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0000-0002-1021-1608
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Technical University of Denmark
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Uppsala University
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Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Date: 20-06-2023
DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.20.545698
Abstract: The role of antagonistic secondary metabolites produced by Pseudomonas protegens in suppression of soil-borne phytopathogens has been clearly documented. However, their contribution to the ability of P. protegens to establish in soil and rhizosphere microbiomes remains ambiguous. Here, we use a four-species synthetic community to determine how antibiotic production contributes to P. protegens community invasion and identify community traits that alter the abundance of key P. protegens antimicrobial metabolites (DAPG, pyoluteorin and orfamide A). Surprisingly, mutants deficient in antimicrobial production caused similar perturbations in community composition compared to invasion by wildtype P. protegens . Intriguingly, while pyoluteorin and orfamide A are secreted at levels toxic to in idual bacterial strains, community-level resistance circumvents toxicity. Here, we identify the underlying mechanism by which the cyclic lipopeptide, orfamide A, is inactivated and degraded by Rhodococcus globerulus D757 and Stenotrophomonas indicatrix D763. Altogether, the demonstration that the synthetic community constrains P. protegens invasion by detoxifying its antibiotics may provide a mechanistic explanation to inconsistencies in biocontrol effectiveness in situ .
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Date: 13-10-2023
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2020
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 14-10-2023
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Date: 27-03-2023
DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.27.534400
Abstract: Bacterial-fungal interactions (BFIs) influence microbial community performance of most ecosystems and elicit specific microbial behaviours, including stimulating specialised metabolite production. Using a simple BFI system encompassing the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis and the black mould fungus Aspergillus niger , we established a co-culture experimental evolution method to investigate bacterial adaptation to the presence of a fungus. In the evolving populations, B. subtilis was rapidly selected for enhanced production of the lipopeptide surfactin and accelerated surface spreading ability, leading to inhibition of fungal expansion and acidification of the environment. These phenotypes were explained by specific mutations in the DegS-DegU two-component system. In the presence of surfactin, fungal hyphae exhibited bulging cells with delocalised secretory vesicles and RlmA-dependent cell wall stress induction. Increased surfactin production typically enhances the competitive success of bacteria against fungi, which likely explains the primary adaption path in the presence of A. niger . Experimental evolution and co-cultivation of different microbes are important and useful techniques for discovering new traits and unravelling cryptic regulatory connections. We combined these methods by evolving the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis in the presence of the black mould fungus Aspergillus niger that were previously shown to engage in an intricate and physical interaction. Both are ubiquitous, environmentally and industrially relevant model microbes in the colonisation of rhizo- and endosphere and in the production of enzymes. Our results demonstrate how laboratory adaptation can be exploited to improve biocontrol properties of bacteria.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 19-09-2022
Location: United States of America
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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