Adaptation of Rhizobium leguminosarum to pea, alfalfa and sugar beet rhizospheres investigated by comparative transcriptomics.
Adaptation of Rhizobium leguminosarum to pea, alfalfa and sugar beet rhizospheres investigated by comparative transcriptomics.
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10.1186/gb-2011-12-10-r106
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发表时间：
2011-10-21
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影响因子：
12.3
通讯作者：
Poole PS
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作者：
Ramachandran VK;East AK;Karunakaran R;Downie JA;Poole PS
The rhizosphere is the microbe-rich zone around plant roots and is a key determinant of the biosphere's productivity. Comparative transcriptomics was used to investigate general and plant-specific adaptations during rhizosphere colonization. Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae was grown in the rhizospheres of pea (its legume nodulation host), alfalfa (a non-host legume) and sugar beet (non-legume). Gene expression data were compared to metabolic and transportome maps to understand adaptation to the rhizosphere. Carbon metabolism was dominated by organic acids, with a strong bias towards aromatic amino acids, C1 and C2 compounds. This was confirmed by induction of the glyoxylate cycle required for C2 metabolism and gluconeogenesis in all rhizospheres. Gluconeogenesis is repressed in R. leguminosarum by sugars, suggesting that although numerous sugar and putative complex carbohydrate transport systems are induced in the rhizosphere, they are less important carbon sources than organic acids. A common core of rhizosphere-induced genes was identified, of which 66% are of unknown function. Many genes were induced in the rhizosphere of the legumes, but not sugar beet, and several were plant specific. The plasmid pRL8 can be considered pea rhizosphere specific, enabling adaptation of R. leguminosarum to its host. Mutation of many of the up-regulated genes reduced competitiveness for pea rhizosphere colonization, while two genes specifically up-regulated in the pea rhizosphere reduced colonization of the pea but not alfalfa rhizosphere. Comparative transcriptome analysis has enabled differentiation between factors conserved across plants for rhizosphere colonization as well as identification of exquisite specific adaptation to host plants.
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影响因子：
3.2
作者：
Karunakaran, R.;Ramachandran, V. K.;Poole, P. S.
通讯作者：
Poole, P. S.
影响因子：
3.2
作者：
Edwards, Anne;Frederix, Marijke;Downie, J. Allan
通讯作者：
Downie, J. Allan
影响因子：
3.2
作者：
Gage, DJ;Long, SR
通讯作者：
Long, SR
影响因子：
12.3
作者：
Matilla MA;Espinosa-Urgel M;Rodríguez-Herva JJ;Ramos JL;Ramos-González MI
通讯作者：
Ramos-González MI
影响因子：
3.2
作者：
Pickering, Brad S.;Oresnik, Ivan J.
通讯作者：
Oresnik, Ivan J.