Diversity of N-acyl homoserine lactone-producing and -degrading bacteria in soil and tobacco rhizosphere.
In Gram-negative bacteria, quorum-sensing (QS) communication is mostly mediated by N-acyl homoserine lactones (N-AHSL). The diversity of bacterial populations that produce or inactivate the N-AHSL signal in soil and tobacco rhizosphere was investigated by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of amplified 16S DNA and DNA sequencing. Such analysis indicated the occurrence of N-AHSL-producing strains among the alpha-, beta- and gamma-proteobacteria, including genera known to produce N-AHSL (Rhizobium, Sinorhizobium and Pseudomonas) and novel genera with no previously identified N-AHSL-producing isolates (Variovorax, Sphingomonas and Massilia). The diversity of N-AHSL signals was also investigated in relation to the genetic diversity of the isolates. However, N-AHSL-degrading strains isolated from soil samples belonged to the Bacillus genus, while strains isolated from tobacco rhizospheres belonged to both the Bacillus genus and to the alpha subgroup of proteobacteria, suggesting that diversity of N-AHSL-degrading strains may be modulated by the presence of the tobacco plant. Among these rhizospheric isolates, novel N-AHSL-degrading genera have been identified (Sphingomonas and Bosea). As the first simultaneous analysis of both N-AHSL-degrading and -producing bacterial communities in a complex environment, this study revealed the coexistence of bacterial isolates, belonging to the same genus or species that may produce or degrade N-AHSL.
d'Angelo-Picard
Cathy
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, F-91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Faure
Denis
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Penot
Isabelle
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Dessaux
Yves
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D015107:4-Butyrolactone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D017931:DNA Primers; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000382:microbiology*; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000382:microbiology
D017931:DNA Primers; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C088386:homoserine lactone; D015107:4-Butyrolactone