Journal
CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 74, Issue 1, Pages 19-25Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.09.079
Keywords
Streptomyces; Metals; Siderophores; Auxins; Microbe-assisted phytoremediation
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- Max Planck Society
- International Max Planck Research School for The Exploration of Ecological Interactions with Molecular and Chemical Techniques
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Unlike synthetic metal chelators, microbe-assisled phytoremediation provides plants with natural metal-solubilizing chelators which do not constitute a potential source of environmental pollution. Concurrently with microbial chelators, plant growth promotion can be enhanced through bacterially-produced phytohormones. In this work, the simultaneous production of siderophores and auxins by Streptomyces was studied to gain insight for future application in plant growth and phytoremediation in a metal-contaminated soil. Standard auxin and siderophore detection assays indicated that all of the investigated Streptomyces strains can produce these metabolites simultaneously. However, Al3+, Cd2+, Cu2+, Fe3+ and Ni2+. or a combination of Fe3+ and Cd2+, and Fe3+ and Ni2+ affected auxin production negatively, as revealed by spectrophotometry and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. This effect was more dramatic in a siderophore-deficient mutant. In contrast, except for Fe, all the metals stimulated siderophore production. Mass spectrometry showed that siderophore and auxin-containing supematants from a representative Streptomyces species contain three different hydroxamate siderophores, revealing the individual binding responses of these siderophores to Cd2+ and Ni2+, and thus, showing their auxin-stimulating effects. We conclude that siderophores promote auxin synthesis in the presence of Al3+, Cd2+, Cu2+ and Ni2+ by chelating these metals. Chelation makes the metals less able to inhibit the synthesis Of auxins, and potentially increases the plant growth-promoting effects of auxins. which in turn enhances the phytoremediation potential of plants. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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