that although having the same general structure, after a fire event, nodules had a higher number of infected cells and greater starch accumulation. Starch accumulated in uninfected cells can be a possible carbon source for the microbiota. Regarding diversity, Bradyrhizobium was dominant in both sites (ca. 77%), suggesting it is the preferential partner, followed by Tardiphaga (ca. 9%), a non-rhizobial Alphaproteobacteria, and Synechococcus, a cyanobacteria (ca. 5%). However, at the burnt site, additional N-fixing bacteria were included in the top 10 genera, highlighting the importance of this process. Major differences were found in the mycobiome, which was diverse in both sites and included genera mostly described as plant endophytes. Coniochaeta was dominant in nodules from the burnt site (69%), suggesting its role as a facilitator of symbiotic associations. We highlight the presence of a large bacterial and fungal community in nodules, suggesting nodulation is not restricted to nitrogen fixation. Thus, this microbiome can be involved in facilitating A. longifolia invasive success.
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- Joana G. Jesus
- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change (cE3c), Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (FCUL), Global Change and Sustainability Institute (CHANGE), 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; (J.G.J.); (C.M.); (R.D.)
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change (cE3c), Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (FCUL), Global Change and Sustainability Institute (CHANGE), 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; (J.G.J.); (C.M.); (R.D.)
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change (cE3c), Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (FCUL), Global Change and Sustainability Institute (CHANGE), 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; (J.G.J.); (C.M.); (R.D.)
- Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Testes de Ciências, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; (M.N.); (P.P.); (M.P.)
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- Centro de Testes de Ciências, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; (M.N.); (P.P.); (M.P.)
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- Centro de Testes de Ciências, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; (M.N.); (P.P.); (M.P.)
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change (cE3c), Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (FCUL), Global Change and Sustainability Institute (CHANGE), 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; (J.G.J.); (C.M.); (R.D.)
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Rahman A, Manci M, Nadon C, Perez IA, Farsamin WF, Lampe MT, Le TH, Torres Martínez L, Weisberg AJ, Chang JH, Sachs JL. Competitive interference among rhizobia reduces benefits to hosts. Curr Biol 2023; 33:2988-3001.e4. [PMID: 37490853 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.081] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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The capacity of beneficial microbes to compete for host infection-and the ability of hosts to discriminate among them-introduces evolutionary conflict that is predicted to destabilize mutualism. We investigated fitness outcomes in associations between legumes and their symbiotic rhizobia to characterize fitness impacts of microbial competition. Diverse Bradyrhizobium strains varying in their capacity to fix nitrogen symbiotically with a common host plant, Acmispon strigosus, were tested in full-factorial coinoculation experiments involving 28 pairwise strain combinations. We analyzed the effects of interstrain competition and host discrimination on symbiotic-interaction outcomes by relativizing fitness proxies to clonally infected and uninfected controls. More than one thousand root nodules of coinoculated plants were genotyped to quantify strain occupancy, and the Bradyrhizobium strain genome sequences were analyzed to uncover the genetic bases of interstrain competition outcomes. Strikingly, interstrain competition favored a fast-growing, minimally beneficial rhizobia strain. Host benefits were significantly diminished in coinoculation treatments relative to expectations from clonally inoculated controls, consistent with competitive interference among rhizobia that reduced both nodulation and plant growth. Competition traits appear polygenic, linked with inter-strain allelopathic interactions in the rhizosphere. This study confirms that competition among strains can destabilize mutualism by favoring microbes that are superior in colonizing host tissues but provide minimal benefits to host plants. Moreover, our findings help resolve the paradox that despite efficient host control post infection, legumes nonetheless encounter rhizobia that vary in their nitrogen fixation.
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- Arafat Rahman
- Institute of Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution Ecology & Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution Ecology & Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution Ecology & Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution Ecology & Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution Ecology & Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution Ecology & Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Department of Biology, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, MD 20686, USA
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- Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Institute of Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Department of Evolution Ecology & Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
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Lafay B, Coquery E, Oger PM. Bradyrhizobium commune sp. nov., isolated from nodules of a wide range of native legumes across the Australian continent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73. [PMID: 37493627 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005971] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/27/2023] Open
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Bradyrhizobia are particularly abundant in Australia, where they nodulate native legumes growing in the acidic and seasonally dry soils that predominate in these environments. They are essential to Australian ecosystems by helping legumes to compensate for nutrient deficiencies and the low fertility of Australian soils. During a survey of Australian native rhizobial communities in 1994-1995, several Bradyrhizobium genospecies were identified, among which genospecies B appeared to be present in various edaphic and climatic conditions and associate with a large range of leguminous hosts across the whole continent. We took advantage of the recent sequencing of the genome of strain BDV5040T, representative of Bradyrhizobium genospecies B, to re-evaluate the taxonomic status of this lineage. We further characterized strain BDV5040T based on morpho-physiological traits and determined its phylogenetic relationships with the type strains of all currently described Bradyrhizobium species using both small subunit (SSU) rRNA gene and complete genome sequences. The digital DNA-DNA hybridization relatedness with any type strain was less than 35 % and both SSU rRNA gene and genome phylogenies confirmed the initial observation that this strain does not belong to any formerly described species within the genus Bradyrhizobium. All data thus support the description of the novel species Bradyrhizobium commune sp. nov. for which the type strain is BDV5040T (=CFBP 9110T=LMG 32898T), isolated from a nodule of Bossiaea ensata in Ben Boyd National Park in New South Wales, Australia.
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- Bénédicte Lafay
- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon1, CNRS, UMR5558, Villeurbanne, France
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon1, CNRS, UMR5558, Villeurbanne, France
- Université de Lyon, INSA de Lyon, Villeurbanne, CNRS, UMR5240, France
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- Université de Lyon, INSA de Lyon, Villeurbanne, CNRS, UMR5240, France
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Dong M, Shi L, Xie Z, Lian L, Zhang J, Jiang Z, Wu C. Shifts in the diversity of root endophytic microorganisms across the life cycle of the ratooning rice Jiafuzhan. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1161263. [PMID: 37455730 PMCID: PMC10348713 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1161263] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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The diversity of root endophytic microorganisms, which is closely related to plant life activities, is known to vary with the plant growth stage. This study on the ratooning rice Jiafuzhan explored the diversity of the root endophytic bacteria and fungi and their dynamics during the plant life cycle. By sequencing the 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid (16S rRNA) and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) genes, 12,154 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) and 497 amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) were obtained, respectively. The root endophytic microorganisms of rice in the seedling, tillering, jointing, heading, and mature stages of the first crop and at 13, 25, and 60 days after regeneration (at the heading, full heading, and mature stages of the second crop, respectively) were analyzed using diversity and correlation analyses. There were significant differences in the α-diversity and β-diversity of root endophytic bacteria and fungi in the growth stage. Additionally, linear discriminant analysis (LDA) effect size (LEfSe) analysis revealed biomarker bacteria for each growth stage, but biomarker fungi did not exist in every stage. Moreover, the correlation analysis showed that the bacterial and fungal biomarkers interacted with each other. Furthermore, the nitrogen-fixing genus Bradyrhizobium existed in all growth stages. These findings indicate the pattern of root endophytic microorganisms of ratooning rice at different growth stages, and they provide new insights into the high yield of the second crop of ratooning rice (in light of the abundance of various bacteria and fungi).
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Zhao Z, Wang L, Kelley K, Jones JB, Tillman B, Wang J. GFP labeling of a Bradyrhizobium strain and an attempt to track the crack entry process during symbiosis with peanuts. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 39:219. [PMID: 37269424 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-023-03665-6] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Compared to the well-studied model legumes, where symbiosis is established via root hair entry, the peanut is infected by Bradyrhizobium through the crack entry, which is less common and not fully understood. Crack entry is, however, considered a primitive symbiotic infection pathway, which could be potentially utilized for engineering non-legume species with nitrogen fixation ability. We utilized a fluorescence-labeled Bradyrhizobium strain to help in understanding the crack entry process at the cellular level. A modified plasmid pRJPaph-bjGFP, harboring the codon-optimized GFP gene and tetracycline resistance gene, was created and conjugated into Bradyrhizobium strain Lb8, an isolate from peanut nodules, through tri-parental mating. Microscopic observation and peanut inoculation assays confirmed the successful GFP tagging of Lb8, which is capable of generating root nodules. A marking system for peanut root potential infection sites and an optimized sample preparation protocol for cryostat sectioning was developed. The feasibility of using the GFP-tagged Lb8 for observing crack entry was examined. GFP signal was detected at the nodule primordial stage and the following nodule developmental stages with robust GFP signals observed in infected cells in the mature nodules. Spherical bacteroids in the root tissue were visualized at the nodules' inner cortex under higher magnification, reflecting the trace along the rhizobial infection path. The GFP labeled Lb8 can serve as an essential tool for plant-microbe studies between the cultivated peanut and Bradyrhizobium, which could facilitate further study of the crack entry process during the legume-rhizobia symbiosis.
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- Zifan Zhao
- Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
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- Plant Molecular and Biology Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
- Plant Pathology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
- Plant Molecular and Biology Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
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Gao Y, Øverlie Arntzen M, Kjos M, Bakken LR, Frostegård Å. Denitrification by Bradyrhizobia under Feast and Famine and the Role of the bc1 Complex in Securing Electrons for N(2)O Reduction. Appl Environ Microbiol 2023; 89:e0174522. [PMID: 36662572 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01745-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Rhizobia living as microsymbionts inside nodules have stable access to carbon substrates, but also must survive as free-living bacteria in soil where they are starved for carbon and energy most of the time. Many rhizobia can denitrify, thus switch to anaerobic respiration under low O2 tension using N-oxides as electron acceptors. The cellular machinery regulating this transition is relatively well known from studies under optimal laboratory conditions, while little is known about this regulation in starved organisms. It is, for example, not known if the strong preference for N2O- over NO3- reduction in bradyrhizobia is retained under carbon limitation. Here, we show that starved cultures of a Bradyrhizobium strain with respiration rates 1 to 18% of well-fed cultures reduced all available N2O before touching provided NO3-. These organisms, which carry out complete denitrification, have the periplasmic nitrate reductase NapA but lack the membrane-bound nitrate reductase NarG. Proteomics showed similar levels of NapA and NosZ (N2O reductase), excluding that the lack of NO3- reduction was due to low NapA abundance. Instead, this points to a metabolic-level phenomenon where the bc1 complex, which channels electrons to NosZ via cytochromes, is a much stronger competitor for electrons from the quinol pool than the NapC enzyme, which provides electrons to NapA via NapB. The results contrast the general notion that NosZ activity diminishes under carbon limitation and suggest that bradyrhizobia carrying NosZ can act as strong sinks for N2O under natural conditions, implying that this criterion should be considered in the development of biofertilizers. IMPORTANCE Legume cropped farmlands account for substantial N2O emissions globally. Legumes are commonly inoculated with N2-fixing bacteria, rhizobia, to improve crop yields. Rhizobia belonging to Bradyrhizobium, the microsymbionts of several economically important legumes, are generally capable of denitrification but many lack genes encoding N2O reductase and will be N2O sources. Bradyrhizobia with complete denitrification will instead act as sinks since N2O-reduction efficiently competes for electrons over nitrate reduction in these organisms. This phenomenon has only been demonstrated under optimal conditions and it is not known how carbon substrate limitation, which is the common situation in most soils, affects the denitrification phenotype. Here, we demonstrate that bradyrhizobia retain their strong preference for N2O under carbon starvation. The findings add basic knowledge about mechanisms controlling denitrification and support the potential for developing novel methods for greenhouse gas mitigation based on legume inoculants with the dual capacity to optimize N2 fixation and minimize N2O emission.
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Thapa M, Sadhukhan R, Mukherjee A, Biswas PK. Effects of nZnS vs. nZnO and ZnCl2 on mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek] plant and Bradyrhizobium symbiosis: A life cycle study. NanoImpact 2023; 29:100440. [PMID: 36442836 DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2022.100440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Scarce of knowledge of using Zinc (Zn) nanoparticles (NPs) to augment plant growth, Zn availability to plants and its potential toxicity warrants more NPs-plant life cycle studies. The main objectives of this study were to compare nano zinc sulphide (nZnS) with nano zinc oxide (nZnO) and ionic Zn i.e., ZnCl2, as a source of Zn, as well as to establish physiological impact of NPs on growth, yield and symbiosis of mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek] plants at different concentrations (0, 0.01, 0.1, 1 and 10 mg kg-1 of soil). In this study, mungbean plants were grown for 60 days (life cycle study) in natural soil infested with Bradyrhizobium. Effects of Zn compounds (nZnS, nZnO and ZnCl2) on plant height, dry biomass, number of nodules per plant, yield and fruit agronomical parameters along with micronutrient assessment were determined. Impact of Zn compounds on Bradyrhizobium-mungbean symbiosis was also unravelled. Results showed that both the NPs, (nZnS and nZnO) were more effective than ZnCl2 in promoting growth and yield up to a critical concentration and above which phytotoxic effects were observed. Both the NPs were more effective than ZnCl2 at increasing fruit Zn content also. Whereas, nZnS treatment was found to be better than nZnO in improving overall plant growth. Bradyrhizobium-mungbean symbiosis was not affected at lower NPs concentrations, while higher concentration revealed toxicity by damaging bacterial morphology and nodule formation. There was no nano specific toxicity found while, ZnCl2 showed relatively more toxicity than both the NPs. The present investigation demonstrated the concept of nano-micronutrient as well as NPs phytotoxicity by understanding NPs-plant interactions in the soil environment.
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- Mala Thapa
- Food Technology and Biochemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, 188 Raja S.C. Mallick Road, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India; Biological Science Division, Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit (AERU), Indian Statistical Institute, Giridih 815301, Jharkhand, India.
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, West Bengal, India
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- Biological Science Division, Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit (AERU), Indian Statistical Institute, Giridih 815301, Jharkhand, India
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- Food Technology and Biochemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, 188 Raja S.C. Mallick Road, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India
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Wongdee J, Piromyou P, Songwattana P, Greetatorn T, Teaumroong N, Boonkerd N, Giraud E, Nouwen N, Tittabutr P. Role of two RpoN in Bradyrhizobium sp. strain DOA9 in symbiosis and free-living growth. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1131860. [PMID: 36876109 PMCID: PMC9977809 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1131860] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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RpoN is an alternative sigma factor (sigma 54) that recruits the core RNA polymerase to promoters of genes. In bacteria, RpoN has diverse physiological functions. In rhizobia, RpoN plays a key role in the transcription of nitrogen fixation (nif) genes. The Bradyrhizobium sp. DOA9 strain contains a chromosomal (c) and plasmid (p) encoded RpoN protein. We used single and double rpoN mutants and reporter strains to investigate the role of the two RpoN proteins under free-living and symbiotic conditions. We observed that the inactivation of rpoNc or rpoNp severely impacts the physiology of the bacteria under free-living conditions, such as the bacterial motility, carbon and nitrogen utilization profiles, exopolysaccharide (EPS) production, and biofilm formation. However, free-living nitrogen fixation appears to be under the primary control of RpoNc. Interestingly, drastic effects of rpoNc and rpoNp mutations were also observed during symbiosis with Aeschynomene americana. Indeed, inoculation with rpoNp, rpoNc, and double rpoN mutant strains resulted in decreases of 39, 64, and 82% in the number of nodules, respectively, as well as a reduction in nitrogen fixation efficiency and a loss of the bacterium's ability to survive intracellularly. Taken together, the results show that the chromosomal and plasmid encoded RpoN proteins in the DOA9 strain both play a pleiotropic role during free-living and symbiotic states.
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- Jenjira Wongdee
- Institute of Research and Development, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- Institute of Research and Development, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- Institute of Research and Development, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- Institute of Research and Development, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- School of Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Technology, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- School of Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Technology, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- IRD, Plant Health Institute of Montpellier, UMR-PHIM, IRD/CIRAD/INRAE/Université de Montpellier/SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- IRD, Plant Health Institute of Montpellier, UMR-PHIM, IRD/CIRAD/INRAE/Université de Montpellier/SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- School of Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Technology, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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Li Q, Qiu J, Liang Y, Lan G. Soil bacterial community changes along elevation gradients in karst graben basin of Yunnan-Kweichow Plateau. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1054667. [PMID: 36620048 PMCID: PMC9813600 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1054667] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Elevation gradients could provide natural experiments to examine geomorphological influences on biota ecology and evolution, however little is known about microbial community structures with soil depths along altitudinal gradients in karst graben basin of Yunnan-Kweichow Plateau. Here, bulk soil in A layer (0 ~ 10 cm) and B layer (10 ~ 20 cm) from two transect Mounts were analyzed by using high-throughput sequencing coupled with physicochemical analysis. It was found that the top five phyla in A layer were Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Verrucomicrobia, and the top five phyla in B layer were Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, and Chloroflexi in a near-neutral environment. Edaphic parameters were different in two layers along altitudinal gradients. Besides that, soil microbial community compositions varied along altitudinal gradient, and soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) increased monotonically with increasing elevation. It was further observed that Shannon indexes with increasing altitudes in two transect Mounts decreased monotonically with significant difference (p = 0.001), however beta diversity followed U-trend with significant difference (p = 0.001). The low proportions of unique operational taxonomic units (OTUs) appeared at high altitude areas which impact the widely accepted elevation Rapoport's rules. The dominant Bradyrhizobium (alphaproteobacterial OTU 1) identified at high altitudes in two layers constitutes the important group of free-living diazotrophs and could bring fixed N into soils, which simultaneously enhances SOC and TN accumulation at high altitudes (p < 0.01). Due to different responses of bacterial community to environmental changes varying with soil depths, altitudinal gradients exerted negative effects on soil bacterial communities via soil physical properties and positive effects on soil bacterial diversities via soil chemical properties in A layer, however the results in B layer were opposite. Overall, our study is the first attempt to bring a deeper understanding of soil microbial structure patterns along altitudinal gradients at karst graben basin areas.
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- Qiang Li
- Key Laboratory of Karst Ecosystem and Treatment of Rocky Desertification, MNR, Key Laboratory of Karst Dynamics, MNR & GZAR, Institute of Karst Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Guilin, China,International Research Center on Karst under the Auspices of UNESCO, Guilin, China,*Correspondence: Qiang Li, ✉
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- Key Laboratory of Karst Ecosystem and Treatment of Rocky Desertification, MNR, Key Laboratory of Karst Dynamics, MNR & GZAR, Institute of Karst Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Guilin, China,International Research Center on Karst under the Auspices of UNESCO, Guilin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Karst Ecosystem and Treatment of Rocky Desertification, MNR, Key Laboratory of Karst Dynamics, MNR & GZAR, Institute of Karst Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Guilin, China,International Research Center on Karst under the Auspices of UNESCO, Guilin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Karst Ecosystem and Treatment of Rocky Desertification, MNR, Key Laboratory of Karst Dynamics, MNR & GZAR, Institute of Karst Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Guilin, China,International Research Center on Karst under the Auspices of UNESCO, Guilin, China
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Mortuza MF, Djedidi S, Ito T, Agake SI, Sekimoto H, Yokoyama T, Okazaki S, Ohkama-Ohtsu N. Genetic and Physiological Characterization of Soybean-Nodule-Derived Isolates from Bangladeshi Soils Revealed Diverse Array of Bacteria with Potential Bradyrhizobia for Biofertilizers. Microorganisms 2022; 10:2282. [PMID: 36422352 PMCID: PMC9698105 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10112282] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 11/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2023] Open
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Genetic and physiological characterization of bacteria derived from nodules of leguminous plants in the exploration of biofertilizer is of paramount importance from agricultural and environmental perspectives. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene of 84 isolates derived from Bangladeshi soils revealed an unpredictably diverse array of nodule-forming and endosymbiotic bacteria-mostly belonging to the genus Bradyrhizobium. A sequence analysis of the symbiotic genes (nifH and nodD1) revealed similarities with the 16S rRNA gene tree, with few discrepancies. A phylogenetic analysis of the partial rrn operon (16S-ITS-23S) and multi-locus sequence analysis of atpD, glnII, and gyrB identified that the Bradyrhizobium isolates belonged to Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens, Bradyrhizobium elkanii, Bradyrhizobium liaoningense and Bradyrhizobium yuanmingense species. In the pot experiment, several isolates showed better activity than B. diazoefficiens USDA110, and the Bho-P2-B2-S1-51 isolate of B. liaoningense showed significantly higher acetylene reduction activity in both Glycine max cv. Enrei and Binasoybean-3 varieties and biomass production increased by 9% in the Binasoybean-3 variety. Tha-P2-B1-S1-68 isolate of B. diazoefficiens significantly enhanced shoot length and induced 10% biomass production in Binasoybean-3. These isolates grew at 1-4% NaCl concentration and pH 4.5-10 and survived at 45 °C, making the isolates potential candidates for eco-friendly soybean biofertilizers in salty and tropical regions.
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- Md Firoz Mortuza
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Saiwai-cho 3-5-8, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
- Institute of Food and Radiation Biology, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Ganakbari, Savar, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Saiwai-cho 3-5-8, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Saiwai-cho 3-5-8, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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- Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Harumi-cho 3-8-1, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Saiwai-cho 3-5-8, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
- Faculty of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Fukushima University, Kanayagawa 1, Fukushima-shi, Fukushima 960-1248, Japan
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- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Saiwai-cho 3-5-8, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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- Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Harumi-cho 3-8-1, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
- Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Saiwai-cho 3-5-8, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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Liebrenz K, Gómez C, Brambilla S, Frare R, Stritzler M, Maguire V, Ruiz O, Soldini D, Pascuan C, Soto G, Ayub N. Whole-Genome Resequencing of Spontaneous Oxidative Stress-Resistant Mutants Reveals an Antioxidant System of Bradyrhizobium japonicum Involved in Soybean Colonization. Microb Ecol 2022; 84:1133-1140. [PMID: 34782938 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-021-01925-2] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Soybean is the most inoculant-consuming crop in the world, carrying strains belonging to the extremely related species Bradyrhizobium japonicum and Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens. Currently, it is well known that B. japonicum has higher efficiency of soybean colonization than B. diazoefficiens, but the molecular mechanism underlying this differential symbiotic performance remains unclear. In the present study, genome resequencing of four spontaneous oxidative stress-resistant mutants derived from the commercial strain B. japonicum E109 combined with molecular and physiological studies allowed identifying an antioxidant cluster (BjAC) containing a transcriptional regulator (glxA) that controls the expression of a catalase (catA) and a phosphohydrolase (yfbR) related to the hydrolysis of hydrogen peroxide and oxidized nucleotides, respectively. Integrated synteny and phylogenetic analyses supported the fact that BjAC emergence in the B. japonicum lineage occurred after its divergence from the B. diazoefficiens lineage. The transformation of the model bacterium B. diazoefficiens USDA110 with BjAC from E109 significantly increased its ability to colonize soybean roots, experimentally recapitulating the beneficial effects of the occurrence of BjAC in B. japonicum. In addition, the glxA mutation significantly increased the nodulation competitiveness and plant growth-promoting efficiency of E109. Finally, the potential applications of these types of non-genetically modified mutant microbes in soybean production worldwide are discussed.
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- Karen Liebrenz
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología Y Biología Molecular (INTA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), INTA, De los Reseros S/N, Castelar C25(1712), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología Y Biología Molecular (INTA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), INTA, De los Reseros S/N, Castelar C25(1712), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología Y Biología Molecular (INTA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), INTA, De los Reseros S/N, Castelar C25(1712), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología Y Biología Molecular (INTA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), INTA, De los Reseros S/N, Castelar C25(1712), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología Y Biología Molecular (INTA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), INTA, De los Reseros S/N, Castelar C25(1712), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Tecnológico Chascomús (INTECH-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Tecnológico Chascomús (INTECH-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Marcos Juárez, INTA, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología Y Biología Molecular (INTA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), INTA, De los Reseros S/N, Castelar C25(1712), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología Y Biología Molecular (INTA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), INTA, De los Reseros S/N, Castelar C25(1712), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología Y Biología Molecular (INTA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), INTA, De los Reseros S/N, Castelar C25(1712), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Bender FR, Alves LC, da Silva JFM, Ribeiro RA, Pauli G, Nogueira MA, Hungria M. Microbiome of Nodules and Roots of Soybean and Common Bean: Searching for Differences Associated with Contrasting Performances in Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:12035. [PMID: 36233333 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231912035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is a key process for the N input in agriculture, with outstanding economic and environmental benefits from the replacement of chemical fertilizers. However, not all symbioses are equally effective in fixing N2, and a major example relies on the high contribution associated with the soybean (Glycine max), contrasting with the low rates reported with the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) crop worldwide. Understanding these differences represents a major challenge that can help to design strategies to increase the contribution of BNF, and next-generation sequencing (NGS) analyses of the nodule and root microbiomes may bring new insights to explain differential symbiotic performances. In this study, three treatments evaluated in non-sterile soil conditions were investigated in both legumes: (i) non-inoculated control; (ii) inoculated with host-compatible rhizobia; and (iii) co-inoculated with host-compatible rhizobia and Azospirillum brasilense. In the more efficient and specific symbiosis with soybean, Bradyrhizobium presented a high abundance in nodules, with further increases with inoculation. Contrarily, the abundance of the main Rhizobium symbiont was lower in common bean nodules and did not increase with inoculation, which may explain the often-reported lack of response of this legume to inoculation with elite strains. Co-inoculation with Azospirillum decreased the abundance of the host-compatible rhizobia in nodules, probably because of competitiveness among the species at the rhizosphere, but increased in root microbiomes. The results showed that several other bacteria compose the nodule microbiomes of both legumes, including nitrogen-fixing, growth-promoters, and biocontrol agents, whose contribution to plant growth deserves further investigation. Several genera of bacteria were detected in root microbiomes, and this microbial community might contribute to plant growth through a variety of microbial processes. However, massive inoculation with elite strains should be better investigated, as it may affect the root microbiome, verified by both relative abundance and diversity indices, that might impact the contribution of microbial processes to plant growth.
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Bouhnik O, Alami S, Lamin H, Lamrabet M, Bennis M, Ouajdi M, Bellaka M, Antri SE, Abbas Y, Abdelmoumen H, Bedmar EJ, Idrissi MME. The Fodder Legume Chamaecytisus albidus Establishes Functional Symbiosis with Different Bradyrhizobial Symbiovars in Morocco. Microb Ecol 2022; 84:794-807. [PMID: 34625829 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-021-01888-4] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this work, we analyzed the symbiotic performance and diversity of rhizobial strains isolated from the endemic shrubby legume Chamaecytisus albidus grown in soils of three different agroforestry ecosystems representing arid and semi-arid forest areas in Morocco. The analysis of the rrs gene sequences from twenty-four representative strains selected after REP-PCR fingerprinting showed that all the strains belong to the genus Bradyrhizobium. Following multi-locus sequence analysis (MLSA) using the rrs, gyrB, recA, glnII, and rpoB housekeeping genes, five representative strains, CA20, CA61, CJ2, CB10, and CB61 were selected for further molecular studies. Phylogenetic analysis of the concatenated glnII, gyrB, recA, and rpoB genes showed that the strain CJ2 isolated from Sahel Doukkala soil is close to Bradyrhizobium canariense BTA-1 T (96.95%); that strains CA20 and CA61 isolated from the Amhach site are more related to Bradyrhizobium valentinum LmjM3T, with 96.40 and 94.57% similarity values; and that the strains CB10 and CB60 isolated from soil in the Bounaga site are more related to Bradyrhizobium murdochi CNPSo 4020 T and Bradyrhizobium. retamae Ro19T, with which they showed 95.45 and 97.34% similarity values, respectively. The phylogenetic analysis of the symbiotic genes showed that the strains belong to symbiovars lupini, genistearum, and retamae. All the five strains are able to nodulate Lupinus luteus, Retama monosperma, and Cytisus monspessilanus, but they do not nodulate Glycine max and Phaseolus vulgaris. The inoculation tests showed that the strains isolated from the 3 regions improve significantly the plant yield as compared to uninoculated plants. However, the strains of Bradyrhizobium sp. sv. retamae isolated from the site of Amhach were the most performing. The phenotypic analysis showed that the strains are able to use a wide range of carbohydrates and amino acids as sole carbon and nitrogen source. The strains isolated from the arid areas of Bounaga and Amhach were more tolerant to salinity and drought stress than strains isolated in the semi-arid area of Sahel Doukkala.
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- Omar Bouhnik
- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale Et Microbienne, Biodiversité Et Environnement, Faculté Des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, BP 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco.
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- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale Et Microbienne, Biodiversité Et Environnement, Faculté Des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, BP 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale Et Microbienne, Biodiversité Et Environnement, Faculté Des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, BP 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale Et Microbienne, Biodiversité Et Environnement, Faculté Des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, BP 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale Et Microbienne, Biodiversité Et Environnement, Faculté Des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, BP 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Recherche Forestière, Département Des Eaux Et Forêts, Avenue Omar Ibn El KhattabAgdal, BP 763, 10050, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Recherche Forestière, Département Des Eaux Et Forêts, Avenue Omar Ibn El KhattabAgdal, BP 763, 10050, Rabat, Morocco
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- Centre de Recherche Forestière, Département Des Eaux Et Forêts, Avenue Omar Ibn El KhattabAgdal, BP 763, 10050, Rabat, Morocco
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- Faculté Polydiciplinaire, Université Sultan Moulay Slimane, Beni Mellal, Morocco
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- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale Et Microbienne, Biodiversité Et Environnement, Faculté Des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, BP 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco
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- Departamento de Microbiología del Suelo y Sistemas Simbióticos Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC Apartado Postal 419, Granada, 18008, Spain
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- Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale Et Microbienne, Biodiversité Et Environnement, Faculté Des Sciences, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, 4, Avenue Ibn Battouta, Agdal, BP 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco
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Tighilt L, Boulila F, De Sousa BFS, Giraud E, Ruiz-Argüeso T, Palacios JM, Imperial J, Rey L. The Bradyrhizobium Sp. LmicA16 Type VI Secretion System Is Required for Efficient Nodulation of Lupinus Spp. Microb Ecol 2022; 84:844-855. [PMID: 34697646 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-021-01892-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Many bacteria of the genus Bradyrhizobium are capable of inducing nodules in legumes. In this work, the importance of a type VI secretion system (T6SS) in a symbiotic strain of the genus Bradyrhizobium is described. T6SS of Bradyrhizobium sp. LmicA16 (A16) is necessary for efficient nodulation with Lupinus micranthus and Lupinus angustifolius. A mutant in the gene vgrG, coding for a component of the T6SS nanostructure, induced less nodules and smaller plants than the wild-type (wt) strain and was less competitive when co-inoculated with the wt strain. A16 T6SS genes are organized in a 26-kb DNA region in two divergent gene clusters of nine genes each. One of these genes codes for a protein (Tsb1) of unknown function but containing a methyltransferase domain. A tsb1 mutant showed an intermediate symbiotic phenotype regarding vgrG mutant and higher mucoidity than the wt strain in free-living conditions. T6SS promoter fusions to the lacZ reporter indicate expression in nodules but not in free-living cells grown in different media and conditions. The analysis of nodule structure revealed that the level of nodule colonization was significantly reduced in the mutants with respect to the wt strain.
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Microbienne, Faculté Des Sciences de La Nature Et de La Vie, Université de Bejaia, 06000, Bejaia, Algeria
- Centro de Biotecnología Y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Instituto Nacional de Investigación Y Tecnología Agraria Y Alimentaria (INIA), Campus de Montegancedo, 28223, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Microbienne, Faculté Des Sciences de La Nature Et de La Vie, Université de Bejaia, 06000, Bejaia, Algeria
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- Centro de Biotecnología Y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Instituto Nacional de Investigación Y Tecnología Agraria Y Alimentaria (INIA), Campus de Montegancedo, 28223, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología Y Biología Vegetal, ETSI Agronómica, Alimentaria Y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- IRD, Laboratoire Des Symbioses Tropicales Et Méditerranéennes (LSTM), UMR IRD/SupAgro/INRA/Université de Montpellier/CIRAD, TA-A82/J-Campus International de Baillarguet, 34398Cedex 5, Montpellier, France
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- Centro de Biotecnología Y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Instituto Nacional de Investigación Y Tecnología Agraria Y Alimentaria (INIA), Campus de Montegancedo, 28223, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología Y Biología Vegetal, ETSI Agronómica, Alimentaria Y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología Y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Instituto Nacional de Investigación Y Tecnología Agraria Y Alimentaria (INIA), Campus de Montegancedo, 28223, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biotecnología Y Biología Vegetal, ETSI Agronómica, Alimentaria Y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología Y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Instituto Nacional de Investigación Y Tecnología Agraria Y Alimentaria (INIA), Campus de Montegancedo, 28223, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, CSIC, 28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología Y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Instituto Nacional de Investigación Y Tecnología Agraria Y Alimentaria (INIA), Campus de Montegancedo, 28223, Madrid, Spain.
- Departamento de Biotecnología Y Biología Vegetal, ETSI Agronómica, Alimentaria Y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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Li N, Wang B, Huang Y, Huang Q, Jiao F, An S. Response of cbbL-harboring microorganisms to precipitation changes in a naturally-restored grassland. Sci Total Environ 2022; 838:156191. [PMID: 35618124 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 05/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The impact of the long-term uneven precipitation distribution model on the diversity and community composition of soil C-fixing microorganisms in arid and semiarid grasslands remains unclear. In 2015, we randomly set up five experimental plots with precipitation gradients on the natural restoration grassland of the Loess Plateau (natural precipitation, NP; ± 40% natural precipitation: decreased precipitation (DP), DP40; increased precipitation (IP), IP40; ± 80% natural precipitation: DP80; IP80). In the third and fifth years after the experimental layout (spanned two years), we explored the cbbL-genes, which are functional genes in the Calvin cycle, harboring microbial diversity and community composition under different precipitation treatments. The results showed that the increase in mean annual precipitation significantly changed the cbbL-harboring microbial alpha diversity, especially when controlling for 40% natural precipitation. The response of the dominant microbial communities to interannual increased precipitation variation shifted from Gammaproteobacteria (Bradyrhizobium) to Betaproteobacteria (Variovorax). The structural equation model showed that precipitation directly affected the cbbL-harboring microbial diversity and community composition and indirectly by affecting soil NO3- (mg N kg -1), soil organic matter, dissolved organic N content, and above- and underground biomass. In conclusion, studying how cbbL-harboring microbial diversity and community composition respond to uneven precipitation variability provides new insights into the ecological processes of C-fixing microbes in semi-arid naturally-restored grasslands dominated by the Calvin cycle.
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Science and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling 712100, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agro-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agro-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Science and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling 712100, China.
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Jin CZ, Wu XW, Zhuo Y, Yang Y, Li T, Jin FJ, Lee HG, Jin L. Genomic insights into a free-living, nitrogen-fixing but non nodulating novel species of Bradyrhizobium sediminis from freshwater sediment: Three isolates with the smallest genome within the genus Bradyrhizobium. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126353. [PMID: 36030678 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2022.126353] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Three bacterial strains isolated from a sediment sample collected at a water depth of 4 m from the Huaihe River in China were characterized. Phylogenetic investigation of the 16S rRNA gene and concatenated housekeeping gene sequences assigned the three novel strains in a highly supported lineage distinct from the published Bradyrhizobium species. The sequence similarities of the concatenated housekeeping genes of the three novel strains support their distinctiveness with the type strains of named species. Average nucleotide identity values of the genome sequences (79.9-82.5%) were below the threshold value of 95-96% for bacterial species circumscription. Close relatives to the novel strains are Bradyrhizobium erythrophlei, Bradyrhizobium jicamae, Bradyrhizobium lablabi, Bradyrhizobium mercantei, Bradyrhizobium elkanii and Bradyrhizobium japonicum. The complete genomes of strains S2-20-1T, S2-11-2 and S2-11-4 consist of single chromosomes of size 5.55, 5.45 and 5.47 Mb, respectively. These strains lack a symbiosis island, key nodulation and photosystem genes. Based on the data presented here, the three strains represent a novel species for which the name Bradyrhizobium sediminis sp. nov. is proposed for S2-20-1T as the type strain. Those three strains are proposed as novel species in free-living Bradyrhizobium isolates with the smallest genomes so far within the genus Bradyrhizobium. A number of functional differences between the three isolates and other published genomes indicate that the genus Bradyrhizobium is extremely heterogeneous and has roles within the community including non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation.
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- Chun-Zhi Jin
- College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210-037, China; Cell Factory Research Centre, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210-037, China
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- College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210-037, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210-037, China
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- College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210-037, China
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- College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210-037, China
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- Cell Factory Research Centre, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210-037, China.
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Dong Q, Zhao X, Zhou D, Liu Z, Shi X, Yuan Y, Jia P, Liu Y, Song P, Wang X, Jiang C, Liu X, Zhang H, Zhong C, Guo F, Wan S, Yu H, Zhang Z. Maize and peanut intercropping improves the nitrogen accumulation and yield per plant of maize by promoting the secretion of flavonoids and abundance of Bradyrhizobium in rhizosphere. Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:957336. [PMID: 35991432 PMCID: PMC9386453 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.957336] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Belowground interactions mediated by root exudates are critical for the productivity and efficiency of intercropping systems. Herein, we investigated the process of microbial community assembly in maize, peanuts, and shared rhizosphere soil as well as their regulatory mechanisms on root exudates under different planting patterns by combining metabolomic and metagenomic analyses. The results showed that the yield of intercropped maize increased significantly by 21.05% (2020) and 52.81% (2021), while the yield of intercropped peanut significantly decreased by 39.51% (2020) and 32.58% (2021). The nitrogen accumulation was significantly higher in the roots of the intercropped maize than in those of sole maize at 120 days after sowing, it increased by 129.16% (2020) and 151.93% (2021), respectively. The stems and leaves of intercropped peanut significantly decreased by 5.13 and 22.23% (2020) and 14.45 and 24.54% (2021), respectively. The root interaction had a significant effect on the content of ammonium nitrogen (NH4 +-N) as well as the activities of urease (UE), nitrate reductase (NR), protease (Pro), and dehydrogenase (DHO) in the rhizosphere soil. A combined network analysis showed that the content of NH4 +-N as well as the enzyme activities of UE, NR and Pro increased in the rhizosphere soil, resulting in cyanidin 3-sambubioside 5-glucoside and cyanidin 3-O-(6-Op-coumaroyl) glucoside-5-O-glucoside; shisonin were significantly up-regulated in the shared soil of intercropped maize and peanut, reshaped the bacterial community composition, and increased the relative abundance of Bradyrhizobium. These results indicate that interspecific root interactions improved the soil microenvironment, regulated the absorption and utilization of nitrogen nutrients, and provided a theoretical basis for high yield and sustainable development in the intercropping of maize and peanut.
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- Qiqi Dong
- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Liebrenz K, Frare R, Gómez C, Pascuan C, Brambilla S, Soldini D, Maguire V, Carrio A, Ruiz O, McCormick W, Soto G, Ayub N. Multiple ways to evade the bacteriostatic action of glyphosate in rhizobia include the mutation of the conserved serine 90 of the nitrogenase subunit NifH to alanine. Res Microbiol 2022; 173:103952. [PMID: 35436545 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2022.103952] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Revised: 04/03/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The genome resequencing of spontaneous glyphosate-resistant mutants derived from the soybean inoculant E109 allowed identifying genes most likely associated with the uptake (gltL and cya) and metabolism (zigA and betA) of glyphosate, as well as with nitrogen fixation (nifH). Mutations in these genes reduce the lag phase and improve nodulation under glyphosate stress. In addition to providing glyphosate resistance, the amino acid exchange Ser90Ala in NifH increased the citrate synthase activity, growth rate and plant growth-promoting efficiency of E109 in the absence of glyphosate stress, suggesting roles for this site during both the free-living and symbiotic growth stages.
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- Karen Liebrenz
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (IABIMO), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (IABIMO), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (IABIMO), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (IABIMO), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (IABIMO), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Marcos Juárez, INTA, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto Tecnológico Chascomús (INTECH-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Marcos Juárez, INTA, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto Tecnológico Chascomús (INTECH-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Ottawa Research and Development Centre (AAFC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (IABIMO), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (IABIMO), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Genética (IGEAF), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Hsouna J, Gritli T, Ilahi H, Ellouze W, Mansouri M, Chihaoui SA, Bouhnik O, Missbah El Idrissi M, Abdelmoumen H, Wipf D, Courty PE, Bekki A, Tambong JT, Mnasri B. Genotypic and symbiotic diversity studies of rhizobia nodulating Acacia saligna in Tunisia reveal two novel symbiovars within the Rhizobium leguminosarum complex and Bradyrhizobium. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126343. [PMID: 35759954 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2022.126343] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Revised: 05/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Acacia saligna is an invasive alien species that has the ability to establish symbiotic relationships with rhizobia. In the present study, genotypic and symbiotic diversity of native rhizobia associated with A. saligna in Tunisia were studied. A total of 100 bacterial strains were selected and three different ribotypes were identified based on rrs PCR-RFLP analysis. Sequence analyses of rrs and four housekeeping genes (recA, atpD, gyrB and glnII) assigned 30 isolates to four putative new lineages and a single strain to Sinorhizobium meliloti. Thirteen slow-growing isolates representing the most dominant IGS (intergenic spacer) profile clustered distinctly from known rhizobia species within Bradyrhizobium with the closest related species being Bradyrhizobium shewense and Bradyrhizobium niftali, which had 95.17% and 95.1% sequence identity, respectively. Two slow-growing isolates, 1AS28L and 5AS6L, had B. frederekii as their closest species with a sequence identity of 95.2%, an indication that these strains could constitute a new lineage. Strains 1AS14I, 1AS12I and 6AS6 clustered distinctly from known rhizobia species but within the Rhizobium leguminosarum complex (Rlc) with the most closely related species being Rhizobium indicum with 96.3% sequence identity. Similarly, the remaining 11 strains showed 96.9 % and 97.2% similarity values with R. changzhiense and R. indicum, respectively. Based on nodC and nodA phylogenies and cross inoculation tests, these 14 strains of Rlc species clearly diverged from strains of Sinorhizobium and Rlc symbiovars, and formed a new symbiovar for which the name sv. "salignae" is proposed. Bacterial strains isolated in this study that were taxonomically assigned to Bradyrhizobium harbored different symbiotic genes and the data suggested a new symbiovar, for which sv. "cyanophyllae" is proposed. Isolates formed effective nodules on A. saligna.
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- Jihed Hsouna
- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agroecosystems, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901 Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agroecosystems, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901 Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agroecosystems, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901 Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4902 Victoria Avenue North, Vineland Station, Ontario L0R 2E0, Canada.
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- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agroecosystems, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901 Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agroecosystems, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901 Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia
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- Faculty of Sciences, Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale et Microbienne, Biodiversité et Environnement, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
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- Faculty of Sciences, Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale et Microbienne, Biodiversité et Environnement, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
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- Faculty of Sciences, Centre de Biotechnologies Végétale et Microbienne, Biodiversité et Environnement, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
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- Agroécologie, Institut Agro Dijon, CNRS, Univ. Bourgogne, INRAE, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- Agroécologie, Institut Agro Dijon, CNRS, Univ. Bourgogne, INRAE, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- Laboratory of Rhizobia Biotechnology and Plant Breeding, University Oran1, Es Senia 31000, Algeria
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Laboratory of Legumes and Sustainable Agroecosystems, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria, BP 901 Hammam-lif 2050, Tunisia.
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Kohlmeier MG, Yudistira H, Ali A, Oresnik IJ. Bradyrhizobium japonicum FN1 produces an inhibitory substance that affects competition for nodule occupancy. Can J Microbiol 2022; 68:227-236. [PMID: 34990307 DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2021-0355] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bacteriocins are narrow-spectrum antibiotics of bacterial origin that can affect competition in resource-limited environments, such as the rhizosphere. Therefore, bacteriocins may be good candidates for manipulation to generate more competitive inocula for soybean. In this study, Bradyrhizobium japonicum FN1, along with other Bradyrhizobia in our culture collection, was screened for bacteriocin-like activity. Five distinct inhibitory effects were observed. FN1 genes putatively involved in bacteriocin production were computationally identified. These genes were mutagenized, and the subsequent strains were screened for loss of inhibitory activity. Mutant strain BRJ-48, with an insert in bjfn1_01204, displayed a loss of ability to inhibit an indicator strain. This loss can be complemented by the introduction of a plasmid expressing bjfn1_01204 in trans. The strain carrying the mutation did not affect competition in broth cultures but was less competitive for nodule occupancy. Annotation suggests that bjfn1_01204 encodes a carboxymuconolactone decarboxylase; however, the direct contribution of how this enzyme contributes to inhibiting the tester strain remains unknown.
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Soil & Environmental Sciences Division, Nuclear Institute of Agriculture, Tandojam, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Ortiz-Barbosa GS, Torres-Martínez L, Manci A, Neal S, Soubra T, Khairi F, Trinh J, Cardenas P, Sachs JL. No disruption of rhizobial symbiosis during early stages of cowpea domestication. Evolution 2022; 76:496-511. [PMID: 35014694 DOI: 10.1111/evo.14424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Modern agriculture intensely selects aboveground plant structures, while often neglecting belowground features, and evolutionary tradeoffs between these traits are predicted to disrupt host control over microbiota. Moreover, drift, inbreeding, and relaxed selection for symbiosis in crops might degrade plant mechanisms that support beneficial microbes. We studied the impact of domestication on the nitrogen fixing symbiosis between cowpea and root-nodulating Bradyrhizobium. We combined genome-wide analyses with a greenhouse inoculation study to investigate genomic diversity, heritability, and symbiosis trait variation among wild and early-domesticated cowpea genotypes. Cowpeas experienced modest decreases in genome-wide diversity during early domestication. Nonetheless, domesticated cowpeas responded efficiently to variation in symbiotic effectiveness, by forming more root nodules with nitrogen-fixing rhizobia and sanctioning non-fixing strains. Domesticated populations invested a larger proportion of host tissues into root nodules than wild cowpeas. Unlike soybean and wheat, cowpea showed no compelling evidence for degradation of symbiosis during domestication. Domesticated cowpeas experienced a less severe bottleneck than these crops and the low nutrient conditions in Africa where cowpea landraces were developed likely favored plant genotypes that gain substantial benefits from symbiosis. Breeders have largely neglected symbiosis traits, but artificial selection for improved plant responses to microbiota could increase plant performance and sustainability. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- G S Ortiz-Barbosa
- Department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, CA
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- Department of Evolution Ecology and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA
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- Department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, CA
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- Department of Evolution Ecology and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA
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- Department of Evolution Ecology and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA
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- Department of Evolution Ecology and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA
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- Department of Evolution Ecology and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA
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- Department of Evolution Ecology and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA
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- Department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, CA.,Department of Evolution Ecology and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA.,Institute of Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA
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Quiñones MA, Lucas MM, Pueyo JJ. Adaptive Mechanisms Make Lupin a Choice Crop for Acidic Soils Affected by Aluminum Toxicity. Front Plant Sci 2022; 12:810692. [PMID: 35069669 PMCID: PMC8766672 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.810692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Almost half of the world's agricultural soils are acidic, and most of them present significant levels of aluminum (Al) contamination, with Al3+ as the prevailing phytotoxic species. Lupin is a protein crop that is considered as an optimal alternative to soybean cultivation in cold climates. Lupins establish symbiosis with certain soil bacteria, collectively known as rhizobia, which are capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen. Moreover, some lupin species, especially white lupin, form cluster roots, bottlebrush-like structures specialized in the mobilization and uptake of nutrients in poor soils. Cluster roots are also induced by Al toxicity. They exude phenolic compounds and organic acids that chelate Al to form non-phytotoxic complexes in the rhizosphere and inside the root cells, where Al complexes are accumulated in the vacuole. Lupins flourish in highly acidic soils where most crops, including other legumes, are unable to grow. Some lupin response mechanisms to Al toxicity are common to other plants, but lupin presents specific tolerance mechanisms, partly as a result of the formation of cluster roots. Al-induced lupin organic acid secretion differs from P-induced secretion, and organic acid transporters functions differ from those in other legumes. Additionally, symbiotic rhizobia can contribute to Al detoxification. After revising the existing knowledge on lupin distinct Al tolerance mechanisms, we conclude that further research is required to elucidate the specific organic acid secretion and Al accumulation mechanisms in this unique legume, but definitely, white lupin arises as a choice crop for cultivation in Al-rich acidic soils in temperate climate regions.
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Khaing KK, Rangnoi K, Michlits H, Boonkerd N, Teaumroong N, Tittabutr P, Yamabhai M. Application of Recombinant Human scFv Antibody as a Powerful Tool to Monitor Nitrogen Fixing Biofertilizer in Rice and Legume. Microbiol Spectr 2021; 9:e0209421. [PMID: 34908451 DOI: 10.1128/Spectrum.02094-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bradyrhizobium is an endophytic bacterium under investigation as an efficient biofertilizer for sustainable legume-rice rotational cropping system. Monitoring and bio-imaging of this nitrogen fixing bacterium is essential for the study of plant-microbe evolution, soil microbiome, as well as quality control in organic farming. While phage display antibody technology has been widely used to generate recombinant antibody for myriad medical purposes, so far, this technology has been minimally applied in the agricultural sector. In this study, single-chain variable fragments (scFv) against two Bradyrhizobium strains SUTN9-2 (yiN92-1e10) and DOA9 (yiDOA9-162) were isolated from a human phage display antibody library. Specific binding of scFv was demonstrated by ELISA and confocal-immunofluorescence imaging techniques. Bradyrhizobium localization in both endophytic and bacteroid forms could be observed inside rice tissue and plant nodule, respectively. Moreover, successful application of the recombinant antibody for the evaluation of nodule occupancy was also demonstrated in comparison with standard GUS-staining method. The results of this study showed for the first time the potential use of human phage display scFv antibody for imaging and monitoring of Bradyrhizobium biofertilizer and thus could be further applied for point-of-detection of bacterial inoculum in the legume-rice rotational crop system. IMPORTANCE Human scFv antibody generated from phage display technology was successfully used for the generation of specific recombinant antibodies: yiN92-1e10 and yiDOA9-162 for the detection of Bradyrhizobium strains SUTN9-2 and DOA9, respectively. These two recombinant scFv antibodies could be used for precise detection of the rhizobia both in symbiosis with legume and endophyte in rice tissue by ELISA and immunofluorescent staining, during legume-rice rotational cropping system in the field. This methodology can be further employed for the study of other plant-microbe interactions and monitoring of biofertilizer in diverse sustainable cropping systems as well as in precision agriculture.
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Bomfim CA, Coelho LGF, do Vale HMM, de Carvalho Mendes I, Megías M, Ollero FJ, dos Reis Junior FB. Brief history of biofertilizers in Brazil: from conventional approaches to new biotechnological solutions. Braz J Microbiol 2021; 52:2215-2232. [PMID: 34590295 PMCID: PMC8578473 DOI: 10.1007/s42770-021-00618-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Brazil has a long history of research with rhizobia and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). Currently, the use of bio-based products in Brazil, containing microorganisms that are effective in promoting plant growth through various mechanisms, is already a consolidated reality for the cultivation of several crops of agricultural interest. This is due to the excellent results obtained over many years of research, which contributed to reinforce the use of rhizobia and PGPR by farmers. The high quality of the products offered, containing elite strains, allows the reduction and prevention in the use of mineral fertilization, contributing to low-cost and sustainable agriculture. Currently, research has turned its efforts in the search for new products that further increase the efficiency of those already available on the market and for new formulations or inoculation strategies that contribute to greater productivity and efficiency of these products. In this review, the history of biological products for main crops of agricultural interest and the new biotechnologies and research available in the agricultural market are discussed.
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- Catharine Abreu Bomfim
- Embrapa Cerrados, Planaltina, Distrito Federal Brazil
- Microbial Biology, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Distrito Federal Brazil
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- Embrapa Cerrados, Planaltina, Distrito Federal Brazil
- Microbial Biology, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Distrito Federal Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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Xu C, Ruan H, Cai W, Staehelin C, Dai W. Identification of an Exopolysaccharide Biosynthesis Gene in Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA110. Microorganisms 2021; 9:2490. [PMID: 34946092 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9122490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Exopolysaccharides (EPS) play critical roles in rhizobium-plant interactions. However, the EPS biosynthesis pathway in Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens USDA110 remains elusive. Here we used transposon (Tn) mutagenesis with the aim to identify genetic elements required for EPS biosynthesis in B. diazoefficiens USDA110. Phenotypic screening of Tn5 insertion mutants grown on agar plates led to the identification of a mutant with a transposon insertion site in the blr2358 gene. This gene is predicted to encode a phosphor-glycosyltransferase that transfers a phosphosugar onto a polyprenol phosphate substrate. The disruption of the blr2358 gene resulted in defective EPS synthesis. Accordingly, the blr2358 mutant showed a reduced capacity to induce nodules and stimulate the growth of soybean plants. Glycosyltransferase genes related to blr2358 were found to be well conserved and widely distributed among strains of the Bradyrhizobium genus. In conclusion, our study resulted in identification of a gene involved in EPS biosynthesis and highlights the importance of EPS in the symbiotic interaction between USDA110 and soybeans.
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Berriel V, Morel MA, Filippi CV, Monza J. Draft genome sequence of Bradyrhizobium sp. strain Oc8 isolated from Crotalaria ochroleuca nodule. Curr Res Microb Sci 2021; 2:100074. [PMID: 34841364 PMCID: PMC8610315 DOI: 10.1016/j.crmicr.2021.100074] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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In this study, we report the draft genome sequence of Bradyrhizobium sp. strain Oc8, a rhizobium isolated from Crotalaria ochroleuca,efficient in C. ochroleuca, C. juncea, C. spectabilis, and Cajanus cajan. The whole genome of the strain Oc8 contains 46 scaffolds, 8,283,342 bp, and 63.27% of GC content. Bradyrhizobium sp. Oc8 is an effective nitrogen-fixing bacterium with potential use as an inoculant for legumes used as cover crops and green manures.
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- Verónica Berriel
- Centro de Aplicaciones de Tecnología Nuclear en Agricultura Sostenible, Departamento de Suelos y Aguas, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Av. Garzón 809, Montevideo PC 12.900, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Laboratorio de Bioquímica, Universidad de la República, Av. Garzón 809, Montevideo, PC 12.900, Uruguay.,Laboratorio de Microbiología del Suelo (LMS), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, Montevideo, PC 11.400, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Laboratorio de Bioquímica, Universidad de la República, Av. Garzón 809, Montevideo, PC 12.900, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Laboratorio de Bioquímica, Universidad de la República, Av. Garzón 809, Montevideo, PC 12.900, Uruguay
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Busset N, Gully D, Teulet A, Fardoux J, Camuel A, Cornu D, Severac D, Giraud E, Mergaert P. The Type III Effectome of the Symbiotic Bradyrhizobium vignae Strain ORS3257. Biomolecules 2021; 11:1592. [PMID: 34827590 DOI: 10.3390/biom11111592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Revised: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Many Bradyrhizobium strains are able to establish a Nod factor-independent symbiosis with the leguminous plant Aeschynomene indica by the use of a type III secretion system (T3SS). Recently, an important advance in the understanding of the molecular factors supporting this symbiosis has been achieved by the in silico identification and functional characterization of 27 putative T3SS effectors (T3Es) of Bradyrhizobium vignae ORS3257. In the present study, we experimentally extend this catalog of T3Es by using a multi-omics approach. Transcriptome analysis under non-inducing and inducing conditions in the ORS3257 wild-type strain and the ttsI mutant revealed that the expression of 18 out of the 27 putative effectors previously identified, is under the control of TtsI, the global transcriptional regulator of T3SS and T3Es. Quantitative shotgun proteome analysis of culture supernatant in the wild type and T3SS mutant strains confirmed that 15 of the previously determined candidate T3Es are secreted by the T3SS. Moreover, the combined approaches identified nine additional putative T3Es and one of them was experimentally validated as a novel effector. Our study underscores the power of combined proteome and transcriptome analyses to complement in silico predictions and produce nearly complete effector catalogs. The establishment of the ORS3257 effectome will form the basis for a full appraisal of the symbiotic properties of this strain during its interaction with various host legumes via different processes.
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