Detection of Antimicrobial Traits in Fluorescent Pseudomonads And
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3 Biotech (2016) 6:227 DOI 10.1007/s13205-016-0538-z ORIGINAL ARTICLE Detection of antimicrobial traits in fluorescent pseudomonads and molecular characterization of an antibiotic pyoluteorin 1 1 2 1 3 3 J. U. Vinay • M. K. Naik • R. Rangeshwaran • G. Chennappa • Sohel S. Shaikh • R. Z. Sayyed Received: 25 July 2016 / Accepted: 3 October 2016 / Published online: 20 October 2016 Ó The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract Thirty isolates of fluorescent pseudomonads Keywords Antibiotic Á Fluorescent pseudomonads Á were obtained from rhizosphere of different crops in Rai- Pyoluteorin Á TLC Á TOF–MS chur, India. The fluorescent pseudomonad strains were characterized in vitro for biochemical traits, antimicrobial traits, and pyoluteorin antibiotic production. All the iso- Introduction lates that showed fluorescent pigment production under UV light were rod shaped, Gram negative, positive for oxidase, Some of the rhizobacteria positively influence on plant catalase and citrate utilization tests, and negative for indole growth and health which were referred as Plant Growth test. Out of 30 isolates, 07 isolates were positive for HCN Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR). These rhizobacteria are production, 15 isolates were positive for H2S production, abundant in rhizosheric soil of several crops, and these and all the isolates were positive for siderophore produc- maintained the ecological balance in niche needed for their tion. Among all the isolates, RFP-22 showed the maximum survival. These PGPR played a pivotal role in both growth percent inhibition of mycelium (46.66 %) of Rhizoctonia promotion and plant disease control. The mechanisms of solani, the pathogen, and the remaining isolates showed the growth promotion by these PGPRs are complex and appear moderate to least inhibition of mycelium growth of R. to comprise both changes in the microbial balance in the solani. The 16S rRNA analysis confirmed that the antibi- rhizosphere and alterations in host plant physiology (Bashan otic positive isolates belonged to genus Pseudomonas. The and Bashan 2005). Biological control of diseases by plant amplification of 779 bp region in isolates RFP- 4 and RFP- growth promoting rhizobacteria was well-established phe- 19 corresponded to pyoluteorin antibiotic-coding pltB nomenon (Shaikh and Sayyed 2015; Shaikh et al. 2016). The gene. Further characterization of pyoluteorin antibiotic antibiotics, HCN, H2S, and siderophore have been shown to through TLC and TOF–MS analysis confirmed the pres- play a major role in the suppression of several plant patho- ence of pyoluteorin at 274.26 (g/mol) peak and 2.10 min gens (Handelsman and Stabb 1996; Shaikh et al. 2014). retention time. Biochemical and molecular analyses con- Among rhizobacteria, Pseudomonas sp. are often used as firmed the antagonism of Pseudomonas and isolate through model root-colonizing bacteria (Lugtenberg et al. 2001). The pyoluteorin production. plant growth promoting strain fluorescent Pseudomonas are known to produce an array of antibiotics, such as 2,4-di- acetylphloroglucinol (2,4-DAPG), pyoluteorin (PLT), & R. Z. Sayyed pyrrolnitrin (PRN), phenazine-1-carboxyclic acid (PCA), [email protected] 2-hydroxyphenazines, phenazine-1-carboxamide (PCN), 1 Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agricultural rhamnolipids, oomycin A, cepaciamide A, ecomycins, vis- Science, Raichur, India cosinamide, and karalicin which are capable of suppressing a 2 Department of Microbiology, NBAIR, Bangalore, India broad spectrum of plant pathogens. Among them pyolute- 3 orin, 2,4-DAPG and phenazine are major determinants in Department of Microbiology, PSGVP Mandal’s, Shri S I Patil Arts, G B Patel Science and STSKVS Commerce College, biocontrol activity (Borauh and Kumar 2002). Shahada Dist, Nandurbar, MS 425 409, India 123 227 Page 2 of 11 3 Biotech (2016) 6:227 Pyoluteorin was aromatic phenolic polyketide antibiotic oxidase and catalase tests were carried out to confirm the that was first isolated from P. aeruginosa (Takeda 1958) aerobic nature of pseudomonads. In oxidase test, a culture and later from P. fluorescens strains Pf-5 and CHA0 grown for 24 h in NA supplemented with 1 % glucose was (Bencini et al. 1983). PLT has bactericidal, herbicidal, and used. Loopful cells were rubbed onto a filter paper fungicidal activities, in particular against Pythium spp. impregnated with 1 % (w/v) aqueous tetra-methyl-p-phe- (Takeda 1958). Howell and Stipanovic (1980) first estab- nylene diamine dihydrochloride solution. A change in the lished the importance of pyoluteorin antibiotic production colour of the cultures to deep purple within 10 s was reg- in suppression of seedling pathogens, such as Pythium istered as a positive result (Kovacs 1956). In catalase test, a ultimum, causing damping off in cotton using P. fluo- loopful of 48 h growth of the test bacterium was smeared rescens pf-5. Similarly, the efficacy of P. fluorescens (Pf-5) on a slide and was covered with few drops of hydrogen could be improved by altering the expression of the peroxide. The reaction was noticed as positive if gas pyoluteorin producing genes in such a way that effective bubbles were produced. concentrations of the antibiotic are reached in the seed For indole test, tryptone broth was inoculated with a spermosphere more quickly after a seed was planted (Kraus small amount of a pure culture of Pseudomonas sp. and and Loper 1995). Genetic analysis of several Pseudomonas incubated at 35 °C for 48 h. Five drops of Kovac’s reagent strains has also established a positive correlation between were added directly to the tubes to test the indole pro- antibiotic production and disease suppression (Homma and duction. The reaction was noticed as positive if there is a Suzui 1989). formation of a pink-to-red colour in the reagent layer on The present investigation is aimed at screening of top of the medium. pyoluteorin gene and antimicrobial traits in several fluo- rescent pseudomonad strains of different crop rhizospheres Characterization of antimicrobial traits through PCR and to characterize pyoluteorin antibiotic in fluorescent pseudomonads through thin-layer chromatography and Time-of-Flight– Mass spectroscopy (TOF–MS). Hydrogen sulfide test Bacterial isolates were stab inoculated to test tube con- Materials and methods taining the SIM agar medium and were incubated at 37 °C for 48 h. Black colouration along the line of stab inocu- Isolation and biochemical characterization lation indicated positive reaction (Vanitha et al. 2009). of fluorescent Pseudomonas isolates Hydrogen cyanide production Isolation of fluorescent Pseudomonas was carried out by serial dilution technique. The 0.1 ml of 10-5 and 10-6 was A strip of sterilized filter paper saturated with a solution placed on King’s B medium to isolate the colonies. Plates containing picric acid, 0.5 %, and sodium carbonate were incubated at 28 °C for 48 h. After incubation, well- (2.0 %) was placed inside the NA slants amended with separated individual colonies with yellow green and blue glycine (4.4 g/l) and FeCl3Á6H2O (0.3 mM) which were white pigments were marked and detected by viewing already inoculated with test bacteria and hermetic sealing under UV light. was done. Change in colour of the filter paper from yellow Gram staining and pigment production in different iso- to brown in 5 days was considered as positive reaction lates of fluorescent Pseudomonas was carried out according (Bakker and Schippers 1987). to the Laboratory Guide for Identification of Plant Patho- genic Bacteria published by the American Phytopatholog- Siderophore production ical Society (Schaad 1992). Simmon’s citrate agar medium was adjusted to pH 7.0, Siderophore production was determined by Chrome Azurol and then, the slants were prepared. Culture was streaked in S (CAS) assay. The CAS agar medium was prepared the slant. The citrate utilization positive reaction was according to procedure given by Schwayn and Neilands indicated by the change in the colour of the media from (1987). The bacterial culture streaked on the CAS plate. green to Prussian blue (Simmons 1926). Change of medium colour to orange or presence of light Oxidase, catalase, and indole tests were also carried out orange halo surrounding the bacterial growth indicates as per the protocol given by Vanitha et al. (2009). The siderophore production by the bacterial isolates. 123 3 Biotech (2016) 6:227 Page 3 of 11 227 Screening of fluorescent pseudomonads for testing reverse primer rP2 (ACGGCTACCTTGTTACGACTT). bioefficacy against Rhizoctonia solani by dual PCR cocktail (50 ll) contained 50 pM of primer, 50 ng of culture genomic DNA, 1X TaqDNA polymerase buffer, 1 U of TaqDNA polymerase, 0.2 mM of each dNTPs, and 1.5 mM The pseudomonads were streaked 1 day earlier to the test MgCl2. The thermal cycling program for the amplification pathogen. They were incubated for control reaches of 16S rRNA gene consisted of initial denaturation at periphery of plates. The diameter of the colony of the 94 °C for 1 min, 30 cycles of denaturation at 94 °C for fungus was measured in both directions and average was 1 min, annealing at 46 °C for 30 s, and extension at 72 °C recorded and the percent inhibition on growth of the test for 4 min with a final extension at 72 °C for 10 min. fungus was calculated using the formula given below by Amplification was performed in a DNA thermal cycler. A (Vincent 1927): 5-ll aliquot of each amplification product was elec- C À T trophoresed on a 1.5 % agarose gel in 19 TAE buffer at I ¼ Â 100 C 50 V for 45 min, stained with ethidium bromide and the PCR products were visualized with a UV transilluminator. where I = Percent inhibition, C = Radial growth of fun- gus in control, and T = Radial growth of fungus in Detection of pyoluteorin antibiotic through thin- treatment. layer chromatography (TLC) Molecular characterization of pyoluteorin gene The pyoluteorin antibiotic production by strain of P. putida was determined using a modified method of Chang and Genomic DNA isolation Blackwood (1969).