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Plant-Bacteria Interactions

A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Microbe Interactions".

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Dr. Lazaro Molina

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Interests: plant defence; bacteria; pathogens; pseudomonas; rhizosphere; microbiology; sequencing; cell biology
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In the process of evolution, plants and their associated microbiomes, including bacterial populations, have established complex relationships, most of them with natures still unknown to us, that have determined the consideration of this aggrupation (plant and its microbiome) as a supra-organism termed holobiont. Within this supra-organism, a complex network of chemical signals is established, on whose balance the optimal survival of the holobiont depends, i.e., plant signals necessary for the colonization of the different environments within the host plant (endos-, phyllos-, and rhizosphere) by “plant selected bacteria”; plant/microbe signals that condition the establishment of other “undesired bacteria” in these environments; and plant/microbe signals resulting as consequence of this balanced interaction. Changes in the environmental conditions by a/biotic factors must affect this balance, conditioning the optimal survival of the holobiont. This Special Issue, entitled “Plant–Bacteria Interactions”, will help to decipher the chemical nature of this complex signalling network, and how it could be affected by changes in the environmental conditions. 

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Keywords

  • commensalism
  • holobiont
  • interactome
  • pathogen
  • plant-microbe signalling
  • symbiosis
  • stress conditions

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15 pages, 2116 KiB  
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Boosting the Biocontrol Efficacy of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens DSBA-11 through Physical and Chemical Mutagens to Control Bacterial Wilt Disease of Tomato Caused by Ralstonia solanacearum
by Dhananjay Kumar Yadav, Venkatappa Devappa, Abhijeet Shankar Kashyap, Narendra Kumar, V. S. Rana, Kumari Sunita and Dinesh Singh
Microorganisms 2023, 11(7), 1790; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11071790 - 12 Jul 2023
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Bacterial wilt disease of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), incited by Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith), is a serious agricultural problem in India. In this investigation, chemical mutagenic agents (NTG and HNO2 treatment) and ultraviolet (UV) irradiation have been used to enhance the antagonistic [...] Read more.
Bacterial wilt disease of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), incited by Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith), is a serious agricultural problem in India. In this investigation, chemical mutagenic agents (NTG and HNO2 treatment) and ultraviolet (UV) irradiation have been used to enhance the antagonistic property of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens DSBA-11 against R. solanacearum UTT-25 towards an effective management of tomato wilt disease. The investigation established the fact that maximum inhibition to R. solanacearum UTT-25 was exerted by the derivative strain MHNO2-20 treated with nitrous acid (HNO2) and then by the derivative strain MNTG-21 treated with NTG. The exertion was significantly higher than that of the parent B. amyloliquefaciens DSBA-11. These two potential derivatives viz. MNTG-21, MHNO2-20 along with MUV-19, and a wild derivative strain of B. amyloliquefaciens i.e.,DSBA-11 were selected for GC/MS analysis. Through this analysis 18 major compounds were detected. Among the compounds thus detected, the compound 3-isobutyl hexahydropyrrolo (1,2), pyrazine-1,4-dione (4.67%) was at maximum proportion in the variant MHNO2-20 at higher retention time (RT) of 43.19 s. Bio-efficacy assessment observed a record of minimum intensity (9.28%) in wilt disease and the highest bio-control (88.75%) in derivative strain MHNO2-20-treated plants after 30 days of inoculation. The derivative strain MHNO2-20, developed by treating B. amyloliquefaciens with nitrous acid (HNO2), was therefore found to have a higher bio-efficacy to control bacterial wilt disease of tomato under glasshouse conditions than a wild-type strain. Full article
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Effect of Parthenium hysterophorus L. Invasion on Soil Microbial Communities in the Yellow River Delta, China
by Shuai Shang, Zaiwang Zhang, Liping Zhao, Longxiang Liu, Dongli Shi, Hui Xu, Hanjie Zhang, Wenjun Xie, Fengjuan Zhao, Zhihao Zhou, Jikun Xu and Jun Wang
Microorganisms 2023, 11(1), 18; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11010018 - 21 Dec 2022
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Parthenium hysterophorus L., as an invasive plant, has negatively impacted the ecosystem functioning and stability of the terrestrial ecosystem in China. However, little information was available for its effects on microorganisms in the Yellow River Delta (YRD), the biggest newly-formed wetland in China. [...] Read more.
Parthenium hysterophorus L., as an invasive plant, has negatively impacted the ecosystem functioning and stability of the terrestrial ecosystem in China. However, little information was available for its effects on microorganisms in the Yellow River Delta (YRD), the biggest newly-formed wetland in China. In the present study, high-throughput sequencing technology was used to obtain the bacterial community in soils and roots of different plant species, including P. hysterophorus and some native ones in the YRD. Our results showed that the Proteobacteria, Acidobacteriota, Gemmatimonadota, and Actinobacteriota were dominant in the rhizosphere soils of P. hysterophorus (84.2%) and Setaria viridis (86.47%), and the bulk soils (80.7%). The Proteobacteria and Actinobacteriota were dominant within the root of P. hysterophorus. A total of 2468 bacterial OTUs were obtained from different groups among which 140 were observed in all the groups; 1019 OTUs were shared by P. hysterophorus non-rhizosphere soil bacteria (YNR) P. hysterophorus rhizosphere soil bacteria (YRR) groups. The indexes of the ACE (823.1), Chao1 (823.19), Simpson (0.9971), and Shannon (9.068) were the highest in the YRR groups, showing the greatest bacterial community diversity. Random forest analysis showed that the Methylomirabilota and Dadabacteria (at the phylum level) and the Sphingomonas, and Woeseia (at the genus level) were identified as the main predictors among different groups. The LEfSe results also showed the essential role of the Acidobacteriota in the YRR group. The SourceTracker analysis of the bacterial community of the YRR group was mainly from GBS groups (average 53.14%) and a small part was from YNR groups (average 6.56%), indicating that the P. hysterophorus invasion had a more significant effect on native plants’ rhizosphere microorganisms than soil microorganisms. Our observations could provide valuable information for understanding the bacterial diversity and structure of the soil to the invasion of P. hysterophorus. Full article
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Plant Growth-Promoting Microorganism Pseudarthrobacter sp. NIBRBAC000502770 Enhances the Growth and Flavonoid Content of Geum aleppicum
by Seung Hee Ham, A Ra Yoon, Hyun Eui Oh and Yoo Gyeong Park
Microorganisms 2022, 10(6), 1241; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10061241 - 17 Jun 2022
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Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria are known to enhance the growth and antioxidant activity of several plants. However, the effects of such rhizobacteria on Geum aleppicum, a plant with pharmacological potential in Korea are unknown. In this study, we investigated the effects of Pseudarthrobacter [...] Read more.
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria are known to enhance the growth and antioxidant activity of several plants. However, the effects of such rhizobacteria on Geum aleppicum, a plant with pharmacological potential in Korea are unknown. In this study, we investigated the effects of Pseudarthrobacter sp. NIBRBAC000502770 treatment (100 mL/pot, every two weeks for 55 days), in the form of culture medium, 100−fold diluted culture, culture supernatant, and pelleted cells resuspended in water, on the growth, antibacterial activity and flavonoid content of G. aleppicum. The NIBRBAC000502770 strain showed high indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) content of 461.81 μg∙mL−1. The dry weight of the roots was significantly higher in the supernatant, diluted culture, and pellet-treated plants compared to that in the control plants. Additionally, the plant height, root length, leaf length, leaf width, chlorophyll content, biomass, and dry weight of the shoot were highest in the pellet-treated plants. Further, methanol extracts of pellet-treated plants showed significantly high flavonoid content compared to that in the control plants (28 mg∙g−1 vs. 7.5 mg∙g−1) and exhibited strong antibacterial activity against Gram-positive and negative bacteria. These results demonstrate the beneficial effects of Pseudarthrobacter sp. NIBRBAC000502770 on the growth and flavonoid content of G. aleppicum. Full article
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The Role of Soil Microbial Diversity in the Conservation of Native Seed Bacterial Microbiomes
by Ankush Chandel, Ross Mann, Jatinder Kaur, Sally Norton, Desmond Auer, Jacqueline Edwards, German Spangenberg and Timothy Sawbridge
Microorganisms 2022, 10(4), 750; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10040750 - 30 Mar 2022
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Research into understanding the structure, composition and vertical transmission of crop seed microbiomes has intensified, although there is much less research into the seed microbiomes of crop wild relatives. Our previous study showed that the standard seed storage procedures (e.g., seed drying and [...] Read more.
Research into understanding the structure, composition and vertical transmission of crop seed microbiomes has intensified, although there is much less research into the seed microbiomes of crop wild relatives. Our previous study showed that the standard seed storage procedures (e.g., seed drying and storage temperature) can influence the seed microbiome of domesticated Glycine max. In this study, we characterized the seed microbiota of Glycine clandestina, a perennial wild relative of soybean (G. max (L.) Merr.) to expand our understanding about the effect of other storage procedures such as the periodic regeneration of seed stocks to bulk up seed numbers and secure viability on the seed microbiome of said seed. The G. clandestina microbiota was analysed from Generation 1 (G1) and Generation 2 (G2) seed and from mature plant organs grown in two different soil treatments T (treatment [native soil + potting mix]) and C (control [potting mix only]). Our dataset showed that soil microbiota had a strong influence on next generation seed microbiota, with an increased contribution of root microbiota by 90% and seed transmissibility by 36.3% in G2 (T) seed. Interestingly, the G2 seed microbiota primarily consisted of an initially low abundance of taxa present in G1 seed. Overall, our results indicate that seed regeneration can affect the seed microbiome composition and using native soil from the location of the source plant can enhance the conservation of the native seed microbiota. Full article
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Reclassification of Enterobacter sp. FY-07 as Kosakonia oryzendophytica FY-07 and Its Potential to Promote Plant Growth
by Ge Gao, Yan Zhang, Shaofang Niu, Yu Chen, Shaojing Wang, Nusratgul Anwar, Shuai Chen, Guoqiang Li and Ting Ma
Microorganisms 2022, 10(3), 575; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10030575 - 6 Mar 2022
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Precise classification of bacteria facilitates prediction of their ecological niche. The genus Enterobacter includes pathogens of plants and animals but also beneficial bacteria that may require reclassification. Here, we propose reclassification of Enterobacter FY-07 (FY-07), a strain that has many plant-growth-promoting traits and [...] Read more.
Precise classification of bacteria facilitates prediction of their ecological niche. The genus Enterobacter includes pathogens of plants and animals but also beneficial bacteria that may require reclassification. Here, we propose reclassification of Enterobacter FY-07 (FY-07), a strain that has many plant-growth-promoting traits and produces bacterial cellulose (BC), to the Kosakonia genera. To re-examine the taxonomic position of FY-07, a polyphasic approach including 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, ATP synthase β subunit (atpD) gene sequence analysis, DNA gyrase (gyrB) gene sequence analysis, initiation translation factor 2 (infB) gene sequence analysis, RNA polymerase β subunit (rpoB) gene sequence analysis, determination of DNA G + C content, average nucleotide identity based on BLAST, in silico DNA–DNA hybridization and analysis of phenotypic features was applied. This polyphasic analysis suggested that Enterobacter sp. FY-07 should be reclassified as Kosakonia oryzendophytica FY-07. In addition, the potential of FY-07 to promote plant growth was also investigated by detecting related traits and the colonization of FY-07 in rice roots. Full article
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Metabolism of Aldoximes and Nitriles in Plant-Associated Bacteria and Its Potential in Plant-Bacteria Interactions
by Robert Rädisch, Miroslav Pátek, Barbora Křístková, Margit Winkler, Vladimír Křen and Ludmila Martínková
Microorganisms 2022, 10(3), 549; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10030549 - 2 Mar 2022
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In plants, aldoximes per se act as defense compounds and are precursors of complex defense compounds such as cyanogenic glucosides and glucosinolates. Bacteria rarely produce aldoximes, but some are able to transform them by aldoxime dehydratase (Oxd), followed by nitrilase (NLase) or nitrile [...] Read more.
In plants, aldoximes per se act as defense compounds and are precursors of complex defense compounds such as cyanogenic glucosides and glucosinolates. Bacteria rarely produce aldoximes, but some are able to transform them by aldoxime dehydratase (Oxd), followed by nitrilase (NLase) or nitrile hydratase (NHase) catalyzed transformations. Oxds are often encoded together with NLases or NHases in a single operon, forming the aldoxime–nitrile pathway. Previous reviews have largely focused on the use of Oxds and NLases or NHases in organic synthesis. In contrast, the focus of this review is on the contribution of these enzymes to plant-bacteria interactions. Therefore, we summarize the substrate specificities of the enzymes for plant compounds. We also analyze the taxonomic and ecological distribution of the enzymes. In addition, we discuss their importance in selected plant symbionts. The data show that Oxds, NLases, and NHases are abundant in Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria. The enzymes seem to be important for breaking through plant defenses and utilizing oximes or nitriles as nutrients. They may also contribute, e.g., to the synthesis of the phytohormone indole-3-acetic acid. We conclude that the bacterial and plant metabolism of aldoximes and nitriles may interfere in several ways. However, further in vitro and in vivo studies are needed to better understand this underexplored aspect of plant-bacteria interactions. Full article
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Exploitation of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria for Sustainable Agriculture: Hierarchical Approach to Link Laboratory and Field Experiments
by Federica Massa, Roberto Defez and Carmen Bianco
Microorganisms 2022, 10(5), 865; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10050865 - 21 Apr 2022
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To feed a world population, which will reach 9.7 billion in 2050, agricultural production will have to increase by 35–56%. Therefore, more food is urgently needed. Yield improvements for any given crop would require adequate fertilizer, water, and plant protection from pests and [...] Read more.
To feed a world population, which will reach 9.7 billion in 2050, agricultural production will have to increase by 35–56%. Therefore, more food is urgently needed. Yield improvements for any given crop would require adequate fertilizer, water, and plant protection from pests and disease, but their further abuse will be economically disadvantageous and will have a negative impact on the environment. Using even more agricultural inputs is simply not possible, and the availability of arable land will be increasingly reduced due to climate changes. To improve agricultural production without further consumption of natural resources, farmers have a powerful ally: the beneficial microorganisms inhabiting the rhizosphere. However, to fully exploit the benefits of these microorganisms and therefore to widely market microbial-based products, there are still gaps that need to be filled, and here we will describe some critical issues that should be better addressed. Full article
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