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Angela Sessitsch Promotor: Dr.W.M .D Evo S Hoogleraar Ind E Microbiologie MOLECULAR MARKERS TO STUDY COMPETITION AND DIVERSITY OFRHIZOBIUM Angela Sessitsch Promotor: dr.W.M .d eVo s hoogleraar ind e microbiologie Co-promotor: dr. A.D.L. Akkermans universitair hoofddocent bij devakgroe p microbiologie N Nol2*\ AngelaSessitsc h Molecular markers to study competition and diversity of Rhizobium Proefschrift ter verkrijing van de graad van doctor op gezag van de rector magnificus van de Landbouwuniversiteit Wageningen dr. C.M. Karssen, in het openbaar te verdedigen op dinsdag 3 June 1997 des namiddags te 13.30 uur in de aula van de Landbouwuniversiteit Wageningen. Sessitsch, A. Molecular markers to study competition and diversityo fRhizobium I A. Sessitsch. - [S.l. :s.n.] . Thesis Landbouwuniversiteit Wageningen. - Withréf .- With summary in Dutch. ISBN 90 - 5485 - 688 -2 Subject headings:marke r genes/ DNA fingerprinting / identification of microorganisms Chapter 2 reprinted from: ß-glucuronidase (GUS) transposons for ecological studies of rhizobia and other Gram- negative bacteria. Wilson, K.J., A. Sessitsch, J.C. Corbo, K.E. Giller, A.D.L. Akkermans, and R.A. Jefferson, Microbiology 141(1995 ) 1691-1705. Chapter 4 reprinted from: Simultaneous detection of different Rhizobiumstrain s marked with theEscherichia coli gusA gene and thePyrococcus fiiriosus celB gene . Sessitsch, A., K.J. Wilson, A.D.L. Akkermans, and W.M. de Vos.Appl . Environ. Microbiol. 62(1996)4191-4194. Omslagontwerp: Angela Sessitsch / Cordula Bachner Druk: Grafisch Service Centrum Van Gils flwo^.-Moa Stellingen 1. The problem of inconsistent GUS expression in older nodules from constitutive gene fusions as observed by Streit et al., (1995) may be overcome by applying marker gene constructs containing«; ƒpromoters . Streit W.. L. Bolero. D. Werner, and D. Beck. 1995. Competition for nodule occupancy on Phaseolus vulgaris by Rhizobhtm etli and Rhizobium tropici can be efficiently monitored in an ullisol during the early stages of growth using a constitutive GUS gene fusion. Soil Biol. Biochem. 27,1075-1081. 2. The assumption that marked microbial strains are simply equal to their parents is not valid as transposon-induced or spontaneous mutants may be impaired in one or more phenotypictraits . This thesis Broekman. F.J.. L.B. Forse. D.F. Bezdicek. and J.K. Frederickson. 1991. Impairment of transposon-induced mutants of Rhizobium legtiminosarum. Soil Biol Biochem. 23, The presence of large plasmids in Rhizobium complicates its systematics and different plasmid complements may explain the presence of similar 16S rRNA gene sequencesbu t very lowDNA-DN A homology among species. van Berkum. P.. D Beyene. and B.D. Eardly. 1996. Phylogenese relationships among Rhizobium species nodulating the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 46. 240-244. Martinez-Romero. E. 1996. Comments on Rhizobium systematics. Lessons from R. tropici and R. etli. In Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions. G. Stacey, B. Mullin, and P.M. Gresshoff (eds.). 503-508. Int. Soc. for Plant-Microbe Interactions, St. Paul. Minnesota. The identification of diazotrophs and disease-suppressing microorganisms which colonize roots, stems and leaves endophytically may lead to the development of new inoculant formulations. A recent poll has indicated that two thirds of the Austrian population are against biotechnology, while 87% feel that they are poorly informed on this issue. The question arises whether those who feel that they are well informed are the ones beingi nfavo r ofbiotechnology . Profil, March 1997 The discussion on the biosafety of genetically engineered organisms shows that more emphasis hast o begive nt o pass on sciencet o the general public. 7. The use of biotechnology in developing countries will not be sufficient to eliminate the world hunger but may play an important role in fighting plant diseases and environmental stresses on crop production. 8. Women should have more confidence inthei r ownabilities . 9. Having afamil y isstil l a major problem in awoman' s career, whereas this conflict does not seem to exist for men. 11. Scientists havet ofind thei r ecological niche,too . 12. Dutch cheesewit h Austrian winehelp st o relax from unsuccessful experiments. Stellingen behorende bij het proefschrift "Molecular markers to study competition and diversity ofRhizobhim". Angela Sessitsch Wageningen,3jun i 1997 Contents General introduction Chapter 1 Use ofmarke r genes incompetitio n studies ofRhizobium Chapter2 ß-glucuronidase(GUS ) transposons for ecological and genetic studies ofrhizobi a and other Gram-negative bacteria Chapter3 Measurement ofth e competitiveness index ofRhizobium tropicistrai n CIAT899derivative s marked withth egusA gen e Chapter4 Simultaneous detection ofdifferen t Rhizobium strainsmarke d with eitherth eEscherichia coligusA gen eo rth ePyrococcus furiosus celB gene Chapter 5 Characterization ofRhizobium etli an d otherRhizobium spp.tha t nodulatePhaseolus vulgaris L. ina nAustria n soil Chapter 6 Characterization ofRhizobium pueblae sp.nov . isolated from Phaseolusvulgaris L. Chapter 7 Summary and concluding remarks Samenvatting Acknowledgements Curriculum vitae List of publications General introduction Symbiotic biological nitrogenfixation Members of the genera Rhizobium and Bradyrhizobiumar e well known for their capacity to establish a symbiosis with legumes. During this symbiosis the bacteria inhabit root nodules where they reduce atmospheric nitrogen and make it available to the plant. The family of legumes (Fabaceae) is large and diverse, including herbs, trees, and many food crops. Many legumes are used in agriculture, the most commonly cultivated ones are grain legumes such as common bean, soybean, and pasture legumes, including clover and lucerne. Moreover, nitrogen- fixingtree s play an important role in agroforestry. Although the most obvious benefit from this symbiosis is the nitrogen input obviating the need of expensive fertilizer application, this interaction has also other beneficial effects on the soil environment. Legumes stimulate the soil microflora and may favour the proliferation of plant pathogen antagonists while rhizobia may promote plant growth (Chabot et al., 1996). Nitrogen fixation is animportan t source ofnitroge n and the various legume crops and pasture species often fix as much as 200-300 kg nitrogen per hectare (Peoples et al., 1995). Globally, symbiotic nitrogen fixation has been estimated to amount to at least 70 million metric tons of nitrogen per year (Brockwell et al., 1995). Furthermore, in many casesnitroge n fertilizers areno tefficientl y used by crops andth e environmental costs are high due to nitrogen losses from fertilizers (Peoples et al., 1994). The contribution of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) has been suggested to be more open to management than fertilizer nitrogen (Peoples et al., 1995). Natural plant communities, legume crops,pastures ,tre eplantation s and various integrated cropping systems such as alley cropping, intercropping and crop rotations can gain from nitrogen inputs by BNF (Nambiar et al., 1983; Sanginga et al., 1995; Thomas ,1995; Wanietal., 1995). Rhizobium taxonomy Early Rhizobium taxonomy has been mainly based on the nodulation host range (Fred et al., 1932),althoug h overlapping host rangeshav e already been reported more than fifty years ago (Wilson, 1944). Over time, rhizobia have been found to be diverse, both in their symbiotic properties and physiological properties. Fast-growing and slow-growing strains were described and Jordan (1982) proposed a new genus, Bradyrhizobium, consisting of slow-growing strains. The development of molecular techniques accelerated the taxonomie evaluation and the current classification includes the useo f the small subunit ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequences.Base d on the sequence ofth e 16SrRN A gene rhizobia could begroupe d in the alpha subdivision of the Proteobacteria (Young and Haukka, 1996) and three genera, Azorhizobium, Bradyrhizobium,an d Rhizobium,hav e now been well defined (Young et al., 1991; Willems and Collins, 1993;Yanag i and Yamasoto, 1993).I n addition, Sinorhizobium (de Lajudie et al., 1994) has recently been accepted as another new genus, while others havebee npropose d (seebelow) . The genus Azorhizobium includes strains that are very distinct from other rhizobia in many characteristics andA. caulinodans is the only species characterized up to now nodulating the stems and roots ofSesbania rostrata (Dreyfu s et al., 1988). Two species of Bradyrhizobium are well known to nodulate soybean, B. japonicum (Jordan, 1982) and B. elkanii (Kuykendall et al., 1992). Recently, another soybean- nodulating species,B. liaoningensis, consisting ofextremel y slow-growing strains has been described (Xu et al., 1995). In addition, yet unnamed species have been found that nodulate otherlegume stha n soybean (Young andHaukka , 1996). The first described Rhizobium species, R. leguminosarum,ca n be grouped in three biovars: R. leguminosarum bv. trifolii that nodulates clover, R.leguminosarum bv. viciae that nodulates peas and faba bean, and R. leguminosarum bv. phaseoli found on common bean (Jordan, 1984). Various common bean-nodulating species have been described, such as R. etli (Segovia et al., 1993), R. tropici (Martinez- Romero et al., 1991), and others have been proposed (see Chapter 6). Recently, R. hedysariobtaine dfrom Hedysarium coronarium nodulesha sbee n characterized based on various PCR fingerprinting techniques as well as phenotypic properties (Squartini et al., 1993; Selenska-Pobell et al., 1996).
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