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Volume 72, Issue 1, Pages 31-43Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s13199-016-0434-7
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PQQ cofactor; Serratia sp.; Phosphate solubilization; Plant growth promotion; pqqE sequence
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET)
- Secretaria de Ciencia y Tecnica de la Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto (SECYT-UNRC)
- CONICET
- Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica (ANPCyT)
- Fundacion Mani Argentino
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The aim of this study was to analyze if cofactor pyrroquinoline quinone from Serratia sp. S119 is involved in the inorganic phosphate solubilization mechanism and in its ability to promote the plant growth. Site directed mutagenesis was performed to obtain a pqqE- minus mutant of strain Serratia sp. S119. The phosphate solubilization ability, gluconate and PQQ production of the mutant Serratia sp. RSL (pqqE-) was analyzed. Mutant RSL (pqqE-) showed significant decrease in P soluble and gluconic acid levels produced and undetectable levels of PQQ cofactor compared with wild-type strain. Complementation with synthetic PQQ cofactor restored P solubilization and gluconate production reaching the levels produced by wild-type strain. PqqE gene sequence indicated that it is highly conserved within Serratia strains and its product shows conserved motifs found in other PqqE proteins of several bacteria. The effect of the inoculation of the PQQ- mutant on peanut and maize plants was evaluated in pot assays. Plants growth parameters showed no differences among the different treatments indicating that PQQ from Serratia sp. S119 is not involved in the growth promotion of these plants. PQQ cofactor is essential for phosphate solubilization ability of Serratia sp. S119 but is not required for growth promotion of peanut and maize plants.
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