Abstract
Pseudomonas chlororaphis PCL1606 (PcPCL1606) is a rhizobacterium isolated from avocado roots, which is a favorable niche for its development. This strain extensively interacts with plant roots and surrounding microbes and is considered a biocontrol rhizobacterium. Genome sequencing has shown the presence of thirty-one potential methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCPs). Among these MCPs, two candidates are putative functional aerotaxis receptors, encoded at locus PCL1606_41090 (aer1-1) and locus PLC1606_20530 (aer1-2), that are homologous to the Aer receptor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PaO1. Single- and double-deletion mutants in one or both genes have led to motility deficiencies in oxygen-rich areas, particularly reduced swimming motility compared with that of wildtype PcPCL1606. No differences in swarming tests were detected, and less adhesion by the aer double mutant was observed. However, the single and double mutants on avocado plant roots showed delayed biocontrol ability. During the first days of the biocontrol experiment, the aer-defective mutants also showed delayed root colonization. The current research characterizes the presence of aer transductors on P. chlororaphis. Thus, the functions of the PCL1606_41090 and PCL1606_20530 loci, corresponding to genes aer1-1 and aer1-2, respectively, are elucidated.
Highlights
Escherichia coli strains were grown on LB medium (Ausubel et al, 1995) at 37◦C and supplemented with antibiotics according to the plasmid requirements
In silico analysis of the PcPCL1606 genome showed the presence of 31 proteins considered putative methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCPs), two of which have putative functions as aerotaxis receptors (Table 2), according to the database
A nucleotide comparison of both loci, PCL1606_20530 and PCL1606_41090, with the database indicated that they had high similarity with Aer proteins, which are described as having functions as aerotaxis transducers
Summary
They occupy and colonize niches with very high efficiency, and they can display a neutral, negative or beneficial interaction with plants (Alawiye and Babalola, 2019). Bacteria preferably colonize the root surface or rhizoplane and the adjunct soil zone or rhizosphere (Reinhold-Hurek et al, 2015). They take advantage of a constant flow of organic plant-based substrates, but in return, some of them promote plant growth by providing soluble inorganic nutrients and producing growth-promoting factors, and they can even provide protection against pathogens (Alawiye and Babalola, 2019)
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