期刊
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
卷 84, 期 3, 页码 844-855出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-021-01892-8
关键词
Type VI secretion; Rhizobium-legume symbiosis; Bradyrhizobium; Lupinus; Effector; Methyltransferase
资金
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades, Spain [RTI2018-094985-B-100]
- CNPq Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico [GDE-204842/2018-2]
- National Exceptional Program (PNE), Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific research of Algeria
- Erasmus + Program [2019-1-ES01-KA107-063778]
- ANR [ANR-16-CE20-0013, ANR-20-CE20-0012]
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) in the symbiotic strain of the genus Bradyrhizobium plays an important role in nodule formation with legumes, affecting plant growth and competitiveness. The T6SS genes in Bradyrhizobium A16 are organized in two clusters, including a gene encoding a protein of unknown function. This study reveals the function of T6SS and its impact on nodulation.
Many bacteria of the genus Bradyrhizobium are capable of inducing nodules in legumes. In this work, the importance of a type VI secretion system (T6SS) in a symbiotic strain of the genus Bradyrhizobium is described. T6SS of Bradyrhizobium sp. LmicA16 (A16) is necessary for efficient nodulation with Lupinus micranthus and Lupinus angustifolius. A mutant in the gene vgrG, coding for a component of the T6SS nanostructure, induced less nodules and smaller plants than the wild-type (wt) strain and was less competitive when co-inoculated with the wt strain. A16 T6SS genes are organized in a 26-kb DNA region in two divergent gene clusters of nine genes each. One of these genes codes for a protein (Tsb1) of unknown function but containing a methyltransferase domain. A tsb1 mutant showed an intermediate symbiotic phenotype regarding vgrG mutant and higher mucoidity than the wt strain in free-living conditions. T6SS promoter fusions to the lacZ reporter indicate expression in nodules but not in free-living cells grown in different media and conditions. The analysis of nodule structure revealed that the level of nodule colonization was significantly reduced in the mutants with respect to the wt strain.
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