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Mining the phytomicrobiome to understand how bacterial coinoculations enhance plant growth

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Plant Science, September 2015
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Title
Mining the phytomicrobiome to understand how bacterial coinoculations enhance plant growth
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Frontiers in Plant Science, September 2015
DOI 10.3389/fpls.2015.00784
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Authors

Maskit Maymon, Pilar Martínez-Hidalgo, Stephen S. Tran, Tyler Ice, Karena Craemer, Teni Anbarchian, Tiffany Sung, Lin H. Hwang, Minxia Chou, Nancy A. Fujishige, William Villella, Jérôme Ventosa, Johannes Sikorski, Erin R. Sanders, Kym F. Faull, Ann M. Hirsch

Abstract

In previous work, we showed that coinoculating Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae 128C53 and Bacillus simplex 30N-5 onto Pisum sativum L. roots resulted in better nodulation and increased plant growth. We now expand this research to include another alpha-rhizobial species as well as a beta-rhizobium, Burkholderia tuberum STM678. We first determined whether the rhizobia were compatible with B. simplex 30N-5 by cross-streaking experiments, and then Medicago truncatula and Melilotus alba were coinoculated with B. simplex 30N-5 and Sinorhizobium (Ensifer) meliloti to determine the effects on plant growth. Similarly, B. simplex 30N-5 and Bu. tuberum STM678 were coinoculated onto Macroptilium atropurpureum. The exact mechanisms whereby coinoculation results in increased plant growth are incompletely understood, but the synthesis of phytohormones and siderophores, the improved solubilization of inorganic nutrients, and the production of antimicrobial compounds are likely possibilities. Because B. simplex 30N-5 is not widely recognized as a Plant Growth Promoting Bacterial (PGPB) species, after sequencing its genome, we searched for genes proposed to promote plant growth, and then compared these sequences with those from several well studied PGPB species. In addition to genes involved in phytohormone synthesis, we detected genes important for the production of volatiles, polyamines, and antimicrobial peptides as well as genes for such plant growth-promoting traits as phosphate solubilization and siderophore production. Experimental evidence is presented to show that some of these traits, such as polyamine synthesis, are functional in B. simplex 30N-5, whereas others, e.g., auxin production, are not.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Mexico 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Argentina 1 1%
Brazil 1 1%
Unknown 72 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 18%
Researcher 13 17%
Student > Master 10 13%
Professor 6 8%
Student > Bachelor 5 7%
Other 16 21%
Unknown 12 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 36 47%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 16%
Environmental Science 3 4%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 4%
Computer Science 2 3%
Other 4 5%
Unknown 16 21%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 October 2015.
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