Project description:The utilization of microorganisms with biocontrol activity against fungal and bacterial pathogens of plants is recognized as a promising, effective, and environment-friendly strategy to protect agricultural crops. We report the glyphosate-tolerant Pseudomonas resinovorans SZMC 25872 isolate as a novel strain with antagonistic potential towards the plant pathogenic bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens. In our studies, the growth of the P. resinovorans SZMC 25872 and A. tumefaciens SZMC 14557 isolates in the presence of 74 different carbon sources, and the effect of 11 carbon sources utilized by both strains on the biocontrol efficacy was examined. Seven variations of media with different carbon sources were selected for the assays to observe the biocontrol potential of the P. resinovorans strain. Also, 50% concentrations of the cell-free culture filtrates (CCF) obtained from medium amended with L-alanine or succinic acid as sole carbon source were found to be effective for the growth suppression of A. tumefaciens by 83.03 and 56.80%, respectively. The effect of 7 media on siderophore amount and the activity of extracellular trypsin- and chymotrypsin-like proteases, as well as esterases were also evaluated. Significant positive correlation was found between the siderophore amount and the percentage of inhibition, and the inhibitory effect of the CCFs obtained from medium amended with succinic acid was eliminated in the presence of an additional iron source, suggesting that siderophores produced by P. resinovorans play an important role in its antagonistic potential. The metabolic profile analysis of the P. resinovorans SZMC 25872 strain, performed by high performance liquid chromatography - high resolution mass spectrometry (HPLC-HRMS), has identified several previously not reported metabolites that might play role in the antagonistic effect against A. tumefaciens. Based on our findings we suggest that the possible inhibition modes of A. tumefaciens SZMC 14557 by P. resinovorans SZMC 25872 include siderophore-mediated suppression, extracellular enzyme activities and novel bioactive metabolites.
Project description:High-resolution mapping of the pCAR1 plasmid transcriptomes in the original host Pseudomonas resinovorans CA10 and the transconjugant Pseudomonas putida KT2440(pCAR1) While plasmids are replicated autonomously in their hosts, the transcription of plasmid genes can be switched through horizontal transfer by the change in the transcriptional networks. To examine whether and how the plasmid genome is differentially expressed, we analyzed the transcriptomes of the 199,035-bp IncP-7 carbazole catabolic and conjugative plasmid pCAR1 in the original host Pseudomonas resinovorans CA10 and the transconjugant Pseudomonas putida KT2440(pCAR1) during growth on carbazole or succinate using the high-resolution tiling array. The tiling array successfully detected the relatively large catabolic operons, for which transcription was induced during growth on carbazole regardless of the host. Compared between the hosts, nearly identical regions of pCAR1 were transcribed, but two hypothetical operons, i.e., ORF100-108 and ORF145-146, were transcribed at higher levels in KT2440(pCAR1) than in CA10. We verified the differential expression in heterologous hosts using quantitative RT-PCR. The tiling array analysis clearly revealed the transcription start sites, for which the positions and extents agreed with the primer extension experiments. Our data demonstrate that the transcriptome of the transmissible plasmid is altered through horizontal transfer, and we identified probable genes that are involved in plasmid functions in various hosts. This approach can be used to visualize flexible prokaryotic transcriptomes comprehensively. Keywords: high-resolution RNA mapping
Project description:Pseudomonas resinovorans strain MO-1, which possesses a high ability to oxidize Mn(II), has been isolated from oligotrophic pond sediment. The draft genome sequence consists of 6,252,942 bp and has a G+C content of 63.4%. Strain MO-1 has 5,694 coding sequences, including 13 putative Mn(II) oxidation genes.