Promotion of Plant Growth by Bacterial ACC Deaminase

To date, there has been only limited commercial use of plant growth-promoting bacteria in agriculture, horticulture, and silviculture. However, with recent progress toward understanding the mechanisms that these organisms utilize to facilitate plant growth, the use of plant growth-promoting bacteria is expected to continue to increase worldwide. One of the key mechanisms employed by plant growth-promoting bacteria to facilitate plant growth is the lowering of plant ethylene levels by the enzyme 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase. This article reviews the published work on this enzyme, with an emphasis on its biochemistry, protein structure, genes, and regulation. In addition, this article provides some initial insights into the changes in both plants and ACC deaminase-containing plant growth-promoting bacteria as a consequence of plant-microbe interactions. Finally, a brief discussion of how bacterial ACC deaminase and indoleacetic acid (IAA) together modulate plant growth and development is included.     

盐胁迫环境下植物促生菌的作用机制研究进展

盐胁迫是限制干旱和半干旱地区作物生产的主要非生物胁迫之一,严重影响作物的生长发育,植物促生菌(Plant growth-promoting bacteria,PGPB)可有效减轻植物的盐胁迫损伤,合理施用PGPB是盐胁迫下促进作物生长的重要途径。本文从盐胁迫环境下PGPB在调节植物激素内稳态、促进养分吸收和诱导植物产生系统耐受性等方面的作用阐述了PGPB提高植物耐盐性、减轻植物胁迫损伤的作用机制。讨论了能够在植物根际稳定定殖并在盐生环境下稳定保持PGP活性的功能菌株对未来农业的可持续发展的重要意义,同时,对该研究方向的重难点和未来的发展趋势作出展望。     

Plant growth-promoting Pseudomonas bearing catabolic plasmids: Naphthalene degradation and effect on plants

Two IncP-9 naphthalene degradative plasmids pOV17 and pBS216 were transferred into plant growth-promoting Pseudomonas which were represented by species P. aureofaciens, P. chlororaphis, P. fluorescens, and P. putida. The strains with the same plasmid differed significantly by their growth parameters, stability of the plasmid and plant protective effect from naphthalene action. Strains P. putida 53a(pOV17) and P. chlororaphis PCL1391(pOV17) demonstrated higher population number in the rhizosphere. Moreover, they protected the mustard plants from naphthalene toxic influence more effectively than the wild type strain P. aureofaciens OV17(pOV17). The activity of catechol-2,3-dioxygenase in the strains with the plasmid pOV17 was higher than that in strains with the plasmid pBS216. The strain P. putida 53a(pOV17) with high catechol-2,3-dioxygenase activity has been demonstrated to have the best protective effect. The strain P. putida 53a(pBS216) without catechol dioxygenases activities did not have protective effect but suppressed the plant germination.     

三种蓝莓根际细菌的分离及其对蓝莓苗生长发育的影响

【目的】从3种蓝莓根际土壤中分离细菌,探究蓝莓根际土壤细菌多样性,并筛选具有产酸、促生长、抑菌性能的菌株,为蓝莓专用微生物肥料的研究提供优质菌株资源和理论基础。【方法】选用5种培养基分离3种蓝莓根际土壤细菌,并进行16S rRNA基因测序和系统发育分析。筛选产酸、产吲哚-3-乙酸(indole-3-acetic acid, IAA)和铁载体、固氮、溶磷和抑制灰葡萄孢生长的菌株,挑选最适菌株制备菌剂进行蓝莓苗盆栽实验验证促生能力,并检测菌剂对蓝莓元素吸收和根际土壤肥力的影响。【结果】从3种蓝莓根际土壤分离得到124株细菌,挑选70株代表性菌株进行16S rRNA基因测序,分布于3个门21个属,其中芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus)、假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)、链霉菌属(Streptomyces)和红球菌属(Rhodococcus)为优势分离菌群。代表性菌株中,21.4%的菌株能产酸,21.4%的菌株产吲哚-3-乙酸,47.1%的菌株具有固氮潜力,65.7%的菌株具有解磷能力,14.3%的菌株能产铁载体。少量菌株同时具有产酸、产IAA、固氮、解磷和抑菌等能力。选取具有产酸和多种促生特征的菌株绿针假单胞菌CSM-70和双鱼假单胞菌CSM-129进行盆栽蓝莓苗处理,发现2株菌均能显著促进蓝莓苗的生长发育并调控根际土壤pH,其中菌株CSM-70处理还显著促进了蓝莓叶片氮、磷元素的吸收,提升了土壤速效钾、碱解氮的含量。【结论】蓝莓根际细菌多样性高且蕴藏着丰富的促生长菌株,绿针假单胞菌CSM-70和双鱼假单胞菌CSM-129能够促进蓝莓苗生长、调控根际土壤pH和肥力,并促进植株养分吸收,具有蓝莓专用微生物菌剂研制与应用的潜力。     

烟草根际可培养微生物多样性及防病促生菌的筛选

【背景】根际微生物在植物根部生态系统中扮演着重要角色,影响着植物的营养吸收和健康生长。【目的】了解常年不发病烟田烤烟品种K326根际可培养微生物的多样性,筛选具有防病促生功能的菌株,为烟草病害绿色防控提供资源。【方法】采用传统培养方法对烟草根际土壤中的细菌和真菌进行分离鉴定,评价菌株的促生特性及病原菌拮抗能力,并进一步验证典型菌株对盆栽烟苗的促生效果。【结果】共获得261株微生物菌株,包括160株细菌和101株真菌。经分子鉴定,细菌中以变形菌门(Proteobacteria)和厚壁菌门(Firmicutes)为主要类群;真菌中以子囊菌门(Ascomycota)和毛霉菌门(Mucoromycota)为主要类群。在属水平上,细菌以假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)和芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus)为主,真菌以曲霉属(Aspergillus)和青霉属(Penicillium)为主。从不同种水平上进一步选择44株细菌为代表菌株,发现它们均具有不同程度的吲哚-3-乙酸(Indole-3-Acetic Acid,IAA)产生能力,9株能够溶解有机磷,16株能够溶解无机磷,13株产生铁载体,14株产...     

Plant Growth and Morphogenesis in vitroIs Promoted by Associative Methylotrophic Bacteria

The effects of aerobic methylotrophic bacteria Methylovorus mayson growth and morphogenesis were studied in in vitropropagated tobacco, potato, and flax. Colonization of plant explants with the methylo-trophic bacteria led to the stable association of bacteria and plants and enhanced the growth and the capacity of the latter for regeneration and root formation. When colonized by the methylotrophic bacteria, the rootless transgenic tobacco plants carrying the agrobacterial cytokinin gene iptrestored their ability to form roots. These data indicate the possibility to employ methylotrophic bacteria as a tool in experimental biology and plant biotechnology.     

百香果内生细菌多样性及促生长特性

内生菌可为植物提供营养成分,也可以通过代谢产物促进植物生长,目前很少出现关于百香果(Passiflora edulia Sims)内生菌的研究.百香果是西番莲科西番莲属的一种草质藤本植物,主要生长于亚热带与热带地区,对其内生菌进行分离纯化,依据插入序列指纹图谱(IS-PCR)结果对所得菌株聚类,经16S rRNA基因测...     

Chromium Reducing and Plant Growth Promoting Potential of Mesorhizobium Species under Chromium Stress

Chromium-reducing and plant growth–promoting potential, including production of siderophores by chromium(VI)-resistant Mesorhizobium species RC1 and RC4, isolated from chickpea nodules, was assessed both in the presence and absence of chromium(VI) under in vitro conditions. The Mesorhizobium strains displayed a high level of tolerance to chromium (400 μg ml^{? 1}), and showed a varied sensitivity to antibacterial drugs, on yeast extract mannitol (YEM) agar plates. Mesorhizobium strains RC1 and RC4 reduced chromium(VI) by 84% and 83%, respectively at pH 7 in YEM broth after 120 h of incubation. Mesorhizobial strains RC1 and RC4 produced 27 and 35 μg ml^{? 1} of indole acetic acid (IAA), respectively, in Luria-Bertani broth with 100 μg ml^{? 1} of tryptophan. The IAA production by the mesorhizobial strains did not differ significantly (p ≤ .05) under chromium stress and showed a positive reaction for siderophore, HCN, and ammonia, both in the absence and presence of chromium(VI).The present observations suggest that the chromium reducing and plant growth promoting activities of the Mesorhizobium strains could be exploited for bioremediation of chromium(VI) and to enhance the legume productivity for chromium-contaminated soils.     

Endophytic bacterial systems governing red clover growth and development

Endophytic competent bacteria capable of promoting both beneficial and detrimental growth responses in red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) were recovered from three adjacent areas of farmland each having a different cropping history — continuous red clover, continuous potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) or a 2 yr rotation of red clover and potatoes. The population composition of these rhizobacteria was altered by the various crop sequences. The greatest instance of significant growth responses (beneficial or detrimental) occurred with those bacteria derived from the clover-potato soil, suggesting increased interactive ‘competition’ among bacterial populations at the ‘interface’ between different crop rotations. Whether bacterial strains promoted or inhibited growth appeared to depend on the cropping history and prior exposure of pre-bacterised clover plants to the natural microflora in the peat-based growing media. The interaction between bacterial colonists influenced plant trait expression to the degree that some characteristics were completely masked. Improvements in plant growth were interpreted as an allelopathic side-effect of the competition between endophytes for the same ecological niche, from which the plant inadvertently benefits.     

Rhizobacteria of Populus euphratica Promoting Plant Growth Against Heavy Metals

The heavy metal-resistant bacteria from rhizospheric soils of wild Populus euphratica forest growing in arid and saline area of northwestern China were investigated by cultivation-dependent methods. After screening on medium sparked with zinc, copper, nickel and lead, 146 bacteria strains with different morphology were isolated and most of them were found to be resistant to at least two kinds of heavy metals. Significant increase in fresh weight and leaf surface area of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings under metal stress were noticed after inoculated with strains especially those having multiple-resistance to heavy metals such as Phyllobacterium sp. strain C65. Investigation on relationship between auxin production and exogenous zinc concentration revealed that Phyllobacterium sp. strain C65 produced auxin, and production decreased as the concentration of zinc in medium increased. For wheat seedlings treated with zinc of 2 mM, zinc contents in roots of inoculated plants decreased by 27% (P < 0.05) compared to the uninoculated control. Meanwhile, zinc accumulation in the above-ground tissues increased by 22% (P < 0.05). The translocation of zinc from root to above-ground tissues induced by Phyllobacterium sp. strain C65 helped host plants extract zinc from contaminated environments more efficiently thus alleviated the growth inhibition caused by heavy metals.     

两株耐寒PGPB的分离及其对藏北当地牧草生长的影响

为了从青藏高原北部(简称藏北)退化草原的土壤中分离筛选可以促进当地典型牧草生长的促生菌株,以促进藏北植被修复。该文通过采用稀释涂平板的方法,分离耐低温植物促生菌株,并结合盆栽试验设计,评估分离细菌对当地牧草生长的影响。结果表明:(1)从西藏土壤中成功筛选得到两株耐低温细菌TS22和TS27,经16S rRNA基因鉴定分别属于Brevibacterium sp.和Bacillus mycoides。(2)通过离体评估两株分离菌植物促生属性的结果显示,菌株TS22和TS27均具有产生IAA、SID的能力和ACC-脱氨酶活性,TS22具有较高的ACC-脱氨酶活性(264.69 nmol·α-KB mg~(-1)·h~(-1)),TS27显示出较强的产IAA[(7.52±3.85) mg·L~(-1)]和SID(92%)的能力。(3)盆栽试验显示,在10℃低温环境下,菌株TS22和TS27对早熟禾和老芒麦生长的影响因植物和菌种的不同而有所不同;菌株TS22在株高、根长、地上和地下干重方面显著促进了早熟禾的生长,且促生能力优于TS27。该研究结果为植物-微生物技术在藏北高寒地区植被恢复中的使用提供了很好的菌种资源和实践基础。     

一株玉米根际促生菌Leclercia adecarboxylata LN01促生效果研究及其基因组分析

【目的】有益植物根际微生物通过加强土壤与农作物间互作以促进农作物生长。菌株LN01是一株玉米根际促生菌;探究菌株LN01对玉米植株生长的促进机制。【方法】采用16S rRNA和全基因组学测序;明确菌株LN01分类学地位;其次;通过盆栽实验验证菌株LN01对玉米的促生效果;通过全基因组数据挖掘与促生特性相关基因信息并借助碳氮分析仪、钼锑抗比色法、火焰分光光度计、Salkowski比色法、Chrome Azurol Sulfonate（CAS）蓝色定性检测平板研究菌株LN01固氮、溶磷、解钾、产吲哚乙酸（IAA）和铁载体能力。【结果】菌株LN01促进玉米植株生物量累积并有效提高土壤营养成分。经鉴定菌株LN01为Leclercia adecarboxylata;菌株LN01基因组中存在参与铁获取（fhuBCDEF、afuABC、efeOBU和fepCDG）、磷酸盐溶解（pstABCS、phoABER、phnACDEFGHIJKLP和ugpABCE）、生物固氮（nirBCD、nasA、glnA、gltBD和nrtABC）、解钾（kdpABC、kefBCFG、trkAH和kup）的基因簇和IAA生物合成基因簇（trpABSCFRGD）。通过antiSMASH分析;在整个基因组中发现了促进植物生长的4种次级代谢物的生物基因合成簇;包括非核糖体肽合成酶（NRPS）、萜烯、硫肽和芳基多烯。菌株LN01固氮量、磷酸盐溶解活性、解钾能力、IAA产量分别为15.14、58.33、15.6和 42.2 mg/L;并具有产生铁载体能力。【结论】菌株LN01具有固氮溶磷、解钾作用、铁载体生产及IAA分泌相关基因;帮助玉米植株固定营养成分;促进玉米植株发育。     

Identification of rhizobacteria from maize and determination of their plant-growth promoting potential

During the growing season of 1986, the rhizobacteria (including organisms from the ectorhizosphere, the rhizoplane and endorhizosphere) of 20 different maize hybrids sampled from different locations in the Province of Quebec were inventoried by use of seven different selective media. Isolates were characterized by morphological and biochemical tests and identified using the API20E and API20B diagnostic strips.Pseudomonas spp. were the prominent bacteria found in the rhizoplane and in the ectorhizosphere.Bacillus spp. andSerratia spp. were also detected, but in smaller numbers. In the endorhizosphere,Bacillus spp. andPseudomonas spp. were detected in order of importance. Screening for plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria was carried out in three soils with different physical and chemical characteristics. The results depended on the soil used, but two isolates (Serratia liquefaciens andPseudomonas sp.) consistently caused a promotion of plant growth.Contribution no. 350 of the Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Sainte-Foy, Quebec.     

玉米根际高效溶磷菌的筛选、鉴定及促生效应研究

为获得玉米根际高效溶磷促生菌(Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria,PGPR)并明确其促生特性,采用选择培养方法从玉米根际土壤筛选出优良PGPR 菌株,测定其溶磷及分泌吲哚乙酸(IAA)的能力,并对优良菌株进行鉴定;采用盆栽试验研究菌株的促生作用。结果分离到2 株优良PGPR 菌株CH07和FD11,其溶磷量分别为368.5 mg/L和321.5 mg/L,产IAA量分别为30.93 mg/L和15.93 mg/L。形态学特征、生理生化特征和16S rDNA 序列分析结果表明,CH07为芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus aryabhattai),FD11为链霉菌属(Streptomyces maritimus)。最后通过盆栽试验对这2株细菌分离物的促生效果进行比较,结果发现,CH07、FD11,尤其是CH07与FD11的复合物,对苋菜的株高及地上部鲜重有积极作用,可作为研制生物肥料的优良菌株资源。     

坛紫菜菌解液对植物生长和抗性指标的影响

利用琼胶降解菌处理坛紫菜粉末,降解其细胞壁多糖,释放内容物,并获得菌解液,研究不同稀释度坛紫菜菌解液对受体植物蚕豆出芽和生长,以及大豆和番茄幼苗抗性相关指标的影响.结果显示:(1)随琼胶降解菌处理时间的延长,菌解液中还原糖含量逐渐增高.(2)3.33%的菌解液对蚕豆种子萌芽促进效果最好,而2%的菌解液能增加蚕豆叶绿素含量,促进其幼苗生长.(3)3.33%的菌解液能有效提高大豆离体子叶的植保素含量,迅速增加番茄叶片表皮条的H2O2的释放量,提高苯丙氨酸解氨酶活性.研究表明,琼胶降解菌能使坛紫菜细胞壁中的营养物质释放,并产生某些激发物质,从而使坛紫菜菌解液能够促进受体植物的种子发芽和幼苗生长,并能有效诱导植物的抗性.     

Methanotrophic Bacteria in the Rhizosphere of Trichloroethylene-Degrading Plants

The presence and density of methanotrophic bacteria has been shown to play an important role in the bioremediation of trichloroethylene (TCE). This article describes the methanotrophic bacterial densities in rhizosphere soils from two areas of the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina. A direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) technique was evaluated to determine the presence of methanotrophic bacteria in roots and rhizospheres from vascular plants. The first site, the Miscellaneous Chemical Basin (MCB), was contaminated with a mixture of chemicals, including chlorinated solvents. The second site will be potentially affected by outcropping of TCE-contaminated groundwater. Significantly higher numbers of methanotrophic bacteria were observed with DFA in rhizosphere soils and on roots of Lespedeza cuneata and Pinus taeda (that previously showed higher rates of ¹⁴C-TCE mineralization) compared with nonvegetated soils. In addition, viable and heterotrophic microbial counts were consistently higher in rhizosphere soils and on plant roots compared with nonvegetated soils. Therefore, the presence of these plant species may enhance ¹⁴C-TCE mineralization by selectively increasing the microbial population in the root zone. Methanotrophic bacteria were directly observed by DFA in soils, on the surface of root hairs, within plant roots, and in higher densities associated with mycorrhizal fungi. These experiments provide further evidence that specific types of bacterial interactions with vegetation in the rhizosphere may play an important role in remediation of TCE-contaminated soils and groundwater.     

Fundamentals and Application Potential of Arsenic-Resistant Bacteria for Bioremediation in Rhizosphere: A Review

As a hazardous environmental metalloid toxicant, arsenic (As)—at elevated levels in water and soil—has created a major public health concern through its entry into the food chain by accumulation in crops. Among the various methods reported thus far for reclamation of As-contaminated crop fields, bioremediation using bacteria with plant-growth-promoting traits has been found to be a most promising solution. There is every possibility that bacterial isolates with the ability to remove or immobilize As could be used for successful bioremediation. However, bioremediation needs to define its boundaries between promise and field application, as most studies have been restricted to laboratory results only. Rhizosphere interactions play a critical role in monitoring As bioavailability to crop plants, thus a better understanding of it might improve rhizoremediation technologies. The challenges rely on the application of these novel approaches under field conditions. Despite some limitations, the prospect for successful stimulation and exploitation of microbial metabolism for As rhizoremediation appears to be very promising.     

新疆木碱蓬(Suaeda dendroides)根际耐盐促生细菌的筛选及鉴定

【背景】新疆是全国最大的盐渍化土壤分布区,土壤盐渍化严重影响作物生长,耐盐促生菌可以有效改善土壤肥力,提高作物抗逆性,促进植物生长,提高土壤利用率。【目的】分离筛选获得木碱蓬(Suaeda dendroides)根际土壤中耐盐促生菌菌株,对优良促生作用的菌株进行分子鉴定,挖掘微生物资源,为微生物菌剂的研制奠定基础。【方法】采用传统的分离方法筛选获得木碱蓬根际耐盐微生物,采用\"三级筛选体系\"筛选获得耐盐促生菌菌株,用CTAB法提取菌株DNA,对菌株16S rRNA基因测序进行系统发育分析,确定耐盐促生菌菌株的分类地位。【结果】从木碱蓬根际共分离获得耐盐微生物58株,8株具有固氮活性,解磷活性菌株12株,具有解钾活性菌株15株,产IAA活性的菌株3株,具有较强产氨活性的菌株2株。经过促生平板筛选,菌株GTZW50-5和MH-F促进了拟南芥生长,表现出较好的促生效果,通过小麦盆栽试验,菌株GTZW50-5对小麦的根长以及株高具有显著的促生作用,在一定程度上提高了植物体内的叶绿素含量。MH-F菌株对小麦的根系具有较显著的促生作用,且对小麦的叶绿素及脯氨酸含量在不同盐浓度下都有所提高。经过系统发育分析,GTZW50-5与Bacillus vallismortis (AY603658)序列相似度达到99.43%,鉴定属于Bacillus vallismortis,MH-F与Enterobacterludwigii(JTLO01000001)序列相似度为98.34%,鉴定属于Enterobacter属。【结论】菌株GTZW50-5与MH-F均具有较好的促生效果,这为耐盐微生物资源的开发和利用提供了理论依据。