作者: Josiane Fukami , Julia Laura Fernandes Abrantes , Pablo del Cerro , Marco Antonio Nogueira , Francisco Javier Ollero
DOI: 10.1007/S00203-017-1422-X
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摘要: Azospirillum brasilense is an important plant-growth promoting bacterium (PGPB) that requires several critical steps for root colonization, including biofilm and exopolysaccharide (EPS) synthesis cell motility. In bacteria these mechanisms are mediated by quorum sensing (QS) systems regulate the expression of specific genes autoinducers N-acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs). We investigated QS in strains Ab-V5 Ab-V6 A. brasilense, which broadly used commercial inoculants Brazil. Neither carries a luxI gene, but there luxR solos might perceive AHL molecules. By adding external AHLs we verified EPS production motility (swimming swarming) were regulated via Ab-V5, not Ab-V6. Differences observed only between strains, also specificity LuxR-type receptors to However, was outstanding indole acetic acid (IAA) this molecule mimic signals. applied quenching (QQ) strategy, obtaining transconjugants carrying plasmid with acyl-homoserine lactonase. When maize (Zea mays L.) inoculated wild-type transconjugant plant growth decreased Ab-V5-confirming importance AHL-mediated system-but did affect promotion