title: In vivo gene expression of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 in the rhizosphere of different plants.
abstract: Pseudomonas putida KT2440 has the ability to colonize the rhizosphere of a wide range of plants and can reach cell densities in the range of 10(5) -10(6) cfu g soil(-1) . Using the IVET technology we investigated which KT2440 genes were expressed in the rhizosphere of four different plants: pine, cypress, evergreen oak and rosemary. We identified 39 different transcriptional fusions containing the promoters of annotated genes that were preferentially expressed in the rhizosphere. Six of them were expressed in the rhizosphere of all the plant types tested, 11 were expressed in more than one plant and the remaining 22 fusions were found to be expressed in only one type of plant. Another 40 fusions were found to correspond to likely promoters that encode antisense RNAs of unknown function, some of which were isolated as fusions from the bacteria recovered in the rhizosphere from all of the plants, while others were specific to one or several of the plants. The results obtained in this study suggest that plant-specific signals are sensed by KT2440 in the rhizosphere and that the signals and consequent gene expression are related to the bacteria's successful establishment in this niche.
authors: Bio-Iliberis Research and Development, I+D Department, 18210, Peligros, Granada, Spain.
authors: Matilde
authors: M
authors: Fernández
authors: Susana
authors: S
authors: Conde
authors: Estrella
authors: E
authors: Duque
authors: Juan-Luis
authors: JL
authors: Ramos
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029781:Cupressus / Q000382:microbiology*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D019686:Lamiaceae / Q000382:microbiology*; D028223:Pinus / Q000382:microbiology*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000382:microbiology; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D029963:Quercus / Q000382:microbiology*; D058441:Rhizosphere; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins