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- Functional analysis of Vibrio vulnificus RND efflux pumps homologous to Vibrio cholerae VexAB and VexCD, and to Escherichia coli AcrAB
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Seunghwa Lee , Ji-Hyun Yeom , Sojin Seo , Minho Lee , Sarang Kim , Jeehyeon Bae , Kangseok Lee , Jihwan Hwang
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J. Microbiol. 2015;53(4):256-261. Published online March 4, 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-015-5037-0
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Resistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux pumps are associated
with multidrug resistance in many gram-negative
pathogens. The genome of Vibrio vulnificus encodes 11 putative
RND pumps homologous to those of Vibrio cholerae
and Escherichia coli. In this study, we analyzed three putative
RND efflux pumps, showing homology to V. cholerae VexAB
and VexCD and to E. coli AcrAB, for their functional roles in
multidrug resistance of V. vulnificus. Deletion of the vexAB
homolog resulted in increased susceptibility of V. vulnificus
to bile acid, acriflavine, ethidium bromide, and erythromycin,
whereas deletion of acrAB homologs rendered V. vulnificus
more susceptible to acriflavine only. Deletion of vexCD had
no effect on susceptibility of V. vulnificus to these chemicals.
Upon exposure to these antibacterial chemicals, expression
of tolCV1 and tolCV2, which are putative outer membrane
factors of RND efflux pumps, was induced, whereas expression
levels of vexAB, vexCD, and acrAB homologs were not
significantly changed. Our results show that the V. vulnificus
homologs of VexAB largely contributed to in vitro antimicrobial
resistance with a broad substrate specificity that
was partially redundant with the AcrAB pump homologs.
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Swarnalee Dutta , Pranjal Morang , Nishanth Kumar S , B.S. Dileep Kumar
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J. Microbiol. 2014;52(9):778-784. Published online September 2, 2014
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A Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain, RRLJ 04, and a Bacillus cereus strain, BS 03, were tested both individually and in combination with a Rhizobium strain, RH 2, for their ability to enhance plant growth and nodulation in pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L.) under gnotobiotic, greenhouse and field conditions. Both of the rhizobacterial strains exhibited a positive effect on growth in terms of shoot height, root length, fresh and dry weight, nodulation and yield over the non-treated control. Co-inoculation of seeds with these strains and Rhizobium RH 2 also reduced the number of wilted plants, when grown in soil infested with Fusarium udum. Gnotobiotic studies confirmed that the suppression of wilt disease was due to the presence of the respective PGPR strains. Seed bacterization with drug-marked mutants of RRLJ 04 and BS 03 confirmed their ability to colonize and multiply along the roots. The results suggest that co-inoculation of these strains with Rhizobium strain RH 2 can be further exploited for enhanced growth, nodulation and yield in addition to control of fusarial wilt in pigeon pea.
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- Identification, Origin, and Evolution of Leaf Nodulating Symbionts of Sericanthe (Rubiaceae)
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Benny Lemaire , Elmar Robbrecht , Braam van Wyk , Sandra Van Oevelen , Brecht Verstraete , Els Prinsen , Erik Smets , Steven Dessein
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J. Microbiol. 2011;49(6):935-941. Published online December 28, 2011
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-011-1163-5
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Bacterial leaf symbiosis is an intimate association between bacteria and plants in which endosymbionts are housed within leaf nodules. This phenomenon has been reported in three genera of Rubiaceae (Pavetta, Psychotria, and Sericanthe), but the bacterial partner has only been identified in Psychotria and Pavetta. Here we report the identification of symbiotic bacteria in two leaf nodulating Sericanthe species. Using 16S rRNA data and common housekeeping genetic markers (recA and gyrB) we studied the phylogenetic relationships of bacterial endosymbionts in Rubiaceae. Endosymbionts of leaf nodulating Rubiaceae were found to be closely related and were placed as a monophyletic group within the genus Burkholderia (β-Proteobacteria). The phylogenetic analyses revealed a pattern of strict host specificity and placed the two investigated endosymbionts at two distinct positions in the topology of the tree, suggesting at least two different evolutionary origins. The degree of sequence divergence between the Sericanthe endosymbionts and their relatives was large enough to propose the Sericanthe endosymbionts as new species (‘Candidatus Burkholderia andongensis’ and ‘Candidatus Burkholderia petitii’). In a second part of this study, the pylogenetic relationships among nodulating and non-nodulating Sericanthe species were investigated using sequence data from six chloroplast regions (rps16, trnG, trnL-trnF, petD, petA-psbJ, and atpI-atpH). Overall, genetic variation among the plastid markers was insufficient to enable phylogenetic estimation. However, our results could not rule out the possibility that bacterial leaf symbiosis originated once in a common ancestor of the Sericanthe species.
- The GntR-Type Regulators GtrA and GtrB Affect Cell Growth and Nodulation of Sinorhizobium meliloti
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Yi Wang , Ai-Min Chen , Ai-Yuan Yu , Li Luo , Guan-Qiao Yu , Jia-Bi Zhu , Yan-Zhang Wang
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J. Microbiol. 2008;46(2):137-145. Published online June 11, 2008
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-007-0145-0
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GntR-type transcriptional regulators are involved in the regulation of various biological processes in bacteria, but little is known about their functions in Sinorhizobium meliloti. Here, we identified two GntR-type transcriptional regulator genes, gtrA and gtrB, from S. meliloti strain 1021. Both the gtrA1 mutant and the gtrB1 mutant had lower growth rates and maximal cell yields on rich and minimal media, as well as lower cell motility on swimming plates, than did the wild-type strain. Both mutants were also symbiotically deficient. Alfalfa plants inoculated with wild-type strain 1021 formed pink elongated nodules on primary roots. In contrast, the plants inoculated with the gtrA1 and gtrB1 mutants formed relatively smaller, round, light pink nodules mainly on lateral roots. During the first 3~4 weeks post-inoculation, the plants inoculated with the gtrA1 and gtrB1 mutants were apparently stunted, with lower levels of nitrogenase activity, but there was a remarkable increase in the number of nodules compared to those inoculated with the wild-type strain. Moreover, the gtrA1 and gtrB1 mutants not only showed delayed nodulation, but also showed markedly reduced nodulation competition. These results demonstrated that both GtrA and GtrB affect cell growth and effective symbiosis of S. meliloti. Our work provides new insight into the functions of GntR-like transcriptional regulators.