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Bradyrhizobium sp. strain ORS278 promotes rice growth and its quorum sensing system is required for optimal root colonization
Author(s) -
Cai Wenjie,
Ou Fuwen,
Staehelin Christian,
Dai Weijun
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
environmental microbiology reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.229
H-Index - 69
ISSN - 1758-2229
DOI - 10.1111/1758-2229.12885
Subject(s) - quorum sensing , biology , mutant , bacteria , bradyrhizobium , oryza sativa , strain (injury) , homoserine , diazotroph , biofilm , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , biochemistry , genetics , symbiosis , nitrogen fixation , anatomy
Summary Many Gram‐negative bacteria communicate by using homoserine lactones (HSLs) as quorum sensing (QS) signals in a cell density‐dependent manner. In addition to fatty acyl‐HSL (acyl‐HSL) signals, certain strains, most of them associated with plants, produce non‐canonical aryl‐HSLs such as cinnamoyl‐HSL. However, the role of aryl‐HSL in endophytic associations remained elusive. Bradyrhizobium sp. strain ORS278 possesses a LuxI–LuxR type QS system and produces cinnamoyl‐HSL as a QS signal. Here, we report that strain ORS278 promotes growth of domesticated rice ( Oryza sativa ). QS mutants unable to produce cinnamoyl‐HSL exhibited reduced plant‐growth promoting activity in comparison to the parent strain ORS278. Likewise, the QS mutants were impaired in their ability to colonize rice roots. These findings suggest that genes controlled by cinnamoyl‐HSL play an important role in the association between rice and ORS278. However, biofilm production was not visibly altered in these mutants. In conclusion, our study highlights the importance of aryl‐HSLs in endophytic plant–bacteria interactions.

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